June 17th, 2009
Writing a Well-Constructed Marketing Dissertation
A dissertation requires a student to research and analyze a particular topic and present findings resulting from the exercise. A marketing dissertation then is self-explanatory. Begin by outlining the topic of your dissertation. Don’t make it too wide in scope; you want to be able to explain all the relevant aspects without exceeding the word limit. Your dissertation could focus on a particular product, organization, industry, strategy, market type, region and such like.
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June 16th, 2009
Leadership Essay: Essential Qualities in Tough Times
A leadership essay is like a character test. It’s about distilling your experiences and those of others down to certain qualities that make leaders memorable.
One way to begin this essay is by defining leadership in the first line of your essay. You could use a definition given by someone else or define it in your own words. Alternatively, you may prefer to leave the definition of leadership open-ended at first, and then delineate it over the next few paragraphs.
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June 14th, 2009
Essay Introduction: Engaging the Reader
The aim of an introduction is to “hook” the reader. People have very short attention spans nowadays so if you don’t engage their interest or curiosity with the first few lines, the rest of your essay may as well be written in Latin. An essay leads your reader down a path, and the introduction is like pointing a light in a certain direction to indicate “This is where we are heading.” Find a way of weaving in the thesis, i.e. the essential statement/idea put forth into the essay introduction.
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June 13th, 2009
Writing a Vivid Descriptive Essay
It’s often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. But pictures aren’t always available to describe something, and then we do the best we can with words. And words have their limitations; like how do you describe color to a blind man? Nevertheless, words offer tremendous scope for recreating experiences, and that’s what a descriptive essay strives for.
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June 12th, 2009
Evaluation Essay: Delivering a Dispassionate Judgment
Consider the last movie you watched. Would you recommend it to your friends? What was the director trying to convey and did he/she achieve that purpose? Did the actors play their parts competently? Did the dialogues and music help take the story forward? Try to answer these questions and you will get an idea of what an evaluation essay is all about.
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June 10th, 2009
An Argument Essay: Playing Devil’s Advocate
An argument essay is like engaging in a debate with your reader. You have to anticipate their questions while putting forward your thesis. The format for this essay is quite predictable so it will help if you have an essay outline first, jotting down the various points you want to include.
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June 8th, 2009
Classification Essay: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff
We are often inundated with vast quantities of information. All at once, this can boggle the mind so we cope with this by organizing the information into various groups and dealing with them one by one. A classification essay follows a similar process.
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June 7th, 2009
A Critical Essay: Presenting an Argument without Prejudice
A critical essay, like a comparative essay, is about exercising your judgment in order to evaluate something. The most important rule is not let your biases interfere with your critique. This is easier said than done. Your choice of topic itself reflects your preference or bias for it, yet the idea is to justify your opinions with facts and present views opposed to yours as well.
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June 5th, 2009
Comparative Essay: Articulating Differences and Similarities
A comparative essay is a favorite with professors for assignments or exam questions. You will see it so often over the course of your academic life, you can practically type one in your sleep once you get the hang of it. But getting the hang of it is important, because many students underestimate the depth of analysis required.
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June 3rd, 2009
Nailing That Marketing Assignment: Sell It Right
A marketing assignment requires the student to take what he/she has learnt in marketing theory and to apply it in practice. It presents information and analysis in a way that helps the management make decisions. Since it has to look at the larger picture for a particular product or industry, it has to consider the various components of the market:
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