...BRAND: BlackBerry INDUSTRY/MARKET DESCRIPTION: [pic] The industry BlackBerry is designated to is the consumer electronics market. This market is a huge sector that comprises of many products from audio equipment to laptops and computers. Datamonitor defines the market as such: The consumer electronics market consists of the total revenues generated through the sale of audio visual equipment and games console products designed primarily for domestic use. The audio visual equipment includes CD Players, DVD Players / Recorders, hi-fi systems, home theatre, in-car entertainment systems, portable digital audio, radios, televisions and video recorders. Games consoles segment includes both home use and portable consoles. In the United States, the consumer electronics market is a $168 billion dollar industry. It includes domestic and foreign companies. With economic downfall in the early 2000s, the industry has seen fall in sales. Here is a snap shot of the market: [pic] COMPETITORS: Globally |United States |Asia |Europe | |Mobile Phones: |Mobile Phones: |Mobile Phone: | |Apple |Ben Q |Nokia | |Motorola ...
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...戴尔笔记本电脑 中国大学生市场社会化媒体营销 策 划 书 管理学院13级2班 何宇涵 13314070 2014年9月19日 概述 戴尔公司线上直销的经营模式十分适合进行社会化媒体营销。大学生群体亦是笔记本电脑消费的重要群体之一。本策划即针对中国的大学生市场开展戴尔笔记本的营销。由于戴尔已建成完善的CRM体系和社交社区平台，本策划着眼于借助线上活动制造“buzz”：“How Dell You, Alien？！”和“戴尔助力优秀学子”。 环境简析 公司概况 戴尔（中国）有限公司成立于1998年，业务涉及台式电脑、笔记本电脑、服务器等。戴尔笔记本电脑在中国的市场份额排名第三，约为10%，仅次于联想的35%和华硕的14.5%（2014上半年）。 SWOT分析 本分析仅讨论戴尔在中国的营销情况，不涉及世界市场及电脑技术问题。 * S 优势 1. 依靠出色供应链管理建立的线上直销的经营模式：不设专卖店，省去了中间商的维护成本。这也是戴尔的标志性营销措施。 2. 个性化定制服务，顾客可以根据自己的需要调整电脑的配置； 3. 产品质量出色，在同行业中有“质量领导者”的地位。 * W劣势 1. 与联想、华硕等主要竞争者的同配置笔记本相比，价格较高。 2. 在三四线城市的品牌知名度不高，远不及“联想”的品牌家喻户晓。 * O机遇 1. 10年前，网购的安全性不被广大消费者信任。而如今网上购物逐渐成为潮流，戴尔的线上直销模式更容易为消费者所接受。 2. 大学教育愈发依赖电脑，大学生群体的市场需求量巨大。 * T 威胁 1. 替代品平板电脑对市场的侵蚀。平板电脑虽然配置不高，但是能胜任学生的学习需要，而且其轻薄便捷的特性是笔记本电脑无法媲美的。而戴尔在平板电脑领域并无建树。 目标顾客分析 大学生群体是笔记本电脑消费的主力军，也是本次营销的目标顾客。中国的在校大学生（包括大专）超过4500万人，且几乎每人都需要使用电脑，这是非常庞大的细分市场。再进一步分析消费者的行为习惯，不难发现，相当一部分大学生都会在高考结束后的暑假购买笔记本电脑，并且使用多年。所以，我们还专门针对高考结束后的准大一学生开展促销活动。 这一群体的购买需求是刚性需求（因学业需要不得不买），且作为熟练使用电脑和网络的群体，超过2/3的人会在购买前通过电脑门户网站或社交媒体了解电脑相关信息。这使得社交媒体营销大有可为。 营销目标说明 由于大学生群体消费能力有限而戴尔的价格不具备优势，因此戴尔应该在学生群体中塑造更为突出的品牌形象以换取品牌的溢价，并辅以促销手段刺激潜在客户购买。 故营销的目标包括在大学生群体中提高市场份额、提升品牌形象：在大学生群体中，品牌认同度超越华硕、与联想的差距缩小至40%，并在四年内，市场份额提升50%。 选择社交媒体区域和载体 戴尔公司本身已具备完善的官方网站、官方微博和线上支付平台，以及从促销到售后服务到公益全面覆盖的微信平台，故不再提及。我的营销重点在于依靠创意制造热点活动，着眼用户的分享和顾客的情感体验。 区域类型 | 载体 | 主要作用 | 社交娱乐/发布 | App游戏软件，微博 | 塑造品牌形象；提高品牌知名度 | 社交商业 | 官网线上购买促销活动 | 在不有损品牌形象的前提下迅速抢占市场份额 | 线上营销活动措施 1. “How Dell You, Alien？！” ...
