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What is Marketing?
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Word Count: 845 wordsMKT1007 Fundamentals of Marketing — Assignment 1 Assessment Task — Semester 1,
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Part 1. Public Opinion (“Vox Pop”)
CALUM BRIDGES
Age: 21 years old
Residence: Melboume, Victoria
Education: High school, first-year Bachelor of Business
‘Student
Occupation: Part -Time Food Attendant
Life stage: Currently studying full-time while working part-
time
Goal for the future: Hopes to have a stable career in
Business, begin his master’s degree
“Marketing is a type of strategy business's use to promote their products”.
Calum is a 20-year-old student from Melbourne studying Business at Swinbume University
of Technology. He currently works Part- time at a fast-food restaurant which goes directly
towards living expenses. Coming from a lower-class socioeconomic status Calum
‘understands the importance of education and the need to have a steady income in the future.
Calum does not have any experience in the field of marketing as he has never studied the
concept before. As a result, his response lacks detail, which most certainly will expand whe®)
he delves into the upcoming marketing unit this semester. Nevertheless, Calum response is.
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Part 2. Formal Definitions
‘The American Marketing Association
DEFINITION:
“Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating,
delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and
ciety at large” (American Marketing Association 2017).
This definition is reputable as The American Marketing Association regularly gathers a panel
of scholars and updates their definition every three years. This indicates that the AMA
definition remains dynamic and efficient within the marketing industry. .
DEFINITION:MKT1007 Fundamentals of Marketing — Assignment 1 Assessment Task — Semester 1
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Part 3. Synthesis
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This conclusion derives from research conducted on marketing definitions made by The
American Marking Association :
‘The AMA is a ‘professional organisation’ which place a high emphasise of “exchanging
goods that have a high value for the customer” (American Marketing Association 2017).
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ABC News, (2019), US teen [Image], viewed 17 March 2020,
American Marketing Association , 2017. The Definition of Marketing, What is Marketing,
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Beyond Blue, (2020), Young Men [Image], viewed 17 March 2020,
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