答案:Marketing plans generally do a number of important things, such as to (1) state or restate the organization's mission; (2) assess a brand's current marketing situation and identify factors, both within the company and in the environment, that may help or hinder achieving marketing objectives; (3) present clear, measurable, time-delineated marketing objectives; (4) describe strategies that will be used to achieve marketing objectives with specific target markets; (5) describe tactics or action programs for implementing the marketing strategy; (6) explain how the effectiveness of the marketing efforts will be evaluated; and (7) propose a budget for marketing activities.