15. Which of the following can induce a firm to expand into the
international arena?
A saturated foreign market
Cater to a domestic mass market
High income level of domestic consumers
A saturated domestic market
A. internally
B. management
C. segmentation
D. integration
5) BMW, the maker of the Mini Cooper brand, is using what kind of
brand strategy with its Mini products?
A. Individual names
B. Blanket family names
C. Separate family names
D. Corporate names
A. cash cow
B. low-end, entry level brand
C. high-end, prestige brand
D. flanker
A. brand extension
B. preemptive cannibalization
C. a brand shake-out
D. product maturity
A. joint-venture co-brand
B. same company co-brand
C. category extension
D. line extension
A. repositioning
B. the development of a new product line
C. market diversification strategy
D. product development strategy
12) In 2003, Toyota introduced its Scion brand with the aim of
bringing younger buyers into the family. This was a classic
example of _________________.
A. line featuring
B. line cannibalization
C. line padding
D. line stretching
A. Basic-expected-augmented-core-potential
B. Expected-potential-basic-augmented-core
C. Core-basic-expected-augmented-potential
D. Potential-augmented-expected-core-basic
A. search qualities
B. experience qualities
C. credence qualities
D. differentiation qualities
16) For $15 a day, Chlena will go to your home and feed, water, and
play with your pet while you are on vacation. The service Chlena
provides is an example of a _____________.
17) Mr. Tse and his family took a vacation to Washington, D.C.
While there, they bought souvenirs; t-shirts and hats to take home
to family and friends who didnt have the opportunity to go. The
experience of the Tse family is an example of which offering?
18) Best Buy will often try to sell the buyer of a high-end television
monitor an extended warranty. This is an example of
_______________.
A. estimate costs
B. determine the target market
C. select a pricing method
D. select a pricing objective
22) A common mistake in pricing is ____________________.
A. value pricing
B. the psychology of pricing
C. the going rates of competitors
D. value augmented by perception
A. Marketing concept
B. Marketing mix
C. Product strategy
D. Promotion strategy
A. descriptive
B. persuasive
C. reminder
D. informative
A. descriptive
B. persuasive
C. reminder
D. informative
A. Advertising
B. Public relations
C. Sales promotion
D. Personal selling
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Purpose of Assignment
This assignment is designed to help students analyze and interpret
primary and/or secondary data and research. First, students will be
provided with a marketing report that allows for preparing basic
executive level data insights. Second, they will be allowed to pick a
company and product or service. This assignment will help prepare
students for the development of their marketing plan. Students will
be creating a marketing plan (refer to Marketing Plan and Outline
document) so they may want to choose a company and product or
service that has data readily available or where they can use
demographic/psychographic data to provide insights.
Assignment Steps
Part 1:
Analyze the Week 1 Business Growth Overview dataset. This is a
marketing report generated by an analyst for the Senior Vice
President (SVP) of Marketing at a large corporation. The analyst is
new and has provided summary data but no insights or commentary
for the SVP.
What have been the major marketing trends in the last decade?
What new marketing trends do you anticipate in the next 10 years?
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Purpose of Assignment
To develop effective relationship marketing, a company must first
understand its targeted consumers' buying influences and
behaviors. This week's assignment is the first part of the
development of a marketing plan. It provides the foundation of the
marketing plan and introduces the student to a variety of
diagrammatic tools for understanding a business.
Assignment Steps
To develop effective relationship marketing, a company must first
understand its targeted consumers' buying influences and
behaviors. In Week 2, create the Research section of your plan.
Create the research section of your marketing plan in minimum of
700 words.
Include at least 3 elements of the Research List of Topics (see list
below):
Research List of Topics:
Primary Research
Secondary Research
Consumer Analysis
Customer Profile
Continuous Consumer Monitoring & Research
Environmental Scanning
Identify Market, Economic, Technological, Regulatory, Legal,
Social, and Ecological Forces
Current Opportunities
Potential Future Opportunities
Current Threats
Potential Future Threat
Diagrams are not required but can be used to provide clarity and
conciseness. Diagrams (and subsequent discussion) can include
SWOT (emphasizes internal market--Strengths, Weakness,
Opportunities, Threats) TOWS (emphasizes the external market--
Threats, Opportunities, Weakness, Strength), PEST (Political,
Economical, Social, Technological), SOAR (Strengths,
Opportunities, Aspirations, Results), and/or STEEP (Social,
Technological, Environmental, Economical, Political). All
diagram(s) should be in APA format and must include a subsequent
discussion of the diagram(s) providing insight and clarity.
