EOC Week 10: What Are The Benefits VS The Features?

The benefits of this fundraisers is the participants, who are going to be mostly if not all students, are going to gain experience and maybe pieces to add to their portfolio. the features are to help the teenagers by providing them with clothing they need and also being able to reach out to the community and bring an awareness of the situation to the public.

Week 9 EOC: Three Great Mission Statements

After reviewing the different mission statements by my classmates there was one in particular that stuck out the most. It was well worded, it had a straight to the point goal and why it would work, and he used a technique that gave a differential advantage on fundraising events we see everyday. His name is Ryan Torrisi and his cause to bring to the awareness of the community and his goal is to raise money for the Susan G Komen foundation for Breast Cancer research using his photography skills. He got my attention from the other classmates by saying “I hope to make everyone more aware of what can be accomplished in just a short amount of time and a small investment. The smallest event like the one I will hold is something that I hope to inspires many others to do. When people get together they can accomplish many things that are simple and viable at the same time.” I found ryans mission to be the most thought out and well written.

A couple of the other mission statements that I liked were favored for their causes. Haley Herdman said, “The mission of Beauty and the Bully is to spread the word about the seriousness of bullying. Our mission is to inspire youth to speak only kind words, and teach that it takes a kind heart and mouth to be truly beautiful." I liked this cause because I hadn’t seen anyone else write about one like this. It was short yes, but it was also sweet. The third mission statement that I liked was by Andre De Los Monteros and he said “The goal is to provide these children proper attention and direction, keeping them from gangs and drugs.” his cause was also unique and when he wrote about it I could feel how real this was to him and I know that it would be a great cause to support.

Week 9 BOC: Top Five Hits of Summer

1. Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
2. Payphone - Maroon 5 Featuring Wiz Khalifa
3. Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye Featuring Kimbra
4. Wide Awake - Katy Perry
5. Lights - Ellie Goulding

The songs listed above are the Top 5 Summer Hits according to http://www.billboard.com/charts/summer-songs.

Implementation Evaluation Control

My fashion show will hypothetically be taken into action and will serve the communities low-income teenagers with clothing that they need. it can be easily realistically taken into action by holding a fashion of the arts club meeting and taking the steps listed in this assignment.

"Marketing implementation The process that turns marketing strategies and plans into marketing actions in order to accomplish strategic marketing objectives." (Kotler G6)

“Guided by marketing strategy, the company designs an integrated marketing mix made up of factors under its control—product, price, place, and promotion (the four Ps). To find the best marketing strategy and mix, the company engages in marketing analysis, planning, implementation, and control. Through these activities, the company watches and adapts to the actors and forces in the marketing environment.” (Kotler page 50) 

Price

For the fashion show Dress the Juvenile is free to attend. Meaning it isn't going to take money out of your pocket. it is only asked that you bring a donation of clothing for the charity. if you would like to donate money you wont be stopped. any moneys donated will be used to buy more second hand clothing from second hand stores. 

The cost of the fashion show is really just the cost of the volunteer's time and anything they use to use in their second-hand creations. All other supplies needed for the fashion will be provided by the Art Institute of Las Vegas, and already on hand so it is not creating any extra expenses. 

"Break-even pricing (target return pricing) Setting price to break even on the costs of making and marketing a product, or setting price to make a target return." (Kotler 279 C9)

“Price is the amount of money customers must pay to obtain the product. Ford calculates suggested retail prices that its dealers might charge for each Escape. But Ford dealers rarely charge the full sticker price. Instead, they negotiate the price with each customer, offering discounts, trade-in allowances, and credit terms. These actions adjust prices for the current competitive and economic situations and bring them into line with the buyer’s perception of the car’s value.” (Kotler Page 53)

Promotion

To promote the event Dress the Juvenile, the initial email will be sent out to gain attention on the fashion show. As mentioned everyone who wants to participate can. Artists will be asked to create posters to put up in the school and will gain flashy attention to the event. A Facebook page will be created with an event date so Facebookers can mark it on their event calendar, and it also helps spread news and awareness of the cause. The event will also be tweeted about by the fashion of the arts club members. 

