gost: goals, objectives, strategies and tactics
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G.O.S.TGoalsOutcomesStrategies &Tactics
Goals
• A goal:– Is completely measurable– Provides focus for the
campaign– Is completely measurable
Sample Goals
• I want to:– Become King!– Increase my
Facebook likes to 1 million!
– Raise my sales volume by 100%!
The once and future king
Objectives
• An objective:– Less measurable– The general means
by which you’ll achieve your goal
Sample Objectives
• In order to achieve my goal, I must:– Take control of the
throne!– Drive a lot of
interested traffic to my Facebook page!
– Get people interested in my product and convince them to buy it!
Someday this will be you
We need a plan!
Quick – what do we know?
Observations and Insights
• An observation:– Is a fact about the
campaign landscape– Is often quantifiable
• An insight:– Is how you intend to
utilize the observation in a different way
Sample Observations and Insights
• I can see that:– Kings control lots of tax
revenue and can raise large armies
– They do this through controlling local castles
• Therefore:– If I want to be King, I’m
going to need tax revenue and to raise large armies
– A good way to bolster my claim is to control castles!
Let’s be honest: who doesn’t want to live in a castle?
Strategies
• Your strategy:– Is replicable across a
variety of similar but distinct tactical situations
– Shows how you use your insights to begin achieving your goals
Sample Strategies
• Holy Moses, my insight means:– I need to take over lots
of castles!– I need a unified editorial
calendar to drive interest and engagement in my page!
– I need my target customers to see the emotional and rational reasons to buy my product!
OK, maybe not this castle
Tactics
• Tactics are:– The ways in which
you will achieve your strategy
– Somewhat different – and focused - for each strategic situation
– The actual things you execute and “do”
Sample Tactics
• To take over this specific castle we need to:– Attack that weak
spot in its walls with a catapult and sappers!
– Choke off their single point of supplies!
– Poison their two water supplies!
Siege tactics being employed to take over Castle Facebook circa
1285