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...Module 3 Assignment Social Media Marketing Plan Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwcampus.com/shop/module-3-assignment-social-media/ 1. Review the AERN websites and conduct a SWOT analysis. 1. An example is attached below. 2. State the objectives of the social media plan 1. This should be no longer than a paragraph. 2. The objectives should include SMART goals that are measurable The Alabama Entrepreneurial Research Network: http://aern.cba.ua.edu/about/index.html http://aern.cba.ua.edu/about/brochure.pdf Social Media Marketing Plan Assignment One Open a new Word document, set the font to Times New Roman11pt, the line spacing to double, and the margins 1 inch, and save the document as Your Name_m3 (e.g. BearBryant_m3). In this document please complete the following: • Review the AERN websites and conduct a SWOT analysis. o An example is listed below. • State the objectives of the social media plan o This should be no longer than a paragraph. o The objectives should include SMART goals that are measurable. Example: Benjamin Moore’s SWOT Analysis (p. 38) Strengths: • Loyal customers • High brand equity • Unsolicited testimonials from design community • Quality products • High levels of earned media in traditional media outlets Weaknesses: • Price premium • Limited media budget Opportunities: • Social media as a cost-efficient channel • Do-it-yourself mentality combined with fear of choosing the wrong color in end consumers ...
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...Module 3 Assignment Social Media Marketing Plan Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwcampus.com/shop/module-3-assignment-social-media/ 1. Review the AERN websites and conduct a SWOT analysis. 1. An example is attached below. 2. State the objectives of the social media plan 1. This should be no longer than a paragraph. 2. The objectives should include SMART goals that are measurable The Alabama Entrepreneurial Research Network: http://aern.cba.ua.edu/about/index.html http://aern.cba.ua.edu/about/brochure.pdf Social Media Marketing Plan Assignment One Open a new Word document, set the font to Times New Roman11pt, the line spacing to double, and the margins 1 inch, and save the document as Your Name_m3 (e.g. BearBryant_m3). In this document please complete the following: • Review the AERN websites and conduct a SWOT analysis. o An example is listed below. • State the objectives of the social media plan o This should be no longer than a paragraph. o The objectives should include SMART goals that are measurable. Example: Benjamin Moore’s SWOT Analysis (p. 38) Strengths: • Loyal customers • High brand equity • Unsolicited testimonials from design community • Quality products • High levels of earned media in traditional media outlets Weaknesses: • Price premium • Limited media budget Opportunities: • Social media as a cost-efficient channel • Do-it-yourself mentality combined with fear of choosing the wrong color in end consumers ...
