week 4 EOC: Advertisement is based on happiness

The best purchase I ever made that made me super happy was my first car. It was a 1985 Nissan Maxima. The year was 2003 and I was 19 years old and I had just come back from a year deployment in Iraq. I was never a big car person and still am not. I just wanted something that would get me from point A to point B and not break down on me. i bought my car from a good friend of mine that I had deployed with.  The min I bought that car and I signed the paperwork I felt free. Like I was the coolest person ever because I could come and go as I pleased without having to depend on any one.

My second car on the other had was not my finest moment. It's a 1995 Isuzu Rodeo. It's still an old car ut newer than theone i had before. I was very happy when I bought it put as the weeks went buy I started to realize I could have done better. i could have gotten a better cae wih very low milage and abetter color. i decided to rush on my car purchase and there for did not shop around more likei wanted too.

week3: internet privacy vs marketing research

In today's world where facebook, myspace, and twitter are very popular and social networking is the norm I wonder what is happening with all the personal information that we are made to give in order to use these websites. Take for example facebook  "

The company admitted on Monday that a number of major apps, including FarmVille, had been transmitting user IDs

to advertising networks, which were in turn able to add the data to their own data piles and sell fleshed-out profiles of you, the consumer."

(http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/internet-privacy-have-facebook-and-others-gone-too-far/)

What makes this information even more interesting is facebooks privacy policy "We keep your account information on a secured server behind a firewall........Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account."(

http://www.facebook.com/policy.php

) If that’s there policy then what went wrong? For being a giant in the networking world how could they allow this to happen? They are not keeping with there own privacy policies so how are people still on facebook so much? “The latest numbers from comScore, an online tracking company,….. US Internet users spending nearly 10 percent of their time, or about 41.1 million minutes, on Facebook alone. (http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/finally-facebook-more-popular-than-google/) Crazy right? People just don’t seem to care.

Now you may be wondering on what the big deal is about user IDs right? Its not like it’s your SSN or your credit card information after all. In reality “These IDs can be used to find users’ names, gender and any information they’ve made visible to “everyone” on the Internet through their privacy settings. ( http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/18/2327627/facebook-has-new-privacy-fiasco.html#ixzz13b4hIBpG) Do you really want a stranger to know all that information about you? I didn’t think so.

week 3 EOC: making money for good

There are many businesses out there today that’s sole purpose is to make money and give nothing back to the community and there are other businesses like Wells Fargo who “continues to be one of America’s largest financial contributors to nonprofits. In 2009, we invested $202 million in 18,000 nonprofits nationwide” (https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/csr/charitable/where)  One of the ways that they accomplish this is that they have neighborhoods managers that talk to the people. “Communities need money to grow and Wells Fargo’s Community Development Corporation manages the company’s investments in projects that promote long-term growth for low- and moderate-income communities.” (https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/csr/charitable/where) 

Another one of these businesses is Home Depot. They have a special program called Team Depot. “Through Team Depot, The Home Depot’s associate-led volunteer program, associates work side-by-side to create life-long, meaningful relationships between the Company, our neighbors and our associates.”( http://www.homedepotfoundation.org/teamdepot/index.html)

We need more businesses like these to help out the less fortunate and people in need throughout the United States and for that matter throughout the world. If every company gave a little back the world would be a better place.  There are so many people who need a helping hand.

Week 2 EOC: Boston Consulting Group - Video Games

The cash cow in today’s video game market seems to be the Wii.


The star is Play Station 3.


The dog is the Xbox.


The question mark is the cell phone games.


My reasoning for why I chose these consoles for this position is based on a lot of the statistics I read. People voted the highest rating to the PS3 and the Wii, in categories like games, graphics, entertainment, and multiplayer. After the research I did I concluded that the Xbox was the dog, the question mark is cell phone games, the star is the Play Station3 and the cash cow is the Wii.


“With the PS3, our intentions have been to create a machine with supercomputer calculation capabilities for home entertainment.”
Ken Kutaragi


This time with Xbox 360, we've got the experienced team, we've shipped a lot of console games and built some incredible franchises. J Allard
Microsoft Corporate Vice President on unveiling of the games console


"Wii Sports: All the frustration of real sports with out the physical exercise." Felix Harneis






http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show_tag?name=wii
http://www.allgreatquotes.com/xbox_quotes.shtml
http://vgchartz.com/

EOC week 1: excellent customer service

One of the best customer experiences I’ve had was at Wal-Mart. A few years ago I bought a GPS from them and it didn’t work when I tried to plug it in. I took the GPS back to the store but I didn’t have the packet that it came with. The customer service person that I took it to was very helpful and told me that it was ok that I didn’t have the packet as long as I had the receipt and I was able to exchange it for a new one. The lady also opened up the new GPS for me and plugged it in for me to make sure that it worked for me before I took it home. Because of this great experience I feel comfortable returning something to Wal-Mart and know that I’m going to get good service. “In a down economy, retailers especially should be focusing on customer service.”(Marketing: An Introduction for Education Management corporation, 10^th Edition,4) 

Week 1 EOC: My Voice

    I am a student at The Art Institute of Las Vegas studying to become a better photographer. I decided to become a photographer when I was in the Army. I have traveled to many places around the world and the one thing that I always did was take pictures. I loved it so much that I wanted to take pictures more than I wanted to do my job in the Army. When my contract ended with the Army I enrolled into the Art Institute. It is one of the best decisions I have made.  I’m learning new things every day and I am confident that by the time I graduate I will be a very accomplished photographer that can meet all the challenges that life in going to throw my way.

    The kinds of things I like to take pictures of now are still life. To take a simple object and try and make it into something amazing to look at is fascinating to me. I look at magazines, billboards, and all kinds of different ads to get ideas and try and figure out how they got it to look that way. I don’t know what kind of photographer I want to be right now and that’s ok with me. I’m getting a taste of everything here in school and I think that’s the best way to figure out what I want to accomplish in my life.