Purpose of Assignment
All products/services go through a life cycle of NPI (new product introduction), growth, maturity and decline. These various stages affect the marketing strategy and promotional efforts. In Week 3, you will incorporate a product strategy that addresses at least 3 areas of the product life cycle. The primary objective of this assignment is to allow the student to demonstrate an understanding of the factors that can affect the launch of a product or service. A secondary objective is to understand the differences in a product launch in the U.S. (domestic market) and an international market.
Assignment Steps
Generate a minimum seven hundred word product strategy in Microsoft® Word.
Incorporate a product strategy that addresses the following:
- At least three areas of the product life cycle (NPI-new product introduction, growth, maturity and decline).
- How you will measure (what metrics will be used to determine success or failure) the marketing activities.
- Creat at least two different types of media methods for the products. One media method must be a print method and one must be non-print. A media method is a media strategy which highlights your product. For example, (this cannot be used in this assignment), a non-print media method would be a Facebook campaign that provides a user a reward for each review, positive or negative, posted about the use/appearance/price/etc. of the product. In your assignment, you can have two-three sentences about each media method (i.e. one paragraph of what you would do, not how to do it).
- Address three elements of the Product and Promotion List (see below).
- Product and Promotion List:Integrated Marketing Communication
- Advertising Strategy/Objectives
- Push and Pull
- Media Strategy
- Advertising Execution
- Direct Marketing
- Public Relations/Strategies
- Positioning
The plan will be a continuation of your global or multi-regional company you chose in Week 1. This will be incorporated into your overall marketing plan for Week 6.
Note: Charts/graphs/tables do not count toward the word count.
The company chosen is Whole Foods
Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed references.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.