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...Flint Institute of Arts Social Media Marketing Plan Executive Summary This is a social media marketing plan put together by a group of students for the upcoming exhibit The Art of Video Games. The plan looks to address and enhance the use of social media marketing. This exhibit is coming to the Flint Institute of Arts starting on October 26, 2014. We will lay out a four step plan using various types of social media that will bring attention and buzz to a great event. Following our blueprint will allow the FIA the opportunity to increase its customer base and marketing methods, not only for this exhibit but for future events it looks to host. A Brief Overview As stated, the Flint Institute of Arts already uses traditional forms of advertising and promotion when it comes to upcoming exhibits and events. However with the help of social media advertising they could see their attendance at these exhibits increase. Social media offers the FIA a cheap and effective way of reaching new customers. The exhibit in question The Art of Video Games is the product we are looking to promote. The current market condition for this exhibit is quite strong, based on the fact that videos games have never been this popular amongst the greater population. Our marketing plan looks to show the different forms of social media that can be used to promote this exhibit. We will provide the goals of this plan, our target market, the various forms of social media being used, the strategies used...
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...Social media marketing refers to the process of gaining website traffic or attention through social media sites. Social media is a platform that is easily accessible to anyone with internet access. Increased communication for organizations fosters brand awareness and often, improved customer service. Additionally, social media serves as a relatively inexpensive platform for organizations to implement marketing campaigns. Social media marketing (SMM) is a form of Internet marketing that utilizes social networking websites as a marketing tool. The goal of SMM is to produce content that users will share with their social network to help a company increase brand exposure and broaden customer reach. Is social media marketing right for your business? * This is the question few companies ask themselves before launching into social media marketing. And, as a result, their forays into social media marketing often result in frustration and, sometimes, failure. Not because social media marketing doesn’t work – just because they didn’t do it correctly. Social media marketing is like any other campaign, it must have an objective and a strategy to achieve desired results. * There are many companies that think it's the quick fix to a struggling business or that it will generate revenue that will help them in a difficult economic time. Truth is that social media can, in fact, affect your bottom line – but, it takes time. * Social media has a sequence of events that transpire...
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...Marketing for Management UnME Jeans Case Team 6 11/25/13 1) I would suggest Foley should pursue the Zwinktopia media plan. I believe that this is her best choice based on several reasons. First, compared to YouTube and Facebook, Zwinktopia’s targets market is girls 13-24 and focuses on the contents of fashion and music, which fits right into the target group of UnME jeans. Second, second life virtual product sales (Exhibit 10) showed that apparel comprised the largest percentage (34%) of purchases made on SLexchange. Also, by mid-2007, second life appeared to be losing ground to other virtual worlds such as Zwinktopia. Therefore, it is reasonable to believe that marketing on Zwinktopia will not only increase UnME brand awareness, but also would increase sales. Third, UnME will have its virtual retail store to announce any products when new jeans are release in the real world. Also, the platform allows users to design the jeans for their avatar, which they could then share with other avatars. I believe Zwinktopia is a good platform that would better convey the message that Foley wants sends to the target customers. In addition, Zwinktopia’s marketing plan is the most economical one among all social medias. Zwinktopia has cheaper one-time charge fee, and the cost of using Zwinktopia is $100,000 annually while $150,000 for Facebook quarterly, and $300,000 for YouTube plus CPM of $40. In sum, adopting Zwinktopia would directly reach out UnMe’s target teenage and deliver UnME’s...
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...of PR Practitioners’ Use of Social Media in Crisis Planning Shelley Wigley, Ph.D., and Weiwu Zhang, Ph.D. Social media are increasingly changing the way public relations practitioners communicate and do their jobs. Scholars have begun to explore public relations practitioners’ general social media usage. This study is one of the few attempts to investigate how public relations practitioners use social media in crisis planning and crisis communication as well as in ordinary situations. A survey exploring social media and crisis planning was conducted with 251 members of the Public Relations Society of America. Nearly half of respondents (48%) said they have incorporated social media into their crisis plans. Of these respondents, most indicated they have incorporated Twitter as a tool in their crisis planning, primarily for distribution purposes. Additionally, the study found that public relations professionals whose organizations rely more heavily on social media tools in their crisis planning correlated positively with practitioners’ greater confidence in their organization’s ability to handle a crisis. As for practitioners’ use of social media in their every day practice, results revealed that a large percentage use social media on a personal level; however, results also indicated that a large percentage of respondents’ organizations (82%) use social media. Survey respondents indicated that the stakeholders they communicate with most via social media are potential customers and...
