...Growing Up Online Michelle Krueger I agree with regards to the video Growing up on line produced and directed by Rachel Dretzin. This video discuss the advantages and disadvantages of children’s having open access to internet and the problems it has caused at home, school, social media as well as ing. Whilst everyone is entitle to their opinions, I feel strongly agree with the negative consequences. I would therefore like to explain in more details the arguments about this video. As I mentioned before, the open access to internet for children’s has brought some negative consequences. First, at home we see how children’s lock their selves in the room to use the computer and most of the times when parents walk into the room they want to change their screen or hide what there are doing. The reason behind this is because they had found a different world where they can be and act in a way that they wouldn’t in front of their parents and their friends. They find people who they can’t talk to about eating disorders, sex preferences, family problems, among other topics without been judge. They also feel more free and outgoing on the internet. This are negative reactions and consequences because we should be able to talk to our parents or someone close to us every time that we need to. We will get better advice from someone that is part of our life’s and care for us rather than form a stranger. Second, internet...
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...‘State of the Nation: Spotlight on online shopping’ to convey different types of statistical tools used in a typical business analysis. The article shows the growing trends in Australian consumerism, how the focus on Australian spending has moved from traditional ‘bricks and mortar’ to online spending and the effects it has on local businesses. The information presented is based around a survey of 50,000 Australians aged 14 and older. The main aspect of the article goes into depth on how the online purchases are being spent and were the money is being spent. This statement shows how the trend has moved away from traditional sources of shopping” online sales up 14.2% to $22.8 billion in the 12 months to June 2012, compared to a growth rate of only 3.3% in total retail sales and this is equivalent to 9% of total volume.” (R) this shows the contrast in spending between online and overall retail sales. The comparative difference in the two is significant, companies in Australia need to adapt to this new style of spending in order to remain relevant in the retail industry. Especially in the travel industry as 26.1% of all online spending is in some form related to the travel sector. “Around one third (32.9%) of the Australian population buys something online over an average four week period and well over half (56.7%) have ever bought something online, up from only 29.7% seven years ago” ( article) This statement in particular shows the growing trends of consumer behaviour in Australia...
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...growth. The success or failure all depends on how well the customers see the products being. There are many positives and negatives that retail stores face all the time with product, quality, and customer service. The first step in doing a SWOT analysis for an online retail is indentifying certain strengths that the company has. The strengths a lot of online companies have are unrestricted services/24-7 operation, Labor and time saving, less cost/affordable. On-line shopping can be accomplished without any restrictions. The way technology is with online shopping, gives the consumers the ability to select and purchase whatever at anytime and anywhere. Online gives the ability for the business to offer anytime service which helps for people that can’t make store hours and don’t have an efficient and effective location to go to. Labor and saving time is a big strength for online companies because consumers can save the cost and time. The customers can’t save time and cost if they need to go to and from stores. This can save your time and energy and you get the convenience of home delivery services. Less cost is a big role for the company to run and build off of and help with having more customers. Running an online business is cheaper due to low requirements and cheaper updates then a store. Having less cost makes it easier to...
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...Online vs. Retail Shopping Online vs. Retail Shopping Once upon a time there was no such thing as the internet. Everything you needed and wanted had to be purchased in person. Now days you can sit in the comfort of your home, place of work, car, or even the local coffee shop and purchase most things through the internet. Is this the new frontier of shopping, or will there still be a place for a walk-in retail store. I have seen a lot of retail stores close and I am constantly wondering if it is because of on-line shopping. In the days before the internet any shopping you needed to do had to be accomplished by physically going out to the store that had the item you wanted. Fighting traffic, getting to the store early for the best sale, scrambling to get an item of limited quantity, these were the glory days for retail stores. These days you can purchase most anything you want or need without leaving the comfort of your home. Furniture, electronics, clothes, toys, and even groceries can all be purchased online and delivered right to your door. More and more people turn on their computers and shop for what they need instead of going out and braving the crowds in the retail stores. “Online retail sales aren’t growing at the torrid pace they once were, but they continue to grow steadily. Forrester Research put out a new five-year forecast today predicting that e-commerce sales in the U.S. will keep growing at a 10 percent compound annual growth rate through 2014....
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...Critical Response to “Growing Up Tethered” Technology has given us the luxury to connect with anyone from family and friends to even complete strangers online, but can too much connection be problematic? “Growing Up Tethered” is a chapter written by Sherry Turkle a professor at MIT that points out the many issues people are facing due to the need they have for constant connection. She believes that always needing connection has changed the way we traditionally engage with each other along with the purpose and emotion behind the meaning of having a conversation and socializing. Technology has slowly but surely become ineluctable to those growing up with it. “Growing Up Tethered” is a well written unique chapter not only because of the numerous...
