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2. MKT 230 uop Course Real Knowledge / uopmkt230dotcom • MKT 230 Week 1 CheckPoint Marketing Concepts MKT 230 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 MKT 230 Week 2 CheckPoint Decision Time at Qode • CheckPoint: Marketing Concepts • Using the information found in Ch. 1 of the textbook, complete the Marketing Concepts table found in Appendix B. • Post your completed Appendix B as an attachment in the Assignments link of the ecampus. MKT 230 Entire Course MKT 230 Week 1 CheckPoint Marketing Concepts

3. MKT 230 uop Course Real Knowledge / uopmkt230dotcom • Discussion Questions • Many people regard marketing simply as advertising. Advertising is a part of marketing, but it is not the whole picture. What arguments can you make against the common assumption that marketers only worry about advertising? • Assignment: Marketing Plan Exercise • Review the Marketing Plan Exercise found on p. 136 of the textbook. • Answer questions 1–5 of the Marketing Plan Exercise. • Include two to three outside references to support your answers with research. MKT 230 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 MKT 230 Week 2 Assignment Marketing Plan Exercise

4. MKT 230 uop Course Real Knowledge / uopmkt230dotcom • Read the case scenario, Decision Time at Qode, on pp. 38–39 of the textbook. • Write a200–300 word response describing how the three steps of business planning–strategic, functional, and operational–can be seen in the marketing decisions being made by Qode. • CheckPoint: Consumer Decision-Making Process • In this CheckPoint, you exercise critical thinking skills and identify the stages of the decision-making process involved with purchasing a new product MKT 230 Week 2 CheckPoint Decision Time at Qode MKT 230 Week 3 CheckPoint Consumer Decision Making Process

5. MKT 230 uop Course Real Knowledge / uopmkt230dotcom • Consider a recent purchase that you or a family member has made. Examples include a household product, DVD or CD, grocery item, or electronic device. Describe the item and list three reasons you purchased that product as opposed to another product • Assignment: TargetMarket Strategy Presentation • Resource: Ch.<spanstyle 'font-weight:normal'> 7 in Marketing:Real People, Real Choices • Select a new product or service that you would like to introduce to the marketplace. You use this same product when completing your Final Project in Week Nine. MKT 230 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 MKT 230 Week 4 Assignment Target Market Strategy Presentation

6. MKT 230 uop Course Real Knowledge / uopmkt230dotcom • CheckPoint: Customer Relationship Management • Review the descriptions of customer relationship management (CRM) characteristics found in Appendix D. • Complete Appendix D by identifying ,tivities that can be classified by each characteristic of a CRM plan: • CheckPoint: New Product development • Read the following: You are working in the product development department of a company that creates house hold products. Your team has come up with an idea for a revolutionary new cleaning product MKT 230 Week 4 CheckPoint Customer Relationship Management MKT 230 Week 5 CheckPoint New Product Development

7. MKT 230 uop Course Real Knowledge / uopmkt230dotcom • Look around your home or office and select three products you currently use. Briefly describe each product. How would you classify each one? • When responding to your classmates, state if you agree or disagree with their classification and explain why • In this assignment, you practice using critical thinking skills. You analyze a case by conducting research,defining problems, and making recommendations. Remember to suspend personal bias and judgment while investigating the multiple stages of product strategies and life cycle management. MKT 230 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 MKT 230 Week 6 Assignment Life Cycle Management Analysis

8. MKT 230 uop Course Real Knowledge / uopmkt230dotcom • CheckPoint: Branding Strategies • Select a large company that has created a strong product identity in the market. What branding strategies has the company used to create its product identity? • The goal of integrated marketing communication (IMC) is to produce a unified promotional message that has the customer as its focus. All promotional activity, such as media advertising, sales promotion, personal selling sponsorships, and public relations, is geared toward delivering ,onsistent uniform message MKT 230 Week 6 CheckPoint Branding Strategies MKT 230 Week 7 CheckPoint Integrated Marketing Communication

9. MKT 230 uop Course Real Knowledge / uopmkt230dotcom • Imagine that you are a mentor to a new employee at a marketing firm. The new employee is having trouble understanding what the term market communication really means. Using what you have learned, explain to then employee how marketing communication can influence a buyer. • Assignment: Sales Promotion Techniques • Write a 700- to1,050-word paper summarizing the key sales promotion techniques that marketing firms direct toward trade and consumers. Include real-world examples to describe the following classifications of sales promotion techniques: MKT 230 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 MKT 230 Week 8 Assignment Sales Promotion Techniques

10. MKT 230 uop Course Real Knowledge / uopmkt230dotcom • CheckPoint: Developing an Advertising campaign • Resource: Analysis: GEICO television commercials try to appeal to wide audience/Audio File: Day to Zy • Listen to the Audio File, Day to Zy, by clicking on the Electronic Reserve Reading. • CheckPoint: Marketing Concepts , • Draft a 200- to 300-word response to the Marketing Concepts: Discussing Choices and Ethical Issues question 6 found onp. 532 of Marketing: Real People, Real Choices. MKT 230 Week 8 CheckPoint 1 Developing an Advertising Campaign MKT 230 Week 8 CheckPoint 2 Marketing Concepts Activity

11. MKT 230 uop Course Real Knowledge / uopmkt230dotcom • How has learning about marketing concepts given you a better understanding of the market place and how businesses and consumers make decisions? Has what you have learned about marketing increased your interest in a future career in marketing? • Final Project: Marketing Plan • Select a product or service you would like to introduce to the marketplace. It may be from an existing company or a new concept. • Prepare a 1,750- to 2,100-word marketing plan for your selected product or service MKT 230 Week 9 Capstone DQ MKT 230 Week 9 Final Project Marketing Plan Outline

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