A customer-driven strategy is your roadmap for success

Strategic Planning

Strategy is a time-consuming and challenging process--it sometimes requires the fresh perspective and incremental time and expertise of an objective, outside resource who has built and delivered on strategic plans. Mary Ann has been involved in strategic planning for over two decades with companies ranging from Fortune 1000’s to start-ups. Unlike large consulting firms, her approach is to be pragmatic, realistic, and holistic to ensure that the strategy can be implemented. It’s based on reality, not theory.

Strategy development includes:

  • Deep dive into the present state based on available information. In addition to marketing data, includes understanding company capabilities, culture, and overall business strategy.

  • Identify research needed to gain a deeper understanding of customer wants and needs.

  • “Connect the dots” to drive the strategic roadmap that will guide all marketing planning and provides the discipline required to stay on track towards your business goals.

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“I worked with Mary Ann at UMUC and saw the professionalism in which she led the marketing team and the impact she made on brand and enrollment growth there. I sought her out to help George Mason Executive and Professional education elevate our marketing function and develop a marketing strategy that would drive the growth I seek to achieve. Mary Ann has been a tireless leader in driving both awareness and targeted marketing results for us. Her immediate grasp of our strengths and weaknesses (of which there were many!) allowed us to very quickly reach a new, much higher plateau of marketing savvy - an effort that has been recognized and envied by the rest of the university. We owe our quick jump in revenue results directly to Mary Ann's talents.”

— Brad Dawson, former Executive Director, Executive and Professional Education at George Mason University