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Marketing Assignment - Capstone: Written Report
Using the same branded product/service/experience in the interim assignment;
1. Describe the customer persona in detail, which details the selected target market from your interim assignment; and,
2. Provide justified recommendations with respect to the marketing mix (including all 7 Ps) considering the selected target market and ensuring the marketing mix strategic decisions and tactics align with the target market
Use Topics 5 to 10 of the learning materials.
Recommended resources -
Blog - The following source titled "Here Are 10 Buyer Persona Examples to Help You Create Your Own" is a blog covering various examples of personas in B&C and B&B contexts that may be considered while working on the capstone assignment.
Book chapter - Chapter 3 titled 'Personas: powerful tool for designers' by Griffin, A. et all ( 2015) is a useful resource that is 'a must read' to help you with the capstone assignment.
Griffin, A, Noble, CH, Durmusoglu, SS, Luchs, MI, & Swan, S 2015, 'Chapter 3 Personas: powerful tools for designers', in Design Thinking : New Product Development Essentials from the PDMA, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, Hoboken.
Articles - In your analysis, ensure you also consider the comments made in the articles: When marketing services 4Ps are not enough - McGrath, A J 1986, 'When marketing services 4Ps are not enough', Business Horizons, May-June, pp. 44-50.
Service dominant logic in practice - Schafer, A & Klammer, J 2016, 'Service dominant logic in practice: Applying online customer communities and personas for the creation of service information', Management, vol. 11, no 3, pp. 255-264.
Report structure -
- Title page
- Executive Summary
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Background
- Target Market Persona
- Marketing Mix Recommendations
- Conclusion
- References
- Appendices
You are required to use at least 6-12 academic references for this report.
Format: Written report 3000 words.