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ባህር ዳር ፖሊ ቴክኒክ ኮሌጅ
BDPTC/133-01
BAHIR DAR POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE
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Title: Individual Assignment Page 1 of 1
B1
1. Today, most leading companies are developing customer-oriented approach towards marketing. List and
describe the ways marketers use marketing concept/philosophies to satisfy customers.
2. Why do businesses conduct marketing research?
3. List and explain marketing information system components?
4. Discuss the process of marketing research?
5. Write by giving examples the three data collection methods?
6. Select three similar businesses around your area and conduct competitive marketing analysis?
7. Assume, you have a small beauty salon and have sufficient clients at present time. Someone by observing
your success wants to open nearby area another beauty salon to share your market. What strategy would
you follow to retain your present clients and attract others to be effective in your business?
8. Select any product or service you want to start for business and prepare marketing plan about your price,
place, promotion, market segmentation, positioning and differentiation.
9. If you observe market environment, prices are sometimes increasing and decreasing, what would be your
observation results for this fluctuation. Explain
10. Go to nearby enterprises and observe their financial record keeping practice and Write your observation
in a paper using the following checklist.
a. The money you invest in your business
b. How much money does your business receive?
c. How much money does your business pay out?
d. How much has been sold on credit?
e. How much does your business owe?
f. Agreements and contracts between your business and its suppliers or customers
g. How you monitor the progress of your business.
h. Identify Business strength and weakness in record keeping
I. What you learn from the business.