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    What businesses should I target?

    Hi all, I placed a post the other day asking for some advice in regards to taking up a volunteer stint in marketing. What i'm actually doing at the moment is contacting businesses to get a donation of prizes for the raffle that is being held. I have contacted major retails and then thought...
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    Market Research Help

    Previously I completed a very minor marketing plan which included this aspect. The method i advocated was to rent a mailing list and send out questionnaires. But bear in mind that there is a very low response rate for these type of things so send out 20-30% more than you need to, in the hope...
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    My Gumtre ad - What am I doing wrong?

    Yes I too have manually posted. The previous advice of changing the ad slightly every day is excellent and I myself shall give that a go. Have you considered affiliate marketing? Or did someone allready mention that? Sorry if they did.
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    Volunteering in a marketing role. A little help needed please!

    You see the problem is I am not exactly sure what my role involves. Would that be part of the P.R role? I plan to meet with then to co-ordinate our efforts anyway. I want a consistent method which is one of the pitfalls of having a separate marketing and P.R team. As far as radio is concerned I...
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    Volunteering in a marketing role. A little help needed please!

    No not at all! Thats the problem with forums, people get the wrong idea when it comes to the written word! Thank you very much for your offer, and yes I would like to take you up on it if possible? I very much appreciate it. If you send me a PM if possible with the details that would be great...
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    Am I Expecting Too Much??

    If you want to assertain the level of success then you need to consider metrics and justify every penny you spend. This will then provide you with the data to invest further, but initially you will just have to bite the bullet. Think of it as investment, look at the spend positively. I wish you...
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    Volunteering in a marketing role. A little help needed please!

    I will have to assertain that I guess, but using common sense I would say that alot of the rest of the money goes towards paying the acts that will be performing etc. Thank you for the other two posts, very useful!
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    New business idea

    Yes too much Apprentice for you!! Lol!
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    Volunteering in a marketing role. A little help needed please!

    Hi all! I just volunteered in a marketing capacity for a festival called Sunflower Fest at the end of August. It is a music and arts fest with complimentary therapiess available, poetry, comedy etc. Last year I undertook a diploma in advertising, marketing and P.R so know a fair bit but...
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    Segmentation help.....

    Ha ha! Thanks for that.....erm.....answer!!!:D
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    Segmentation help.....

    Hi i was wondering if anyone could be so kind as to help me. The thing is i'm a student of marketing and i'm currently devising a marketing plan and i'm having a few problems with the segmentation aspect. I'm segmenting a B2B market and i would like someone to clarify that when segmenting i take...
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    Marketing campaign blunder

    Yes i was thinking that. But generally, would an election campaign be considered a marketing campaign?
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    Marketing campaign blunder

    Hi, I was just wondering what people thought was the biggest marketing campaign blunder of 2010? Thanks.
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    Employing somebody who is suffering from Bipolar affective disorder. Any opinions...

    Interestingly bipolor disorder is an illness where 90% of sufferers approximately say that if they had avail of a 'switch' as it were to turn that particular illness off they would not, due in part to the highs being so high. Obviously in counter argument to that is that the low's are terribly...
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    Do you see hygiene and cleanliness as a big issue?

    I personally do view hygiene and cleanliness in a favourable light, but sometimes a use of excessive products can perhaps take things a bit too far, and as stated above can cause various health related issues such as astma. This product, if the benefit's stated are correct (which i'm sure they...
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