Week 8 EOC: Creative Content

I am photography and in my product I will need some sort of creative content to boost its want and get people to buy it. I am going to made an ad or billboard on the product that I have created "Vegas Cream Rocks" freeze dried ice cream. Its Vegas so the weather here crazy as it is, tends to be known for it being hot... and not the good kind. The idea I had is going to the desert and photographing the product which i hope to create and since its freeze dried ice cream it will not melt. Another idea i had was photographing my product in the studio. It will give it a different feel.

Week 7 EOC: The Pitch

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Week 6 EOC: Me Times Three

One of the three things that I have purchased is Hydroxycut. This and any other types of supplements that i have bought defines me as a person who is physically active and worrying about their health and image.
Another thing that I have purchased is clothing from H&M. This says that I am staying and keeping up with the trends. The last thing is a itunes card.

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Best Buy Co. is daring bargain hunters to use its stores as showrooms.

With four weeks to go before Thanksgiving, the big-box retailer is running television ads that tout its stores as “the ultimate holiday showroom,” playing on the phenomenon in which shoppers visit traditional retailers to check out products and then leave to buy them online for less.

That’s a big reversal from last year. Concerns that Best Buy BBY +0.32%  was losing sales to online retailers at alarming rates sent its shares plunging toward single digits. Analysts warned that the company’s 1,400 stores were becoming little more than a testing ground for Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN -3.54%  customers. And Best Buy interim Chief Executive G. Mike Mikan made it his top priority to combat “showrooming” before handing the reins to current CEO Hubert Joly.

Joly began his tenure in September of last year, claiming to “love showrooming.” These days Best Buy executives are embracing the term with even more swagger, saying they have put in place strategies from price matching to customer-service improvements that will convert more shoppers into buyers. In the past year, Best Buy’s profit has increased and its shares have soared.

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RICHFIELD, Minn. (WCCO) – Best Buy has a new strategy and is excited about the holiday shopping season.

But just 12 months ago, many business analysts wondered if the iconic Minnesota retailer would even survive.

The stock was in free fall, the former CEO was accused of having an affair with an employee and was ousted, and the founder of the company was attempting a hostile takeover.

But the company has made an incredible turnaround under the leadership of one man.

If you haven’t been inside a Best Buy in the last 10 months, things have changed.

Hubert Joly became the new CEO of Best Buy only 15 months ago and his fingerprints are all over the reconfigured stores. A year ago, Best Buy’s large retail outlets appeared to be a liability.

“We’re not closing stores,” Joly said. “The stores are a magnificent asset because they provide the opportunity for customers to touch, feel, learn about, ask questions, and get support.”

How does Best Buy prevent people from coming in and looking at products and then going home and clicking online?

“We love show-rooming,” he said. “Last year this was extraordinary. People thought we were going to die because people came to our store and then bought online.”

So the 54-year-old native of France is going right for you wallet. The price matching guarantee started last November is now permanent.

“We match prices, including online prices. So once you are in the store, we’ll take care of you,” he said.

He’s backing up the price guarantee with a holiday ad campaign.

Joly calls the business plan Renew Blue — his vision to reinvigorate stores, win online, and make a huge new push in appliances.

“We decided to go after that in a big way,” he said. “We have large appliances with expert staff, and we also have small appliances. Everybody needs a coffee machine, or a blender, or a juicer.”

The strategy seems to paying off, as Best Buy stock has rocketed from about $11 a share last year to more than $40 a share today.

But part of that was achieved by cutting costs and people. Best Buy said it employs about 7,500 workers in Minnesota today. About 600 lost their jobs at the Richfield corporate headquarters.

“I didn’t like doing it,” he said. “I’m not a CEO that likes to clamor how many head counts we have taken out. That’s not the focus of the company. It is truly turning to growth.”

So how can Best Buy survive by matching prices long term against companies with lower expenses like Amazon and Wal-Mart?

Joly is banking on his big box stores, superior customer service, product selection, and services like the Geek squad.

“We’re on this journey,” he said. “We invite you back to our stores to discover what we are doing and give us your feedback and we’ll keep moving forward. I’m upbeat and very positive about the assets we have, and the opportunities we have are extraordinary.”

Joly is also no stranger to Minnesota. He was the CEO of Carlson Companies before heading up Best Buy.

