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Historical Time Capsule Assignment

If i was putting stuff in a time capsule based on the events that happened during the calendar year of 2011. I would include something such as: A Blackberry the reason why i choose that was because they had numerous  issues with there phones in 2011, especially with one of the biggest features of the blackberry which is the Blackberry Messaging (BBM)

Now for a product that was in the headlines for a good reason in the calendar year of 2011. I would include stuff such as: Android In 2011 the have went from being everyones 3rd choice of phones behind Apple and Blackberry to being some peoples first choice. If they continue to have another good year like 2011 they will be the mobile powerhouse.

Best business of the year

I think that the Royal Bank of Canada was one of the top businesses of 2011. The reason why i think that they are one of the top businesses is due to the fact that they made 5.2 million dollars in profit which is a 35% increase from the year before and for their revenue their total assets are 726.2 million dollars they have the most employees working for their company in all of Canada with a total of 72,126 people. I think that if they had the most profit and they had the highest amount of assets I feel that it should be a good reason for them to be mentioned as the best business of the year.

A company i'd like to thank Revised

I want to thank Apple for creating the Iphone because without it i wouldn't have a phone that is as fun to use as it is, On the Iphone you can play games, text, call, and be on the internet all off of one device. Where as most phones you have to pay crazy fee's for the internet where as the iphone you pay for a data plan and you have free internet as long as you are in a wifi zone. And the calling is much better then if you were on a normal cellular device. The only problem with the Iphone is that the battery dies fast if you are in your texting,calling or playing a game for a long period of time.

A Company I'd Like To Thank First Copy

I want to thank Apple for creating the Iphone because without it i wouldn't have a phone that is as fun to use as it is, On the Iphone you can play games, text, call, and be on the internet all off of one device. Where as most phones you have to pay crazy fee's for the internet where as the iphone you pay for a data plan and you have free internet as long as you are in a wifi zone. And the calling is much better then if you were on a normal cellular device. The only problem with the Iphone is that the battery dies fast if you are in your texting,calling or playing a game for a long period of time.
                                                        

Product War Opening Activity

Coke Versus Pepsi Product War

Coke
500 Different Brands of Coke.
Invented 1886.
Sell 1.7 Billion soft drinks a day in 2011.
When it was first invented they were only selling 9 drinks a day 1886.

Pepsi 
19 Different Brands of Pepsi 2011
Pepsi became a drink in 1961
Sells less soft drinks then Coke in 2011
Originally named Brad's Drink in 1903

I think Coke is better because they out sell Pepsi and have been around for a longer period of time then Pepsi has by 75 years. I like the taste of Coke better then Pepsi as well. Pepsi has always Marketed itself on it's similar taste to Coke where as Coke has worked hard to go from selling 9 drinks a day in 1886 to selling 1.7 billion drinks a day in 2011.

Top 10 Christmas Gifts for Children

YBike Glider- Green: $79.99

VTech InnoTab Learning App Tablet: $70.00 Fisher Price Rock Star Mickey: $69.99  Hot Wheels Wall Tracks Starter Set 1: $54.95  Fisher Price No Spill Paint Center: $48.95  Fisher-Price Kid-Tough See Yourself Camera, Boy: $44.50   Seedling Paint a Wooden People Family: $40.00 Matchbox Big Rig Buddies Smokey The Fire Truck Vehicle: $38.95 Deconstructive Blocks, F $34.99 Count 'N Crunch Cookie Monster: $24.95

Exit through the Gift Shop Analysis Questions

1. I feel as though this movie was a bit genuine and a bit of a mockumentary, The reason i feel it was genuine was because it shows it was actually produced by Banksy. And it was about something he has a real interest in. The reason I think it was a mockumentary was because after Mr. Brainwash started doing his art show instead of him doing the art himself like most of the other graffiti  artists do he paid all these people to do the art for him and he was the one who got the fame and fortune for something he didn't do. 

2. The message that the street artists were across to the public was that graffiti is not just something they do for fun it is something they actually care about. And they do their art with an actual message behind it unlike Thierry does. 

3. I think Mr. Brainwash was trying to show people that although graffiti is nice and creative it doesn't always have to have a message behind the art piece itself.


4. The street artists work actually has meaning to it and it usually has a message whereas Mr.BrainWash's work is meaningless and it is repetitive with just a few differences. Also Banksy made his art show interesting whereas Mr.Brainwash never even chose where to put the pieces of art himself. 

5. The reason the line was so long was because of Banksy and Shepard Fairey promoting the event and that all the people knew how amazing their art work is because they have held their own art shows and they have been pretty successful. The reason so many people came together was that they wanted to see this art show promoted by Fairey and Banksy.  