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...SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS IN E-COMMERCE Social Media Tools in E-Commerce Richard Weyers, James Conner, Roselyn Singh University Of Phoenix Communicating in the Virtual Workplace Comm/470 Brooke Linderman July 05, 2010 Social Media Tools in E-Commerce Introduction Successful businesses are built on a common theme; customers! As is the case with just about everything in the world, the way in which businesses expand their customer base is an ever-evolving process. How does a business build a brand name with a strong reputation, and once they’ve achieved those qualities how do they spread that word for all to hear? For a long time businesses used tools such as door-to-door salesman, radio, print, and television ads as their means of spreading word about their product. And while those tools remain alive today, the explosion of the internet has broadened the horizon of the common business. With the internet came electronic commerce, or simply e-commerce. E-commerce is simply the conducting of business over the internet and it is becoming a major part of the business world today (UMSL Online, n.d.). It’s important that businesses embrace the new possibilities or find themselves at a disadvantage. “The successful adaptation of e-commerce can lead to improved efficiencies, growth in market share, expansion into new markets, or simply survival in competitive markets” (Ferguson, Finn, Hall, & Pinnuck, 2010, p. 80). The internet has also provided new methods of spreading the...
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...Managing Partner Can social media show you the money? www.thebrandgym.com Can social media show you the money? About the research The first part of the research was with over 100 senior marketing professionals across Europe, Africa, Asia, the USA and Latin America, covering a broad range of sectors. In addition, we did research with 1000 consumers each in the UK and USA, to compare their actual use of social media* with how marketers think they use it. Read on to see how wrong most marketers are! We have brought to life the findings with examples from our work on brandgym projects, and through interesting case studies we have come across in our blogging and book writing. * To clarify, this study focuses on the creation of content using social media (e.g. Facebook pages, Twitter feeds) and not online advertising on social media sites. In this, our 6th global survey, we ask “Can Social Media Show you the Money?”. The brandgym partners Introduction Social media is a red-hot topic today. Social media is sexy, shiny and new. And it’s also a bit scary, with headlines screaming that the whole world of marketing is changing, and that ‘old’ media like TV advertising is dead. However, data on the brand and business building effects of social media is thin on the ground. We felt it was time to cut through the hype and hysteria around social media, to better understand the role it can play. We wanted to find out: “Can social media show you the money?” How social is your brand?: accepting...
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...Effects of Social Media on Hospitality/Tourism Name: Institution: Date: Introduction Since the turn of the century, there has been an upsurge in the use of social media. As a result, many tourism organizations that include hotels, travel agencies, and airline companies have started using the internet as one of the important tools in marketing and communication strategies. Many businesses within the hospitality industry rely on good reviews from their customers, and social media is offering this as a natural marketing tool (Bennet, 2012). The use of social media have become very widespread, and the travelers use these sites consistently to brag about their great experiences as well as express displeasure with poor experiences. This is a natural way through which the social media is impacting the hospitality and tourism industry. After realizing the power of social media, businesses are also leveraging on the wide presence of customers in social media to communicate, engage, and market their services and products to the customers (Guzel & Sengun, 2015). The growth of social media has had immense impacts on social media that range from marketing, communication, and even corporate social responsibility. This paper conducts a literature review on the effects of social media on hospitality and tourism. Literature Review According to Mahmood A Khan (2012), the benefits of social media can be very helpful in marketing and management in hospitality and tourism. He states...
