Assignment: PERSONAL MARKETING PLAN PROJECT

You are required to develop your personal marketing plan that includes the strategic marketing process elements that you are learning throughout the Principles of Marketing class. These include a situation (SWOT) analysis, focus and goal setting, and marketing program.

Situation (SWOT) Analysis

• Internal Assessment - What are your strengths and weaknesses? What can you do to enhance your strengths, minimize your weaknesses? What type of competitive advantage do YOU have? If you don't have one, can you develop one? How are you differentiated?

• External Analysis - What are the trends in the environmental factors that could have an impact on your job and career development? Technological, Regulatory/Ethics & Social Responsibility, Economic, Social?

• Competitive Analysis - What type of background, experiences, strengths and weaknesses do your competitors have?

• Market Analysis - What market segments have you identified as having the best potential? How do you fit into these markets? (This means doing some research!)

Focus and Goal Setting

• What are your objectives? Make them specific and measurable. What is your target market? Examples might be large public accounting firms, business to business sales, marketing researcher for a consulting firm in Chicago.

Marketing Program

• Product - Understand how it can meet the needs of your target market. What are your key attributes/benefits? How are you differentiated?

• Pricing - What salary and compensation package do you want; are you willing to settle for? What's the competitive price for your target market?

• Place - What channels have you developed to access your target market? Associations, career placement, personal contacts, etc. Do some careful research on these. Don't assume that intensive distribution is necessarily the way to go. Focus your channel to the target market you are seeking.

• Promotion - Think about the buying process. How will you create awareness? What can you do to ‘break through the clutter' and get the opportunity for an interview? What is your "positioning" strategy? Your personal selling skills will be important for telephone contacts and face-to-face interviews. Probe to find out about the needs of the organization before the "sales call" and during the interview. Have questions prepared.

Please use the templateat the end of this document in completing your written Personal Marketing Plan assignment due on the date assigned on your syllabus. Students who complete a thoughtful plan typically utilize approximately 8 pages or more.

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