"The major marketing mix tools are classified into four broad groups, called the four Ps of marketing: product, price, place, and promotion. To deliver on its value proposition, the firm must first create a need-satisfying market offering (product). It must decide how much it will charge for the offering (price) and how it will make the offering available to target consumers (place). Finally, it must communicate with target customers about the offering and persuade them of its merits (promotion)." (Kotler 122-133 C6)

“Retailers use any or all of the promotion tools—advertising, personal selling, sales promotion, public relations, and direct marketing—to reach consumers. They advertise in newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and on the Internet. Advertising may be supported by newspaper inserts, catalogs, and direct mail.” (Kotler 357)

Distribution

The clothing that is donated at the fashion show will be distributed to local community organizations that have contact with the teenagers and their families. The Facebook page for the Dress the Juvenile fashion show can also be contacted for requests of clothing. Bulletins will be posted at government Goodwill stores.

“Channels of distribution within countries vary greatly from nation to nation. There are large differences in the numbers and types of intermediaries serving each country market, and in the transportation infrastructure serving these intermediaries. For example, whereas large-scale retail chains dominate the U.S. scene, much retailing in other countries is done by many small, independent retailers.” (Kotler 501)

“A long-standing charge is that greedy channel intermediaries mark up prices beyond the value of their services. Critics charge that there are too many intermediaries, that intermediaries are inefficient, or that they provide unnecessary or duplicate services. As a result, distribution costs too much, and consumers pay for these excessive costs in the form of higher prices.” (Kotler 512-513)

Product

The product is the fashion show Dress the Juvenile. It is a free fashion show all is asked is that you make a donation of clothing to help the cause of supporting teenagers that need clothing. The product in this situation cant be bought and taken home but designers who enter the fashion show and create a look will have the chance to have their clothing put on display at the school. Student photographers will be invited to take photos of the fashion show, which will add to their portfolio. If a participant of the fashion show takes advantage of the opportunity to help teenagers in the community, it can help them out in some way as well. 

“Carry a narrow product line with a deep assortment, such as apparel stores, sporting-goods stores, furniture stores, florists, and bookstores. A clothing store would be a single-line store, a men’s clothing store would be a limited-line store, and a men’s custom-shirt store would be a superspecialty store.” (Kotler 346)

“Product means the goods-and-services combination the company offers to the target market.”(Kotler Page 54)

Marketing Strategy

The dress the Juvenile fashion show will be targeting fashion students, local fashion designer, or anyone else who would like to participate in creating redesigned second hand clothing. I will also be targeting people, who would like to donate clothing or even money donations. This will initially be done by sending out mass emails to all of the students and factuality on campus as discussed in the objectives section earlier. This will then start a chain and the email will be forwarded to other contacts if the initial recipient would like to share, which they will be urged to spread the word.

“Marketing strategy development, Designing an initial marketing strategy for a new product based on the product concept. The marketing strategy statement consists of three parts. The first part describes the target market; the planned value proposition; and the sales, market share, and profit goals for the first few years.” (Kotler 249)

“Customer-driven marketing strategy. In the first two steps, the company selects the customers that it will serve. Market segmentation involves dividing a market into smaller segments of buyers with distinct needs, characteristics, or behaviors that might require separate marketing strategies or mixes. The company identifies different ways to segment the market and develops profiles of the resulting market segments. Market targeting (or targeting) consists of evaluating each market segment’s attractiveness and selecting one or more market segments to enter.” (Kotler 175)

Objectives

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Objectives

The overall objective of Dress the Juvenile is to help support teenagers with clothing. In the process of doing so, the charitable fashion show will display second hand clothing that is transformed into new fashionable items that can be created with ease from tools and supplies found around the house. 

The fashion show is going to be at the Art Institute of Las Vegas presented by the Fashion for the Arts fashion club. The members of the fashion club will each be assigned a position of action to put together the fashion show. The members of the club will also be participating in creating the refurbished second hand clothing that will be worn in the show.

To get things started there will be an email sent out to all factuality and students of The Art Institute of Las Vegas about the Dress the Juvenile fashion show, which will create the initial buzz of the charity event. The email will contain information on what the charity of the fashion show is for and when and where the fashion show will be held. The email will also contain information on inquires for the charity such as how to donate, participate, and volunteer assistance. Following the first email, there will be posters made and posted around the school to gain public awareness of the fashion show and its cause.

"A public is any group that has an actual or potential interest in or impact on an organization’s ability to achieve its objectives." (Kotler Page 69 C3)

"The first four steps of the marketing process focus on creating value for customers." (Kotler Page 30 C1)

Week 8 EOC: The Pitch

To make a difference in the community I would like to produce a fashion show to raise money and take in donations of clothing for teenagers of low-income families or homeless teens in the Clark County Las Vegas area. Taking second hand clothing that has been handed down from generations or from siblings or clothing that was purchased at second hand stores and getting creative with it and making a re-creation of the garment can show that you don’t have to buy new clothing to be stylish.

