What is your favourite brand? Why?

I am not sure, if i have to "own" my favorite brand right now but i am taking "NO" as an answer. I have many favorite brands from luxury goods to basic daily used products. It varies from a Louis Vuitton bag to a simple Burt's Bees lip balm. In some i have health consciousness in some i have never thought about it. But when it comes to think and write about it, it is a little bit hard. 

I have been thinking of my favorite brand and decided that it is Mercedes. I wish you asked me this question face to face and i had the chance to answer it in Turkish (the language which i speak much better than English :) ) 

So why Mercedes? Because i like it, i like the way i feel when i am in it, i like the confort, i like the sound. Now i am diriving a 1998 Toyota Corolla and trust me i know what i mean :) Above all the other facts the main reason is that i like it. 

Mercedes is a worldwide brand which has made its reputation on high tech, reliable, comfortable cars (and also buses and trucks but they are out of consideration right now). Nobody has suspects on is safety, and security issues. Not so many Mercedes cars are affordable to buy; but "Cheap is Expensive". When it comes to buying a safe and secure car; which also accompanies with millions of engine, construction, and manufacturing advantages, the choice is clear. Mercedes - of course - has competitors, and i am pretty sure it is those competitors which makes it "Mercedes". I am not a car expert but we cannot even compare Mercedes with other brands such as Toyota. 

What about BMW? Of course! These two brands are competing with each other which turns to us as better technology, better service, safer driving instruments. In my opinion when a person has the conditions to buy either a mercedes or a BMW decides by heart. And my heart says Mercedes.

It takes effort to be a good team member.

What lessons can you take away from the teamwork training today that could help you be a more effective team member for the marketing plan assignment?

I have a bachelor's degree on economics, I was a justice student before coming to Canada, I have been a student for almost 20 years of my life and i am 37 (well 38)... I have never been in a teamwork as a student! I see that it is not in my country's education culture. Everytime a teacher says "Teamwork" i tremble from head to toe :) But we know that people get used to many things so i have the hope that i will get used to it before i finish the school :) 

After such a whimpering introduction; what lessons i took away from the teamwork training today? What could help me be a more effective team member for the marketing plan assignment? I have to say it clearly that i figured out that i have to tell my strengths (experiences?) and weaknesses (language?) at the beginning; so that me and my teammates can forsee what is coming... and i am taking the job seriously in one hand; but i should stop exaggerating the presentation on the other hand. 

1.What do you know about survey research now that you didn’t know before you completed the SurveyMonkey assignment?

I have been in many surveys in my life, as a responder. This was my first time as a maker of a survey. In the course we learned about the structures of a survey, how they could be done. While i was preparing i really tought, i was doing the survey to collect data from the questionnaire. What differences would it make if females at some age replied more and asked for more cosmetic shops. What those single men at some ages want from the center. I understood that after a certain amount of data collected, schools, companies, governments can choose a pathway to improve their way of teaching, pricing, regulating.

2.Is there anything you would do differently next time?

As I got 0 (Zero) from the survey, I can say that I should be more carefull, I could think more overally, and keep in mind that I should not force or push the responders to know/remember anything.

Update: I just saw that it is updated :) i got 100 but i still should be more carefull :)