6. I think graffiti is art to a point the only reason i would say that it is not a piece of art is when they cross a line and start doing on people's house without their permission or if they do it to someone else's personal items against that person's will. If someone painted my wall without my permission i would not be too happy because i would have probably been okay with it if they did ask. I think that Shepard Fairey and Banksy are not sellouts, they did what they loved and now they are making money selling their pieces of legally although Banksy still continues to do graffiti. Similarities between Guerilla Marketing and  graffiti is that they both have a unique way of getting their message across to the people in the surrounding area. 

Place You Like To Eat Opening Activity.

McDonalds: http://www.mcdonalds.ca/ca/en.html
Burger King: http://en.burgerking.ca/
KFC: http://www.kfc.ca/home/en/index.html
Subway: http://world.subway.com/Countries/frmMainPage.aspx?CC=CAN
Taco Bell: http://www.tacobell.ca/
A&W: http://www.aw.ca/
Olive Garden: http://www.olivegarden.com/
Pizza Hut: http://www.pizzahut.ca/index.htm?gclid=CO3GpvK7ka0CFUHRKgodI025mQ
Arby's: http://www.arbys.com/
Swish Chalet: http://www.swisschalet.ca/

Dream Trip

You are going to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic from Calgary 

The length of the trip is a 7 Night Stay From January 2nd to January 9th 

The price of the trip is $13,000 and the length of the trip is 7 Nights 

Some features of the hotel are that it includes 6 Bars, 2 Pools and more. 

The hotel is a 5 Star Hotel, and the name of the hotel is Gran Bahia Principe Bavaro Hotel.

If i had 10 Million Dollars what businesses would i build.

My Businesses That I Would Open.... 

Sporting Goods Store: I would open a Nike store and a major competitor is SportChek.

Clothing Store: I would open a Gucci store and a major competitor is American Eagle Outfitters.

Grocery Store:  I will open a Safeway and a major competitor is Co-Op. 

Fast Food Restaurant: Open a Burger King and a major competitor is McDonalds. 

Pet Shop: I would open a PetCetera and a major competitor is PetLand. 

Toy Store: I would open a Zellers and a major competitor is Toys'R'Us.

Coffee Shop:  I would open a Starbucks and a major competitor is Tim Horton's. 

Technology Shop: I would open a Laptop Depot and a major competitor is Apple. 

Pharmacy: I would open a London Drugs and a major competitor is Rexall Pharmacy.

Dental Office: I would open a Cranston Market Dental and a major competitor is Beddington Dental Clinic. 

How much would it cost to place an ad in the classified section of the Calgary Herald

The below prices are if you posting an ad on the calgary herald for an appliance.

If you post your ad online on the Calgary Herald Website it is free for 14 days
7 days for print and online in the Calgary Herald is $40.00
14 days for print and online in the Calgary Herald is $60.00
28 days for print and online in the Calgary Herald is $100.00

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$350 Or Best Offer

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Top 10 Fashion Choices This Holiday

10. Leather is a hit this winter. Of sturdy black leather skirts, trousers and jackets to leather in elegant colors for skirts and dresses. 

9. Super Feminine blouses with bows or scarves are hot impressive. Some scarves even reaching to the knee. The materials must be light and chic 

8. Colors like burgundy, eggplant purple and chocolate brown winter 2011 2012, we again see a lot. It’s especially nice when you combining 

7. Over knee boots this winter we see a lot. Also remain the platform sandals and high heels with platforms in fashion. Many shoes have wide ankle this winter. Sterile pumpjes and slingbacks are still as out of fashion

6. For winter 2011 2012, we literally see everything in snake: maxi skirts to coats, from bags to boots 

5.The bright colors we saw last summer, keep the coming winter season in fashion. Yellow, orange, cobalt blue, teal, purple … Combine these colors with gray or black or go for an outfit in a single, bright color.

4.Minimalist dresses with elegant lines and sophisticated colors are a welcome starting point for winter fashion. Of course you make the look with a maxi coat and fashionable accessories 

3.We think this is a great trend! We saw him last summer already sown and the trend continues. Under the skirts and dresses you wear (of course) a ‘granny’s underpants

2. The trousers are wider and the waists are higher. The designers try to get it back to us. Who knows if this season we finally go en masse to the high waistline car! 

1.The jackets are again long, very long. Afkledende slim coats with a super chic touch are all in this winter. 

Leadership Styles Opening Activity

If I was the manager of a store and my employee was constantly late for work and seemed unmotivated while they are at work i work probably ask all the other employee's that i work with what i should do and take a few suggestions like have a one on one meeting with him and confront him on why he is being unmotivated and constantly late and if he doesn't have a good enough reason i would have a vote between all the employee's here at the time of the meeting and if they feel that he should be fired that is what i would do to him. The leadership style i would use is Democratic Leadership because it is the fairest of the three options and plus everyone gets an opinion. 

Why is customer service important?

Customer service is important because if a good company does not have good customer service then people will end up just going to a different store because they are not having their concerns dealt with by anyone at that specific store. And if a not so good company has good customer service and treats everyone in the store with respect and answers any questions customers have then more people will be willing to go to this store.

Managers engage in 5 primary activities

Planning deals with chalking out a future course of action and deciding in advance which is the best course of action to take. Organizing is getting everything that the business needs in order to get off the ground. The processes included in organizing is identification of activities, classification of grouping, assignment of duties, delegation of authority and the creation of responsibility, coordinating authority and responsibility relationships. Leading is part of the managerial function which actuates the organizational methods to work efficiently for the achievement of organizational purposes leading has the following elements: Supervision, Motivation, Leadership and Communication. Controlling combines measurement of achievement against standards of correction and makes sure everyone is doing the fair share of work.

The advantages of participative planning is that everything is already done for when you are ready to set everything up and the disadvantages of participative planning is that after everything is finished by a member of the group then they just sit around and make sure everyone else does there job.

What can we take from the WestJet video and put it into our role in the Titans' R' Us store

From this video we can use this to promote the titans r us store in saying that if you buy from this store then you are helping towards making the school a better place for you to learn in. And say that if you are proud to be a titan then instead of going to 711 you should buy from our school store. You do not see the improvements made from the money you give to 711 but you do notice the difference made from your purchase here

Radio Ad

4P's and AIDA concept in your own words + Poster Rating

AIDA Concept: Making sure we get the people's assignment first then we foster any interest they may have, stimulate any desire they have to possess the items and then encourage action from the buyer.

4P's:
        Product: The item being sold
        Promotion: Offers the buyer receives for buying the specific item
        Price: The asking price of the item they are selling
        Placement: How they are going to sort the item

3 Posters:
        Poster One:   12/15
        Poster Two:   9/15
        Poster Three: 10/15

Which Product Will Generate the Most Money

I think that food would generate the most money out of the three product types.Because students might go there to get something that they cannot from the cafeteria or the vending machine. And there are items that you can get there that you can not get anywhere else for a cheaper price. People would go for the food items because the prices range from $0.50 to $2.25 meaning no matter what amount of money you have you could always get something.

What I Learned About Marketing From Physics Class First Copy

Dan Cobley said that for Newton's law rearranged to be a= f/m that the more massive the brand the more baggage it has the more force is needed to change it's positioning. Instead of having a huge parent company they would rather have a few smaller brands. A bunch of particles in a dish and you want to look at them and then you shine a light so it doesn't look like the particles are dancing. The act of observing behaviours in a group yet there are companies that don't need them. And surveys that people have done showed that alot of people are going to lie and that they should try to measure what they did instead of what they said they did.  Scientific Method: you cannot prove a hypothesis through observation you can only disprove it. You can invest for a long time in a brand but if one bad week happens then that could change everything. Entropy: Is a measure of disorder of a system will always increase. Your brand is more disburse you cannot find a way to fight it but all you should do is just live with it. I learned that even something as compact as physics can be interesting when it is compared to marketing. A question that it made me ask was how could this guy compare physics equations to real life marketing?

What I learned from Physics Class First Copy

Dan Cobley said that for Newton's law rearranged to be a= f/m that the more massive the brand the more baggage it has the more force is needed to change it's positioning. Instead of having a huge parent company they would rather have a few smaller brands. A bunch of particles in a dish and you want to look at them and then you shine a light so it doesn't look like the particles are dancing. The act of observing behaviours in a group yet there are companies that don't need them. And surveys that people have done showed that alot of people are going to lie and that they should try to measure what they did instead of what they said they did.  Scientific Method: you cannot prove a hypothesis through observation you can only disprove it. You can invest for a long time in a brand but if one bad week happens then that could change everything. Entropy: Is a measure of disorder of a system will always increase. Your brand is more disburse you cannot find a way to fight it but all you should do is just live with it. I learned that even something as compact as physics can be interesting when it is compared to marketing. A question that it made me ask was how could this guy compare physics equations to real life marketing?

Ugliest Christmas Sweater Ideas

- If you buy this sweater ill give you a 10% discount off the next item you buy
- Show them that the sweater keeps you warm even if the weather is -30
- Maybe if they see you wear it and not be afraid of how it looks then they will buy it as well
- Compare someone who wears this sweater in the cold to someone who is just wearing a normal shirt it should show that the christmas one is more warmer.
- Tell them that instead of buying a shirt that you would have to wear a jacket over to be warm you could buy this shirt and not have to wear a jacket over it to be warm.