Week 1 - Discussion Forum 1 - Premium Essay Tutor

Tip: This week, you will have two main discussion forum posts. Your discussion forum posts are due on 2 different days. You need to work harder to submit well-examined and thoroughly analyzed initial posts, one of which is due on Thursday of the week, and the other is due on Saturday of the week. Please dedicate enough time to each forum question and make sure you use your “critical thinking” and your “analytical/problem-solving” mind. Understanding these concepts will be vital in order to complete your final project in Week 5.

I’ll Take the Job! Scenario [WLOs: 1, 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 6]

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum,

Read

Chapter 1 of the course text, Principles of Marketing

Watch

Segment 2: Market Research of the Marketing, Research and Segmentation video

APA Reference for Course Text

The following reference is formatted according to APA 7th edition. You can use it for your discussion posts along with any assignments where the course text is cited:

White, S. (2019). Principles of marketing (2nd ed.). Bridgepoint Education.

Scenario

Here’s the scenario: A new 5-week Marketing Manager internship has opened up at each of the organizations listed below. Based on your past accomplishments (and that awesome business card), they all want you. The internship involves researching your employer’s current marketing efforts and then creating a marketing plan for a new product or service that you dream up. So the question is “Who would you choose to work for and why?”

The List

Your choices span many categories as well as marketing approaches. Website links are provided so you can learn more before making a decision. You will be working with this brand throughout the course, so choose carefully:

Uber

Links to an external site.

Instructions:

Create a discussion post that includes the information below:

Include the brand you have selected from the list above to do your marketing internship.
Evaluate the four utilities of customer value for the brand you chose and explain the reasons you selected the brand.
Provide a link to a representative tweet from your brand that you believe captures its unique selling proposition (USP).
- Using your textbook, define what constitutes a USP in your own words.
- How would you describe your brand’s USP?
- How is USP reflected in your chosen tweet?
Analyze the three main aspects of Kotler’s Marketing 3.0 proposition for your brand:
- Customers’ demand for engagement and collaboration
- The globalization paradox
- The drive for self-actualization
Be sure to use subject headers for each of the questions asked.
- Review the Level Heading section of Introduction to APA
- Links to an external site. resource from the Writing Center for more information.
- Your initial post must be at least 350 words.
Be sure to properly cite your textbook and at least one scholarly or credible resource in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper

Links to an external site. Refer to the Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources

Links to an external site. table for additional guidance on source types.

Guided Response: Respond to at least three of your fellow marketers by Day 7 (Monday).

How are your rationales, USPs, and sample tweets similar or different?
Try to respond to those who do not yet have three replies.
You are encouraged to post your required replies earlier in the week to promote more meaningful discussion and collaboration between you and your fellow marketers.
Continue to monitor the discussion forum through Day 7 (Monday), and respond to anyone who replies to your initial post.