Strategic Planning in the Small Business

(Ron) #1
Unit
1

HO 1-2 (continued)

CUSTOMERS


Define Customers


" If business:


What
industry?

What
annual sales volume?

How many
employees?
What
age of business?

What minimum
purchase?

" If general
public:

What
marital statas?

What income
level?

What
religion?

What sex?


What
age range?

What race?


What
leisure activities?

Determine
Customer
Location

*
What distance
customer willing
to travel?

" What
distance seller willing
to travel?

Define
Customer Buying
Behavior

" How many
customers are
in the geographic
target market?

" How
many customers
will puchase
from the
business and
its

competitors?


" What
percentage of purchasers
will
buy from the business?

" How many
purchasers will
buy from the
business?

Determine Customer
Sales Per
Year



  • How
    many purchases
    will average
    customer make
    per year?


" How much
will average customer
spend
for each purchase?

" How much
will average
customer spend
per year?

" What
is expected annual
sales volume?

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