Is Netflix a Double-edged Sword?
Netflix is a U.S. based company that was founded in 1997, but you probably didn’t hear about it until at earliest 2000. Netflix began its DVD shipping service officially in 1999, and has been growing ever since. In the last 5 years, Netflix (NFLX) has increased an amazing 550%. The company marketed itself very appropriately, … Read more
Self marketing
The most important product that a person will probably ever have to market is themselves. There’s a lot of situations that this can occur in; a job interview, a first date, meeting a new friend, and just your general presentation in any social situation (what is sometimes called an elevator interview). Some people choose to … Read more
Social Media from a Marketing stand point
Today, Facebook officially announced that they have passed 500 million users. That means that there’s only around 5 1/2 billion people left in the world who don’t use Facebook. In a blog post, CEO Mark Zuckerberg “I could have never imagined all of the ways people would use Facebook when we were getting started 6 … Read more
Apple: iPhone 4 Mismanagement: follow up
This is the press conference from last Friday by Steve Jobs and Apple about the current iPhone 4 situation, and this is the follow up to last week’s post about their iPhone 4 mismanagement. Please, after any of these posts, feel free to leave your comments on the bottom and tell me what you think. … Read more
An Apology to Everyone
I’m sorry that I haven’t updated this blog since Saturday. Unfortunately, my plans to do some more research this weekend for some new topics were interrupted by my personal life, and for that I am sorry. I am very happy to say that over the past week, I have never fallen below 20 viewers a … Read more
Top Advertising Campaigns of 2009-2010, Part 2 of 2
In this blog post I’m going to add three more advertising campaigns that I believe are some of the best of the year. Statistically speaking they haven’t reached the same success as the previous campaigns that I talked about in my last post, but I still believe that they were fun and creative ideas that … Read more
Top Advertising Campaigns of 2009-2010, Part 1 of 2
So far we’ve seen some great advertising campaigns. What I wanted to do was point out the top four that statistically have enjoyed the most success, and then add in a couple of my own that I personally enjoy.I originally planned to make this one blog entry, but I’ve found so many that I enjoy … Read more
Apple: Iphone 4 Mismanagement
Boy I can’t wait till this video is out so I can post this press conference, this is breaking news in the making. Apple’s stock is falling, and after their press conference, which is currently going on, they continue to fall. Apple usually takes the road of being superior, that’s kind of their pitch…superior products, … Read more
Mac vs Microsoft Part 2 of 2 – Microsoft
It’s true; everybody loves a Mac one way or another. They are good looking and efficient machines. Even Windows users have a desire for the “taste” of a Mac. That’s why there are tons of downloadable widgets and bars that look just like the Leopard OS X that you can run easily on your PC … Read more
Mac vs Microsoft Part 1 of 2- Mac
For a very long time now, the home personal computer has been dominated by the battle of Macintosh run on the Leopard (now Snow Leopard) OS X and computers run on the Microsoft Company’s operating system Windows. Beyond the hardware, the software, the practical uses for the computer, and the feud between creators Steve Jobs … Read more
Robert Junge
I am a current student who will be graduating in December 2010 with a major in Marketing and Entrepreneurship and a minor in Spanish from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.
