How To Perform a Swot Analysis
A SWOT Analysis is an integral part of a marketing plan and can also be part of a business plan. Knowing what a SWOT Analysis is and how to perform one is very important.
What is a SWOT Analysis?
A SWOT analysis stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats and is a simple and powerful way to analyze your company's present marketing situation.
The best way to understand SWOT is to look at an actual example: AMT is a computer store in a medium-sized market in the United States. Lately it has suffered through a steady business decline caused mainly by increasing competition from larger office products stores with national brand names. The following is the SWOT analysis included in its marketing plan.