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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Product Planning

Product Mix:

Product Line

Product Item

Product Depth: Compliments
Health
Thermometers
Allergy
Scissors
Vitamin Planners
Acetominaphin
Food:
Bakery
Baking Supplies
Beverages
Dairy
International
Lunch
Meals
Meats
Seafood
Snacks
Home and Garden
Air Fresheners
Laundry Detergents
Garbage Bags
Paper Towels
Bleach
Facial Care
Baby Food
Pet Food

Friday, March 2, 2012

Google
Strengths
Has the designation of being the most popular search engine in the world
Most search results
Wide variety of features
Satisfied employees
Smart People
Free Products
Lots of money
Established in the lexicon
Available worldwide
Weaknesses
Controversies over privacy issues
Perceptions of a monopoly
Opportunities
Have the means to create any service they want
More software for the Android
Threats
Pressure from China
SOPA, PIPA and ACTA
Bing is trying to be better

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Mass Marketing vs. Niche Marketing

Mass Marketers
1. Tim Hortons
2. Old Navy
3. McDonald's
4. Chapters
5. Canadian Tire
6. The Bay
7. Coca Cola
8. PetroCanada
9. Toyota
10. Toshiba
Niche Marketing
1. Starbucks
2. Four Loko
3. Gamestop
4. Alienware
5. KFC
6. Long John Silver's
7. The Brick
8. Bath and Body Works
9. ESPN
10. Comic King

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Know your competitors

1. If I decided to make my own business, I would research my competitors by reading any articles I could find on them, business profiles are abundant. I would also buy their product or use their service, in order to get the experience of using it and know what I'm up against. Finally, I'd conduct surveys in order to know the market share.
2. You could look out for competitors by analysing the trends going on in your area.When a cost of a particular good is low, then it's possible people might want to get into business using that good. As well, if something becomes trendy, then people will want to provide those services.

3. Trade fairs are businesses who trade goods and services between each other, with no cash exchanged
4 1. Features
2. Providers
3. Battery Life
4. App Stores
5. Demographics
5. 1. Type of customers
2. Price
3. Advertising
  1. Read this article and answer the questions below in a blog post titled ‘Know your competitors’.
a.     If you were going into business for yourself, describe 3 ways you would personally research your competitors.
b.     How could you look out for competitors that are not already in business?
c.      What do you think trade fairs are?
d.     List the top 5 things you think a tech business such as RIM (Blackberry) would need to know about their competitors.
e.     Describe 3 things you can learn about your competitors to make your business better.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Spread the Net



Spread the net is a net profit organization that sells nets for $10 to children in Africa to protect against malaria, thus if you donate $10, you save a child. Spread the Net is most notable for partnering with the Rick Mercer Report to get schools involved. Basically, if your school raises the most money for Spread the Net in Canada, Rick Mercer will shoot his show at your school. They also have a very strong Twitter and Facebook presence, thus underlining their aim to get youth involved. They haven't done much more advertising and they don't seem to have many events

Different Types of Competition

                                                                Classification of Competitors- Tv Networks

Market Leader- CTV, Canada's most watched network. As it has all the highest rated American shows as well as its own high rated content. It holds the record for the highest rated telecast in Canadian television, with the Hockey Gold Medal final of the 2010 Olympics

Market Challenger- Global, CBC- Not quite as popular, but, still ranks up there with the popular programs. They probably will not reach the heights of CTV.

Market Follower- CityTv- Smaller, located in markets around the larger cities, and isn't all that widely viewed as much as the other networks are, as well, has a large mix of both Canadian and American programming.

Market Nicher- SPACE, Family, OLN, Slice- Reaching smaller audiences, but have more specialized programming, that keep people watching. 

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Google has been the most dominant search engine for over ten years, but Bing has come rather recently to challenge them, but the thing is, Google just does what they do better. Google isn't really trying to fill a niche, by being the most dominant search engine on the internet, they're marketing to literally everyone, except for people who don't have computers, but chances are they will still encounter at some point in their lives. Bing's marketing however, seems to be pointed toward people who are way too overwhelmed by Google. I'm not sure these people actually exist, I mean, Google does give you a lot of results, but unless you get panic attacks from literally anything, Google should not be that difficult for you. As well, it's fashioned itself into an actual word, and I'm pretty sure Bing isn't going to. Neither of them cost anything, but Google does offer free phone calls through Gmail to anywhere in the US and Canada. Google's users can be extremely loyal, as it will often be the only search engine they use, and they're likely to use Google's other features, like Gmail, Translate, Maps, etc. If Bing actually does get the users they're marketing to, they're probably not going to use it that much, as they're probably not the type of people who use the internet all that often. Google hasn't really promoted the site all that much, they do a lot of viral marketing, though I can't remember one they've done recently. Bing is a bit more interesting, as they're one of three companies to have their logo featured on a WNBA team's jersey, it's prominently featured on the Seattle Storm's jerseys. Finally, Google has a better perceived quality, and real quality, as  I'm always satisfied with their search results, and I love Gmail and their documents. Edge goes to Google.