The fashion show will consist of garments that are redesigned second hand garments. Aspiring designers or anyone who would just like to create a “look” to help the cause will enter the fashion show and create a new style out of old clothing. This will be done by cutting, dying, sewing, embellishing, or any other creative re-creation of second hand garments.

The name of the fashion show will be “Dress the Juvenile” 

Business Mission Statement

The mission statement, “A statement of the organization’s purpose—what it wants to accomplish in the larger environment,” (Marketing An Introduction Page 39) for this cause is about helping teenagers from low income families feel more comfortable wearing secondhand clothing.

The mission of Dress the Juvenile is to provide clothing for teenagers that cannot afford to buy clothing. The fashion show will assist in this problem. This fashion show can help growing teenagers that are having a hard time with wearing old clothing see that it can be cool to wear second hand clothing. Dress the Juvenile will surface the problem that it can be hard for teenagers to wear pre owned clothing while friends they go to school always wear new clothing. 

Week 7 EOC: The Pitch

To make a difference in the community I would like to produce a fashion show to raise money and take in donations of clothing for teenagers of low-income families or homeless teens in the Clark County Las Vegas area. Taking second hand clothing that has been handed down from generations or from siblings or clothing that was purchased at second hand stores and getting creative with it and making a re-creation of the garment can show that you don’t have to buy new clothing to be stylish.

The fashion show will consist of garments that are redesigned second hand garments. Aspiring designers or anyone who would just like to create a “look” to help the cause will enter the fashion show and create a new style out of old clothing. This will be done by cutting, dying, sewing, embellishing, or any other creative re-creation of second hand garments.

The name of the fashion show will be “Dress the Juvenile” 

Week 5 EOC: Super Bowl Commercials

Owning a Volkswagen Beetle myself I found this commercial funny and real. I have always liked Volkswagens and their commercials. When I drive my beetle down the street and I pass people walking I can always rely on looking back in my rearview mirror to see someone getting slugged. This commercial advertisement showed that there are a lot of people out there that play the slug bug game. The most important thing in this super bowl commercial is that Volkswagen opened up the game of slug bug. They are now saying to give the person next to you a punch whenever you see a Volkswagen, and not just the beetle but also any one of the 13 models that they have to offer. They didn’t focus on just one Volkswagen model, but all of them. Doing so opened up a larger market for the advertisement verses other Volkswagen commercials that tend to focus on just one model. For example there is a commercial for the VW Touareg model, which focuses on targeting expecting mothers or women who want to get pregnant just so they can get the new Touareg. This was a good advertisement for Volkswagen to show during the famous super bowl commercials because a lot of people can relate to it. There are many different types of people in the commercial such as young and old, men and women, and different ethnicities and cultures. They also showed hummer in the characters that were giving the punches. They showed a little boy slugging his grandpa in an area that shouldn’t be punched, and also a pregnant woman in labor out of nowhere punched her husband who is driving them to the hospital. There is always time to play slug bug and now the game has opened up to more Volkswagen lovers.

Week 4 EOC: Business vs Consumer Buying Behavior

The buying behavior of consumers and businesses share some similarities in the roles of purchasing but the structure and end use of products between the two markets hold major differences. Businesses and organizations buy services and materials to produce other products or services so they can resell them to other businesses or consumers at a profit. The end goal of business buying behavior is to make money and maintain a profitable company.

When the merchandise or service is at its final sale, it is purchased by the individual consumer for personal consumption. This is called consumer buyer behavior. “Consumers around the world vary tremendously in age, income, education level, and tastes. They also buy an incredible variety of goods and services. How these diverse consumers relate with each other and with other elements of the world around them impacts their choices among various products, services, and companies.” (p136) From my research I have found that businesses buy product and materials or services to resell them as a retail item or service or as a new product. "The business market is huge. In fact, business markets involve far more dollars and items than do consumer markets." (p 157) Consumers buy products or services for their satisfaction and to use them.

