3 Tips for next term Business class.

1. Choose an easy business
2. Work hard
3. Don't slack off

Product of the Year

What are the products of the year - historical mark products - what would you put in a time capsule? Put a reason under a picture of each item.

A product that I would put in a time capsule would be a Rotary Dial Phone.

 Though it's really old, but it can be really reliable. If the electricity is out because of the pole being fixed or needed to be fix, you can still use the Rotary Dial Phone. It is not powered by an electric company, so rather than using AC (alternative current) it using DC (direct current).

Business of the Year

I'd choose McDonald because they are open worldwide. I believe almost every single city in the world has their fast food restaurant and a lot of people who is in a rush or they just want some food would come and buy it. Everytime I happen to pass by one of their restaurant, there are a lot of people eating there, coming out and in. They're making a lot of profit.

http://www.mcdonalds.ca/ca/en.html

Saying Thanks to Apple Inc.

A product that I like using is my iPod touch. I would like to thank Apple Inc for creating it, it is convenient and fun to use. Sometimes, when I need to find a meaning of a word, I can just download a dictionary application and type in the word instead of looking it through dictionary, sometimes it doesn't even contain the word. Or if I need to search something up quickly, I don't need to turn on the computer and wait for it to load, and same with games. I can carry it around and use it whenever I'm bored and such. In fact, you can download applications to text for free. So thank you Apple Inc.

Write a list of places you like to eat.

1. Montanas
http://www.montanas.ca/
2. Asian Buffet
http://www.asianbuffet328.com/#
3. Olive Garden
http://www.olivegarden.com/
4. The Keg Steakhouse
http://www.kegsteakhouse.com/en/
5. Kinjo
http://www.kinjosushiandgrill.com/
6. Pizza Hut
http://www.pizzahut.ca/index.htm
7. Swiss Chalet
http://www.swisschalet.ca/
8. Bolsa Restaurant
http://www.bolsarestaurant.com/index.html
9. Cora
http://www.chezcora.com/home
10. Opa
http://www.opasouvlaki.ca/home

Pepsi vs Coke

If it's between Coke and Pepsi, in terms of taste and website, I would choose coke, because in my opinion, I think its better. Coke seems to put more effort and spend more time into their website rather than Pepsi. Coke's website contains a lot of information about their history like when it was created, etc. In the other hand, Pepsi's website is like an advertisement. It shows other websites such as their Facebook and Twitter page. So I prefer Coke.

Answer questions in terms of business studies:

1. There has been debate over if this movie is genuine or a "mockumentary". What do you think? If it was a mockumentary - why would Bansky do this?


I think this movie is more of a genuine because this isn't like mocking something or someone.

2. What do you think the street artists are trying to get across to the public with their graffiti?
How can you tell they were effective?


Some people would want to spread their words around and some just wanted to draw for fun. But if they're trying to spread the word around, they'd make it attractive and unique so it would catch people
s eye.
3. What do you think that Mr. Brain Wash was trying to get across to the public with his art? Was he effective?


 His art is mainly changing up the pictures and he was pretty effective because many people says they want to see more of that artwork.

4. What do you see as the key differences between the street artists work and MBW's work?


Street artists aren't for money and they can actually draw meanwhile MBW's work is pretty much for money and he hired people to draw for him but he comes up with the ideas.

5. At the end of the show lots of people showed up to the art show.  Why the long line? What brought so many people together?


They wanted to see unique artwork and they wanted more people to do that kind of art.

6. Graffiti: Is it art or vandalism? How would you react to someone painting on your wall? What similarities do you see between graffiti and guerilla marketing? Where is the line for Shepard Fairey or Banksy, when they move from making art against the mainstream machines into making money off of their art from the mainstream machines? Did they sell out or did they achieve success?


I think it's vandalism but it's also art because it kind of depends on the graffiti. If someone drew on my wall I'd be upset because I would want to draw on my wall myself and design how I wanted to, unless someone painted on my wall and I liked it. Shepard Fairey and Banksy both achieved success.

TOP ten children's Christmas gifts.

1. Action Packed Torx Games - $9.98
2. Meaning of a Name Prints - $23.95
3. Crayola ColorStudio HD for the iPad - $24.99
4. Your Very Own Rainbow - $29.95
5. Home Planetariums for Kids - $29.99
6. BIZU: Twistable & Collectible Jewelry - $31.28
7. Perplexus 3-D Puzzle Ball - 69.99
8. Glow in the dark fun with "Glow Crazy" - 82.99
9. Razor Ground Force Dirifter Go Kart - $216
10. iPad 16gb - $498.99

If you were a tourist agent what would you be pitching for the upcoming holidays?

For the upcoming holiday dream trip, I'd pick Disneyland because they have prepared the Christmas theme and it would be suitable for families. It doesn't matter what age your kids are because they'd love to have some fun. Even if you're were in your 20s, 30s, you would still want to go to. You can reminisce the times you were watching Disney shows or if you've been there before. There are different themed hotels,  and some even have spas, pool, and water slides. Between November 1st 2011 and February 26th 2012 you can stay at Disneyland for $1,587.00 saving $500. Including $958 to go there and back (Calgary to Anaheim, CA). You can spend some family time together creating loving and sweet memories.

Imagine you've just come into ten million dollars...

Imagine you've just come into ten million dollars... put together a wish list of epic proportions. Your going to open 10 business. What businesses make the cut? Include a picture to a competition business site.


