In Response to Kristen Begin

JCPenny

Until I read this blog I wasent aware that JCPenhny had an online catalog or took the time to look at it. I would sometimes fliiped through the pages quickly if I got a catalog in the mail. Since I saw this blog I read up on how syccessful this online catalog as been. It has gotten great reviews and customers find the online catalog to be a lot easier. For many reason this online catalog  will help JCPenny become more successful and profitable than they already are., however cancelling theire regular catalog was a risk.Many cutomers may relyedon the regular catalog and may not want to go on a computer or for that matter may not own a computer to do there shopping. Although most people today rely on computers and many can go on through there phone. I think there are much more benfits to an online catalog than a regular one. People that havent experienced the online catalog will be guranteed to like it better than a non online catalog. The online catalog provodes a lot more. JCPenny can provide a lot more clothing pictures and information with having there catalog online. They also have way more catagories for cutsomers to do their shopping. I do think that customers wil spend more time searching for products online than looking through a regular catalog. Customers can easily always go online and wont have to worry about misplacing there catalog or taking it with them. Now cutomers can simply just search through the catalog from there phone.The Following are some reviews of the online catalog: :

Why I Like JCPenney.com

I like JCPenney.com because of their wide variety of products, the flexibility of choosing products by offline catalog numbers or through their online site, their frequent sales and promotions, the high quality of their merchandise, and their prompt delivery.

In the department store category, I’ve also used walmart.com, and have found that JCPenney offers a much wider variety of items and many more coupon specials (although, overall, Wal-Mart’s prices are lower.)

Checking Out

When buyers go to the checkout page, they see a list of items ordered. A box for promotional coupons or codes is listed, and savings are deducted on the following page.

Payment can be made by JC Penney credit card, MasterCard, Visa, American Express, or Discover.

Two types of checkout are available--standard or express. Standard checkout offers the options of gift-wrap or payment by gift certificate. I have tried to use the express checkout and run into snags, so I generally stick with standard checkout.

Items can be delivered to home addresses or to the nearest store (a store locator is listed on the website.) Shipping costs accrue in either case, but they are about 25% less when items are delivered to the nearest store.

Unlike so many online stores, which charge for shipping per item or by purchase price, JCPenney.com charges shipping costs based on total weight of items. Item weight appears in the online and offline catalogs.

JCPenney is a secure site, using industry standard encryption procedures.

What’s Healthy and What’s not

We all know that fried food, candy, processed food or anything that is filled with saturated fat is bad for you and can lead to bad health. However as we all know many Americans cannot stop eating these foods and continue these bad habits because the foods are all around us. Most of us know the obvious but what can be difficult is what is really true and what is not, what’s the healthiest for you? Today is it very hard to believe what you read because everything is just about money, for instance if you are researching what to eat and when to eat the right foods it can become difficult. You may read one article and think okay steak is great for you it has plenty of protein but then you read something else it explains how steak can be fatty and only certain steaks are good for you but it can also be filled with bacteria.  Everyone thinks fruit is good for you and great to eat but eating it at certain times can be bad for you because the amount of sugar fruit contains. The same thing with carbohydrates, a lot of people think eating a bowl of past or a piece of toast is great to have before the gym or after but it can’t always be. I’m always trying new things to see what works the best for my body. Something I recently have been trying and researching on is something called the Paleo Diet. When I first heard about this I thought to myself is this is just something else that somebody said to make money are the facts really true?  Once I actually tried Paleo my body felt healthier than ever before and I realized I had become more energetic. The Paleo diet is also known as the Paleolithic diet or caveman diet. The diet is all about natural foods such as fruits, eggs vegetables, nuts. The human race had always been on this diet of low carbs, protein, natural fats, vegetables  until unsaturated foods were introduced to our bodies. This article below explains more about the diet 

You’ve come to the right place to learn all about the Paleo diet and lifestyle. Put simply, the Paleo diet is not just a diet that you follow to achieve a specific goal, but more a way of living in harmony with nature and our food to achieve great health in every aspects.