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...took out full-page magazine print advertising in beauty and fashion magazines, as well as radio ads on popular stations. In addition, they had a corporate website and used online banner and display ads on the most popular websites for teenage girls. ! Margaret Foley, the brand manager for UnME Jeans, had trouble justify the expenses of advertising using traditional media outlets. Especially since the prices to purchase TV ads were increasing each year, despite declining TV audiences, and consumers’ who were skipping or delete TV ads from the programs they had recorded to watch later. In order to reduce costs, Foley asked the ad agency they were using to look into Web 2.0 social media options to see if there was a better way to reach her objectives. ! ! ! ! She wanted to maximize UnMe’s reach and frequency among their target demographic--women 12 to 24. She also wanted that media to be consistent with UnMe's stylish and cutting edge brand. The agency provided several social media options for Foley’s consideration. Her biggest challenge was to analyzing social media for its potential for UnMe from a media...
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...Identify the business you chose and describe the business and its industry “Social Media touches nearly every facet of our personal and business lives. In business it isn’t just for the marketing and public relations department. Rather, it is imperative for social media to be an integral part of a company’s overall strategy” (Qualman, 2013, pp. ix). Whether a business choses to utilize websites, Facebook, Twitter, etc., the opportunities are endless to improve growth, production and sales; businesses utilize the many channels of media in order to market their products. “Businesses don’t have a choice on whether to do social media; the choice is how well they do it” (Qualman, 2013, pp. xviii). With today’s people-driven economy and new social media addiction it is important to generate products that customer’s love which will enable them to boast about on their preferred social media site. Mars Inc. and Hersey have been the leading chocolate competitors since the beginning of the chocolate industry; it is interesting to view how each company effectively utilizes the resources around them to promote their products. Assess the company’s current use of the Internet and social media Mars has developed with the time, ensuring that they are able to reach a wide variety of audiences. The company has taken full advantage of today’s culture, and has fully utilized all media sources available to today’s society. "Marketing is becoming more interactive, for example by encouraging consumers...
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...Case Analysis: Susan G. Komen for the Cure vs. Planned Parenthood By Katharina Volkmer Situation Susan G. Komen for the Cure (SGK) decided to stop making grants for breast exams to Planned Parenthood (PP), a decision that the Foundation later reversed. The first announcement caused an immense social media backlash, political posturing and a huge amount of donations for Planned Parenthood. SGK’s Strategy In mid-December, SGK informed PP about stopping grants. On January 31, the Associated Press broke the news and an immense social media reaction started (Miller, 2012). People’s dissatisfaction about the decision was expressed on Twitter, Facebook and on various individual blogs. News stations reported about the reactions on social media platforms, causing numerous reports in TV and radio broadcast and print coverage. Even though SGK initiated the announcement, for about 24 hours, it did not provide a statement, no expression nor an apology about its decision. SGK did not respond to negative comments and its activity on Twitter was not frequent (Miller, 2012). The organization even declined interviews with network news and major newspapers. Its defensive position seemed like the Foundation was hoping that the crisis would end soon. SGK’s position was criticized publicly, as it did not listen and engage with affected groups of interest that supported it for many years. In the late evening of February 1st, the Foundation finally started publishing responses...
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...SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING Bizuayehu D. Weretaw Submitted to: Professor Yohannes Abate, PhD. Contemporary Business (BUS508) Strayer University, Takoma Park Campus November, 2013 Introduction In these days of technology, our daily activities and social interactions are becoming dependent on social media. This is not limited to people who are living in most advanced countries but in less technologically advanced countries as well. This, in other word, indicates that social media has become a global phenomena. Published and unpublished sources show that over a billion of people around the globe visit social media at some time regardless of the amount and nature of use. Understanding the ever growing number of subscribers, software programmers are developing various social media platforms considering the cultural and linguistic background of the user society. The most popular social media sites, as most of witness or could guess, are the Facebook and Twitter but the Chinese Qzone, the Orkut of the Brazilian (which is owned by Google), Friendster of the Malaysian and other less popular social media platforms are already in the market being visited by their respective users. Some of these social media take in the form of social networks, some others take in the form of internet forums, social blogs, pictures and videos, etc. For individual user, social media may be entertaining or the user have fun simply by interacting with his friends or groupies or listen to a...
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