1. Senior care
Competition: Home Instead

2. Convenient store
Competition: Shoppers Drug Mart

3. Fast food
Competition: McDonalds

4. Clothing
Competition: GAP

5. Shoes
Competition: Nikes

6. Mall
Competition: Chinook

7. Salon
Competition: Chatters

8. Technology shop
Competition: Best Buy

9. Grocery store
Competition: Superstore

10. Game shop
Competition: EB Games

Write a classified advertisement offering to sell something you would gladly give up and get some money for.

The advertisement I would do is for food. Everyone needs food to survive and as long if the poster make the food tempting and attractive it would attract people to buy though they are already buying it. But by showing how to make food, people will buy the ingredients that is needed for that particular food = money making.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/food-restaurants/Discovering+bowl+wonders/5791862/story.html

Prices are depending on how big the advertisements using up the newspaper.

Trending Fashion 2011

1. Androgyny - Woman are becoming more like men.
    Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana Sonia Rykiel etc.

















2. Color - Designers like to use more colors in colder seasons.
Paul & Joe Michael Kors etc.


















3. Texture Overload - Silk, fur, leather together.
     Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Etro etc

4. 40s Elegance - Using styles from the 40s
    Gucci, John Galliano, Miu Miu  etc.

5. Midi and Maxi - Long length skirts
    Chloe, Dries Van Noten etc.

6. Prints - Prints of tiny polka dots or broken glass in clothes.
    Versace, Hermes

7. Zoologicial - Prints like leopard pythons, feathers on.
    Anna Sui, Versace etc.

8. Fur - Sweaters and fur perfect material for winter.
    Loewe, Versace etc.
















9. Leather - Combination with fur.
    Brioni, Hermes etc

10. Layers - More layers for warmer feel. Gucci, Christian Dior etc.

Imagine you are the manager of a store.

If I was the manager of a store, I would give about 3 warnings to that worker who is constantly late and is unmotivated when working. If the worker continues to be like that and had not change the attitude to a positive one then I would have a group vote if that worker should be fired or not. The leadership style that I think I will use is Democratic Leadership because I leave it up to the group to decide whether or not that worker should be fire and if the majority says yes then the worker would be fired.

Why is customer service important?

It will make the customers upset if there's no customer service because if they have problems or if the product they buy is not the one they want or refund, they can go to the customer service and talk it through. If the seller do not have good customer service the store can lose a customer and maybe more because of the word of the mouth. They are helping customers and do what they can for them, if there's no customer service then the store would have a bad reputation.

Apply to the school's business

If we loved the school and staffs motivate us like the West Jet CEO we tend to work harder and proud to come and work in that place. If the place is fun then we would volunteer to help out the school like I did in the previous school I went to, but it's usually in the last years because they teachers knew you more and let you do what ever you want.

What did you learn from this video? What questions does this bring up?

Physic Marketing


- Newton's Law
  Force = Mass x Acceleration (F=Ma)
- The more massive a brand the more baggage the more force is needed to change its positioning
- Bunch of particles dancing around and you shine a light they hide
- Acts of observing the consumers changes their behaviour
  ie. I never let my kids eat junk food (buys it hundreds and thousands a year)
- You can never measure a person on what they say but how they do it 
- You cannot prove a hypothesis through observation, you can only disprove it.
- Can invest a long time on a brand but once it's been screwed up people changes their minds
- Entropy is a measure disorder of a system

Answer what are the 4Ps and what is AIDA in your own words.

The 4Ps are place, product, people, price. It is a market strategy for advertising products. The advertisement will tell the people where it is and price of that product.

AIDA stands for attention, interest, desire and action. It grabs the people's attention from the poster by making attractive and showing their products.

Poster 1:

Poster is informative: 2
Spelling and grammar: 3
Neatness: 3
AIDA: 2
Pictures/Graphic: 2
Total: 12/15

Poster 2:

Poster is informative: 1

Spelling and grammar: 3

Neatness: 3

AIDA: 1

Pictures/Graphic: 2

Total: 10/15

Poster 3:

Poster is informative: 3

Spelling and grammar: 2

Neatness: 2

AIDA: 3

Pictures/Graphic: 2
Total: 12/15

Which category do you predict will generate the most profit for the store?

The store category I predict that is going to make the most money out of the rest, would be the food category. Not that many people care about buying papers or the Titans' clothing because they either they already have it or the clothing is not that in the trend. However they would care more for the food. Candies and sweets tend to attract more people than other things because it's mostly everyone's favourites.

Write a list of things you could say to convince someone to buy the sweater

- Ugly sweater can recreate to a new style.
- It doesn't need to look good and matching.
- You can wear something ugly and it would be call "cool"
- Look different from other people
- Show some clothing with that ugly sweater and show how sickly it would look

Advertising notes.

1. What percentage of revenue comes from advertising and marketing?
Tv - 100%
Newspapers - 80%
Magazine - 60%

2. Who are you marketing to?
Largest group of consumers - Young woman 12-24.
Female teens spend 64 billion dollars a year.
Younger woman wants to look 5 years older meanwhile older woman wants to look 5 years younger.

3. Cilent
Coca Cola, ad agency (market research, creatives, producers, media buyers)
Media - Facebook, tv, newspapers, billboards

4. Different Advertising techniques.
Avante Garde
Facts and figures
Weasel Words