Happy Holiday to Everyone

Here is to wishes coming true all over the world today... Don't forget that's it is not about the presents but the time u spend with your friends and family.

No Keyboards?

The future has been seen and predictions have been made that there will bo no more keyboards. -Step aside, keyboards, laptops, and 9-to-5 jobs. A survey of more than 1,000 Internet activists, journalists, and technologists speculates that by 2012, those quaint relics of 20th century life will fade away. How ridiculous is that? Is it because there are so many touch screen innovations? Well I like typing and exercising my fingers and this is a thumbs down for me...

Where is it?

X-mas day is about a week away, and i've truly not found the christmas spirit. If any one have found it, can you please send it my way?

Marketing

As the semester has ended and I'm no longer to blog as an assignment, I hope many have come to the realization, the impact that marketing has on the economy. Well I have turned my attention to certain elements of marketing and how it affects my everyday decisions. Thanks to "MAR100" I can longer wake up without thinking of the day ahead, and the types of marketing strategies I will come across. Awareness...being aware of our surroundings makes a huge impact on the decisions we make in our lives. So therefore I encourage you to step out, think, and make the right decisions when you are bombarded with the influence of the marketing industry.

Evermore so, marketers should think of the impact they want to achieve in the society of many cultures & sub-cultures. A place where marketing to any one person has become difficult. They need to ensure research made, adequately feeds their long-term plans to bring forth success. They need to think ahead of the game, like Audi.

Audi has bought a 60 second slot to advertise in the first quarter of Super Bowl XLIII next year.

This shows that the company is not lingering with time and their forseen success.

“Last year’s Super Bowl ad put old luxury on notice that Audi was setting the new standard in the American luxury market,” said Scott Keogh, chief marketing officer, Audi of America, in a statement. “With this spot, we plan to build on the success we’ve enjoyed in 2008 to make 2009 a year of progress and market momentum for the Audi brand.”
The German brand said it has claimed a bigger chunk of the import luxury market in the U.S. this year, boosting its share to 8.6 percent from 6.2 percent a year earlier. Its competitors include Mercedes-Benz and BMW.
Audi’s advertising agency, San Francisco-based Venables Bell & Partners, created the ad.

Expensive ZIP-codes

Marketing has become so specific in targeting its customers, that Forbes have found the most expensive zip codes in America. In those place you will find marketers trying their utmost best to annihilate the competition and bring up their revenues. For those living in places like New York, San Francisco or Los Angeles, ZIP codes are often mindsets. They delineate geographic, class and wealth boundaries. Based on sales over the last year, these are the 100 most expensive ZIP codes in America.

Why Cereal was Invented

More than a century ago, Christian Fundamentalists invented cereal to promote a healthy lifestyle free of sin. Little did they know, their creation would eventually be used to promote everything from radio and cartoons to Mr.T and tooth decay - Ian Lender

During the early 19th century, most Americans subsisted on a diet of pork, whiskey, and coffee. It was hell on the bowels, and to many Christian fundamentalists, hell on the soul, too. They believed that constipation was God’s punishment for eating meat. The diet was also blamed for fueling lust and laziness. To rid America of these vices, religious zealots spearheaded the country’s first vegetarian movement. In 1863, one member of this group, Dr. James Jackson, invented Granula, America’s first ready-to-eat, grain-based breakfast product. Better known as cereal, Jackson’s rock-hard breakfast bricks offered consumers a sin-free meat alternative that aimed to clear both conscience and bowels.While Jackson’s innovation didn’t appeal to the masses, it did catch the attention of Dr. John Kellogg. A renowned surgeon and health guru, Kellogg had famously transformed the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan into one of America’s hottest retreats. Socialites from the Rockefellers to the Roosevelts flocked to “The San” to receive Kellogg’s unorthodox treatments. But shock-therapy sessions and machine-powered enemas weren’t the only items on the agenda. Kellogg also stressed such newfangled ideas as exercise and proper nutrition. It wasn’t long before he started serving bran biscuits similar to those of Dr. Jackson—only now with the Kellogg name on them. To avoid a lawsuit, he changed the name of the cereal by one letter, dubbing it “Granola.”By 1889, The San was selling 2 tons of granola a week, despite the fact that it was barely edible. The success inspired Dr. Kellogg and his brother, W.K., to produce more-palatable fare. After six years of experimentation, a kitchen mishap by W.K. yielded the breakfast staple known as cereal flakes.

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Why Mac?

Why Mac for Business?
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3 Myths About Macs

-Macs Cost More Than PCs
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-Macs Aren't Compatible With Anything
Macs can now run more operating systems than most PCs. You don't have to give up your investment in PC software just to have the reliability of a Mac. Compatible devices are now available of every type; ask us about the best cameras, printers, scanners, routers, and accessories made for Macs.

-Business Software Isn't Available for Mac
Tekserve carries dozens of business software titles for accounting, sales, inventory, database management, electronic displays, design, and more. Meet our friend Microsoft Office for Mac. Continue using your old documents with ease or start using the same applications that professional designers prefer.

Therefore, Mac has wounded up being part of an emotional branding cult. Many consumers would like to associate themselves with the Mac brand.
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