The Great Planes radio-controlled plane company is slowly gaining in its sales. Last year the company increased its presence and share in the R/C airplane model market by 10%. Great Planes set a sales objective for the next year to increase its marketing share 20% more than last year. Before the company focuses on its marketing mix it has first:

This activity is important because as a marketing manager, you must allocate resources to reach your target market. during the strategic marketing process, managers move through three important phases to determine how to optimally allocate resources: a planning phase, an implementation phase, and an evaluation phase. in this interactive exercise, you are asked to review various strategic marketing actions and determine where in the strategic marketing process the action would occur. the goal of this exercise is to demonstrate your understanding of the strategic marketing process and related marketing actions.