1st Edition

How To Write a Marketing Plan for Health Care Organizations

By William Winston Copyright 1985

    A practical guide for developing and writing a strategic marketing plan for health and human service organizations, this comprehensive volume takes professionals through the major steps of the marketing planning process. In addition to a useful overview of the basic marketing components, detailed descriptions of the application of market planning principles to health care organizations are consistently emphasized.

    Contents Preface
    • Basic Health Care Marketing Principles
    • Introduction to Marketing Planning
    • Organizational Phase: Wetting the Stage with Marketing Missions, Goals, and Objectives
    • Performing a Marketing Audit of the Health Organization’s Environment
    • Segmenting and Targeting the Marketplace Positioning the Health Organization into the Minds of the Health Consumers and Providers
    • Developing Marketing Strategies and Tactics
    • Organizational, Budgeting, and Control Systems
    • Condensed Sample Marketing Plan
    • Appendix A: The Fundamentals of Developing an Effective Advertisement for Health Care Organizations
    • Appendix B: How to Effectively Use Health Markeitng Consulltants
    • Appendix C: Using Computers in Health Marketing
    • Appendix D: Working With the Media

    Biography

    William J. Winston