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...INTRODUCTION This following report is used to justify the proposed country, India, as the potential country for Global Business Solutions’ client, Rein Wess (RW), to produce and sell their books. Therefore, this report highlights and debates on both aspects presented within the economic environment of India. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Opportunities • Sustained Economic Growth According to various sources such as FTSE, MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International), The Economist and Standard & Poor, India is believed to be a huge emerging market. India’s annual real GDP3 estimated growth is approximately 8% yearly in 2000 to 2008. This suggests that the current economic conditions are largely favourable as the economy is growing strongly and positively despite the GFC4. This provides RW’s business a stable economic foundation to start their business steadily in India. [pic] Figure 1, Source: (World Bank, 2011) & (ET Bureau, 2011) • Large Population Market India’s current 1.21 billion population (Census India, 2011) is expected to grow at 1.3% in 2010. (World Bank, 2011) Of which, 672 million people are in the age-group 15 to 64 years which falls under the "working age population". 50% of India's population is under 25 years of age and there is a higher male to female ratio (Census India, 2011). This is highly favourable for RW because there might be an increase in demand for educational books as both new entrants (mainly males) of the workforce along with...
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...any business.”Technology is the equipment used to perform particular tasks, and the way that it is organized has a major influence on the workforce management (P. Gunnigle 2001). A huge part of technology is social media.Social media in today’s society is a wide spread necessity of our every days lives, whether it be Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or even blogging it seems that everyone is involved in some shape or form. It has become so popular that the majority of businesses are now using most social media sites in hope to benefit their company. In a recent study conducted it was said that “79% of businesses are using or planning on using social media for their business” (M. Ennis 2012) The majority of companies use social media to keep up with the current trends and use it is a cheap and resourceful way to promote their company. “As of June 2012 it was estimated that there was 955 million active Facebook users” (M.Sebastian 2012). This is a substantial amount of user just for one social media site, and in addition to this there are a vast amount of other users on comparison websites. For instance in the UK alone twitter account users reached over “7 million in 2012” (S.Bernard & H.Barret 2013). It is evident that social media is a powerful tool when it comes to any business as there substantial figure proves that there is such a large audience. This significant amount of users on Facebook alone would give any businesses an upper hand in the working world. However even...
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...foundational information on print media and then online media, and compare their common characteristics as well as discuss how they differ. EXAMPLE: "With print media marketing, the company establishes product recognition by ..." "In contrast, online media allows marketing to be accomplished in the following ways that are unique to that media form ..." "Print media and online media marketing have some characteristics in common, such as ..." "Print media and online media differ in their marketing strategies and target audiences by ..." 2. An example of a company that markets in both online and print media to their target audience is Netflix. Netflix markets online, in print media (and on television/radio). What do they do in print media that is the same as what they do in their online advertising? In what ways is their marketing approach different in print media vs. online? Who is their target audience? Is their target audience the same for online and print media, or are they targeting two different audiences? Who is the target audience in print? Who is it in their online marketing? What strategies do they use to reach that audience in each marketing venue? Here is a link to the Netflix website that may help you get some ideas and copies of their print ads: http://www.netflix.com/BrowseSelection. NOTE: One thing I notice about Netflix and their online marketing is their use of pop up ads that are stronger than even the pop up blocker on my browser. They also use email and...
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...person. In recent years, the number of consumers purchasing items online as taken a heavy rise, it is without a doubt, one of the fastest growing industries. Online shopping has been a booming trend, particularly in the United States, “Americans spent more than $200 billion on online shopping in 2011 and are expected to shell out $327 billion on Internet stores by 2016”. (Indivik, 2013) Internet marketing has a direct effect the billions of dollars that online websites makes. The more advertisements you have on the World Wide Web, the more people are going to stop and visit for sight and probably make a purchase. Since Electronic commerce is a huge thing in recent years, companies have been working to make your online shopping experience better and there are a couple of emerging trends geared towards the improvements of e- commerce and internet marking. Note Adapted from Forrester: U.S. Online Retail Sales to Hit $370 Billion by 2017,” by Lauren Indvik, 2013. One of the trends that probably anybody can predict in the future is using mobile and android apps for transactions. With mobile technology getting more advance year by year and the climbing number of people who can’t stay off their phones, I would have say, and this is something I actually expect. With the amount of mobile devices outnumbering the amount of desktops, they is going to cause more people to use a mobile device to purchase something online instead of using a desktop. Since the number of consumers who will...
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...Introduction Purpose I want to start an online business because it is rapidly growing business in worldwide but I want to start in India because country have 1.25 billion people this is the reason made me to start online shopping business in India. doing online shopping is an efficient and effective for consumers and In this generation most of the people using online shopping because they can find new products with reasonable cost and they don’t need any sale person to show the products, easily customers can select their liked products in to their carts, by doing online they save money and time such as paying cash on delivery and they can trail products such as cloths, shoe, pendent sets. Customers can find different products in one place that is online shopping. The main difference between my online shopping and others is software and product such as other online shopping merchandise use software from third party but I have own software to advertise and sell the products and we encourage new products in our online shopping, free delivery charges and weekend prices. It is a low cost business for me because I don’t want to buy any software from any one, reason my team developed a new software ‘nest a shop’. E-commerce is nothing but nutshell. Research question India is a viable option to start online shopping business Objectives To influence customer wants and needs through E-commerce How consumers responds to the products To fill the gaps between customer and...
