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Full-Funnel Marketing Plan for a Product

Part of the Digital Marketing Roadmap

In short

This is your flagship piece. One product, one plan covering how people discover it, consider it, buy it and come back. It proves you can think like a marketing lead, not just run one channel.

The flagship portfolio piece — a complete marketing plan for a real or hypothetical product spanning positioning, channels, budget, and KPIs, showing you can think strategically, not just execute one channel.

The blob stands on a step ladder hanging colourful bunting above a box of balloons.

Think of it like this

Organising the college fest

A fest needs posters to create buzz, an easy registration form, a great event day and a feedback form so next year is bigger. Skip any part and the fest suffers. A full-funnel plan covers every stage for a product, with a budget and a number for each.

Watch it happen

Funnel stages, channels and KPIs in one plan

Awareness
Consider
Convert
Retain
Advocate

1/5Awareness: Reels, creator collabs, YouTube Shorts. KPI: reach and video views.

The big ideas

What you need to know

Positioning first

One line on who it's for, the problem it solves and why it beats alternatives.

Channels per stage

Match each stage with channels that suit it. Don't run sales ads to people who've never heard of you.

Budget with reasons

Split the budget across stages and explain why, not just an even split.

One KPI per stage

Give each stage one main metric and a target, plus a timeline to review.

See it in code

Walk through the code

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1        Stage          Budget %   Budget (₹)       KPI target2Row 2   Awareness      30%        =B2*$F$1         2,00,000 reach3Row 3   Consideration  20%        =B3*$F$1         3,000 email sign-ups4Row 4   Conversion     35%        =B4*$F$1         600 purchases5Row 5   Retention      15%        =B5*$F$1         25% repeat rate6F1 = total budget, e.g. 2,00,000

1/3Each stage gets a share of budget and a KPI target.

A budget-by-stage sheet. Change the total in F1 and every stage updates. The percentages are an example; justify yours for your product.

Save yourself the pain

Common mistakes

Oops

Listing every channel that exists without priorities.

Do this instead

Pick a few channels per stage and explain why they fit this product and budget.

Oops

Skipping retention because it's not exciting.

Do this instead

Keeping customers is usually cheaper than finding new ones. Always plan for it.

Your mission

Write the one-page skeleton

~45 min

Quick check

A brand-new product nobody knows puts 100% of budget into retargeting ads. What's wrong?

Go deeper

  1. 1Choose a product with genuine substance, not a random hypothetical.
  2. 2Cover positioning, target audience, channel mix, budget allocation, and success metrics.
  3. 3Justify every major channel and budget decision with clear reasoning.

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