EOC Week 6: 9 Apps

3 apps great
Infinity blade is a very popular app that is a game for a specific market that is into games. Most of the target market belongs to teenagers, teens, and college students, looking to play with something to try to pass the time while they aren’t bored. In addition it’s also entertaining to play. “Infinity Blade is by far the best looking game ever to appear on the iphone. Developed by Epic using the same engine that powered the incredible tech demo, Epic Citadel, it is no surprise that Infinity Blade is visually on par with modern console games.” http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/26/top-40-iphone-apps-2010/

Amazon is a very good app when you’re looking for something to purchase, whether it be a book, music games or anything that has to deal with lifestyle, or just a hobby.  http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2044480,00.html

Another app I think is great would be the Netflix app. Since we are in a technological revolution we always watch TV. shows and movies on the internet so why not have an app on your phone where you can view it on your hand. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2044480,00.html

3 apps dumb
Poop the world is the stupidest app ever because with GPS navigation systems it is able to target where you are in order to tell everyone when and where you’re doing your business, that’s disgusting!  “This just tells us there are a lot of programmers who might be good in code but dumb when it comes to ideas on what to develop. Yeah or might be smart to fool a shallow user to buy their apps.” Said consumer,
http://www.pcworld.com/article/170157/the_10_most_idiotic_iphone_apps.html

Fat burner 2k is a really stupid app, it just turns your phone into a work out machine it’s not really that smart. Besides it’s tricking you, if I were to do this vs. the gym I would totally hit the gym. “FatBurner's secret: The app makes your iPhone vibrate. Apparently, that tiny vibration, placed upon your massive belly, will magically transform you from Mr. Jiggles to Mr. McConaughey.” http://www.pcworld.com/article/170157/the_10_most_idiotic_iphone_apps.html

“If rating your smooching skills isn't enough, a new app called Passion promises to judge how good you are at going all the way.” http://www.pcworld.com/article/170157/the_10_most_idiotic_iphone_apps.html  Honestly this is a really really stupid app, no one can really judge how well you have sex, unless you want someone who wants to judge you, and you have a really insecure girlfriend.

3 apps good ideas
an app I think that would be of great use would be a locator app for when you’re shopping, that’s perfect because if you can’t find a store they should have something to find the store near you.

A good app I would come up with would be a personal shopper app where you could have your personal shopper who will mix and match outfits to help pick out the perfect outfit for the perfect place you’re going to.

A cool app would also be something like an buyers app where conventions are actually held online and 

personal buyers are able to buy clothes from the producer so everything will be easier to the buyer and the manufacturer.

Week 5 EOC: Best and Worst Superbowl Commercial

 

 

There are bad commercials and there are good commercials. What I have seen at the super bowls were ridiculous, one of the commercials that I thought were the worst were the bud light commercial that was advertising towards dog sitters. I thought that one wasn’t that good honestly, even though it meant you don’t have to sit around all day taking care of dogs, you can have fun doing it in a different way. The best commercial I thought was really funny was about the Doritos commercial where he taunts the dog and the dog actually gets the advantage and breaks the door down. In a way commercials have gone a lot more creative with how they advertise things, also where they place them, and the super bowl is perfect for something like that. The thing is it’s really expensive to put an advertisement out like that. Sometimes it’s really good to have some sort of marketing or advertising campaign otherwise the company will end up not making any profit at all. This is also a great opportunity for great public realists. There was a large number of statistics who watched these commercials and they said, “As millions of fans gather to watch the Super Bowl and the numerous commercials each year, often times memorable quotes arise from the game, the advertisements and the events leading up to the game.” http://www.mahalo.com/super-bowl-quotes/  This shows that most companies have great social responsibility and know how to utilize that to create something worthwhile and interesting to watch. In the end most of the commercials didn’t really capture my interest except for the Doritos and the dog sitter one, but who knows there could be more amazing ones next year. We just need to keep an eye out for it.

Week 4 EOC: Business to Business Vs. Consumer Marketing

Business to business is a bit different to consumer marketing. B to B is when businesses have business relation with other businesses, and establish something from there. While consumer marketing refers to anything from public relations to having consumers test out the product, or something that is in interest to the consumer. For B to B, say you have a small business trying to get the social media out to the public. Usually consumer marketing is a consumer that purchases products for their own consumption. For example if you bought something that is related to your needs that is the consumer market. As for GE their company is strictly business, making sure that what the consumers buy actually goes towards the business to improve energy to all things that run on energy, which uses their brand. “But here’s a fact that would startle most consumers. Did you know that GE’s consumer products contribute less than one-third of the company’s total $183 billion in annual sales?” Marketing an introduction Armstrong/Kotler. Pg 39 of 59 Also with GE’s consumers buying decisions is much more complex now. Now that there are certain things and requirements that you need to meet. These things include stuff such as waiting a long time for a purchase to go through like buying a set of jet engines.  “To get an idea of the complexities involved in selling one of GE’s industrial products, let’s dig deeper into the company’s GE Transportation division and one of its bread-and-butter products, diesel locomotives.” Marketing an introduction Armstrong/Kotler. Pg 39 of 59. Overall there’s really nothing different about both companies besides one is for a particular market and the other is for consumers who purchase products for their own consumption, and between those two I would agree with the consumer marketing side, which we all are.