Unit I Essay

Marketing Myopia Essay

 

The marketing concept consists of elements that concern market segmentation and how it relates to target markets. Also, recall that promotion is used to reach those target markets.

In this essay, define the marketing concept and summarize its relationship to marketing myopia. Give an example of marketing myopia that you have seen.

Your essay must include an introduction. You must also reference at least one journal article and one article from a business-related or news website; therefore, your essay should be supported by at least two sources. Your essay must be at least three pages in length and double-spaced, not counting the title and reference. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying APA citations.

 

Unit II Essay

Access the following resource by clicking the link below:

 

North Americans feel better about hotels than ever. The goodwill is unlikely to last: Future reservations (2016, July 18). The Economist. Retrieved from https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?

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Based on the article and this unit’s other reading assignments, examine how value proposition in the hotel industry has evolved to change guest behavior across generations. Provide examples that support your analysis.

 

Your essay must include an introduction, be at least three pages in length, and be double-spaced, not counting the title and reference pages. All sources used, including the article, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying APA citations.

 

 

Unit V PowerPoint Presentation

 

Brand Positioning and Strategy PowerPoint

For this presentation, select your favorite brand, and describe the reasons why this brand is so appealing to you. You should further explain the ideas represented on the slides by using the slide notes feature. The outline below can be used as a guide for the presentation, and the number of slides for each area may vary in your presentation:

Slide 1: Develop your title slide.

Slides 2-3: Introduce your chosen brand, highlighting a few of your favorite products.

Slides 4-7: Determine and describe how your favorite brand has gained market share and popularity in terms of its brand recognition, brand strategy, and product positioning.

Slides 8-10: Explain how your brand has created value and remains appealing to you as a member of its target market.

Create a PowerPoint presentation consisting of a minimum of 10 slides, not counting the title and reference slides. You must reference at least two articles from business-related or news websites. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Use APA style guidelines for formatting of references.

 

 

Unit VI PowerPoint Presentation

 

As the marketing manager of a large, national, and geographically dispersed organic food store chain, you are to create a marketing PowerPoint presentation that identifies the strategic decisions you must make in the areas of price and promotion. In this presentation, you will research and provide pricing examples that compare and contrast various factors that influence promotional strategies for each of the five pricing strategies: premium pricing, penetration pricing, economy pricing, psychological pricing, and promotional pricing.

You should further explain the ideas and/or graphics represented on the slides by using the slide notes feature. You must reference at least two articles from business-related or news websites. All paraphrased and quoted material must be cited and referenced. Your presentation should be at least 10 slides in length, not counting the title and reference slides.

 

 

Unit VII Essay

Supply Chain and Logistics Management

Watch the following video (just over 11 minutes) by clicking on the link below:

 

MacNeil/Lehrer Productions (Producer). (1999). Your computer, your way: Dell and the direct sales model [Video file]. Retrieved from https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/login?

auth=CAS&url=http://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=273866&xtid=10070

Click here to view a transcript of the video.

 

After viewing the video, answer the questions.

  1. Compare Dell’s supply chain and logistics innovations with the competitive responses from competitors such as the Apple Store and others.
  2. Discuss the emerging supply chain and logistics management factors shown in the video that were already negatively affecting large computer chain stores.
  3. In what ways may market research have helped prevent these large technology businesses from failing?

 

Each of your three responses should be at least one page in length; therefore, with an introduction and conclusion included, your essay should be at least four pages in length. In addition to the video, your essay must reference at least one article of your choice from a business-related or news website; therefore, your essay should reference at least two sources. Your essay must be in APA format. All paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying in-text citations and references. Title and reference pages do not count toward the minimum length requirement.

 

 

Unit VIII Reflection Paper

 

For this activity, prepare a reflection paper, and consider the concepts that you have learned during your readings. Think about what you understand completely and what did not quite make sense. The purpose of this assignment is to provide you with the opportunity to reflect on the material you have read and to expand on it. This is not a summary.

In the Unit I introduction to this course, Theodore Levitt’s remarks about the contrasting needs of the seller and the marketer were shared. Levitt described how satisfying the needs of the customer is now the pathway to marketing success. This concept and others related to the four Ps of product, price, promotion, and place were further explored throughout the units.

 

For this reflection paper, respond to these three prompts:

Reflect on how this introductory marketing course has changed your view of how the field of marketing works.

What was the most surprising thing you learned? What do you need to learn more about?

Do you see the rise of consumer power through evolving changes in technology? If so, how? If not, why not?

Your reflection paper must be at least four pages in length and formatted according to APA guidelines. If you use any paraphrased or quoted material, you must have accompanying in-text citations and references. Title and reference pages do not count toward the minimum length requirement.


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