Develop the first two parts of the Target Market section, which
includes an overview of the demographics (age, income, family
members, and birthdays) and psychographics (activities, interests,
and opinions) analysis. This is not a detailed analysis but an
overview (basic trends and insights from the data that is presented
in annual reports and other SEC type filings).
Explain the insights you have gained from your inspection and
analysis of the demographic and psychographic information you
have found.
This assignment will be incorporated into your overall marketing
plan for Week 6.
Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed references.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
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We are entering a real crowded and mature market with our CNN
product. (Read class case introduction). Here is a two part DQ.
1. Describe the overall strategy we should adopt to maximize our
potential for success.
2. In one sentence write your positioning statement for the product
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MKT 571 Week 2 Individual Assignment Segmentation
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Purpose of Assignment
All products/services go through a life cycle of NPI (new product
introduction), growth, maturity and decline. These various stages
affect the marketing strategy and promotional efforts. In Week 3,
you will incorporate a product strategy that addresses at least 3
areas of the product life cycle. The primary objective of this
assignment is to allow the student to demonstrate an understanding
of the factors that can affect the launch of a product or service. A
secondary objective is to understand the differences in a product
launch in the U.S. (domestic market) and an international market.
Assignment Steps
Generate a minimum 700-word product strategy in Microsoft
Word.
Incorporate a product strategy that addresses the following:
At least three areas of the product life cycle (NPI-new product
introduction, growth, maturity and decline).
How you will measure (what metrics will be used to determine
success or failure) the marketing activities.
Create at least two different types of media methods for the
products. One media method must be a print method and one must
be non-print. A media method is a media strategy which highlights
your product. For example, (this cannot be used in this
assignment), a non-print media method would be a Facebook
campaign that provides a user a reward for each review, positive or
negative, posted about the use/appearance/price/etc. of the product.
In your assignment, you should have 2-3 sentences about each
media method (i.e. one paragraph of what you would do, not how to
do it).
Address three elements of the Product and Promotion List (see
below).
Product and Promotion List:
Integrated Marketing Communication
Advertising Strategy/Objectives
Push and Pull
Media Strategy
Advertising Execution
Direct Marketing
Public Relations/Strategies
Positioning
The plan will be a continuation of your global or multi-regional
company you chose in Week 1. This will be incorporated into your
overall marketing plan for Week 6.
Note: Charts/graphs/tables do not count toward the word count.
Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed references.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
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You are a marketing manager for a local company and you are
developing a plan to improve customer relationships and increase
satisfaction.
Select one of the following types of local companies:
Florist
Veterinarian
Health/Natural Food Store
Accounting/Tax Preparation
Create a 2,100-word Customer Satisfaction Plan in which you
include the following:
Explain how each type of business might segment the local market
based on consumer/business demographic information, behaviors,
psychographics (attitudes, interests, and lifestyle), geography,
and/or product or service benefits. Support your explanation with
documented facts and statistics.
Develop a strategy for attracting the target audience to the selected
business and explain your reasoning using marketing principles
and sound marketing concepts. As part of this strategy, select one of
the segments you identified as the main target audience for that
business.
Develop a strategy for building long-term relationships and strong
customer loyalty between the selected business and the target
audience using Customer Relationship Management (CRM),
personal communications/direct marketing, social media, events,
publicity, and/or frequency marketing/rewards ideas.
Explain each strategy and its related goal(s).
Discuss some of the tactics that could be used to implement the
strategy with reasons for selecting each tactic.
Discuss at least three potential methods of measuring customer
satisfaction and loyalty, with examples of the types of questions that
might be explored if a conversation or survey were to be one of your
options.
Develop one or more messages for initially attracting the target
audience and then for maintaining a strong, mutually-beneficial
relationship.
Cite at least six scholarly references.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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Purpose of Assignment
Understanding the various phases of a product or service lifecycle is
critical when addressing a market. If your product is in decline and
the competitor's product is in growth, your strategy for the product
or service will be different. This exercise will enable students to
demonstrate an understanding of both their product/service life
cycle stage and a competitor's product. It is designed to help
students explore product mix strategies in the various phases of a
product or service life cycle. This tool is critical when addressing a
market penetration, market saturation or product/service decline.
Assignment Steps
Resource: Plunkett Research Online located in the University
Library.
