Why Major In Marketing?

I've always known that someday I wanted to be in business. As a freshmen in college, I was unsure what major to choose from in the business department. After doing some research, I chose marketing. I thought my findings would be something other people would be interested in who are having second thoughts if they should major in Marketing.

Why Major in Marketing?

First, nearly a third of all employed Americans are employed in marketing or marketing related field. A marketing degree will give you a head start and help you standout from other applicants! Marketing is essential to almost every field in business.

Money. Marketing positions generally offer great starting salaries. In fact, marketing majors have some of the highest starting salaries of any major, not just business!

Marketing is a very broad field. Not only do marketing majors receive the highest starting salaries, but they also get jobs faster. That is because marketing is extremely broad compared to most fields and there is a high demand for marketing majors.

Did you know more executives in business were marketing majors that any other major? Want to become the next Steve Jobs? Well, that may be a difficult task, but major in marketing and learn how to market your favorite products.

Marketing is FUN! Yes, marketing is creative and fun. For instance, my professor showed a youtube clip of IKEA's marketing technique they did through Facebook. The first people who tagged themselves on the furniture in the pictures IKEA provided, won that item. It was very cool and created a lot of buzz around the world and was all over Facebook. Marketing is the one field that really lets you brings out your creative side to help sell a product.

These are just a few examples to help you consider if Marketing is right for you. Hope you enjoyed. Goodbye!