Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Class assignment.

1.According to Hank Stroll, what are the three sure ways to reach teens?

The three sure ways that Hank Stroll reach to teens are 1-  Go viral which means create a website that is fun and egdey and worth a teenager going on. the second ways is to  Return to marketing basics which means knowing whst should and shouldn't go on teen website. The last way is to  Understand teens' buying habits which means getting teens to buy your product by making it big and exciting.

2. What is the purpose of the article?

The purpose of the article is ways to reach to teens. Which means ways that you could catch a teen attention through an website or a product.

3.Describe that audience Stoll is trying to help with this article?

The audience Stoll is trying to help with this article are website producers and designers.

4.Do you disagree or agree with Stroll's statement regarding  teens? Explain why

I agree with Stoll's statement because teens are into popular things. So if you create a website where you could chat, upload pictures and  create a profile teens are going to log on into that website beacuse everyone is using that website. Also if you create a product that is popular and everyone is usinf teens are going to want that product.

5.What companies in your opinion empoly that tactics described by Stoll in this article?

Adidas, H&M, Apple and FaceBook.

6. Waht other companies or brands aggressively market a teen audience?

Some companies that mraket a teen audience are Urban Outfitters, Forever 21, UGG, and H&M.

7. Explain why you believe companies seek to market to teens?

I believe that companies seek to market to teens becuase teens like anything that is expensive and in style. Alo teens are very good costumers becuase they bring their friends tho their companies.

8.Why must companies seek advice on how to market to teens?

Companies seek advice on how to market to teens because they want to teens to buy from them so that their product can be popular and never go out og bussiness.

9.What advice would you give companies or website developers who want to market to you as a teen?

I would say to companies and website  developer who want to market to me as a teen that they should really think outside the box and make their product different  from everyone else.

10.What products or websites have you helped to market through word of mouth? Explain why you have or have not done so?

I haven't helped a product or website market through word of mouth becuase I really don't know how to get in touch with a website or a product.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Product Evaluation.

I interviewed Yasmin and Zina about their thoughts on my magazine cover. Some feed backs were that they thought that my target audience of this magazine were teens becuase of the colors amd pictures I put on the cover. They thought that some articles that I might include in my article are fashion, music and cool trends. Their overrall opinion of my magazine layout was that they liked it and thought it was diiferent and stand out. What they thought about the visual images that I put on my cover was that it was happy, they liked it and that saw alot of fimilar faces they saw before.They said that my magazine is similar to the other magazines because I have a barcode, pictures and I use alot of bright colors.What they found attractive was the pictures and the tiltle. They said that they would buy this magazine which made me happy. They said that they would not change anything about my magazine cover.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Process Journal 3

The purpose of evaluating a product is to make sure that you like it and have no doubts about  that product. The audience that my magazine is targeting will be involved in my evaluation. Some changes that I will make depending on my results will be maybe changing my title or pictures. I will determine if I conducted a good evaluation when I feel confident in my work and take pride in what I  did.

Process journal 2

Right now in the design cycle I am creating my magazine cover. This week I have accomplish my magazine cover and the title catchers and the pictures that are going to be on my magazine cover.Some steps that I  have taken to accomplish this task was I identify the problems and was able to solve them. I also was able to come up with a plan and sketch to my final product can come up good. Some challenges that I  have encounter was that I did not know how to work with some of the tools, I also had problems creating a cover that can grabs the audience attention. I have address these challenges by going on the internet ans following Ms.Rose instructions. Forming a concept helped me in the design cycle because it was like planning what my final product will look like.My next goal is  grabbing my audience attention by creating a colorful, bright and creating an eye catching title.