FAN-FLIPPIN-TASTIC! I love the Mary Sue parody. It was hilarious and just what I needed after a long day of work and school.

BTW, I found you through gaff. I have fallen in love with that sight (even though some of my stories could be awful enough for it.) Great job. on your story though.

Ah, I love the smell of burning Mary Sue in the morning. Very clever ;p

Um, stupid, hardly anything to do with LOR. Why did we learn about her parents and family if the story just all of a suddenly ends?

Eff You See Kay!

this story is pretty good. You could make it better by getting a beta reader to help with some of the punctuation. I think it would also benefit if you would use the Enter key more often. The paragraphs flow right into each other and makes it difficult to read. However, I enjoyed the premise of the story. I've been wanting to see a parody of all those fics involving some random girl falling into Middle-Earth to have sex with Legolas. I'm glad you wrote this fic.

Create a basic marketing strategy and design a marketing mix for Action-Cal. Be sure to explain why you selected this strategy and mix and how this will help launch the product. Be sure to use APA format for citations.

Marketing Strategy:
Marketing Strategies are the methods used to achieve strong, profitable customer/business relationships. A good marketing strategy focuses on the customer first, by establishing solid relationships with them and building around that in order to sell the product and build brand loyalty. (Armstrong/Kotler, 53). However, most companies have realized that it is impossible to serve every customer in the same way. Because of this, marketers must use the concept of marketing segmentation (55) in order to reach the desired effect with the customers.

The marketing strategy that ConGlom will use to market Action-Cal will consist of three parts: the marketing segmentation, the target marketing, and the market positioning. The marketing segmentation is when marketers determine which segments of a wide customer market offer the best opportunity for achieving company goals (Armstrong/Kotler, 54). ConGlom has decided to choose the children's segment and start off by promoting the product to them. They will using a variety of channels such as websites, television advertisments, and billboards in order to promote Action-Cal to this particular segment.

Target marketing comes next. This involves analysing the different parts of the market segment and decide which ones to activately pursue. ConGlom has decided that the tweens subset would be the best one to follow. While companies with limited resources may choose to only focus on a tiny market niche, ConGlom can afford to focus on several marketing segments. The marketing divison can design various flavors and packaging to appeal to every tween in their market segment. They can also branch out and develop drink accessories such as straws, flavor powder packets, and other things to go along with their Action-Cal product. These methods

The final part of the marketing strategy is market positioning. This comes after segmentation and targeting, which involves having the company placing the product (Action-Cal) in a desirable position that will give them strategic advantage on other competing products. (Armstrong/Kotler, 57) ConGlom must offer superior values to the other competitors in order to succeed in this stage. The company must either charge lower prices or offer greater benefits while making sure to deliver good on their promises. I suggest that ConGlom offer greater consumer benefits of the product while charging reasonable prices. They can provide a whole range of flavors and styles for Action-Cal and sustain a motto of excellent quality at a fair price.

Marketing Mix

A marketing mix is the entire collection of tactical marketing tools that companies use to elicit favorable responses from their target markets (Armstrong/Kotler, 57). Marketing mixes are used to influence demand for products. Mixes can contain combinations of product, price, place, and promotion.

The marketing mix I have come up with includes all four of these concepts.

Products - While the product that the customers will consume is called Action-Cal, it will be sold with many other services and conveniences designed to appeal to the customer's and establish brand loyalty. For example, Action-Cal will have easy-to-open packaging for people who don't want to use a sledgehammer to get to their drinks. It will also be biodegradeable to appeal to the growing environmental awareness in the target market. The drink itself will also contain a tiny spoon in order to Create a basic marketing strategy and design a marketing mix for Action-Cal. Be sure to explain why you selected this strategy and mix and how this will help launch the product. Be sure to use APA format for citations.

Marketing Strategy:
Marketing Strategies are the methods used to achieve strong, profitable customer/business relationships. A good marketing strategy focuses on the customer first, by establishing solid relationships with them and building around that in order to sell the product and build brand loyalty. (Armstrong/Kotler, 53). However, most companies have realized that it is impossible to serve every customer in the same way. Because of this, marketers must use the concept of marketing segmentation (55) in order to reach the desired effect with the customers.