The company hasn’t released its Thanksgiving Day shopping hours yet but said it will soon.

Week 5 EOC: Social Networks and Job Hunting

In the article it talks about companies going onto Facebook and finding users who purchase their products or talk about them and offer them jobs in marketing or other positions. it also talks about how this method is increasing rather then using linkedin. contin...

Week 4 EOC: There's an app for that?

There is pretty much an app for anything in today's time. If you have thought of it then chances are its been made. I am sure almost everyone hates to step on the scale to see how much they weigh especially if you do not own one and have to go into a store where they have one or to the gym. There are some apps that help you calculate how much you weigh by well typing in your weight of course and from there make a goal for you to see how much you loose. I have not yet seen and app to actually weigh you to see how much you weigh without attracting other peoples attention which everyone dislikes. If I could create an app I would design it to measure your weight by simply resting your hand on your screen. It would not attract any attention at all because you would just be resting your hand which I am sure everyone does. Steeping on a scale would be a thing of the past, of course other features would include a plan to help you lose or maintain your weight.

Week 3 EOC: Making Money for Good.

I volunteered to help a company based off of London to take pictures at the Magic convention in Las Vegas. Magic is a trade show for people to market their clothing and fashion related products. Many of the brands at the trade show were there to make profit and profit only. As I walked along the aisle's I stumbled upon a brand that is called Buyamba Soles. In their display they had beads and a couple of womans shoes. One of the representatives there was giving out bracelets and of course it was free, and in any case which is all the time "free," is good. While getting a bracelet tied onto my arm, the person giving them out quickly explained what they were doing and how they were doing it. The company was created to help the women and children in need  in Uganda. The women would make the beads in order to create jobs for them, then the money made would go to children in order for them to get an education. http://www.buyambasoles.com/buyamba-soles/

Week 2 EOC: Boston Consulting Group - Video Games

The Xbox 360 on the BCG Matrix is a cash cow. The constantly come up with products just to make some quick cash. The Playstation 3 is also on the cash cow side but a bit higher because of their built in Blu Ray feature which is nice. The Nintendo Wii is definitely a cash cow. Not much people by their products but you may see a commercial from them almost ALL THE TIME. I believe mobile games are becoming more and more popular. Everyone who owns a smart phone, iPod or iPhone have at least one game if not more that they play, Angry Birds is one that everyone plays and in my opinion I think mobile device games are in the star section on the BCG Matrix.

Week 1 EOC: Great Customer Service

The saying "the customer is always right." It is something you do not see often because the world we live in today is full of people who want to fight back and argue with you just so they can have the felling of satisfaction. I am a person who is very and I mean very picky when is comes to quality. If i watch a movie, I watch it in high definition and if I listen to music, I want rich deep sound in a pair of head phones. Great customer service is difficult to find. I walk in many electronic stores and it seems like every employee just wants to get you out of the store. My headphones broke and I needed a new pair. Without thinking to much in the service, I walk in a Radio Shack and immediately get greeted by the worker behind the counter. I start scanning through the head phone section and I can not seem to choose a pair. The person behind the counter walks up to me and and asks if I need help. I tell the employee if they recommend any and they respond with saying what activities I do when listening to music. I tell the worker and he suggests a couple of head phones and shares some person experiences with each of them. At the counter I buy the pair that best suited me. A protection plan was suggested in case the head phones broke. After shopping I felt good because of the excellent experience I was given. The employee actually cared and did not rush me out of the store like others do.

Week 1 EOC: My Voice

Anyone can snap a quick photo with their phone and call it photography. It takes time and technique to create something worth looking at not a "selfie," in the bathroom. Fashion photography and landscape photography is my niche but as a photographer I photograph anything that walks in the door and create amazing works of art. High school opened the doors for me where I took interest in photography and I strive to perfect it every day. People in the world today want everything fast and I as well include myself in there, but when taking a picture I wait and take my time to get what I need. I am friendly an easy to work with other people. The internet is a place to view anything including pictures; it is an amazing tool but having a print is a wonderful experience, being able to hold something visually appealing is a great feeling. My name is Samuel Regis. Born and raised in fabulous Las Vegas  and I create photography, so that people can indulge and have emotions evoked and overall experience true art. They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. In my case I want my work to be exposed into the world.