Spring Break!

This Spring Break was more eventful than the Spring Breaks of my past. In past years, I never did anything for Spring Break. My family stayed home while all of my friends left town and did exciting things. This year I was determined to do something exciting.
I told my parents I was going to leave town for at least part of the break. I didn't care where I went as long as I wasn't in Houston. I ended up in Galveston on the beach Monday and Tuesday of Spring Break.
Monday was nice and sunny, but Tuesday was cold and wet from it raining. Just as we started to leave the beach Tuesday to go to the Strand, the sun came out. Go figure.
Wednesday and Thursday I went to the rodeo with my friends. I love the rodeo. It's like a taste of summer for me, because the best part of my summers are spent in the country. Not to mention all the cute cowboys and good food.
The rest of the break I just hung out with my friends. I saw I Love You, Man, Friday, and Saturday I went to a birthday dinner and then to Agora. Sunday was completely uneventful.
So overall, my Spring Break really wasn't that different from every other Spring Break. I just had a little more freedom this year. And now I'm back, for my last 9 weeks of high school. I'm counting down the days until graduation.

Commercials

I need to do this blog still.

Jobsintown Ad

This is an ad for jobsintown.de. It's funny and incorporates all the 4 P's of the marketing mix. The product is jobsintown.de, the price is not needed, the place is jobsintown.de, and the promotion is "Life's too short for the wrong job."

7 Key Marketing Functions

In the world of marketing there are 7 key functions
Without them there would be major malfunctions.
They work interdependently; they need each other
You can't have just one, you need another.

Product/service management is one of those needed
Used with distribution, businesses have succeeded.
Selling and marketing-info management are two more
Financing and pricing affect consumers at a store.

Promotion is the last, and ties them all together
It works tirelessly through all kinds of weather.
A few of the functions exist to meet our needs
Businesses use the others to plant some seeds.

All are needed to create a successful market
Every business uses them; even those who telemarket.
The 7 key functions are extremely vital
So should you use them? That's not hypothetical.

Superbowl XLIII

Basically the only reason I watch the Superbowl is for the commercials. I could care less about football; I have no idea what's going on. Though this year I was rooting for the Cardinals (so close!). My favorite commercial was the NBC LMAO one. I thought it was funny as well as a good advertisement for shows like 30 Rock & The Office (I LOVE the Office). It included the 4 P's: the product: NBC shows; the price: not mentioned, but not needed for this product; the place: NBC and nbc.com; & finally promotion: the comedy of the commercial made people want to watch funny shows that are on NBC.

Salt & Water

Today we did a project where we had to transport our "product" (a cup of water and a cup of salt) to a distribution center, using only a plastic spoon, a paper towel, and a straw. We hit some road blocks and didn't get our products there completely untainted. The activity helped illustrate the distribution process for us, giving us a firsthand look at what needs to be done to successfully transport a product from point A to point B.

Our Team!

Today we got our groups for Sports Marketing. I'm in a group with Nick & Noah. Nick actually suprised me & wrote a decent interview blog. I think the thing that really made his interview though was the 8 1/2 x 11 baby portrait of himself that he set up next to the computer. It was a nice touch. Noah... idk... idk what I learned about him. Just kidding. I think the boys will probably be the creative ones in the group, & I'll make everything happen & make our projects presentable. I'll also be in charge of writing the essays or reports because I'm good at English.