Marketing Strategy in Action · Market strategy

Choose where to play.
Prove how to win.

This marketing strategy approach connects market analysis to an explicit strategic decision: compare options, document trade-offs and set review conditions.

Qualified evidenceVisible uncertaintyPlanned review

Private diagnostic · 5 min

5 questions. 3 options. One mandate.

Start with the decision to be made. The diagnostic identifies the main gap and leads you to a verifiable mandate.

Editorial direction: Pascal Cottereau. Your answers remain in your browser.

YOU LEAVE WITH

  • A framed decisionThe question, scope and timeframe to address.
  • Comparable criteriaThe criteria that make options open to arbitration.
  • Missing evidenceWhat still needs checking before choosing.
  • The next stepThe journey and mandate suited to your situation.
Start the diagnostic · 5 min

Simulated teaching case

From a diffuse discussion to a testable mandate.

In this reproducible example, a fictional B2B team must decide whether to enter an adjacent market. The diagnostic turns the arguments into three options, five weighted criteria and two review thresholds.

BEFORE38/100

One preferred option, no review threshold and scattered evidence.

AFTER82/100

Three comparable options, five criteria and a mandate ready for validation.

SIMULATED DECISIONTest for 90 days

Continue if CAC remains below €4,500 and two pilot customers sign.

GO FURTHER

The corpus to frame, compare and review.

After the diagnostic, choose the level of depth that your decision requires.