Response to Arianas post

When ever I see Blimp advertising I think it is exciting to figure out what it says, but it never really drives me to go buy the product. I think it is a great idea for the beach or somewhere that the product is available right there to buy. Something like "Ben and Jerry's ice cream" would make me go buy an ice cream while I was on the beach. I have seen advertisements for companies like "Expedia" while I am on the beach and I kind of think to myself why waist the money? I am not going to go home now and search expedia.com just because I saw an airplane flying with a sign for it. Most of the time I don't think blimp advertising is worth it.

Web products free shipping

When online stores offer free shipping this drives me to purchase from them rather than another store. When I go to order something like a T-shirt for twenty dollars and I go to check out and it jumps up to 30 dollars, I will often choose not to buy it. I will then surf the web for a different T-shirt that has free shipping. I also find myself drawn to deals like "spend 50 dollars and receive free shipping." I will usually specifically pick out enough things to equal fifty dollars just for the free shipping. This makes me think I am not wasting any money on just shipping and it is a great deal. All online stores should have some type of shipping deal to make customers buy from them rather than someone else. I think this would make a huge difference to draw people to their store.

Have you ever gone to buy something online, and once you see the shipping price decide not to buy it anymore? Are you more likely to search for a product offered on a website with free shipping site wide, rather than a website not offering free shipping site wide?

Response to Lindsey's post

I find myself having mass amounts of t-shirts from functions. Everybody likes a free t-shirt. I think this is a good idea for certain businesses. If it is a small company trying to get their name out there having a catchy t-shirt design is a good idea. This is make people ask what kind of company it is when they see the t-shirt. I think for big established companies like Verizon, it doesnt necessarily do much for them. Everyone sees a verizon t-shirt and knows exactly what it is, and it doesnt exactly convince them that it is a cooler company than another phone company.

Purchasing

The more money we have, the more money we spend. We are always wanting things that we don't necessarily need but what we want. Most people are always trying to make more money so that they can buy more things. Marketers aim at this kind of behavior. Something like a nail Polish commercial makes it seem like we need this nail polish to make our hands extra beautiful and it makes us go out and buy it. All though we did not need that nail polish, the commercial made us think that we did.

If minimum wage increased would this increase the purchases that we make on things that we dont need?

Response to Kevin's post

Do you think that companies like Verizon should offer a conservative product and phone plan combination, or are they within their ethical rights to jack up simple phone prices to encourage buyers to increase data usage?"

I agree with kevin that people may look at smaller companies for a cheaper plan and phone. You can't even get a plan for under 80 dollars a month now a days from my experience. I wouldn't mind not having a smartphone if I had to pay 20 dollars a month. The prices are getting so expensive that it is hardly even worth what you get for them. On my plan I have to pay 100 dollars a month for just my smartphone which I think is ridiculous. But to get a phone with no data plan and only about 20 dollars cheaper so I minds well. If I could find a really cheap plan without the newest, coolest phone i would go with that option.

Generation Y

Generation Y is the generation that was born between 1979 and 1994. We spend an extremely high amount of money annually and about ten trillion dollars in a life time. Our generation is the generation that most marketers are trying to reach. We tend to believe that we "need" all of the newest technologies such as smart phones, high definition TVs, x-box and PlayStation's, and so on. Our generation is willing to spend money on all of these things where the older generation didn't grow up with them and don't always feel the need for them. This is why marketers do not spend so much time targeting them. Instead they focus on the young generation that's watching the ads, reading the magazines and using the smart phones.

Do you buy the newest technologies such as smart phones, x-box's and high definition TVs or can you live with the simple more outdated versions?

Response to Drew's post

I believe social media is still worth it even though it is not available to everyone. Facebook, twitter, snapchat, instagram and so on reach millions of people. Even people that do not have these things know what it is and will still catch information circling on them from other people or even the news. Even though every single person doesnt have one, the majority of people that I know do. It is aspecially helpful to the younger generation because nearly every one of them has some sort of social media. I think any company that creates a facebook page or equivelent will reach hundreds of new people and customers that they would not have if they didnt make it.
Do you think social media is still worth it even if it does not reach everyone?