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...Technology Acts Paper Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Reche Quiapos INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER APPLICATION AND SYSTEMS/BIS220 October 28, 2012 Nabih Zourob Information Technology Acts Paper Being a Parent that comes from a family-oriented environment, the topic of this paper opens up doors for me on how my children are protected when using the internet. At this modern era, at my children’s age, they were exposed to the Internet growing up. The best way for me to see how they are protected from the World Wide Web is knowing that I can keep them safe from all the acts that our law has passed. Since, I cannot be with them every minute of the day while they are on the computer, I have signed up into this website called “Google Safe Eyes” where it keeps you posted when your children are trying to view inappropriate websites. It alerts to your phone and email, the time and website that they’re trying to access online. A growing Internet sectors plays a big part on children. The Interactive nature of the Internet enables marketers to gather personal information from children through registration information on chatrooms, and other discussion boards available for children. These businesses of marketers will then sold to a third party after they gather all personal information for commercial purposes. This action opened-up doors for abusers and pedophiles that are dangerous for children. Parents also...
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...marketing and 48% were boosting spending on search engine marketing. By looking at these statistics it is clear that e-business has a major trend on the businesses of today. Some of the main trends of e-business are as follows: Marketing Benefits The internet is growing in number every single day and this means that the consumer market is growing making there more opportunities for e-business. According to Clickz Stats the population of the internet was 1.08 billion in 2005. This will continue to increase because of all the developing countries that are growing in population and technology all the time. The internet shopping method is far more convenient for the customer as they can buy items from the comfort of their own home. Re-formulating the marketing mix The original marketing mix that consists of product, place, price and promotion can be ‘remixed’ to become the e-marketing mix. The new e-marketing mix modifies the old marketing mix to make it relevant for online activities as such. In the original marketing mix there is the ‘USP’ which is the unique selling point of a business, for e-marketing mix this is known as the online value proposition (OVP). This gives the customers who are logged online an incentive to stick around on the website,...
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...expenses. OBJECTIVES To build the world’s best internet movie service & deliver a growing subscriber base & earning per share every year. AREAS OF CONSIDERATIONS * The world’s largest online subscription service for renting DVD’s * Because of the continuous innovation with technology, more consumers are gaining access to the internet. This would mean that there would be more demands online than purchasing from retail stores for their convenience. * Video on demand (VOD), which is streaming videos into devices, is fast-growing. * Netflix has established strong ties with various entertainment video providers. They acquire new contents through direct purchases, revenue sharing and licensing. Netflix has obtained a lot of materials for a low up-front fee in exchange for a commitment for a certain period either to share a percentage of its subscription revenues or to pay a fee based on content utilization. After the revenue sharing period expired for a title, Netflix had the option returning the title to the studio, purchasing the title or destroying the copies. * They purchased DVDs for a fixed fee per discs. They generally had to pay the licensing fee of the content for a certain period. * Netflix’s losses on disposal of used DVDs ranged between $2 and 7$ million annually. * Netflix used numerous ways to market and advertise about the company. They have used online advertising, radio stations, and direct mail and print ads. And through the years, they...
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...Why is it important to work to delete cyberbullying? Because cyberbullying not only causes psychological damage, but it can cause physical damage as well. Kids today are growing up in our ever-changing world of growing technology. Many of us spend a lot of time online, we connect with others, and some people share their lives with others online. When I was growing up in the 90’s I did not have to worry about my mistakes being displayed for the whole world to see. The biggest thing I worried about was getting chat messages from online strangers trying to find out where I lived, or any other information they could get. Cyberbullying gives people the freedom to harass someone on a much larger scale. Before cyberbullying, bullying was localized...
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...Strategic Plan Part II: SWOTT Name BUS 475 Instructor Date Strategic Plan Part II: SWOTT SWOTT analysis is a vital system or tool utilized for anyone either before starting a company or even through the life of the company. SWOTT analysis allows a company to determine where they currently stand in the market they are in and where they can take their company in the future. Knowing the strength, weakness, opportunities, threats, and trends could be the difference whether the company or organization will succeed or be outdone by its competitors. On this paper a SWOTT analysis has been conducted to show the strength, weaknesses, threats, and trends that could impact the future of Power House Gym. Environmental Analysis There are various outside elements that could influence Power House Gym’s ability to reach it goals and accomplish the mission. In order to succeed Power House Gym will have to determine the proper strategy that could maintain the business. Studying the external environment about the business industry, competition, economic elements, technological elements, demographics, and so on could give Power House Gym an edge to continue succeeding move forward towards its goals. On the other hand internal environment is equally important since it analysis the inside aspects company’s operation, internal guidance and mission (Wise geek, 2003-2014). Performing an internal environment will allow for better understanding of the business operations such as marketing, production...
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