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Texas State AMA Excels at International AMA Conference.

Texas State AMA is named an Outstanding Chapter, places second in the Case Competition and third in the Website Competition.

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Marketing Brain Food (in a half-day bite)

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If you're new to the marketing industry, here's a fast-paced opportunity to expand your marketing skill set, without expanding your waistline. In a half-day bite, you can polish your marketing skills, learning from three experienced marketing practitioners and earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs), too. Join the Austin Chapter of the American Marketing Association as it joins forces with St. Edward's University to bring you a half-day continuing education program - with three-part marketing focus:

What You'll Learn:

Marketing Return on Investment (ROI)

The pressure is on to deliver more results with leaner marketing budgets. Why is it more important than ever to measure your marketing activities from a 360 degree view? How do you effectively measure your return on marketing investment? This session will give you insight on ROI measurements, the benefits of measuring and marketing ROI's relationship to integrated marketing communications.

Brand Management

Every business should have a clear vision and specific goals for the corporate brand. What is the value of your brand within your customer base, potential customers and even within your own company? Where should your brand be in a competitive marketplace? In this session, you'll learn about brand equity--how it affects your company bottom line and how to maximize the long-term value of your brand.

Market Research

There's more to knowing your customer and potential customers than mining databases! Who exactly are your customers (or prospects) and why do they respond to marketing as they do?
This session will cover the true value of market research, how to execute a marketing research project, and when and where to apply your findings. You'll also understand how market research guides integrated marketing communications and sound marketing decisions.


WHEN:

Thursday, April 6, 2006
8:00 am-12 noon

WHERE:

St. Edward's University
Professional Education Center
9420 Research Blvd., Echelon III
Austin, Texas

COST:

AMA Members and students: $100
Non-members: $150
Online registration coming soon. Registration payable by VISA and MasterCard online. If you prefer to pay by check, please make your check payable to: American Marketing Association – Austin and mail to:
James Rank, Treasurer
P. O. Box 141668
Austin , TX 78714-1668

IMPORTANT:

These three 50-minute sessions in Marketing Brain Food were developed as integrated sessions. Your registration includes all three sessions. Register early, as class size is limited to the first 35 participants. Registration includes all materials and a Continental breakfast. Completion of all three sessions earns 4 hours CEUs from St. Edward’s University. You will receive a Certificate of Completion verifying your CEU credit at the end of the class. Schedule, speakers and presenters subject to change. With a limited class size, you must pre-register for this program.

DEADLINE:

Registration deadline is Wednesday, March 30, 2006. Register Now.

SPEAKER(S):

Marketing ROI -- Kendra Wright, President/Director, Wright Strategies, Austin, Texas
Kendra and her Wright Strategies team have created and implemented successful marketing strategies for companies in nearly every industry, from motorcycles and scrap booking to manufacturing and real estate.
Brand Management -- Scott Murray, President, Yield, Inc., Austin, Texas
Scott and his Yield, Inc. team specializes in Brand-to-Employee or B2E Marketing. Working from experience on both the agency and client side, Yield, Inc., helps companies ! build stronger bonds with their customers in emotionally relevant and financially quantifiable ways. Scott has lectured at the University of Texas, Purdue University and Texas State University on the variety of strategic marketing topics. His client experience includes Gatorade, Motorola, KeyCorp, ADP, Coca-Cola, RR Donnelley & Sons, Ameritech, ConAgra and Sprint.
Market Research -- presenter to be announced