EOC: Final Project

For ever order sold 50% of the proceeds, will go to the benefit of the Philippines. For every purchase  we'll ship chocolate cheese to the Philippines, the cheese cake is fulled with creamy goodness it'll being a happy in a child's face. The chocolate will melt in your mouth, and so will them, it's so rich they can't help but to feel all warm inside. With every item been sold can help rebuild the Philippine. You'll even get a heart that said I've helped, each time you pass by your heart, I'll remind you of you've help the people in need. We'll even throw in a t-shirt that said "I'm a supporter."

Quotes

"If you buy a chocolate cheese cake, we'll throw a dollar to help the Philippines that are in need. Will you help? Please buy one and we'll throw a dollar into the saving for them."

"If you buy a chocolate cheese cake, you'll help someone in need in the Philippines."

"We're raising money to help the people in need in the Philippines."

"With each purchase, we'll give you a heart that says I've helped to the Philippines."

"With each purchase of chocolate cheese cake, we'll give you a t-shirt that said I'm a supporter."

"regardless if people choose not to have a heart or a shirt, we'll still throw a dollar into the savings."

"Everyone is celebrating Christmas this year, what about the Philippines? Would you take a time to buy this Chocolate Cheese cake to let them have a good Christmas?"

"Everyone is sitting at home with warm beds and hot food to eat, if you buy a Chocolate Cheese cake, the Philippines wont go hungry. Because each order you buy, we'll throw in a dollar to the savings and even ship a cheese cake to the Philippines."

"When you buy the cheese cake, once you brought it home to your family, you can look back and think you've help the people in need. It'll make you feel good inside that you've helped."

"If you have a big heart you'll help the people in need right? Why not buy a chocolate cheese cake to help the Philippines? We'll throw a dollar to the savings and give to those who are in need. You know, you've done something good."

EOC Week 10: Benefits vs features

The benefits of my cheesecake is, if anyone buys it I'll put 5$ away to give the people in need in the Philippines. Also I'll give them a bit size cheesecake to them to enjoy.

Cheesecake features, it's chocolaty, it's cute, and fun to eat! It also can be frozen good for long travelers, the inside has the cream cheese. In the middle has chocolate, the outside is coded with chocolate. Once you bit into it you'll melt, it'll makes you feel all warm and good inside.

EOC Week 9: Three great mission statements

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I think they have all good idea's, unlike mine is all unorganized. I think they can become a good business leader on their own, unlike me I may need some help to get me by. I do not know what I want, but they do. They do have an idea to make it in the real world. I do believe they can do it, I know they can. I like the layout they have, I wish I can figure out how to do that. Because by the looks of it they have so much potential, so I know they can make it to the world.

EOC Week 8:

I'm thinking of maybe doing editing picture I'm choosing. I'm going to have my fiance to help me on this project and I know how to edit pictures, I've been editing pictures when I was 16. My mind is full of ideas however, I may need my fiance to help me to make this project a good project. First I want to make the Chocolate Cheese Cake, put it into a cup cake baking pan. Bake it, take a picture, edit with another picture I may take on the internet or in the store. My brands name is “YummY Cheese” so I’m going to edit the font and place it on the box, also I’m going to put it in the tin can I have when my grandmother gave me for the fruit cake. I think it would look pretty, but yeah I’m going to have pictures, music, and movie onto this project.

Eoc Week 10: Marketing Plan

I've chosen cheese cake, not the plain one, chocolate cheese cake. I personally do not like plain cheese cake however, I do love chocolate cheese cake, to travel the cheese cake they can be frozen. To carry it easier I think a bite size cheese cake, it's cute and fun to look at. It can come with a ten basket like fruit cake comes with, to help the cheese cake to stay frozen for long period of time. I think it'll be good for the army people who wants to enjoy cheese cake, also it thinks about Thanksgiving. I think chocolate is the best choose because most people loves chocolate, so I think bite size chocolate cheese cake is the best way to freeze them to travel long distance. Also it'll be good for the Philippines of what happened to them of the Typhoon, its small and it can be frozen so it'll be good to travel that long distance. It’ll cost people about 2.50$ I do not want to make it unfordable to anyone who wants to buy it. I want to make people happy.

