于我心有戚戚焉
今年刚刚转行渐渐步入正轨。虽然转行前后与Marketing都毫不相干,从周围朋友的经验和自己的观察来看,
1。好的Marketing/Sales肯定要有扎实的专业知识。否则言之无物,内容空泛,很难说服专业人士。
2。舍得-有舍才有得。转行当然要舍弃很多,但在一个新的领域里,会有很多意想不到的风景。
3。数理思维并不局限于在Engineering上体现。做Marketing对数字的敏感度要求也比较高吧?
非常非常感谢Jj 和自由鸟的答案
自己真的是对BD, 或者marketing都是一知半解。
jj说的分支很完整。我现在做的是比较市场分析的工作,可是公司非常小,所以很不sophiscated.
我以为BD,marketing都是差不多的。现在才知道有那么多不同。BD需要marketing的支持,BD是负责整个product的lauch process。
你们也解决我的最大疑惑: marketing的经验是transferable的,但需要是有价值的分析工作经验。而且现在中国也很缺这样的人才。
以及真正的marketing是不用放弃对数字敏感的优势的。
我想我应该认真调查一下一些大公司,了解多一点市场分析方面的具体工作性质,抓住自己的优势:analytical skills 和对数字的敏感,和曾经的engeering understanding。
some of my experiences...
I have done some internships related to business development & marketing, here are some of my thoughts:
1. business development is very strategic position and it requires a lot of experiences/ research into the market. You have to know every aspect about the business, watch your competitors daily and be alert what is happening in the space you are competing. On top of that, you need to think "what's next" every minute as it affects where the business goes. In a nutshell, you will be the one deciding : the competitive advantages (and how to maintain), differentiation, etc... not easy to do and u will learn a lot along the way...
2. marketing is not a " Qing chun Fan"; Brilliant marketing compaigns is a holistic project around the whole brand image. just look at how Apple works, their colors, their ideas ( haha ,my all time favorite...); Those are not easy... and it does require a DEEP understanding of the market (consumer behavior,who you are trying to target, why are they buying into your ads, etc)and how the system works ( eg. in Singapore,which companies you should go to if you want to put a bus ad and what their costs are); Obviously, your analytical skills are crucial in decision making in the area.
:-)
Hope you will like the industry and like what you are doing; :-)
[cannot type chinese on school computer... getting tired now... ] FYP is going to kill me...