Week 3 EOC: Making Money for Good

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Week 3 EOC: My Demographics

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Week 2 EOC: Boston Consulting Group - Video Games

Tennis for two, the first electronic sports game, created over 50 years ago, was the very beginning, the birth of the video game. “Two people played the electronic tennis game with separate controllers that connected to an analog computer and used an oscilloscope for a screen.” (http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/history/higinbotham.asp) Today, there are numerous types of digital games and gaming consoles that would have been incomprehensible and virtual worlds that were unimaginable to that day in age. Since the first creation of the video game, games and consoles have been in a constant growing competition with each other. The top consoles that come to my mind are Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo, and PC. Some of these brands have been established for decades and have been paving the way for consumer entertainment.

The success of video games and consoles can go drastically in a positive or negative direction or at times just hang in there. There are some consumers who stay loyal to one system while others are searching the video game market for the next best thing. By using the BCG analysis technique, the video game market can be divided into four categories including cash cows, question marks, dogs, and stars. Conducting a BCG analysis can help consumers decide which video games are worth investing in and help the companies in the video game industry see their strong and weak points.

Star: iPhone games

Cash Cows: Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS, Playstation, Xbox 360 With Kinect

?: Tablet Games

Dogs: PC Games, Xbox without Kinect, Facebook games

Gaming systems and outlets travel through the BCG growth share matrix for example Facebook games were once a cash cow, but they usually lose their popularity. Last weeks top selling video games by unit included four games for Nintendo, three games for Playstation, two games for Xbox 360, and only one game for PC (http://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/41112/Global/). While Nintendo took the lead in popular games for the week, according to Top Ten reviews, the Xbox 360 is rated the best game video game console stating “If you are interested in online gaming or simply want a gaming console that has a little of everything, the Xbox 360 is the system for you.” (http://video-game-consoles-review.toptenreviews.com/) I peosonally own a Nintendo DS and Wii, Playstation 2 and 3, and an Xbox 360 with Kinect and currently mostly use the Playstation 3. I use the different consoles for different reasons and games and it is too hard to choose just one.

Week 1 EOC: Great Customer Service

Customer service can make or break a business by gaining or losing customers. “Customer satisfaction depends on the product’s perceived performance relative to a buyer’s expectations. If the product’s performance falls short of expectations, the customer is dissatisfied. If performance matches expectations, the customer is satisfied. If performance exceeds expectations, the customer is highly satisfied or delighted.” (Marketing an Introduction Page 20)

From my own experiences I know that what is in the quote above stands true for business and their customer service relationships. I once had one of the best customer service experiences at a Target shopping center at Boca Park in Summerlin, Las Vegas. It was a year or two ago and I had purchased a two plain t-shirts that I pain $18.50 plus tax for each. The shirts were exactly what I was looking for that day and the fact that I found them while doing some other general shopping made my day a little bit easier. When I got home I threw the shirts in the wash and followed the care instructions so I would not damage the garments. While the shirts were washing, I put the rest my purchased items away and threw the bags away, which contained my sales receipt. The next day I pulled my shirts out of the dryer and the shirts had warped and shrunk, shifted and twisted, and everything else you don’t want to happen to your new favorite clothes. On my way into town I stopped back at my local target and showed them what happened and they told me that there wouldn’t be any problems and very nicely refunded my money onto a target gift card. I did not want to get the same shirts so an exact exchange was out of the question. When I went to the women’s clothing section there was the department manager waiting for me to help me find something else to wear that I absolutely loved. I tried on a couple of things and needed a different size so she went out on the sales floor to get me the correct size. I found something I liked and was ready to go on my way. The rest of my visit was full of kind and happy employees.

This experience at target could have easily gone bad if they had rejected my return request because I had lost my receipt, but it didn’t. The guidance of the managers and other employees made my experience enjoyable, which made up for the defective shirts. All in the end will make me a Target customer for life.

About Me

Born Nicole Beverly Stephenson and raised in Traverse City Michigan I have always wanted something more exciting in my life, something more like fashion. I eventually moved to Las Vegas Nevada to pursue my dream and Graduated from the Art Institute with a Bachelors Degree in Fashion Retail and Management. Today I am a fashion illustrator and creative designer. Some of my specialties are retail store designing and merchandising, drawing fashion designs, creating graphic designs for advertisements and art, and anything else I put my mind to. My current projects are designing clothing for a large department store for their women’s wear department. I’m also working on designs for my own store I plan to open with in two years, if the financial support continues according to plan. My favorite things include uniqueness, loud colors, ambition, glitter, and when everything comes together as a whole. One of my favorite quotes is “Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess.” - By Edna Woolman Chase. I feel that this quote is true because one must have the personality to wear certain fashions and be able to pull it off, otherwise they are just clothes.