 My company’s name is “YummY Cheese” it’ll come in small bite size Chocolate Cheese Cake, it’s fun and cute. Once someone one buys the bit size Chocolate Cheese Cake at the “YummY Cheese.” They’ll send food for those who are in need, each Cheese Cake is bought well be sending food and bit size Cheese Cake to the Philippines. I’ll also throw in each item are sold we’ll place your name on the wall saying “I helped, for the people in Philippines.” If they wish not to place their name we can just ring the bell, to save them from the attention they do not want.

Eoc week 6: Me X 3

I personally like android phones over Ipods, I never liked Mac. I used it once and I have to ask the teacher how to find the internet browser. With pcs The icon is right there so with the phones, tablet, computers, and mp3 players I like using androids, pc over Mac items. This phone my have problems but what doesn't. I'm with cricket I can not afford other company. I used to have AT&T, if I have the money I would go back to them because I have no problems with them unlike Verizon and Sprint, those two company I personally stay away from.  

I really like Japanese rock music, but they are Jrock and some of them are Jpop but they sound more like rock. Unlike the US where we have Metal, Alternative, Classic rock, and/or Rock, I think the band sound awesome to me. I know no idea what they are saying but I enjoy their music, I like rock music. I do not have a favorite band as the others however, I do listen to bands I like and some bands I do not like such as Incubus, The Muss, and Jemmy Eats World. Those bands I really do care about, they don't sound good to me at all.   

This is one of the best games I ever played, in my thoughts. Final Fantasy 7 it has the best story line I like, I enjoy the guy how made all the series. I can not remember how to spell his name but I loved his work, when I was 3 or 4 years old I play video games more so then dolls I really do not remember how I got my first system Nintendo however, all the other systems I can tell you how I got them and even the newer versions of them. I love playing video games. I'll play them until I can no more.

This anime (Japanese Cartoon) Is my favorite anime! I do not like how they make it into a kid friendly episodes, when I was young I watch this a lot I get disappointed if I can't recorded or my grandfather changes the channel. I watched more animes over the years but nothing can compare to Dragon Ball Z. I love this anime, I remember when I was in Jr. High when I was wearing the cloths, some kid came up to me and said "That's for boys." I didn't pay attention to him and walked off, I did watch Sailor Moon but my eyes still glued onto this anime.   

EOS Week 6: Bestbuy news

Best Buy Chief Executive Officer Hubert Joly is borrowing that two-letter word and plenty more from rivals to improve the retailer’s e-commerce operations, which even his own colleagues say had fallen a decade behind. While the website won’t seriously vie with Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) any time soon, Best Buy can harness its brand recognition and status as the largest consumer-electronics retailer to grab e-commerce share. The efforts may already be helping, with Best Buy’s online traffic rising 9.9 percent in August from a year earlier, according to data from Compete.com that the company uses.

“They’re the 800-pound gorilla,” David Strasser, an analyst at Janney Montgomery Scott LLC in New York who recommends buying the shares, said in an interview. “After struggling with no real Internet expertise, they’ve brought on a pretty strong team.”

Joly first set about shoring up the physical stores after taking over as CEO about a year ago, cutting $390 million in annual costs and matching rivals’ online prices to slow the decline in same-store sales.

The stabilization has helped restore investors’ confidence in Richfield, Minnesota-based Best Buy. The stock, which traded at an 86 percent discount to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index on a price-to-earnings basis in January, has tripled this year and closed at a 6.8 percent premium to the index today. The shares slipped 0.8 percent to $37.66 at the close in New York.

Breathing Room

That rebound gives Joly, 54, some breathing room as he works to convert more of Best Buy’s 1 billion annual online visitors into buyers. Slightly more than one of every 100 visitors makes a purchase, about half the average rate among retailers, according to UBS AG.

Joly has set a target of more than doubling Best Buy’s share of U.S. online consumer-electronics sales to 18 percent -- matching its share of brick-and-mortar sales -- from the current 7 percent.

“There is no reason it should be lower,” Joly said in a telephone interview in August. Bringing BestBuy.com up to speed with competitors “is going to be a two- or three-year journey.”

