Research marketing
Order Description
Assignment Steps
Part 1:
Analyze the Week 1 Busin" rel="nofollow">iness Growth Overview dataset, [or real or projected data from your chosen busin" rel="nofollow">iness project.] This is a marketin" rel="nofollow">ing report generated by an analyst for the Senior Vice President
(SVP) of Marketin" rel="nofollow">ing at a large corporation. The analyst is new and has provided summary data but no in" rel="nofollow">insights or commentary for the SVP.
Construct a min" rel="nofollow">inimum 525-word memorandum for the SVP providin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">insights and commentary. The memorandum should in" rel="nofollow">include your analysis of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing:
Major areas of in" rel="nofollow">increase and decrease in" rel="nofollow">in revenue or type and/or category of busin" rel="nofollow">iness
Trends that are evident in" rel="nofollow">in terms of revenue or type and/or category of busin" rel="nofollow">iness
Insights that would help formulate marketin" rel="nofollow">ing strategies to either contin" rel="nofollow">inue growth or reverse declin" rel="nofollow">ine
Additional analysis you (if you were SVP) would like to build a marketin" rel="nofollow">ing goal and strategy or strategies (and why)
Part 2:
Select either a large global or multi-regional (does busin" rel="nofollow">iness in" rel="nofollow">in more than one country) company and one of its products or services, or a smaller entrepreneurial endeavor that will serve as the
basis for your marketin" rel="nofollow">ing plan. If you are goin" rel="nofollow">ing to work with a larger busin" rel="nofollow">iness, you should obtain" rel="nofollow">in two years of annual reports as well as two years of 10K reports (provides a comprehensive overview
of the company's busin" rel="nofollow">iness and fin" rel="nofollow">inancial condition and in" rel="nofollow">includes audited fin" rel="nofollow">inancial statements) for your data source. If you are goin" rel="nofollow">ing to work with a smaller busin" rel="nofollow">iness, you should obtain" rel="nofollow">in real sales
data for tha past two years if possible, or projected fin" rel="nofollow">inancial data if the busin" rel="nofollow">iness is a start-up. This projected fin" rel="nofollow">inancial data should in" rel="nofollow">include a lin" rel="nofollow">ine-by-lin" rel="nofollow">ine startup budget as well as anticipated
sales and Pro-forma profit projections. Once you have selected your product or service, you must defin" rel="nofollow">ine the size and type of your selected company that provides the product or service (available
from annual reports or busin" rel="nofollow">iness data). This need not be elaborate but must in" rel="nofollow">include total number of employees, production volume, distribution methods, and so forth. Record this in" rel="nofollow">information in" rel="nofollow">in a
summary document as outlin" rel="nofollow">ined below.
Company and product selection is a critical part of this project. You must ensure your proposed company can implement the marketin" rel="nofollow">ing methods discussed in" rel="nofollow">in Marketin" rel="nofollow">ing Management. I recommend that you
choose a company that will put this marketin" rel="nofollow">ing plan in" rel="nofollow">into practice if possible. I have found that in" rel="nofollow">in my years of teachin" rel="nofollow">ing this class that you get more out of this project assignment if you can work
directly with the subject busin" rel="nofollow">iness in" rel="nofollow">in a consultant-style capacity.
Prepare a min" rel="nofollow">inimum 175-word summary document and send it to your in" rel="nofollow">instructor as a record of your selection. The summary document should in" rel="nofollow">include the followin" rel="nofollow">ing: