I’m looking to go into marketing but i heard marketing by itself (ex: brand management, which is where i would like to end up) is a very soft degree due to it’s limited quantitative focus. I was thinking about doing marketing analytics instead, which has a lot of focus on statistics, excel, sas, multivariate testing, etc. I’m also considering an MBA but that would again just be regular marketing but an MBA is a better known degree.

The school I would do marketing analytics at is NYU, the MBA would be from a slightly lower level school like Rutgers. Which is better?

The marketing MS would make you an expert in the field and should eventually lead to a high level staff position. The MBA is a general degree preparing students for management in any area of business, up to CEO. If you are not interested in management, then the MS from NYU is probably better than the MBA from Rutgers. But you should decide only after you investigate both options thoroughly.

A good source of information about MBA programs is the Official MBA Guide. It’s a free public service with loads of information about the MBA and it has a good search engine for finding the program that fits you best. It contains all the best schools but almost none of the low-quality for–profit MBA programs. It is the most respected MBA Guide, created by Dr. Martin Schatz while he was the dean of Florida’s #1 MBA school, and provided free since 1997. It lists more than 1,000 universities worldwide, and has more than 10,000 members seeking MBA programs.

I’m looking for online groups, societies and forums, where (international) business professionals discuss current and/or general issues in international business and global strategy. Online sites where I can read existing threads on current international business buzz, as well as ask questions and participate in discussions myself. I’m having a hard time finding anything like that, so hope you can help me find such sites.
To elaborate: I’m looking for online forums (websites), where I can participate in discussions in the fields of international business and global strategy, NOT particular business strategies,

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For instance do you act or talk differently online , would you share information about your self online which you are unlikely to share in person. How does your language change when you are online? Or would you say certain things (please specify) are more acceptable or less acceptable to do / share online. (specifically talking about social networking sites such as Facebook,twitter etc) thank you

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I have an interview coming up for an Online Marketing Consultant / SEO Consultant job and would like to know a few questions I could possibly ask at the end of the interview to show I am keen on the job. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you in advance.

First of All you ask question to yourself,
- Are you Prepared for the Interview!
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- Some Most Common SEO Tool that you have experienced with
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I just made a purchase on Target.com and was disappointed (irritated) by two things. First, and most important, there was no "site to store" shipping option so they make you pay shipping on anything you buy. And second there was no option to pay using PayPal. So I guess my question is, how does Target expect to compete with Wal Mart when they provide such inferior service?

Well you have to think about it, if people don’t make complaints then tehre would be no need in changing it

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