About a month after becoming CEO, he hired Scott Durchslag from online travel company Expedia Inc. as president of Best Buy’s global e-commerce operations.

Joly’s Hires

A month later, Joly brought Sharon McCollam out of retirement to become Best Buy’s chief financial officer and chief administrative officer. In similar roles at Williams-Sonoma Inc. she helped push online sales to 40 percent of total revenue. Now Joly is hiring more than 100 Web architects, engineers and other technology workers.

The team is starting with the basics, such as adding more product reviews and buying guides to the website and enabling it to recommend additional purchases for shoppers as they check out. The site got a new search platform in May, fixing a system that sometimes called up the wrong results for customers’ queries.

Best Buy began testing shipping online orders from stores to customers’ homes four months ago, catching up to Nordstrom Inc., which has filled online orders from stores since 2009.

Single Site

“My Best Buy,” which has 41 million active members, now lets shoppers redeem reward points and shop on a single site, bringing it up to speed with programs found everywhere from Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. (DKS) to Panera Bread Co. (PNRA) Best Buy’s previous loyalty program, “Reward Zone,” wasn’t linked to BestBuy.com, forcing users to log onto both sites to turn points into purchases.

“It’s about catching up to where the site should have been,” Durchslag told analysts and investors on a conference call in June. “Because if you really go through the site, in some ways, it’s a time warp. It’s a 10-year time warp in some ways.”

“My Best Buy” has some advanced features. Mobile-phone users earn points by clicking on an application while they’re in stores. The program has three membership tiers, and shoppers who make the top level by spending $3,500 or more a year get free expedited shipping on purchases and 45 days to make returns and exchanges.

Loyalty Rewards

Best Buy is now “actually rewarding loyalty, similar to hotels and airlines,” Gary Balter, an analyst at Credit Suisse Group AG in New York, wrote in a note Sept. 17. He rates the shares outperform, the equivalent of a buy.

The changes so far helped Best Buy’s online sales rise 11 percent in its second quarter, the seventh straight quarter of gains of 10 percent or greater. That growth still trails Seattle-based Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, which boosted North American electronics and other general merchandise sales 31 percent in the comparable period. Best Buy generated U.S. online sales of $477 million, or 6.1 percent of domestic revenue, in the second quarter. That’s down from 6.2 percent in the first quarter.

Amazon declined to make executives available for interviews through Mary Osako, a spokeswoman.

By the holidays, Best Buy plans to expand its store-to-home delivery service to more than 200 stores from 50, Joly told analysts last month.

The expansion may help the chain move more inventory that otherwise may have gone unsold or required deep discounts to clear, said Tom Kamp, who helps manage $15 billion, including 785,700 Best Buy shares, as president and chief investment officer at Cornerstone Capital Management in Edina, Minnesota.

“There is not any one magic bullet,” Kamp said in a telephone interview, “just a lot of basic blocking and tackling that’s beginning to get things turned in the right direction.”

To contact the reporter on this story: Chris Burritt in Greensboro at cburritt@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Robin Ajello at rajello@bloomberg.net

Week 5 EOC: Social Networks and Job Hunting

Facebook is a step away from tracking cursors on your computer and portable device screens to understand your tastes better, the company’s top official has vouched in an interview. The project is part of a huge increase in the volume of data collection.

The social site’s analytics chief, Ken Rudin, has revealed his corporation is ready to introduce a technology that would enable the collection of even more information about a web-surfer via cursor movements on your screen, the Wall Street Journal reports.

While you’re apparently aimlessly working your computer mouse or touchpad, pondering where to click next while running through a webpage, your brain is actually making choices - MANY choices at a time.

And Facebook is determined to collate them, in order to understand better how you choose your selections and what you’re really interested in, even if you’re to some extent unaware of these choices yourself.

The captured information is stored in data banks, with immediate access “throughout the company”. This is invaluable for many purposes, such as product placement analysis or targeted advertising, Mr. Rudin said. Facebook can even divulge your sexual preferences, if it needs to.

Mr. Rudin revealed that collected personal information is divided into demographic and behavioral.  The first deals with your physical whereabouts and the places you frequent. The second is more subtle as it deals with your preferences, likes and loves. This is actually more revealing of yourself and your personality.

