Project 1

Situation Analysis ADV 3501

EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS

 

Start Here:

UF Marketing Links

 

Product and Company Analysis

Ad Age
Ad Week
Business Week
USA Today
Forbes

Market Analysis
Hoovers
Access Bus Online
Webster's Bus Guide

Consumer Analysis
American Demog

KnowX
Psychographics

SMRB
SRI (VALS)

McCann Erickson Big Book
Big Yellow
Business Web
Industry Research
Chambers of Commerce

Maps:

General
Ad Resource               

Advertising Res Found
Electric Library (you can sign up for 7 days free)

Libraryspot
ResearchIt
UT Ad "Reading Room"
U Mass Ad resources

UF Library

What is plagiarism? (MANDATORY)

Where to get information:

  • Email the company
  • Company web site
  • Company's ad agency
  • Competitor web site
  • Industry journals

Product Usage

  • AC Nielsen SCANTRACK (tough to find)
  • Mediamark (now in Journalism library, see your class CD for how to interpret)
  • Sales & Marketing Management (S&MM)

Consumers

  • Simmons Market Research Bureau
  • MRI
  • Lifestyle Market Analyst (UF library has a subscription, good for psychographics).
  • Sourcebook of Zip Code demographics (published by CACI)
  • PRIZM
  • ACORN
  • Equifax Microvision

Advertising Expenditures by medium

  • Leading National Advertisers/Media Watch

Writing Aids

MLA Style

APA Style Guide

Help with Office products

From the New York Times Navigator:

Company Information

 

UF Library Resources

Floor Maps:  1  2  3  4  5  6

 

Business & Financial News

 

 

Idiosyncratic

 

Directories