Business and Marketing Plans

 

Business Plans

The Kennedy Library owns a wide range of books that examine all aspects of business planning.
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Business Planning
New Business Enterprises -- Planning
Sales Management
Corporate Profits
Strategic Planning


Essential Reference Books and Software

How to Write a Business Plan
Nolo Press
by Mike McKeever
REF HD30.28 .M3839


Anatomy of a Business Plan

REF HD 30.28.P5


Business Plans Handbook
: A Compilation of actual business plans developed by small businesses throughout North America.
REF HD 62.7 .B865


The Complete Small-Business Sourcebook

by Carl Haussman
REF HD 2341 .H356


Small Business Profiles

REF HD 62.7 .S62


Business PlanPro*
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"Pick Your Plan - Business Plan Pro is the number-one-rated business plan software package. Reviewed as the market leader in every major magazine, it is no wonder Business Plan Pro has quickly become the choice of business planners and entrepreneurs worldwide. The software customizes to your particular business type and guides you through all the elements of writing a solid business plan. At the end, just print your plan--and get a table of contents, title page, financials (including customizable charts, tables, and graphs), and a solid text structure. You can start today!"

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General Books

Steps to Small Business Start-up : Everything You Need to Know to Turn Your Idea Into a Successful Business
by Linda Pinson and Jerry Jinnett.
HD62.5 .P565


The Under-35 Guide to Starting and Running Your Business

by Lisa Shaw
HD 62.5 .S52


The Ultimate Small Business Guide: A Resource for Startups and Growing Businesses (Ultimate Business Library Series)

HD 2340.8 .U48


J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes: Your Complete Guide to a Better Bottom Line

by Barbara Weltman
KF 649 .W45 2004


Online Resources

WSJ.com Sample Business Plans

BPlans.com

 

 

Marketing Plans

Reference Books & Software

Marketing Plan Pro (Software)
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Marketing Plan Pro 2003 features everything you need to write a detailed marketing plan quickly. Built-in PlanWizard walks you through creation of the plan, and forecasting worksheets help you plan out your revenue and expenses for each program. Build your strategy and implement it. Include your own graphics, automatically develop full-color, 3-D charts, and complete Microsoft Excel-like financials. Then run the numbers using the thousands of built-in industry profiles. Marketing Plan Pro includes 70 sample marketing plans.


Powerhouse Marketing Plans

REF HF5415.13 .J5878

Powerhouse Marketing Plans reveals, for the first time, the marketing plans that drive sales for some very well-known products. The book identifies the traits common to these and all other successful plans, and the author provides insightful analysis and a practical framework for applying them to any product in any market. Powerhouse Marketing Plans lets readers hone in on what has worked (and not worked) at leading companies such as Energizer, L'eggs, Philips, Gel Tech (Zicam(r)), and others. The examples illuminate great strategies in action, and show how to maximize market research initiatives such as phone surveys, ethnographic studies, focus groups, online surveys, trade research, and more. Whether introducing a new product or creating awareness of a brand extension, marketing and business professionals in all industries will find this a thorough, unique, and indispensable resource.

 

Marketing Plans
by Malcom McDonald
REF 5415.13 .M369183

Now in its 5th edition Marketing Plans is a highly renowned international bestseller. The book has been thoroughly revised throughout, and every chapter has been carefully updated with special attention paid to the latest developments in e-marketing, CRM and new planning practices. Marketing Plans is designed as a total, user friendly learning resource. Careful use of layout and colour ensures the text has maximum clarity, and the list of learning features includes:

  • Key Concepts
  • Crucial Terms
  • Examples
  • Headlines
  • Marketing Insights
  • Case Studies
  • Exercises

The book is established as essential reading for all serious professional marketers and students of marketing, both undergraduates and those on professional courses for CIM and CAM. Above all it provides a practical, hands-on approach for implementing every single concept included in the text. An international marketing bestseller. Practical step-by-step guide to marketing planning. Thoroughly revised, with special attention paid to the latest developments in e-marketing, CRM and new planning practices.


General Books

The Market Planning Guide: Creating a Plan to Successfully Market Your Business, Product, or Service
by David Bangs
HF5415.122 .B36

The Successful Marketing Plan: A Disciplined and Comprehensive Approach
by Roman G. Hiebing, Jr., and Scott W. Cooper.
HF5415.13 .H523

Marketing Your Business: A Guide To Developing a Strategic Marketing Plan
by Ronald Nykiel
HF 5415.135 . N957

 

Commercial Online Resources

Marketing Plans

KnowThis.Com (The Knowledge Source For Marketing)

 

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4Ps of Marketing

Starting A Business

 

 

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Frank Vuotto, M.A., M.L.I.S.
Business & Agribusiness Librarian, Faculty
California Polytechnic State University
Robert E. Kennedy Library
San Luis Obispo, CA 93420
fvuotto@calpoly.edu

 

Last updated August 25, 2005

© Copyright by Frank Vuotto 2003