The marketing strategy that ConGlom will use to market Action-Cal will consist of three parts: the marketing segmentation, the target marketing, and the market positioning. The marketing segmentation is when marketers determine which segments of a wide customer market offer the best opportunity for achieving company goals (Armstrong/Kotler, 54). ConGlom has decided to choose the children's segment and start off by promoting the product to them. They will using a variety of channels such as websites, television advertisments, and billboards in order to promote Action-Cal to this particular segment.

Target marketing comes next. This involves analysing the different parts of the market segment and decide which ones to activately pursue. ConGlom has decided that the tweens subset would be the best one to follow. While companies with limited resources may choose to only focus on a tiny market niche, ConGlom can afford to focus on several marketing segments. The marketing divison can design various flavors and packaging to appeal to every tween in their market segment. They can also branch out and develop drink accessories such as straws, flavor powder packets, and other things to go along with their Action-Cal product. These methods

The final part of the marketing strategy is market positioning. This comes after segmentation and targeting, which involves having the company placing the product (Action-Cal) in a desirable position that will give them strategic advantage on other competing products. (Armstrong/Kotler, 57) ConGlom must offer superior values to the other competitors in order to succeed in this stage. The company must either charge lower prices or offer greater benefits while making sure to deliver good on their promises. I suggest that ConGlom offer greater consumer benefits of the product while charging reasonable prices. They can provide a whole range of flavors and styles for Action-Cal and sustain a motto of excellent quality at a fair price.

Marketing Mix

A marketing mix is the entire collection of tactical marketing tools that companies use to elicit favorable responses from their target markets (Armstrong/Kotler, 57). Marketing mixes are used to influence demand for products. Mixes can contain combinations of product, price, place, and promotion.

The marketing mix I have come up with includes all four of these concepts.

Products - While the product that the customers will consume is called Action-Cal, it will be sold with many other services and conveniences designed to appeal to the customer's and establish brand loyalty. For example, Action-Cal will have easy-to-open packaging for people who don't want to use a sledgehammer to get to their drinks. It will also be biodegradeable to appeal to the growing environmental awareness in the target market. The drink itself will also contain a tiny spoon in order to Create a basic marketing strategy and design a marketing mix for Action-Cal. Be sure to explain why you selected this strategy and mix and how this will help launch the product. Be sure to use APA format for citations.

Marketing Strategy:
Marketing Strategies are the methods used to achieve strong, profitable customer/business relationships. A good marketing strategy focuses on the customer first, by establishing solid relationships with them and building around that in order to sell the product and build brand loyalty. (Armstrong/Kotler, 53). However, most companies have realized that it is impossible to serve every customer in the same way. Because of this, marketers must use the concept of marketing segmentation (55) in order to reach the desired effect with the customers.

The marketing strategy that ConGlom will use to market Action-Cal will consist of three parts: the marketing segmentation, the target marketing, and the market positioning. The marketing segmentation is when marketers determine which segments of a wide customer market offer the best opportunity for achieving company goals (Armstrong/Kotler, 54). ConGlom has decided to choose the children's segment and start off by promoting the product to them. They will using a variety of channels such as websites, television advertisments, and billboards in order to promote Action-Cal to this particular segment.

Target marketing comes next. This involves analysing the different parts of the market segment and decide which ones to activately pursue. ConGlom has decided that the tweens subset would be the best one to follow. While companies with limited resources may choose to only focus on a tiny market niche, ConGlom can afford to focus on several marketing segments. The marketing divison can design various flavors and packaging to appeal to every tween in their market segment. They can also branch out and develop drink accessories such as straws, flavor powder packets, and other things to go along with their Action-Cal product. These methods

The final part of the marketing strategy is market positioning. This comes after segmentation and targeting, which involves having the company placing the product (Action-Cal) in a desirable position that will give them strategic advantage on other competing products. (Armstrong/Kotler, 57) ConGlom must offer superior values to the other competitors in order to succeed in this stage. The company must either charge lower prices or offer greater benefits while making sure to deliver good on their promises. I suggest that ConGlom offer greater consumer benefits of the product while charging reasonable prices. They can provide a whole range of flavors and styles for Action-Cal and sustain a motto of excellent quality at a fair price.