Design a minimum 1,050-word New or Product Refresh Product
Launch Plan in Microsoft Word. The product launch plan will be
for two markets: U.S. and one international market. Domestic
market generally means the market where the company
headquarters are located. If you choose a domestic market that is
not the U.S. than your other market is required to be the U.S.
Compare your product/service to at least one other competitor. This
can be a product/service that is used by a team member in their
individual assignment. The competitor does not need to be in both
markets, you can have two different competitors, one for each
market.
Include the following:
Brief SWOT (emphasizes internal market--Strengths, Weakness,
Opportunities, Threats) and/or TOWS (emphasizes the external
market--Threats, Opportunities, Weakness, Strength).
A graph or chart if the team deems it necessary.
Include two of the following:
Definition of product or service.
Description of product or service--marketing message.
Why the product or service needs to be introduced or refreshed
(target audience).
Address competition in each region and how the new product or
refresh provides a competitive advantage.
Evaluate the potential growth rate. Look for information on similar
products/services to determine a 3 year growth rate (Compound
Annual Growth Rate-CAGR). Information may be located in the
University Library.
Note: Charts/graphs/tables do not count toward the word count.
Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed references.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
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Purpose of Assignment
This assignment is designed to help students analyze and
understand how price setting and go to market (distribution) are
interrelated and affects the profitability and growth of the business.
It has been designed to be a short overview on purpose: the concepts
of pricing and distribution are complex and a general
understanding is what should be absorbed in one week of study.
Assignment Steps
Construct a minimum 700-word plan for setting price and a
distribution model (place/distribution) in Microsoft Word. This
plan should address at least three elements (from the Price and
Place/Distribution list below) of the Price and Place/Distribution
section of the marketing plan.
Price and Place/Distribution:
Distribution Strategies
Channels, Mass, Selective, Exclusive
Positioning within channels
Dynamic/Static Pricing Strategies
Channel tactics (Pricing)
Daily pricing, promotion pricing, List pricing
Note: Charts/graphs/tables do not count toward the word count.
The plan will be a continuation of your global or multi-regional
business you chose in Week 1. This will be incorporated into your
overall marketing plan for Week 6.
Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed references.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
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Let's assume that our overall objectives for the ReCharge bar is to
generate $300 million in year 1 sales and capture the #1 market
share position in the U. S market. Describe your Distribution
strategy to allow these lofty goals to be accomplished.
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Let's assume that The Recharge Bar has been wildly successful and
we have achieved all our major objectives in the U. S. market by the
end of year three. Should we consider expanding our distribution
globally? What are some of the major factors that we need to be
aware of and plan for? In other words, what makes marketing on a
global basis more difficult than simply distributing our product
nationally?
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MKT 571 Week 4 team Assignment New Product Launch
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Purpose of Assignment
This assignment is designed to help students understand the
interrelationships between brand strategy and the communication
message to the target audience. It is a continuation of the marketing
plan and students should review the Week 3 Learning Team
Assignment for assistance in product brand strategies the team has
developed.
Assignment Steps
Develop a minimum 700-word branding strategy and marketing
communication plan in Microsoft Word. This document should
address at least 5 elements of the Situational Analysis and the
Product, Place/Distribution, Promotion, and Price Strategies
(modified below) sections of the marketing plan (from the
Situational Analysis and the Product, Place/Distribution,
Promotion, and Price Strategies lists below). The five elements you
select should only come from the options provided below. You must
include a measurement of customer loyalty and retention in your
strategy document. You may include more than the minimum to
provide clarity and coherence to your document.
Situational Analysis:
Vision , Mission, Strategic objectives, Values
Strengths/Weaknesses
Competitor's Strengths/Weaknesses
Market Segments
Product, Place/Distribution, Promotion, and Price Strategies:
Creating a Brand Image
Maintaining Brand Image
Branding Concerns
Promotion/Integrated Marketing Communication
Advertising Strategy/Objectives
Push and Pull
Media Strategy
Advertising Execution
Public Relations/Strategies
Note: Charts/graphs/tables do not count toward the word count.
The plan will be a continuation of your global or multi-regional
business you chose in Week 1. This will be incorporated into your
overall marketing plan for Week 6.
Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed references.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
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Select a current product or service with which you are familiar. This
product will be used to pitch a new integrated marketing
communication and marketing mix to a client who is the marketer
or producer of the product.
Review the current marketing mix including the communication
channels used.
Part 1
Create a 12-slide presentation including detailed speaker notes that
will act as the script of a presentation. Include the following in the
presentation:
Evaluate the effectiveness of the existing marketing mix (elements
of the 4 Ps).
