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    Fundraising Event

    Develop a plan for a local fundraising event in your area. Include your thoughts on marketing strategies, budgeting, staffing, and evaluation. Use specific details to support your discussion.

    Use of ETS Testing

    Many applicants for master's level degrees are required to complete an ETS exam such as GMAT or LSAT. These tests measure knowledge and skills. One measurement is for the often-used construct of intelligence. Do you believe these tests adequately measure an applicant's abilities and potential for success in higher education? If

    Positioning Strategies

    Once a firm has chosen a target market, a positioning strategy includes particular ideas that must be communicated for the marketing program to be effective. Answer the questions using these two shoe companies: www.nike.com www.adidas.com 1. Describe each of the seven positioning strategies : Attribute - Competitors - U

    Marketing strategies employed by Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola and their effectiveness

    Visit www.cocacola.com and www.pepsicola.com. Discuss how each company advances and manages its brand. You should include the marketing strategy employed by each company, as well as their positioning strategies, and how each company markets to their consumers. Also, discuss the relative effectiveness of each company's marketing

    Effective competition analysis

    Can someone please give me some assistance, help get me started with this question. What is involved with assessing your competition? Why is it important? How can strong competitors benefit a company? Discuss the advantages of being a market follower. When would you apply this strategy?

    Marketing a Retail Pharmacy

    Describe and evaluate a company's pricing and retail strategy. Include analysis of the current market situation and the competitive strategy.

    New product launch - organic beverage

    Put yourself in the position of an entrepreneur who is developing a new product to introduce into the market. Briefly describe the product. Then develop the segmentation, targeting, and positioning strategy for marketing the new product. Be sure to discuss: - The overall strategy - Characteristics of the target market - Why

    Distribution

    Why would intermediaries want to be exclusive distributors for a product? Why would producers want exclusive distribution? Would intermediaries be equally anxious to get exclusive distribution for any type of product? Why or why not? Explain with reference to the following products: candy bars, batteries, golf clubs, golf balls,

    How Important is Price in Promotions?

    What strategies do companies in the fast food industry use to promote their products or services? Include communication channels the companies use. What are their promotion objectives? How and why are the promotion strategies of the companies effective or not effective? Compare and contrast promotion strategies between a couple

    Polo Ralph Lauren and Consumer Decision Process Model

    Please help me - choose a product or service that you connect with as a consumer. In a well-researched essay, explain how the company has used the consumer decision process model to effectively market the product or service to you. This essay should detail the strategy based on the model, explain why the strategy was successful

    Kinds of Consumer Products/Types of Research for Product Roll Out

    1) What kinds of consumer products are the following: (a) watches, (b) automobiles, and (c) toothpaste? Explain in detail why, in each case, you chose the kind of product you did. 2) How might you use different types of research (focus groups, observation, survey, and experiment) to forecast market reaction to a new kind of

    Create objectives for a company

    How do companies determine what objectives should be set? How do successful managers use objectives to achieve the company's vision and the mission?

    Purple Cow

    Purple cow is a marketing concept developed by marketer and entrepreneur Seth Godin. Please explain.

    Sales plan components

    Write an analysis of the marketing plan within this business plan. Address the following: Aircraft Equipment Maker (Stretch 'r Wings) Business Plan: http://www.bplans.com/aircraft_equipment_maker_business_plan/executive_summary_fc.php - Describe the components of the organization's sales approach. - Assess the effectiven

    High Levels of Customer Information Security

    Firms that have high levels of customer information security and handle the information responsibly benefit in all of the following ways, EXCEPT: - Better customized offerings - Find it easier to attract new customers - Possess a sellable asset - Use it as a competitive advantage - Retain current customers

    Healthy Fast Food:Market Research & Differentiation

    Hello Professor, For my group presentation we have decided on healthy fast food restaurant-Healthy fast. We will implement segmentation, targeting, positioning, market research, differentiation and four Ps. my part is market research and differentiation our product. I need some ideas about market research and differentiation st

    Hospitality Organization Business Strategies

    Need help answering these questions 1. A hospitality organization has an opportunity to purchase a hotel located in the center of the city. A highway is located several miles away. What strategic objectives should the owners consider if they were to complete a SWOT analysis? (Identify one Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, an

    Japanese Coca Cola Commercial

    Below is a foreign commercial for a U.S. product that is sold overseas. Briefly describe the commercial. Would this commercial work in the U.S.? Why or why not? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgeuA03avSQ

    Coupon Strategy discussed as it pertains to Groupon.

    Think about a product or service that you have purchased in the last 1-4 months that uses a coupon. This can be a paper coupon, electronic coupon, Groupon, etc., as long as you got a reduction in price, a free item, or some other type of benefit. 1) What was the product or service? 2) What was the benefit of the coupon? 3) D

    EU Crisis and the U.S.A

    Please help with the following problem. Provide at least 200 words and include references as part of the solution. The Euro has had many problems during the last few years with the sovereign debt crisis in Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Ireland. Is this a positive or negative development for the U.S. economy? Why? Is a

    Quality Cost at Hotel Escargo

    Can you help me answer these three questions with the scenario listed below 1. How would you go about determining the cost of quality for Hotel Escargo? 2. Provide cost of quality examples in the hotel industry for: - Appraisal costs - Prevention costs - Internal failure costs - External failure costs 3. Based on t

    A Discussion of Supply & Demand

    Just looking for a paragraph or so for each of the 4 questions below to get a discussion going: 1) Discuss some important aspects of the free enterprise system or capitalism. 2) Why are price and competition so important for the free enterprise economic System? 3) List and describe two or three goods and/or services th

    Strategic Product Promotions

    In this journal entry, discuss your favorite product or service. Describe: 1) the types of media this company uses to promote its product, 2) when would you usually see this product (i.e. the time of day) or in which magazines, and 3) as a marketer, how would you adjust their media strategy to be more effective?

    Business, Management and Marketing Paper

    Access articles about the history, business approaches, management, and marketing of Eastman Kodak and Fujifilm. Eastman Kodak has been a developer and pioneer of photographic films for over 130 years. Although it invented the digital camera, the company was unprepared for the rapid changes in new technologies and filed for bank

    Pros and Cons of Exporter Countries

    A lot of people, including politicians, tend to think of exports as positive for the economy and imports as negative. What is your opinion on this topic? Provide some examples of countries that pursue this concept