Marketing Mix

A marketing mix is the entire collection of tactical marketing tools that companies use to elicit favorable responses from their target markets (Armstrong/Kotler, 57). Marketing mixes are used to influence demand for products. Mixes can contain combinations of product, price, place, and promotion.

The marketing mix I have come up with includes all four of these concepts.

Products - While the product that the customers will consume is called Action-Cal, it will be sold with many other services and conveniences designed to appeal to the customer's and establish brand loyalty. For example, Action-Cal will have easy-to-open packaging for people who don't want to use a sledgehammer to get to their drinks. It will also be biodegradeable to appeal to the growing environmental awareness in the target market. The drink itself will also contain a tiny spoon in order to Create a basic marketing strategy and design a marketing mix for Action-Cal. Be sure to explain why you selected this strategy and mix and how this will help launch the product. Be sure to use APA format for citations.

Marketing Strategy:
Marketing Strategies are the methods used to achieve strong, profitable customer/business relationships. A good marketing strategy focuses on the customer first, by establishing solid relationships with them and building around that in order to sell the product and build brand loyalty. (Armstrong/Kotler, 53). However, most companies have realized that it is impossible to serve every customer in the same way. Because of this, marketers must use the concept of marketing segmentation (55) in order to reach the desired effect with the customers.

The marketing strategy that ConGlom will use to market Action-Cal will consist of three parts: the marketing segmentation, the target marketing, and the market positioning. The marketing segmentation is when marketers determine which segments of a wide customer market offer the best opportunity for achieving company goals (Armstrong/Kotler, 54). ConGlom has decided to choose the children's segment and start off by promoting the product to them. They will using a variety of channels such as websites, television advertisments, and billboards in order to promote Action-Cal to this particular segment.

Target marketing comes next. This involves analysing the different parts of the market segment and decide which ones to activately pursue. ConGlom has decided that the tweens subset would be the best one to follow. While companies with limited resources may choose to only focus on a tiny market niche, ConGlom can afford to focus on several marketing segments. The marketing divison can design various flavors and packaging to appeal to every tween in their market segment. They can also branch out and develop drink accessories such as straws, flavor powder packets, and other things to go along with their Action-Cal product. These methods

The final part of the marketing strategy is market positioning. This comes after segmentation and targeting, which involves having the company placing the product (Action-Cal) in a desirable position that will give them strategic advantage on other competing products. (Armstrong/Kotler, 57) ConGlom must offer superior values to the other competitors in order to succeed in this stage. The company must either charge lower prices or offer greater benefits while making sure to deliver good on their promises. I suggest that ConGlom offer greater consumer benefits of the product while charging reasonable prices. They can provide a whole range of flavors and styles for Action-Cal and sustain a motto of excellent quality at a fair price.

Marketing Mix

A marketing mix is the entire collection of tactical marketing tools that companies use to elicit favorable responses from their target markets (Armstrong/Kotler, 57). Marketing mixes are used to influence demand for products. Mixes can contain combinations of product, price, place, and promotion.

The marketing mix I have come up with includes all four of these concepts.

Products - While the product that the customers will consume is called Action-Cal, it will be sold with many other services and conveniences designed to appeal to the customer's and establish brand loyalty. For example, Action-Cal will have easy-to-open packaging for people who don't want to use a sledgehammer to get to their drinks. It will also be biodegradeable to appeal to the growing environmental awareness in the target market. The drink itself will also contain a tiny spoon in order to Create a basic marketing strategy and design a marketing mix for Action-Cal. Be sure to explain why you selected this strategy and mix and how this will help launch the product. Be sure to use APA format for citations.

Marketing Strategy:
Marketing Strategies are the methods used to achieve strong, profitable customer/business relationships. A good marketing strategy focuses on the customer first, by establishing solid relationships with them and building around that in order to sell the product and build brand loyalty. (Armstrong/Kotler, 53). However, most companies have realized that it is impossible to serve every customer in the same way. Because of this, marketers must use the concept of marketing segmentation (55) in order to reach the desired effect with the customers.

The marketing strategy that ConGlom will use to market Action-Cal will consist of three parts: the marketing segmentation, the target marketing, and the market positioning. The marketing segmentation is when marketers determine which segments of a wide customer market offer the best opportunity for achieving company goals (Armstrong/Kotler, 54). ConGlom has decided to choose the children's segment and start off by promoting the product to them. They will using a variety of channels such as websites, television advertisments, and billboards in order to promote Action-Cal to this particular segment.

Target marketing comes next. This involves analysing the different parts of the market segment and decide which ones to activately pursue. ConGlom has decided that the tweens subset would be the best one to follow. While companies with limited resources may choose to only focus on a tiny market niche, ConGlom can afford to focus on several marketing segments. The marketing divison can design various flavors and packaging to appeal to every tween in their market segment. They can also branch out and develop drink accessories such as straws, flavor powder packets, and other things to go along with their Action-Cal product. These methods

The final part of the marketing strategy is market positioning. This comes after segmentation and targeting, which involves having the company placing the product (Action-Cal) in a desirable position that will give them strategic advantage on other competing products. (Armstrong/Kotler, 57) ConGlom must offer superior values to the other competitors in order to succeed in this stage. The company must either charge lower prices or offer greater benefits while making sure to deliver good on their promises. I suggest that ConGlom offer greater consumer benefits of the product while charging reasonable prices. They can provide a whole range of flavors and styles for Action-Cal and sustain a motto of excellent quality at a fair price.

Marketing Mix

A marketing mix is the entire collection of tactical marketing tools that companies use to elicit favorable responses from their target markets (Armstrong/Kotler, 57). Marketing mixes are used to influence demand for products. Mixes can contain combinations of product, price, place, and promotion.

The marketing mix I have come up with includes all four of these concepts.

Products - While the product that the customers will consume is called Action-Cal, it will be sold with many other services and conveniences designed to appeal to the customer's and establish brand loyalty. For example, Action-Cal will have easy-to-open packaging for people who don't want to use a sledgehammer to get to their drinks. It will also be biodegradeable to appeal to the growing environmental awareness in the target market. The drink itself will also contain a tiny spoon in order to Create a basic marketing strategy and design a marketing mix for Action-Cal. Be sure to explain why you selected this strategy and mix and how this will help launch the product. Be sure to use APA format for citations.

Marketing Strategy:
Marketing Strategies are the methods used to achieve strong, profitable customer/business relationships. A good marketing strategy focuses on the customer first, by establishing solid relationships with them and building around that in order to sell the product and build brand loyalty. (Armstrong/Kotler, 53). However, most companies have realized that it is impossible to serve every customer in the same way. Because of this, marketers must use the concept of marketing segmentation (55) in order to reach the desired effect with the customers.

The marketing strategy that ConGlom will use to market Action-Cal will consist of three parts: the marketing segmentation, the target marketing, and the market positioning. The marketing segmentation is when marketers determine which segments of a wide customer market offer the best opportunity for achieving company goals (Armstrong/Kotler, 54). ConGlom has decided to choose the children's segment and start off by promoting the product to them. They will using a variety of channels such as websites, television advertisments, and billboards in order to promote Action-Cal to this particular segment.

Target marketing comes next. This involves analysing the different parts of the market segment and decide which ones to activately pursue. ConGlom has decided that the tweens subset would be the best one to follow. While companies with limited resources may choose to only focus on a tiny market niche, ConGlom can afford to focus on several marketing segments. The marketing divison can design various flavors and packaging to appeal to every tween in their market segment. They can also branch out and develop drink accessories such as straws, flavor powder packets, and other things to go along with their Action-Cal product. These methods

The final part of the marketing strategy is market positioning. This comes after segmentation and targeting, which involves having the company placing the product (Action-Cal) in a desirable position that will give them strategic advantage on other competing products. (Armstrong/Kotler, 57) ConGlom must offer superior values to the other competitors in order to succeed in this stage. The company must either charge lower prices or offer greater benefits while making sure to deliver good on their promises. I suggest that ConGlom offer greater consumer benefits of the product while charging reasonable prices. They can provide a whole range of flavors and styles for Action-Cal and sustain a motto of excellent quality at a fair price.