When, for perhaps just a split second, you ponder whether to click on a link about Rhianna’s new haircut, and then refrain from following it – it won’t save you. 

Collecting demographic personal information is relatively easy; private investigators have been collecting that kind of data for a long time, whereas psychological profiling is a delicate matter. But Facebook, which introduced another powerful personality data collection tool – ‘likes’ - might eventually turn artistic psychological analysis to profit. 

I have heard about it but not looking into it, my Wednesday instructor was talking about it I personally use Facebook. To know my family and friends who I haven't seen in such a long time and find me, not weirdos. I saw the number rising and lowering the numbers, the last number I saw was 56.87 something like that. I couldn't remember why Facebook went out there, I had a twitter account but I don't go on there until I'm in school, not to biggy. But if something happens to Facebook I'm going to cry about it, I mean social media is such a big drama I think. Quite honestly Facebook is that, for example my cousin Rosa deleted my sister, father, and my other cousin just because we spread "rumors" about her. Which it's not true, so by deleting us makes her feel bigger? I thought it's funny, overall I have no idea what Facebook is doing, if something happens like I said I won't be upset about it.

Eos Week 4: There's an ap for that?!

What I think there should be an ap where you go inside your car your phone automatic shuts off the use of texting, I personally don't text and drive, however my aunt and cousin does and it scares me when I'm on the road seeing someone texting and driving or receiving in and out of their lane. It causes more deaths than drunk driving, I'm not saying everyone should drink and drive no, that's dangerous too! I'm saying is that to pay attention on the road than your phone, we should all pay attention on the road than our phones. I think the crashes and deaths well decrease if people pay attention on the road. Also I think there should be an ap to breath in your cell phone to detect if your drunk, drunk driving is also dangerous on the road. Even buzz driving, the ap should know if you're drunk or buzz and wont allow you to drive. If you choose to ignore the ap warning it should gps where you are and notify police to stop you. That's what I think the texting and driving the ap should cut off the texting until you reach your location and the drunk driving should let you know your drunk or buzz you can not drive or otherwise you get to talk to the cops.

Week 3 EOC: My Demographics

I'm in with a mother, father, older half-brother, sister, and little brother, however my older half-brother wasn't living with us 5 he lives with his wife in Boston. So I'm the second oldest on my dad side and I'm the oldest on my mom side, between my siblings and myself we are 2 in a half years apart. Between me and my older brother I guess 12 or 11 years maybe, so there is a gap between us 3 compare to my older brother. In high school, my mother had a new schedule for her job and we have to have the house keys. At the time we were old enough to take care of ourselves, I remember when my late grandfather babysit my and my two siblings I was 12 or 13. He come by the house ever so often to see if we're ok, luckily they lived next door. So him and his wife check up on us to see how we are doing. You can say I was in the averaged family, both my parents work hard to make sure the bills are paid, cloths on our back, and food in our bellies. Sure there are ups and downs what family doesn't have ups and downs.

Week 3 EOC: Making Money for Good

Walmart: It’s our mission to create opportunities so people can live better. We consider it our responsibility to make a positive impact in the communities we serve. Whether it’s through the grants we provide to the thousands of organizations that share our mission or through the inspiring volunteer efforts of Walmart associates, we are passionate about helping people live better. One community at a time.

In 2012, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation gave more than $1 billion in cash and in-kind contributions around the world. This includes $1 billion in cash and in-kind gifts in the United States and $82.2 million in cash and in-kind gifts in international markets. In addition, Walmart, Sam’s Club and Logistics associates volunteered more than 2.2 million hours, generating $18 million to U.S. nonprofits. 



I think how I can make money for good is that making the customers happy, like I explain before I'll make a clothing line for plus size people. Also for anime fans have cosplay costumes, to make everyone happy. I wanted to be affordable to anyone, having beautiful cloths without hurting your wallet. I think what I'm going for is people might like the idea, if not I might see what they most desire. Also I wanna try something for the people, like without travel out of countries I wanna try to make international clothing for people. Let see if I can make money for good, I think it'll work out ok. I also want to do something like what Blank is doing, like give kids and the adults some cloths, like if someone buys a cloths why not send them the amount was bought for. I think that would put the kids and the adults a happy face.

