Week 14

Oh man there are so many different things to marketing that has to be considered, way more than I ever thought. Price skimming, penetration, status quo is what I will remember from tonight, they all seem to make sense to me and you can see how companies use it. I messed up bad on the quiz for this week, :( I am so sad about that... I know I am happy when I get a good deal on something... I gotta say Prof Allen, I enjoyed this class. It freaked some of us out to have to have facebook, twitter, Linkedin, but it was good to have to learn it. They are used a lot and I have now learned to use them. I will leave this class with more knowledge that I came in with. GOOD Thank you Prof Allen...

Well at the last minute I couldn't come to class. My daughter-in-law went into early labor so since I am the closest grandma I had to watch the girls so they could go to the hospital to get the contractions stopped. The baby is due June 1, so it wouldn't have been really early but still better to keep little Zak safe with his momma for a while longer. The contractions stopped for now. He weighs 5lbs 6 oz right now, so hopefully if he decides it is too tight in there and pops into the world soon he will be ok.

Week 12

I remember buying Van's shoes for my kids who thought they needed the cool shoes. The teenagers want what is in style. I think people who do advertising or create the ads have a very creative mind. I remember the earliest I can recollect any type of advertising was watching Bewitched when I was a kid and Darin Stevens always was worrying about his next ad he was trying to come up with. Kind of funny I think.
I usually don't ever click on ads on Facebook. I see them but I don't want them to track back to me. I tried a MySpace account but guess I was one of the Too old people for keeping up with that. Facebook is more my style. I love finding more people I haven't seen for a long time. It is interesting how fast Facebook took off from the beginning. They got big in a short amount of time... Go FACEBOOK :)

Week 11

I am still just amazed at everything that goes into selling, promoting and marketing products. I didn't know that blogging was used like it is in marketing. I guess I just never went to one for a business. I agree whatever is being said needs to come across the way they want it to be perceived.

Week

I related to some of this build what you want especially with Dell. I have purchased two different computers by ordering what I wanted. (Not that I really know that much
about computers). I like making my specifics the way I wanted. Of course I know I probably paid for it also. I am not so sure about a pair of shoes, but I thought it was interesting to be able to do it. It is kind of cool how they have grown through the years.
I am truly surprised about all the different jobs that a person could choose from that has to do with any type of marketing.
Have a great week. Hope I do better on my quiz next time than I did this week.

Spring Break

Well mid term is over and now it is spring break. But really we have some assignments to work on at some point. Maybe this week I will get it done. I will enjoy my week.

Week 8

I am amazed at how much has to go into starting something new for a company. As we can tell by the markets, a lot of companies do something right. I never realized how in depth it gets to market a new product, and what we as consumers are classified as a category of adopters. I think it is interesting how much goes into making different kinds of strange candy (that sells).
Now off to study for mid term, scary a lot of information.

Week 7

I thought the presentations on the worm poop and how it came to be was interesting. I have used the product before, I just didn't know the scoop on it. Who would have thought.
I am amazed at all that goes into marketing etc. I guess this is why we are in here to learn. There are a lot of different processes that has to go on to keep a business in business. It is interesting about the cobranding that goes on. I never really thought about that, just looking at my computer what has gone on there with Dell, Intel, Windows. I would like to be in a room that is discussing when they are going to combine things together to make new thing in business, just to see how someone pitches the idea. I guess they would all want to sell their products,so maybe it wouldn't be that big of a deal. Interesting for me.

Week 6

Last night was fun. I like it when it is light some of the time in class. It makes us all seem like real people. I know when there are a lot of students, and we are satellite we can get lost in there. I enjoy being able to use twitter during class. We are learning how to use these different types of networking devices, which can help us in our future. Oh and Red Lobster has my vote, wish I could get there more often. Maybe they should make it more available to some of us people who don't live close to one. I know I would get there once in a while if it was closer. Happy reading everyone.
Companies do need to stay on top of their game if they want to stay in business. There certainly is a lot more to being in business than I ever knew before.

Week 5

I am surprised at all the different things that are used to determine how, where, and what to do to try to promote selling of any item. I guess that is why we are learning. I always companies would try to do whatever they could to sell their products, I just really wasn't aware of the detail that is involved in figuring out what is best for selling any product or service to their prospective buyers.

Week 4

I like having different presentations every week. As much as I am glad mine is over whew! I think it is a good experience for everyone. What a good way for us to learn the different objectives in this class. For those of us who wouldn't have tried blogging or even knew there was such a thing as Linkedin, and we get step by step instructions to learn.
I would like to try out Ethel's chocolate boutique. I might only do it once, but it would be kind of fun to go in, relax and savor all the tastes. It is interesting how everything is looked at in the marketing aspect. :)

Week 3

Ok, now I am trying to figure out how to do this blog stuff, and hook up to other people's blogs. There is so much different information with this, I am not sure how to keep it all straight. I am going to practice here on the first couple of weeks.

Week 2

I guess I didn't really understand what all goes into marketing. Even with us having to learn to use the internet in marketing plans. I think it is kind of cool for us to be setting up and learning about these different ways to hook up with the outside world. It is a bit intimidating at first, learning how to twitter, facebook and more, but really for our own good. Technology is all around us. We get to learn it as part of a class. That is pretty cool, I think.

Week 1 Spring 2010

I have never tried blogging, so this is a new experience for me. Somethings in life we need a little prodding to begin them, this being one of them, for Marketing class. In my reading for this week, the part that stuck out for me is talking about creating a high level of employee satisfaction then that leads to better efforts of the employees, which then leads to higher goods and services and then to repeat business because everyone was satisfied. I think that makes a lot of sense to me. I wish everyone could see things like that.