Marketing Mix

A marketing mix is the entire collection of tactical marketing tools that companies use to elicit favorable responses from their target markets (Armstrong/Kotler, 57). Marketing mixes are used to influence demand for products. Mixes can contain combinations of product, price, place, and promotion.

The marketing mix I have come up with includes all four of these concepts.

Products - While the product that the customers will consume is called Action-Cal, it will be sold with many other services and conveniences designed to appeal to the customer's and establish brand loyalty. For example, Action-Cal will have easy-to-open packaging for people who don't want to use . The drink itself will also contain a tiny spoon in order to Create a basic marketing and build brand loyalty. (Armstrong/Kotler, 53). However, most companies have to appeal to the growing environmental awareness in the target market. The drink itself will also contain a tiny spoon in order to

Hee! This is so cute! I have a feeling that the people who're complaining about it being stupid either wouldn't know a parody if it bit them on the posterior (er, hello? The whole point of a parody is to be silly, preposterous, ridiculous, etc.; otherwise, it wouldn't work!), or have been accused of writing Mary Sues and/or see simularities to their own stories and are being ridiculous about it. ;)

As to the person who wrote this review: "this is the crappyist story ive ever read on fanfiction it made me puke in discust why do u try to write when u have no talent ive read better storys of a bus stop trying to write.
you paid very little attention to the ENTER key
it would be eeiser to read if u did"

*eyeroll* I have seen a nearly identical review on at least one other story; I suspect a troll or at least oversensitive, vengeful Suethor, to be frank. After all, who would puke in "discust" over a Mary Sue parody? A squicky sex piece, sure, or a violent or character-bashing piece, but this isn't bashing a character, it's poking fun at a badfic cliche (coincidentally, note to troll: it's spelled "disgust"; additionally, you misspelled/mispunctuated other words, such as crappiest as "crappyist", I've as "ive", you as "u" - you do realize that 90% or more of the people on the internet, even those that speak English, would be naturally inclined to read that as "ooh" and not "you", don't you? - stories as "storys" - remember, y changes to ie in plurals! - and though this is likely a mere typo, you misspelled "easier" as "eeiser". And you might want to use more commas, because you know what you said about the ENTER key? Yeah, that applies to punctuation as well, particularly commas). Additionally? Stories OF a bus stop trying to write? You realize that makes no coherent sense whatsoever, don't you?

However, they did have one surprisingly good point: the ENTER key is your friend. ;) The whole second paragraph suffers from Block Paragraph of Doom Syndrome. I'm not sure if this was intentional (as a form of additional parody) or not, but it's rather eyeache-inducing, and would probably be better off tweaked.

In any case, other than that, cute story! :D I liked it a lot. It was a very fun read and a nice diversion from work for me, heh.

Keep up the good work, and oddly enough, I would say that for once you should ignore the flamer who says your stuff sucks (a lot of people will squee over just about any derivitive, badly-written drivel, but this is actually quite cute and fairly well-written, in my opinion. And I can be pretty picky!). Certain kinds of humor or certain humor pieces won't work for everyone because each person's sense of humor is different, but this isn't what I would call the work of a talentless hack (and you know I mean this, because I'm actually saying it on ffnet! :P) at all. Again, not everyone might find this all that amusing or entertaining, but I certainly did, and if people would actually take it for what it is - a good-natured parody - they might appreciate it more. Or maybe they have no sense of humor. Or maybe, just maybe, they were expecting another MS story that they could project themselves into and are annoyed that it's a parody instead. :P

Whatever the case may be, I know I'm not the only one who thought it was cute and funny. Keep up the good work, bud!

-Andromeda14/Runa27

this is the crappyist story ive ever read on fanfiction it made me puke in discust why do u try to write when u have no talent ive read better storys of a bus stop trying to write.
you paid very little attention to the ENTER key
it would be eeiser to read if u did

idiotic

Lol! Very funny Mary-Sue parody, or in this case, Teri-Sue :D

stuipid and lame.sorry it just really sucks

Wow! That was really funny! ^_^

Quite funny and witty! Starts off looking like a Mary- Sue, but then turns into a mary- sue parody. I love this one! Just maybe improve your summary; I thought it might just be a typical Mary- sue but luckily decided 2 give it a go. Say it is not what people expecting and maybe a few more people will read. Anyway, great short story.