Our society has become detached to the food we’ve been eating in nature for millions of years that has allowed us to become a highly evolved species.

We call this diet the paleo diet because it includes the food that was available to us for most of our evolution during the paleolithic era, starting about 2.5 millions of years ago. The idea is that our genes and physiology evolved through the process of natural selection and are most adapted to be nourished with the food that we evolved around. That includes the whole spectrum of animal food (beef, fish, shellfish, poultry, pork, lamb, bison, …) including their fat and organs as well as eggs, vegetables and limited amounts of fruits and nuts.

On the opposite side, some of the foods that we started eating in large quantity since the beginning of the agricultural revolution about 10,000 years ago are completely alien to our genes and metabolism and wreak havoc in our body, often causing what we call the metabolic syndrome or diseases of civilization. That includes obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, auto-immune diseases, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s and a host of other conditions that were unknown to our ancestors while plaguing us today.

Some of the worst offenders in today’s diet are what’s actually recommended by governments and nutritionists because bad science and economic agendas have demonized things like saturated fat, cholesterol and red meat over the last decades. What we should really be eliminating in our diet aregrain products, excess sugar, vegetable oils, legumes and dairy, some which are at the very basis of the US food pyramid.

The Paleo diet and lifestyle is not just based on imitating what our ancestors did, but also on real non-biased science and evidence. The habits of our healthy ancestors give us a good framework to study deeper and to try and find what our food really does to our bodies and how to live the longest and most vibrant lives.

Now this could just be another article to you ,but you never know until you try things for yourself. Everyone is different though and has different goals to reach so this healthy life style may not be for everyone.  Do you think more people should try this diet or do you  think there are too many ads and articles today that are filled with false facts?

I responce to Paige Maclure

Role Models:

1.       Today role- models are extremely important for anyone but especially younger children. A role- model is somebody you look up to or person who serves as an example, whose behavior is emulated by others." A lot of people look up to Snooki from Jersey shore as a role model, but is she really? Today some many television shows are so focused drama! And the more people drink the more drama is usually involved. Today’s society has changed so much that young teens now get excited about watching a group of  younger people who get drunk constantly and  do stupid things. I mean what ever happen to the other shows such as Road Rules, The Gauntlet or the Real World. MTV has laid back on those shows and is now more focused on “drunken drama”.  It really is pathetic, I still find myself excited about watching Jersey Shore but when I really think about it I’m just excited to watch a group go people get drunk an do stupid things. I mean I could be famous for that. It’s really funny when you think about it and realize what we are actually watching. There is no a main point to  the show and its defiantly not giving off a good example  ,  If anything it is driving teens to drink and act like a bunch of fools. The show the Road Rules challenge may have involved drama and drinking but at least the show had a point to it. The show was based on beating theses challenges and winning money. The challenges actually, made there contestants think and they pushed the re bodies physically to win a challenge. After watching Jersey shore I feel like anyone could be famous if MTV wanted to make them famous. I don’t know how far or how many season Jersey Shore will have but hopefully MTV will come out with different shows that a least have a little more meaning. The article “Jersey Shore” portrays unreal depiction of our generation made some extremely good points not only about Jersey shore but the shows MTV   puts on air:

“The often violent debauchery of the “Jersey Shore” cast of 20-something year olds makes for reality-TV-gold. But this portrayal of my generation is disappointing and hardly ‘real’. Luckily, MTV has been moving in a less asinine direction with shows like “World of Jenks” and “If You Really Knew Me.”

Since the launch of “The Real World” in 1992, ‘reality’ shows have become a staple of MTV’s lineup. “The Real World” itself has gained a reputation as a showcase for the immature and irresponsible behavior of young adults who are taken from their actual lives and put in a situation where they are expected to “stop being polite and start getting real.” Twenty-four seasons’ worth of this version of reality has consisted of mostly fighting, partying, and having sex; a lot like “Jersey Shore.”  Honestly, this type of reality can get boring when you’ve seen it in so many shows before”

When Angelina and Snooki of “Jersey Shore” brawl (because of a guy), the other cast members stand around laughing like it’s a joke. But the fact that these women can’t find a better way than punching each other to resolve conflicts is not funny.