Recommend a new marketing mix strategy based on any
weakness(es) you discovered.
Examine the company's current positioning strategy.
Determine whether or not to change that strategy.
Identify any considerations to be used when building or
maintaining the brand or customer loyalty.
Evaluate the target audience's use of and belief in the distribution
channels and/or communication channels used.
Part 2
Create a storyboard, print ad, or a radio or video commercial for the
product featuring your new marketing mix. Video or audio options
should be 30-60 seconds and storyboards 5-8 slides.
Use an app or program such as Movenote, Knovio, Presentme,
or another video recording application if selecting the video option.
Storyboards can be created using Microsoft PowerPoint.
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.
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Select a current product or service with which you are familiar. This
product will be used to pitch a new integrated marketing
communication and marketing mix to a client who is the marketer
or producer of the product.
Review the current marketing mix including the communication
channels used.
Part 1
Create a 12-slide presentation including detailed speaker notes that
will act as the script of a presentation. Include the following in the
presentation:
Evaluate the effectiveness of the existing marketing mix (elements
of the 4 Ps).
Recommend a new marketing mix strategy based on any
weakness(es) you discovered.
Examine the company's current positioning strategy.
Determine whether or not to change that strategy.
Identify any considerations to be used when building or
maintaining the brand or customer loyalty.
Evaluate the target audience's use of and belief in the distribution
channels and/or communication channels used.
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Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to creatively illustrate traditional
and new media options. An understanding of the target audience
and effective communication for each is a desired outcome. It
provides the Learning Team the opportunity to creatively illustrate
traditional and new media options. An understanding of the target
audience and effective communication for each is a desired
outcome.
Assignment Steps
As a Learning Team choose a brand (different from the Week 3
Learning Team Assignment) and a related brand strategy.
Create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, Prezi, or Vimeo
video, etc. which illustrates one traditional media option (print, TV,
radio, billboard, etc.) and one new (social media) media option for
your brand and brand strategy. Each presentation should be a
minimum of 7-10 slides or, if Prezi or Vimeo video, an 8-minute
minimum.
Note: Prezi presentations cannot be uploaded to the classroom.
Please provide your instructor with the link to the presentation on
the web. Prezi will provide you with a URL link to the presentation.
Discuss in a minimum 700 words the differences between the
traditional media option and the new media option in terms of
audience, reach, channel and content. A table of differences may be
used to concisely illustrate the differences but you must include a
discussion of insights/concerns/issues between the media options.
Note: Charts/graphs/tables in your Microsoft Word write-up do
not count towards the word count.
Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed references.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
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Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to help students think through the
importance of social, legal, and ethical issues that may arise with
their product or service and the implications of decisions made
within those frameworks. It is designed to help the learners
understand ethical and legal issues related to marketing practices.
This knowledge helps to prevent such issues when developing the
marketing strategies in their marketing plan. The executive
overview of the marketing plan is not a summary and conclusion,
but an overview of what the plan entails and what it does not
address.
Assignment Steps
Producing and marketing a product without regard to ethical, legal,
and social considerations is detrimental to the overall success of any
company.
Assess in a maximum of 700 words the ethical, legal, and social
issues affecting your product or service in two markets: the United
States and one international market. Domestic market generally
means the market where the company headquarters are located. If
you choose a domestic market that is not the U.S., then your other
market is required to be the U.S. marketplace. This should added to
the Target Market section of your Marketing Plan.
Include the following:
Develop a process to monitor and control marketing performance.
This process could be a flowchart but a flowchart is not required
(flowcharts do not count towards your word count requirement).
Formulate a maximum 350-word executive summary including at a
minimum the following elements:
Required executive summary elements:
Strategic Objectives
Products or Services
Optional executive summary elements:
Resources Needed
Projected Outcomes
Integrate the previous weeks' sections, and incorporate corrections
and suggestions from the instructor's weekly feedback. The
marketing plan should be a minimum of 3,850 words and include
the following:
Incorporate Understanding Target Markets (Week 2)
Incorporate Promotion and the Product Life Cycle (Week 3)
Incorporate Price and Channel Strategy (Week 4)
Incorporate Marketing Communication and Brand Strategy (Week
5)
Incorporate Executive Summary, Legal, Social and Ethical
Considerations (Week 6)
Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed references.
Include all peer-reviewed references from the previous weeks'
individual assignments in your marketing plan.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
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