Hello Class!

Hi, everyone!

My name is Ke Yi Li, and you can call me Vivian. So, a little about myself: I am originally from China. I have been in Vancouver for 5 years. I love everything about Vancouver, including the rain. (Unlike most of people, I get hyper when it’s raining and I don’t know why.) I went to Semiahmoo Secondary School in White Rock. By the way, the views are great there, and you should definitely go there when you have time. FYI, summer will be a better choice than winter, and you should listen to the advise given by someone who even likes rain and winter.

Why am I taking this course? Um…I am taking this course not only because it’s mandatory but also because I have a great interest in marketing. As I said in the post of the discussion question, I like marketing even though half of the time i regret buying new products I saw from advertisements or recommended by the sales person. As Prof. Burke said in the lecture, marketing involves all the psychology and attributes needed to get a product or service to the market and into the customers’ hands, which I think are very interesting and useful to know. I haven’t had a chance to work in marketing field but have a lot of experience as a consumer, so I can probably use what I will learn from this course to avoid those “marketing traps”. And although marketing is not all about advertising, I enjoy watching advertisements on TV and seeing all those amazing ideas people came up for marketing their products. Which ad is my favourite? All apple’s ads! They are simple but managed to be so attractive and make the products even more breathtaking. There is another reason of why I am taking this course. I am a transfer student, and I didn’t get a chance to take Comm 101. So I missed the introduction to marketing, and I don’t want to lose the opportunity of digging into marketing.

So…

Hope I can get to know most of you in person this term, and hope this will be a fun term!