Wednesday - October 30, 2019 / Thursday - October 31, 2019

ALL CLASSES

Read through the article linked below and answer the questions that follow. I'll play the LG commercial in class.

Marketing Halloween

1. Where does Halloween rank among the holidays as far as money spent by consumers? Which holidays result in MORE spending than Halloween?

2. How much money do you think your family spends on Halloween?

Tuesday - October 29, 2019

MARKETING CLASSES

Read the very short article from MB linked below. Answer the questions that follow.

Google Earnings Overshadowed by Reported Fitbit Offer

1. If we were to create a company life cycle with the same stages as the product life cycle, where would you put Google and why? Base your response on the details in the article.

2. Name one thing Google is doing to keep the revenues flowing. And what function of marketing is this (remember any of the 7 functions?)




CAREER PREP CLASSES

Do a search for most annoying PowerPoint or general slide presentation mistakes. List 3 that we have not already discussed in class.

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Friday - October 25, 2019

ALL CLASSES

Riddle Friday!!!! No googling!!!!

David's father has three sons : Snap, Crackle and _____ ?

Wednesday - October 23, 2019 / Thursday - October 24, 2019

MARKETING CLASSES

Read the article linked below. Then answer the questions that follow.

Why your company should turn services into experiences 

1. What is the "experience economy"?

2. Why do you think this trend exists?

CAREER PREP CLASSES

List THREE terrible, unforgivable mistakes people make when creating and presenting slides. 

Tuesday - October 22, 2019

ALL CLASSES

Copy and respond to the following quote from Poor Richard's Almanac. Try to go beyond literal interpretation. What's the lesson in this?

A full belly makes a dull brain.

Monday - October 21, 2019

MARKETING CLASSES

Read this entry from today's Morning Brew. Then, answer the questions that follow.
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SPONSORED TOGETHER WITH MONDAY.COM There Is No Ad Dear reader, I was supposed to write an ad today. Writing ads is my job. But today, in an unprecedented breach of my contract, I did not write an ad. I wanted to write an ad. The problem was that I didn’t know what to write about. You see, typically, I am told about what I should write–shoes, credit cards, etc. And, typically, I find that information on monday.com. But today, reader, I forgot my monday.com password. I cannot overstate how useless I am to my company without my monday.com password. monday.com is the project management tool that organizes my entire professional existence. monday.com organizes my work visually, manages my long-term projects, and informs me of my daily to-do’s. Hear me: Without monday.com’s workflow organization, I am nothing. I apologize to you all. A forgetful copywriter who wishes he could login to monday.com like you can, Henry ____________________________________________________________ 1. What type of advertising is this? (It's something we've defined before) 2. Do you think this will be effective? Why or why not? 3. Do you like this approach? Why or why not? CAREER PREP CLASSES Read the article linked below. Answer the questions that follow.  Teenagers are less likely to work today than any generation before them, and some say school is to blame 1. Why are teens less likely to have jobs these days? Give multiple reasons mentioned in the article.  2. Do you think this will have a positive or negative impact on your generation? Explain your answer.

Friday - October 18, 2019

RIDDLE FRIDAY!!!

Two men and a boy started a never ending race. One of the men can run super fast while the other man can run way faster than the boy. The boy is the slowest runner. What are they?

Hurry up and solve....we don't have much time today.