Thursday, August 27, 2009

"VODKA PITCH FOR MARKETING PLAN"

VELOUR VODKA
*For the relaxed, no fuss, glamorous women.
*An on the go light beverage
-carbonated with peach, lemon, and strawberry extracts
-no harsh after taste
-drink chilled straight out of the vile, over ice (can also be mixed)
*packaged in a small non-breakable frosted red vile, or tall slender vase with elegant silver detailing
*vile sold separately or in casing convenient for parties
*Price Point: $19.99 case/$5.99 separate vile/Large Vase $29.99
*Selling, connivance, relaxation, and glamor.
*Sold at specialty Liquor stores (Think Lee's Liquor)
also, Walmart, Larger Kroger Brand Super Markets
*Our appeal is to the easiness of our beverage elegant crafting our bottles. To create the convince of GLAMOR.
*Promotion: Sample tasting at the liquor stores, VELOUR VODKA theme event at night clubs, Three streamed commercials, T-shirts, vintage themed postcards to put in bags at specialty boutiques, as well as a party events at a couple specific boutique locations on Melrose Ave and Robertson Blvd. in Los Angeles, with free decorative bottles to customers and taste testing, and an Ad in LA Times.

VELOUR VODKA sells GLAMOR. CONNIVANCE. RELATION.
Elegantly designed, frosted polycarbonate Vales and Vases, in assorted colors for every woman’s appeal. This beverage is a no-fuss way to socialize, relax and have fun. No more mixing drinks, VELOUR VODKA is light flavored and carbonated. Designed to drink straight with no harsh after taste.

VELOUR VODKA: “A light, flavored, POSH, on-the-go, carbonated beverage.”
“For the relaxed GLAMOROUS woman.”
Experience cocktail hour with glamor and no fuss.
Sold in a small vile, or a long slender vase. Dink chilled or over ice.
“Relaxing never looked so glamorous.”

"3's About ME"

Fun Jessi Facts

* I‘ve been called “Hollywood, Messy Jessi and Corn Face.”

* My jobs have included Modeling, Acting, and Professional Equestrian

* I was born in Indiana, live in Los Angeles and am currently in Las Vegas attending school.

* My favorite shows are, “Friends”, “Gossip Girl”, and “Grey’s Anatomy”

* I have traveled all over but my favorites are, Disney World (Orlando), Yellowstone National Park, and The Bahamas.

* Most frequent emails I receive are from my agent, good friend Nicole and my sister.

*Delicious food favorites: Corn on the cob, string cheese, and mashed potatoes with melted butter on top.

*The cars I enjoy: VW Golf, VW Beetle, and Subaru

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I’m looking forward to graduating from the Art Institute, Traveling Europe and getting my production company off the ground.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

DJMC Productions

The Alpha Omega 9000-Finger Scanner

Chistopher Robinson, Melvin Alvaradl,
Dontre Waggoner and Jessi Harker

We began by brainstorming different ideas and products that we already like. At first, we thought of improving video games, shoes, skateboards, music, or movies. Our first idea was the all purpose retractable sneaker. The sole would slide off and on with different inserts making it capable of going from casual to the club, but after close evaluation we determined that if people were to buy this shoe why wouldn’t they just change shoes before they went out? Our brainstorming went through a dry spell ending up aiming towards fashionable designer sunglass’ with quality lenses when Christopher came up with the micro chip credit card. Our first plan was to embed a chip in people’s wrist to prevent identity and credit card theft; however that didn’t sound to appealing. That’s when we came up with the Finger Scanner.

The Alpha Omega 9000 Finger Scanner will be sold to Banks, credit card companies, Corporations and hospitals to further prevent identity and/or credit card theft. It’s a little machine that scans your finger print. No more signatures and key codes The Alpha Omega 9000 scans your finger print to ensure you are the only one accessing your valuable personal information.
A Fast, Safe, Secure way to protect your identity!

Thursday, August 13, 2009

"Opinions about Marketing and Advertising"

A great marketing plan can make a great product sky rocket with success. The same goes for just an alright product, with a well thought out marketing plan, a product that may have been looked over before, can suddenly be sparkling and new to its specific buyers market. But there is something to say for the marketing plan alone, does the marketing plan actually make the product what it is? I think so. In my opinion, every product is just mediocre until it is marketed properly and to its specific buyers market. "It’s a sign of the times when a company with as strong of a marketing strategy as Starbucks is having financial difficulty.” (Lana Cunningham: http://lulucunning.blogspot.com/) “Marketing can make you come back for more and more.
They want to continue to keep you satisfied and keep you coming back to their product.” (Cierra
Esparza http://ccmarieproductions.blogspot.com/) Lana and Cierra prove my point. Starbucks has an excellent marketing strategy, who else sells five dollar coffees that you can make at home for twenty five cents? They sell their environment to a tee. No coffee company does it better than them (or so we think) but really what we should say is no one markets it better than them. But even Starbucks is having difficulty right during this economic recession. So I ask so what does that say for all of the other little coffee companies that have followed in their footsteps?As I previously discussed Marketing and Advertising are vastly different but one needs the other to survive. You can market a product all y u want but if no one ever here’s about it how will it sell? If the product isn’t marketed to the right demographic who will buy it? “…marketing and advertising complement each other. Although they are fairly different, both are needed in creating a successful business.” (Shantay Reaze: http://fashionistafyi.blogspot.com/) Quoted very nicely on Shanty’s blog, she makes my point quit clear. Starbucks wouldn’t sell twenty five cent coffees for five dollars if they didn’t market their product to the proper demographic and then advertise to them as well. As I said before advertising is just a component of marketing, but a very important component at that. No successful marketing plan can succeed without a successful Advertising campaignWeek 5: EOC

Thursday, August 6, 2009

"The difference between Marketing and Advertising"

Week 4 EOC

Many people believe Marketing and Advertising are the same thing, when actually they are very different. Advertising is only one (among many) very important components of Marketing and is seen more as promotional tool. Here are a couple brief descriptions: Marketing is the process taken to identify the potential market you are aiming for. Advertising is brand promotion, gets the word out, and involves tactics such as Ads, flyers, billboards, commercials’, and is more money focused.
Marketing is more customer focused , it takes more strategic planning and relies more on perception of the business. Both Marketing and Advertising are extremely important to the success of a business and if well thought out and executed properly can be the icing on the cake for any budding business. "Advertising is impersonal, one-way mass communication about a product or organization that is paid for by a marketer." MKTG, Lamb pg. 212. This quote sums it up pretty well.
The best way for me to understand the difference between marketing and advertising, is to look at it like the marketers hire the advertisers.