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BlackBerry is Cool!

Sunday, April 3rd, 2011

Choosing over Blackberry or Iphone for a new phone is a hard one for me. On one hand, Blackberry is more business oriented phone and on the other Iphone seems to offer more for a college student. A couple days ago, checking over the product review of them, I found an official Blackberry blog. It […]

Similar commercials?

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Sapporo beer, I was totally attracted to the topic when I saw the blog about it. The reason is that I like the taste a lot. Digging into the topic in Amanda Liu’s blog post, I then realized it is about a new online commercial it produced. Basically the commercial showed the process of how […]

Starbucks is on FIRE!

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

When I think of coffee, all I think about is Starbucks and the green lady logo. Just recently I have came to know that Starbucks has changed its logo again. This time they take off the words. What a cool idea, it takes Starbucks to a whole new level in its 40th anniversary! With the reputation […]

Apple’s marketing strategy for their new products!

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

It is not uncommon to notice that companies hold their inventory of new products to motivate buyers. People line up for a long time and purchase a new invented product to satisfy their emotional needs. Apple is the master at this strategy. As a matter It is not uncommon to notice that companies hold their […]

Market mix for direct selling.

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Many people have experiences of people coming to the door and performing direct selling. However, nowadays, people don’t appreciate direct selling too much because some of them had bad experiences, and a lot people just don’t know why they still do such an old school selling style. As a door-to-door salesman, I have found some […]

The ethic of commercial advitising…

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

***CLICK for the Pepsi commercial*** Big company spends millions of dollars for their commercials every year. As a matter of fact, Pepsi is the leading company for advertisement. “What a hilirious commercial. Coke definetly get owned!” laughing from my friend when we watched a commercial on Facebook. Couple years ago, Pepsi launched a commercial which […]

McDonalds Giving Out FREE Food Again

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

People love “FREE” Staff! Yesterday and today, McDonalds in Vancouver and Toronto have been giving out their new introduced Buttermilk Biscuit Breakfast sandwich for free. Comparing to last time when I was lining up for free coffee, it was way more people this time. Spending about 10 minutes lining up, I tried my first Biscuit […]

How do Sauder students market themselves?

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

CUS election, the busiest week for the CUS in Sauder, is taking place this week and getting more and more intense. As a second year student who just learned a little bit about marketing, I found it really interesting to see how all the candidates run their campaign and market and promote themselves. From my […]

Blogs market celebrities or celebrities market blogs?

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Not only products need marketings, people need them too! With the increasing trend of writing blogs, many people start to spend ton of time on blogs; and, a huge portion of them closely follow celebrities! Now, the question is, in reality, do blogs promote celebrities or celebrities promote blogs? It is not hard to understand […]

Marketing in the Air port!

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Last weekend, I went to a company seminar in Nashville, TN. It was very crazy that I took 4 flights together in 3days, going through 4 different air ports. Since I spent a lot time in those air ports, I noticed many interesting marketing strategies and was amazed how much thought they have been putting […]

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