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Marketers are often being confronted with the challenge to set up a communication plan. It has to be written in function of the next year, because you’re new at your job, to create order in the current planning chaos, to get your team to work towards the same goals, or to streamline a new marketing project.

The pressure is almost palpable in the weeks just before participating in a trade fair, one deadline following rapidly on another. These are stressful weeks in which plans often go awry for anyone who finds it difficult to get a good grasp on the planning. Nevertheless, there is no reason why marketing planning with regard to trade fairs should be difficult. A carefully compiled and rigorously executed trade fair plan will give you peace of mind and good returns, both during and after the trade fair. In this article, I will not only describe what a professional trade fair plan looks like, but how you can set to work with it in concrete terms.

Husky Marketing Planner has recently increased its capital by €600,000 through an investment of the current management and tech entrepreneurs Guido Van der Schueren and Luc De Vos. Thanks to this investment the company can further invest in new product features, strengthen the sales and marketing team and prepare the project for becoming a European scale-up.

Marketing planning is becoming more and more challenging. Not only the expansion of channels, but the practice of grouping teams in silos has made planning more difficult in terms of clarity. Modern campaigns demand an omnichannel approach. But how do you create an omnichannel plan? Peter Desmyttere, founder of Husky Marketing Planner, answers this question during an interview with the NIMA Marketing Tribune. You will find the entire interview below.

When I was a teenager, I wished I could play guitar and be just like my favorite rock heroes. All I needed was a good guitar. And if at all possible, a Gibson, because this was what my heroes played. Although my dream soon became reality, it quickly turned into a nightmare. It became clear that a professional guitar was no guarantee of good guitar playing, meaning that this impatient teenager gave up after many trials and tribulations.

… and how do you get started on one? We will give you clear answers to these questions, including links to concrete working documents, questionnaires and tools.

A marketing manager must be able to look ahead, as well as look back and keep an eye on the details. On the one hand, they have to see the overall picture, but on the other hand, they have to make sure that everything proceeds without a hitch and make adjustments if necessary.

Planning, executing and following-up on communication has never been easier thanks to the new weekly calendar.

Social media teams or marketeers usually limit themselves, in practice, to conducting social media campaigns. Sounds logical. Still: this does not correspond closely enough to the world that your customers live in, who think and act in full omnichannel mode today. But how do you build a bridge between social media marketing and omnichannel marketing? How do you seamlessly integrate a social media campaign into an omnichannel campaign? And how do you make social media marketeers think outside the box and draw up integrated plans and schedules with colleagues that manage other complementary channels? In this article I will give you some answers, tips and advice on how to transform social media campaigns into omnichannel campaigns.

Not every company is the same. Not every marketing strategy is the same. Husky allows you to craft your marketing strategy according to your own insights.