And then there is the issue of the reality of the violence. When one of the “Jersey Shore” girls, nicknamed Jwoww, finally interrupts the fight, she begins the interruption wearing light-colored socks. The camera switches to a different angle and Jwoww’s feet are bare. Behold, magically disappearing and reappearing socks” .

In Responce to Abby Hajec

The iphone is the number one phone in the country. millions of people own one and are willing to spend the extra money on the phone and the monthly bill. What makes the iphone so great? The reason why the iphone has been incrediably successful is simply  because its convient technology. It has everything that a cutsomer could ask for and even more. The phone is set up to provide cutsomers with new features and convience. Its a mini computer in your pocket. th eiphone is also very doverse which also a key reason to why the phone is so popular. People from all ages can use the phone. It can be used by kids, college studenst and used for buisness purposes.The blackberry was very popular but its only downfall was it wasen't made for everyone. It was more likely usesd as a buisness phone. While everyone othe rcompany was trying to compete and keep up with i phone, apple was thinking of new ways to improve the phone and  soon the iphone came out with the 4G. A popular feature on the 4G iphone is the facetime. Facet time is allows customer to have a video chat on their phone. The 4G offers  a lot more features and newer technology. At this point it is alomost impossiable to compete with the iphone without copying their features. The iphone has done well and will most likely keep improving as  time goes on and technology grows.

   

Jordans Furniture

Jordans Furniture is a very successful and unqiue comapny . Jordans funriture is a very fun place to go and almost veryone knows about it becaause they are so unique. There biggest strenegth is knowing how to attract customers attention. They build there store around proviiding   there cutsomers needs when shopping. They took into consideration  that many people that are shopping for furniture may have young children with them so they made the store a fun atmosphere. Jordans funriture is almost like a mini amusetment park the way it is designed . They have fun attractions and activities. They even have a mini water fireworks show. They alos have a an Imax which is also a great way to get customers to the store. When you leave the Imax the exit leads the cutsomers through the store. Also the seats in the Imax are temprapedic so the  customers are comfortable and can also get a feel for some  of there furniture. Jordans furniture goal was to be differnet than other regular furniture stores and make there stores fun and excitinig. The are a very tough competion because of all there attractions and fun acativities. There stardegy is a great way to attract customers.

marketing mix

When Marketing yourself as a product it is very important and will be beneficial to fulfill the four P's, product,place,price and promotion.The Product variable is very important when  selling your product because it includes the main features of the product. The product variables  are suppose to full fill the needs to the customers.If you were marketing yourself one of these features may involve your physical appearance.Depending on what job you are interviewing for you should dress appropriate to the interview and look good. This way you can have the advantage of impressing the person you are interviewing with.You could also have  reference's to help you get the job or if you have connections also use that to your advantage. Expressing and showing your skills would also help selling yourself. You could ask questions on the interview to show your concerns about the job or write a cover letter to allow the company to learn about you and express your skills and desire for the particular job. 

    Price is also very important when selling your product or selling yourself. The price determines how good the product actually is and how much people actually need it.Is the product a necessity or something just to have for the time being.All these factors matters when selling a product. When you are looking for a job you should look at how much the job pays and determine whether it is a good fit for you.You don' t wont to be in a position where you are not getting paid the right amount for the work that you are doing. Another important factor to remember is the pay going to help me save or will it just be enough for the time.Also will the job be beneficial for you in the future, will the skills for this job help you in the next.  

 

The Place where you want to work all depends on where you are living and the transportation you have available at that time.It depends on if you want to travel far or if you rather be very close to home.You also have to think if the pay of the job outweighs the drive. The location of where you want to work is what is easier and more convenient for you. 

There are many ways to promote yourself and promote a product.Promoting a product can be done by ads or commercials. Promoting yourself can be done by  emails, cover letters and  also ads.Depending on whether  you are starting your own business or trying to work for a company you would either use ads or write cover letters. If you were starting your own business such as a hair saloon business cards would be a great way to promote yourself and your business.