Thursday, May 6, 2010

Exam 4 questions

1. What are the three buzz marketing stages?

A. Inoculation, Incubation, Infection

2. What is data mining?

A. It builds profiles of customer groups and prepares models for predicting future behaviors.

3. What is the average amount of coupons that are redeemed each year?

A. 3 billion

Monday, April 26, 2010

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Store Observation

When browsing at Old Navy over the weekend, not only was I looking around for clothes, I was also checking out the store in general. I have been to other Old Navy stores in different parts of the country and they are set up in a casual way that appeals to the teenage to adult demographic. Inside the store it is bright and a sort of energetic atmopshere. The store plays current music that is popular among the teenage/adult audience. The store caters to a young and hip consumer, which is why the store creates an atmosphere that is suitable for this type of group. The staff, who are also about the same age as the main consumer, were very helpful, well
organized, and were knowledgeable about where certain things were. When trying on clothes, you just tell them which clothes you decided to purchase, and they take the other garments to put away. Basically, Old Navy's in store atmosphere works in attracting customers and influencing their purchase decisions.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Exam #3 questions

1. What is executive frameworks?

A. Is the plot or scenario in which your ad is situated.

2. What is media planning?

A. The process of allocating advertising budgets for media time.

3. What is viral marketing?

A. Is an ad attached to e-mail or any other means of online communication.

Alternative Marketing

1. In the five minute video that I viewed, there were a lot of well known products advertised in eight different recent movies. The video started with a clip from Sex in the City in which the brands Starbucks, Sprint, LG, Louis Vuitton, and Chanel where featured. The next clip took place from the Superman movie, and it showed tow brands Marlboro and Coca Cola. As the video progressed, it showed clips from Casino Royale; the Sony Vaio laptop is featured, Bravia, Ericcson, and the Ford Omega. The next part of the video showed us clips from the Spiderman movie. The movie displayed brands from Dr. Pepper, Charlesberg Beer, Cingular, Prudential, Samsung, and Suntory Whisky. Next, we were introduced to a clip from the movie I Am Legend, and it showed brands from Mustang and Ford. Another clip, which was shown from the movie Transformers, showed Apple iPod, HP, Chevrolet Camero, Porsche, Ebay, Panisonic, and Burger King. Another part of the video shows a clip from the movie Bad Boys 2 and it briefly showed brands from Miller and Ferrari. The last part of the video showed a clip from the movie Iron Man, which displayed the Burger King brand.

2. At the conclusion of the video, I took a look at the list of brands that were viewed and chose which one to critique, so I selected Coca Cola. In the Superman movie it showed a somewhat dated brand of the brand of soda in which it says "Enjoy Coca Cola". The meaning of the product is to to enjoy the product when you first open up a can. It also means that when drinking a can of Coca Cola, just kick back, relax, and savor the taste because it can really calm someone down for the moment.

3. The target group of this product would be anyone who likes the smooth tast of Coca Cola and any other Coke products. Coca Cola's target audience is a wide range, from kids, adults, and to the elderly. This brand of soda has been around since the late 19th century, and many people continue to buy the popular soda. I do not prefer the promoted brand after watching this video because, I already preferred drinking Coca Cola a long time ago. It has been my favorite beverage when I was a kid, and it continues to this day.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Media Diary

For the past two days I haved kept a media diary that tracks all the media that I was exposed to. During this period, there were different types of media that I saw such as, internet ads, television ads, newspaper ads, and ads that show up on my iPhone. Because I stay constantly connected to the campus WiFi network, via my iPhone, there was a lot of media that I had recorded in my diary. Some ads drew my attention and others I just ignored because, either I was not interested or I saw the commercial so many times I practically memorized what the commercial stood for.

One good way that media targets me is advertising the commercials that I find interesting on many of the channels that I watch. Whether on BET, TBS, MTV, or SPIKE these commercials should be aired during the evening, which I am most likely to be watching TV. But most of the time, there is a lot of commercials on each channel, and not very many interest me. During the day however, I do not watch very much TV, but another main media source provides me with just as much advertisement, and that is the Internet. Even though there is no constant commercial advertising online, there are still plenty of ads that show up on my favorite websites. Both Facebook and YouTube in particular are the main websites that have a lot of advertising located online. Facebook features ads on right side of their webpage, generally this is sort of a weak approach to gain attention to the consumer and it generally does not affect my attention, therefore I pretty much ignore them. But when it comes to YouTube, their ads definately get my attention. Whenever I am watching a video, a advertisement scrolls up on the video screen plus there are also ads on the right side as well. Music videos are another story, they integrate song costs from different online music retailers such as: itunes, amazon, and rhapsody. This is a very clever move for the music industry because, many people love to know what songs they are purchasing and how much it cost. When it comes to the internet, I feel that this media source capyures my attention better because, there is definatly enough balance of advertising, and it very creative in gaining the consumer's attention.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Exam #2 questions

1. What is a POA

A. (Promotions Opportunity Analysis) is a process marketers use to identify target audiences for a company's goods, services, and communication strategies needed to reach audiences.

2.What does PRIZM stand for?

A. Potential rating index based on zip marketing

3. What are three fields of study that make up qualitative research?

A. Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology