{"id":228894,"date":"2018-09-17T11:15:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T11:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/09\/17\/mkt-421-week-2-assignment-elements-of-a-marketing-plan-paper-new-2-papers\/"},"modified":"2018-10-24T08:43:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T08:43:47","slug":"mkt-421-week-2-assignment-elements-of-a-marketing-plan-paper-new-2-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/mkt-421-week-2-assignment-elements-of-a-marketing-plan-paper-new-2-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"MKT 421 Week 2 Assignment Elements Of A Marketing Plan Paper (New, 2 Papers )"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Tutorial contains 2 Papers\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\tWatch the video case study &#8220;Geek Squad: A New Business for a New Environment.&#8221;\tRead the case study discussion on pp. 88-89 of the Marketing text. Keep this case study in mind as you complete this assignment.\u00a0\tWrite a 1,050-word report using your company or one with which you are familiar (if you prefer, your facilitator can assign one to you). Answer the following questions for your chosen organization.\t&#8220;\ufffd Explain what the specific key environmental forces are that created an opportunity for your company.\t&#8220;\ufffd Identify if there have been changes in the purchasing patterns of your organization&#8217;s target market in recent years.\t&#8220;\ufffd Conduct an environmental scan for your chosen company to identify key trends. \u00a0For each of the five environmental forces (social, economic, technological, competitive, and regulatory), identify trends likely to influence your company&#8217;s marketing efforts and product offering in the future.\t&#8220;\ufffd Explain what differentiation strategy your company should undertake to encourage their target market to choose them over other competitors.\t&#8220;\ufffd Analyze what lessons you might learn from the Geek Squad case study.\tInclude at least three references, at least one of which must come from the University Library.\tFormat your paper consistent with APA guidelines.\tClick the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Tutorial contains 2 Papers \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Watch the video case study &#8220;Geek Squad: A New Business for a New Environment.&#8221; Read the case study discussion on pp. 88-89 of the Marketing text. Keep this case study in mind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/mkt-421-week-2-assignment-elements-of-a-marketing-plan-paper-new-2-papers\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}