Gas Nuttiness

Well so far this month has been a bit bad for gas. Due to a bunch of refineries being down a lot of southeast states keep running out. Up here i have noticed a few gas stations being out but nothing epic yet. I hope this is remedied soon as the gas starts pumping again. People freaking out has caused the most damage so far. People who do not even need gas are rushing to the pumps in fear. This is causing more people to freak and the stations get pounded in return.

Merchant Account

OnlineCheck.com offers the absolute best merchant account that any business could want. They have no fees and no contracts. They also offer a free credit card machine so that your business can finally accept credit cards. Most of the business world revolves around plastic these days. Having a card machine will open your business up to all kinds of new customers. I have not carried cash on me for over three years. If a business does not accept it, then they do not get my business.

As A Marketing Student…

Things are never going to be the same for me. Every time that I see a commercial I try to see what the marketing team was thinking when they made it. Every time that I see a display in a store I wonder why they decided to take the route that they did. When I am in a grocery store I wonder how much these companies paid to have their products at eye level. It is just the way it is when you are studying something I suppose.

The other day when I went to McDonald’s they were advertising cookies and coffee together. Is that something that people really like? It seems like that would be a gross combination to me, but I hate coffee so my opinion is biased. I was just wondering if that ad made people want cookies and coffee together. They had a picture of the chocolate chip cookies sitting next to the cup of coffee.

One last thing that I wonder about is why eating establishments choose one soda company over the other. As a consumer if I want a drink I go to Taco Bell or KFC just because they offer Pepsi there. I hate Coke, but I know a lot of people hate Pepsi. How do these places decide which one to go with? Are there some kind of perks that you get if you go with one or the other? I know that a lot of times it will decide where I am going to eat, and they have to take that into account as well.

Quality Furniture

If you are looking for the absolute highest quality of furniture at the best prices available then check out Max Furniture. They have everything you would need to fill your house to the brim with some amazing Furniture. They have every kind of living room furniture you could ever possibly imagine. They offer some real high end pieces that would fit anyone’s style. And for people on a budget they have a great clearance section. Take a few minutes and browse through their massive selection and find the perfect pieces of furniture to put in your home.
They carry a full line of youth furniture, outdoor furniture, home office furniture, entertainment and gaming. Max Furniture has an easy to use site that is very user friendly. You can browse through quickly and easily and find the perfect furniture for your home. The site is very easy to purchase from and they have a service quality that I wonderful and courteous.
They offer Live Help and they are bonded with Buy Safe. They also have a wonderful application. The Max Furniture room planner will help you decide what to buy so you know how everything will fir and look before you ever purchase.

Marketing Classes

I often wonder where this degree is going to take me. I would like to work with some kind of advertising firm, but I imagine to get anywhere you have to have a bunch of experience. I know that I have to start at the bottom of the totem pole, but shouldn’t the $20,000 that I spent on college be worth something? I only get a grace period on my student loan of 6 months. I should be able to cover the payments for my school and then some with whatever job I get or it was not really worth it.

It was always burned into my brain that if I went to college that I would get a great job and not have to worry like a lot of people are worrying right now. Right now with the economy the way that it is here I could probably only get a McMarketing job… that is asking someone if they would like fries with that or if they would like to super size their meal.

I am trying to be optimistic about the job finding process, but after looking at the different job sites online it looks like I would have to either relocate or take some kind of job that is not related to my marketing degree. I wish that I would have done more research about what kind of jobs were going to be available before I picked my major.

Take my advice if you are going to college make sure whatever major you choose has available jobs.

Marketing Books

I want to know exactly how books are marketed. I know that every best seller that I have ever bought was totally due to word of mouth. This cannot be the only marketing that they use for books. I do not really see commercials for books or anything like that, so what do they do? I know it would be big business if you got the book that you were marketing into Oprah’s book club or something, but I imagine that is pretty hard. How do they do it?

Baseball Glove Marketing

I remember when I was little that I had a baseball glove that was signed by Reggie Jackson, but not really. It had his signature on it, but it was in silver and mass produced. I imagine that they can actually charge more once a glove has been endorsed like this. I think that is a really great marketing strategy. My glove might be worth something today if I did not use it to play back then.

Promo Items

I was just thinking the other day as I sat doing my marketing homework that the best way to gain a customer is to offer promotional items. Let me explain my train of thought. I remember when I was a teenager Edge sent me some of their shaving gel through the mail, just a small sample, but I loved it. I have bought Edge shaving gel ever since then, no matter if the price is a bit higher than the other brands. If you let a consumer try your product before they buy it and they love it they will stay loyal, or at the very least I will.

I tried to think of all of the samples that I have ever gotten through the mail. I got one from Hugo Boss cologne and I wear that cologne now. I have gotten quite a few different items and most of them I still use to this day. It may cost a lot up front to send out samples, but it will be worth it when you have a loyal customer for many years. People are skeptical to try something and pay full price for it, and if you give them a sample it alleviates this worry.

If you are trying to market something give the potential consumers a taste of what you can do. It will help you in the long run! Whether it is a free trial for your software or a little bit of a product they will try it and then if it is good for them they will buy it!

Dual Action Cleanse

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Hotpocket Horror

Apparently some guy, thought a hotpocket was worth stabbing his brother. 2 brothers got into it over a hotpocket and one stabbed the other. I don’t really comprehend this. Maybe over some pizza rolls but a hotpocket. They are completely nasty and i would bicker about one let alone try and kill someone. A klondike bar is even worth some violence but a hotpocket is the absolute worst food created. Third world children even refuse them.

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