29 August 2011

Marketing is “planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, good, and serviced to create exchanges that satisfy individual and organizational objectives.” Basically it’s making known new products that are coming out, sales that are occurring, and services that will satisfy you need in whatever way it may be. Everyday use of marketing is advertisements in the paper. Wal-Mart might advertise that they have notebooks on sale buy one get one, that satisfies your need to have a notebook and save money. Another would be a commercial to show a new shoe that came out. It is promoting the new shoe and the company that makes it.

Sports’ marketing is using sports to market products, such as cars, apparel, and food products. One sports’ marketing strategy is target market, which is finding a specific group of people you would like to appeal too to sell your product. For example if you were selling Colts apparel, you would try to get a fan of New England to buy it. Food products are popular for sports marketing too. Oscar Myer advertises tail gating and grilling up some dogs, so during half time you see the commercial for it because tail gating is popular during that time, you wouldn’t show that during the winter.

The purpose of entertainment marketing is to influence how people choose to use their free time and money. An example would be using celebrities to promote products like a drink, or clothing line. Advertisers spent 42.5 billion dollars on television advertising in 1996, so I think its safe to say that TV has a big influence on advertising. The stations use the advertisements to pay for the broadcasting fees for their shows. I want you to think about this, when was the last time you heard of something new on the radio before the TV?

23 August 2011

This upcoming year I expect many different things to happen. For one I expect to finish high school, get good grades, and get accepted into Stetson University. All three of these goals are very important to me because they will affect my future. My future is the most important thing to me so I always work to have a great one.

The first thing i want to do this year is finish high school. It is my senior year, I only have 4 classes, and if i do graduate i will be the first one of my family to do so on time. Graduating high school will allow me to get into the college i want so i am working very hard to do so. The last 3 years I have worked my butt of to get here, so I'm not willing to give up now. This will be my last year!

I have always had decent grades, but for once I want good grades, not even just good grades I want amazing grades. I tend to skim by with a few A's, B's on average and C's to fill in the spaces. For once I want to make it through the year with no C's, no B's and all A's! With only 4 classes, all computer classes except 1, which is Government and Economics, this should be easy. All A's here I come.

The last thing I really expect from this year is to get into college. Not just any college but Stetson University. Since my freshman year I wanted to get into Stetson for their business program. Getting into Stetson would make all the work I have done during high school completely worth it. I would be highly disappointed if I did not get accepted.

I expect many things to come from this year, to finish school, get straight A's, and to get accepted into Stetson University. I have been working the last 3 years to get here and I won’t fail now. Not getting into Stetson would crush me, and I will get straight A's!