What competitors and competitive offerings threaten their position? Project a year into the future, what issues or opportunities can you foresee for your organisation of interest?

Portfolio- 4/product: chemical for university researchers

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Week 4: The marketing mix, distribution and pricing

product: chemical for university researchers

What is the pricing strategy for this offering?

What is the distribution (place) strategy for this offering?

What is a change they’ve had to make in their marketing strategy in recent times?

What competitors and competitive offerings threaten their position?

Project a year into the future, what issues or opportunities can you foresee for your organisation of interest?

Explain. In terms of psychographics, what additional details about your values, personality, or lifestyle would help a car manufacturer target you more effectively for a new car purchase? What questions would you add to the survey in order to elicit these details?

Psychographics: Values, Personality, and Lifestyle

http://www.sric-bi.com/vals/presurvey.shtml (Links to an external site.)

(Links to an external site.)Answer this online survey to see how psychographics might describe you as a consumer. Do you agree that the segment in which the survey placed you, based on your answers, in an accurate description of your lifestyle, personality, and/or values?

Explain. In terms of psychographics, what additional details about your values, personality, or lifestyle would help a car manufacturer target you more effectively for a new car purchase? What questions would you add to the survey in order to elicit these details?

FYI: (WHEN DID THE SURVEY, PSYCHOGRAPHICS DESCRIBED ME AS AN EXPERIENCER AND MAKER.

Write about companies noticing that social justice issues are a benefactor when it comes to consumerism.

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Write about companies noticing that social justice issues are a benefactor when it comes to consumerism.

People deciding which companies they want to support based on their marketing (like Walmart putting out lgbtq clothing during pride month).

This is for my human resources class.

You ONLY need to do the main body part (no abstract, ntroduction or conclusion).

If marketers at Disney wanted to better understand these clubs, what type of consumer research method would you suggest? Why do you think that method is the most appropriate?

Disney Social Clubs (CASE)

In the article from the LA Times about Disney “superfans” who organize themselves into social clubs.

Read the article. Then, in a well-written essay of no more than two double-spaced pages in total, respond to the following three questions:

1) Do you think these social clubs constitute a subculture? Explain your reasoning.

2) Do you think consumption of Disney is affected by social class? Which class(es) do you think are represented in the article?

3) If marketers at Disney wanted to better understand these clubs, what type of consumer research method would you suggest? Why do you think that method is the most appropriate?

Provide a general overview of your select healthcare system.Discuss the disadvantages of using each marketing tool at your healthcare system and location.

Assess various marketing tools and identify their advantages and disadvantages. [Evaluation]

Instructions:

In this unit, you will explore the advantages and disadvantages of marketing tools used in healthcare. By the end of the unit, you will be able to make recommendations on what marketing tools would be most useful and effective given various elemental factors and internal influences.

To begin, select one (1) of the following healthcare systems that you would like to explore for this unit:

Acute care

Ambulatory care

Assisted living

Continuing care retirement community

Critical access hospital

Dialysis care

Home health care

Hospice care

Long-term care

Memory care

Palliative care

Pediatric care

Primary care

Short-term care (e.g. post-surgery therapy)

Skilled nursing care

Surgical care

Veterans Health Administration

Other (requires approval from instructor)

Next, select an environment/location:

Downtown New York City

Denver, Colorado

Mobile, Alabama

Boston, Massachusetts

Rural Minnesota

Savannah, Georgia

Los Angeles, California

Fort Worth, Texas

Anchorage, Alaska

Other (requires approval from instructor)

Finally, select three (3) marketing tools:

Email

Newspaper

Memorandum

Radio advertisement

Television

Telephone

Social media

Internet

Person-to-person

Billboard

Referral

Other (does not require approval from instructor)

Instructions

Provide a general overview of your select healthcare system.

Discuss the demographics of your select location.

Discuss the advantages of using each marketing tool at your healthcare system and location.

Discuss the disadvantages of using each marketing tool at your healthcare system and location.

Be sure to support your assertions with evidence-based research, scholarly articles, and well-supported strategies that support your predictions.

3-4 page paper excluding front and back matter (APA standards apply).

The use of first person is permitted for this assignment (excluding option 1). APA formatting (e.g. title page, conclusion, reference page, etc.) should not be used.

Although the use of APA formatting is not required for this assignment, proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation are expected. Plagiarism is not permitted and will result in academic discipline. All content submitted needs to be original.

*Hint: Try locating a healthcare system that you are familiar with, would like to network with, have heard concerns about, or one that is completely unfamiliar to you.

Reference:

How will you launch the product? Will you do a one city, one region or larger area? Will you sell it retail, online or something else?

Branding & Product Development Term Project

Keeping with the Professional Writing assignment from last week:

Recap from previous week:

For the term project you will come up with a product and over this and the upcoming weeks you will add different sections and the last week the final project is a combination of all the previously submitted elements with incorporated feedback have provided.

This week’s assignment you will write about the the research you will do to launch the product.

How will you launch the product? Will you do a one city, one region or larger area? Will you sell it retail, online or something else?

Take a look and refer to the content provided in the folder to give you ideas. Also take a look at and watch Shark Tank shows – they give great ideas.

This section will be included in your final submission (be sure to incorporate changes/recommendations make)

This should be at least 2 to 3 pages and should include details like dates, milestones, locations.

Feedback from my professor last week “This is looking really good here Note on target audience try to add more details in terms of age brackets, income levels, etc.”

What forms of advertising and promotion does the company use? What role does personal selling fulfill for the company?

Marketing Plan Analysis and Presentation: Part 3 – Research Template

Directions:

Using the company and research sources from the Topic 2 and Topic 5 assignments as a starting point, conduct additional research to acquire information related to place and promotion associated with the company you selected.

In the “Strategy Recommendation” section, recommend a strategy that you believe will increase profits and sales to the target market. Cite your specific research findings to justify your strategy assessment and recommendations.

Information to be Researched

Research Findings

Resource Citation Information

Describe distribution channels (direct, manufacturer to consumer, indirect, wholesalers/retailers, multichannels).
Discuss possible channel conflicts.

What forms of advertising and promotion does the company use? What role does personal selling fulfill for the company?

What forms of media does the company use? Describe the media mix.
Illustrate the messages the company currently uses.

Note: Include links to specific YouTube and social media site examples.

Strategy Recommendation:

In 250 words, recommend a strategy that you believe will increase profits and sales to the target market.

Cite your specific research findings to justify your strategy assessment and recommendations.

What forms of advertising and promotion does the company use?What forms of media does the company use?

You have to use the template do not change it everything has to be filled into the boxes

Also attached part 1 & 2 so you can reference to it
they were Both still incomplete according to the directions.

The purpose of this assignment is to conduct research related to how a specific company utilizes information related to place and promotion to create marketing plans that will meet business needs including their specified marketing objectives, to assess and make recommendations about the marketing strategies that have been employed based upon the consumer and market research, and to communicate these findings to organizational stakeholders.
Review:
Review the following topic materials.
Topic 6: “Types of Distribution Channels”
Topic 7: “Advertising, Sales Promotion, and Public Relations” and “Planning a Promotional Campaign”
Part 1:
Continuing in the role of a marketing professional who has been tasked with completing a marketing plan for a client, refer back to the research you completed in the Topic 2 Part 1: Research and the Topic 5 Part 2: Product or Service and Price assignments.

Conduct additional research related to place and promotion and use it to complete the “Marketing Plan Analysis and Presentation: Part 3 – Research Template.”
Part 2:
Add to the PowerPoint presentation you created in the Topic 5 assignment by creating five to eight additional slides that summarize your marketing plan analysis based on the research you have conducted about place and promotion.

Slides should address each of the key areas listed below and should include speaker notes that explain how the company could have used what it learned about consumer behavior, product or service, and pricing to help it develop a marketing plan in order to meet the company’s marketing objectives and business needs.

When creating the presentation, provide links to specific YouTube and social media site examples that illustrate the current company messaging and promotional techniques.

The final presentation should provide a comprehensive look at how the brand promotes their products to customers.

Based upon what you learned from your research and strategy assessment, recommend a strategy the company could employ to increase profits and sales to the target market.

Include two or three final slides that summarize and justify your strategy recommendation. For the presentation of your PowerPoint, use Loom to create a video.

Include an additional slide for the Loom link at the beginning of the presentation, and an additional slide for references at the end of the presentation.
Place:
Describe distribution channels (direct, manufacturer to consumer, indirect, wholesalers/retailers, multichannels).
Discuss possible channel conflicts.

Promotion:

What forms of advertising and promotion does the company use?

What forms of media does the company use?

Describe the media mix.
Illustrate the messages the company currently uses.
Strategy Recommendation:

Based upon your research findings for the marketing mix, recommend a strategy that you believe will increase profits and sales to the target market.

Cite your specific research findings to justify your strategy assessment and recommendations.
Part 3:
Part of being a successful marketer is being able to develop marketing strategies based on consumer and market research and then communicate those ideas to stakeholders.

Imagine that you have been asked to present your research findings and recommendation to your peers.

Practice presenting the PowerPoint presentation you have created. Using Loom, record yourself giving the presentation.

There is a 10-minute time limit for sharing your presentation. Your Loom presentation will be graded on the following elements.

Professional physical appearance, including business casual attire.

Eye contract with audience (not reading slides or speaker notes) and clear articulation.

Evidence of practice (not reading slides or speaker notes, but using them as a guide to explain presentation content).

Adherence to 10-minute time limit.
General Requirements:
Refer to the resource, “Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style.
Refer to the resource, “Loom,” located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on recording your presentation.
Submit the “Marketing Plan Analysis and Presentation: Part 3 – Research Template” and the PowerPoint presentation that includes speaker notes and an introductory slide that includes a link to your Loom video.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. 

review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.