A marketing strategy is a plan that sets out your marketing goals, target audiences, key messages, channels and how you’ll measure results. The communication strategy is its core: it defines what the brand says to its audience and how, to build awareness and drive sales. It’s not a collection of ideas but a consistent system of decisions.
A complete strategy covers marketing goals tied to business goals, target audiences and personas, key messages and the brand’s communication strategy, channel and format selection (organic and paid), and an activity calendar with KPIs.