Week 6 EOC: Me x 3 products

There are very few products I am religious with. I am constantly browsing and looking for products that fit my budget and my needs. I look at products for their price, comfort, and usage. How could this product benefit me? What makes it different then the other products? 

 “Suave” Shampoo hasn’t always been known as the high quality shampoo used in salons, and to treat hair like a medication. I use Suave for the price, scent, and the amount of shampoo I can buy. I have long thick curly hair and it takes a lot of shampoo and conditioner to thoroughly clean it, and frankly if I used brands like “Pantene” or “Tresseme`” it would be much too expensive.

Another factor is my brand in clothes.  “Just my size” is sold in any Wal-Mart or Target, and is made specifically for real and plus size women. Their styles aren’t enviable, and their use of fabrics isn’t varied. However, for a big woman, on a budget they sell comfortable, everyday clothes that I find myself wearing everyday and rely on. I buy expensive blouses, and skirts on occasion but rarely wear them as much as I wear “Just my size.”

If there is one thing I’m thoroughly picky on, and that I do buy a little more than I should is Bath and Body works body sprays and lotions. I’m a girl who doesn’t like stick deodorant. If I’m in a hurry I’d rather grab a small bottle of body spray and sprits myself to get rid of my odor. Deodorant has been rumored to cause skin irritation, and even cancer, and frankly it feels weird on my skin. Scented lotion not only smells better, but feels so much better on my skin, like I’m bathing in vanilla, or strawberries or whatever scent I feel like being that day. Bath and Body works sprays and lotions vary in the fruity, perfume, and the wild exotic scents that women love to be surrounded in, and men love on their women. I’m working on using their soaps more often as well, but until I can afford it it’s generic soap, and bath and body lotion!

Week 5 EOC: Social Networks and Job Hunting

According to Wall Street Journal:”more companies are trying to tap Facebook Inc.'s 750-million-plus user base to find new employees…” As a student seeking employment, I don’t approve really approve of the decision to use such a publicized site to go seeking for employees. I have what I like to call my “job face,” and my “at home face.” When I’m on the job and working I’m always serious, and in-the-zone, so to speak. When I’m at home I am free to express myself freely without having to jeopardize my job and my future. I do not use Facebook when I’m on the job. I don’t expect them to use it just as they expect me not to.

 “CEO Jeff Weiner said users tell the company they want to keep their personal and professional networks separate.” If companies insist upon using Facebook to seek out employees then Facebook should comply with them. There should be an application of some sort made in order to create an entirely different account where we could place our “professional” selves. This assessment will allow employers their “easy-access” job seeking, and posting, and allow for the employees to post their “job faces” separately from their “at home faces.” It could be called “Careerbook,” or “JobFace,” in all seriousness.

In any case I believe the web is too heavily relied on. Personally if I was running a business I would much rather speak to an employee in person than rely on information that could easily be forged. It’s easier to read a person’s emotions and work efficiency if he’s right in front of me. If employers are looking to Facebook and other online sources to find employees then their efforts are becoming lazy. A good professional telephone call, or a prepared walk in would much more impress me than an e-mailed resume that could have been forged on “easyresumebuilding.com”

It is in the best interest of both parties for this matter to be thoroughly discussed. As a speaker for the employees I suggest and demand for employers to respect and approve of the separation of personal and professional lives, as well as the sanctity of person-to-person socializing.  

EOC Week 4: Consumer vs. Business marketing

Online pg 39 of Marketing: An Introduction states that, "the business marketer normally deals with far fewer but far larger buyers than the consumer marketer does. Even in large business markets, a few buyers often account for most of the purchasing." In other words business marketers deal with distributing prices and fall backs that have to do with having their products shipped to many other "companies" which halves their sales.
"The main differences are in market structure and demand, the nature of the buying unit, and the types of decisions and the decision process involved."