Week 2 EOC: Boston Consulting Group - Video Games

The history of the Playstation begins in 1988 when Sony andNintendo were working together to develop the Super Disc. The Super Disc was going to be a CD-ROM attachment that was intended to be part of Nintendo's soon to be released Super Nintendo game. However, Sony and Nintendo parted ways business-wise and the Super Disc was never introduced or used by Nintendo. In 1991, Sony used a modified version of the Super Disk as part of their new game console -  the Sony Playstation. Research and development for the PlayStation had began in 1990, headed by Sony engineer, Ken Kutaragi. 

I think for Playstation in my point of view has went down hill, I still have the second Playstation was the best I have a lot of Playstation games even the rpg ones. I was wondering what if Nintendo agrees to continue to work with Sony, it make me wonder what games and systems would be like today? I'm sure rpg would be as good as today like the new Final Fantasy, Star Ocean, and the Tales series, I Think Playstation now is a dog. Beside for the most other people point of view its in the middle, because of the Playstation move. It has brought up still in the middle, however if people wanted hard-core games Playstation brought it up to the top. Sony also has brought out PSP, that has been up to the top however once the PSP go it brought it down because some people whether not download games on a hand-held device. Once they re-release the PSP only in the light thin version of the older PSP. I think the new Playstation 4 might be at the same spot also the reason why it not a dog because of the blu ray. 

In 2006, Nintendo introduced the Wii and with it several advanced, revolutionary features. Wireless motion-sensitive remote controllers, built-in Wi-Fi capability, and a host of other features have made the Wii the best-selling latest generation console system in the world.

The screen was four-colors-of-gray but the device defined portable gaming and was enormous fun. Game Boy, which came out in 1989, was closely associated with the classic game Tetris when it debuted. Game Boy is the most successful video game system ever released. Since its introduction in 1989, Game Boy has sold well over 150 million systems worldwide. Originally bundled with the game, Tetris, this little handheld became an instant phenomenon.

 Nintendo have been really good to entertain their viewers, unlike Playstation and Xbox they keep their prices and systems simple. I think they're at the top, they sure have me wanted to buy the next generation they have out. Unlike the Playstation sadly I don't have many games of the last generation games. Nintendo have many hand-held games, even back in the 80's Unlike Playstation. Nintendo is the highest thing in the market. Now for the U, they might going to make it more serious gamers instead of family related. For the Wii U, I think it might be their best hit yet, because they wanted to be more serious for gamer and not only for family. So I'm looking forward to it.

Announced on May 12, 2005, the successor to Microsoft's Xbox was their second entry in the video game console market. The Xbox 360 was released in the United States and Canada on November 22, 2005, in Europe on December 2, 2005, Japan on December 10, 2005.

Featuring Xbox Live online integration, the Xbox 360 enhanced multiplayer online gaming, and eventually added a variety of services like Netflix, ESPN, and the ability to purchase or rent music, movies and television shows.

On June 18, 2010, the remodeled Xbox 360 S was released in North America that utilized a thinner body and an upgraded motherboard, and included additional USB ports and built-in Wi-Fi.

I didn't like the first Xbox because they didn't have good games out, at that time I have the Playstation 2 and the Gamecude. I didn't like the Xbox, however now I have more games for the Xbox 360 than Playstation 3. Xbox has more games I was really into and not only that, playing with friends has brought it to the middle until the connect came out. I didn't really care for, but some people really liked it. So in general it in the middle, for the Xbox One have no clue, it might be a dog. I have not seen any games I would like to by.

Week 1 Eoc: Great Customer service

My experience of customer service was good, at the age of 18 I have returned an item that the customers wish to return. I did on my best knowledge to help them. The customers and including the boss thought I did amassing job, even if the customers was being rude. I had a smile and help at the best I could. Working at Ross Dress for Less I feel I did great at the costumer service. At Sbarro it wasn't a clothing store however again I did a great job helping costumer the best I can. When I miss up at any order I make sure I told the customer what I've done and I apologize to them. The two jobs I had I said my customer service I've done I did amassing job keeping them happy.