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Narrowing Your Topic

Say you really want to learn more about marketing.  Start thinking of aspects of marketing that interest you, for example:

  • Internet Marketing

  • Market Research

  • Marketing to Special Groups

O.K. you've chosen: marketing to special groups.

Narrow again by focusing on a sub-topic:


one particular product -- cars or cosmetics

an age group --
marketing to adolescents or seniors

a location -- marketing in Japan or Canada

via one medium -- marketing in magazines or on TV

a population -- to minorities or women

It's often helpful to write out your topic as a sentence or a question, for instance:

How do companies market cosmetics to teenage women?

Next identify the keywords that describe your topic.

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