Advertising Portfolio
Marketing is Expensive Every business owner knows that marketing is a fact of life. After all, you need to get your name out there or nobody will know you exist,…
Wreaths for All Occasions
Sometimes, dealing with stress can be hard. We all have those moments when things; our jobs, our home life, our relationships, get to be too much for us to deal…
I am a Multipreneur
There! I've said it! Out loud and to all of you, so now it's time to come clean. I am not a one-trick pony. I do not just do one…
Finding Balance
Is your life balanced? Running here! Running There! Sometimes it seems like I’m running everywhere! Did you ever have one of those awful days when it seemed like you were…
Living in Nanaimo
Nanaimo Update for May 2015 If you've been following the journey, you know the job that was going to be so perfect for me turned into a bust. It was…
Moving Again
Moving again I cannot believe it's already the middle of May. It seems like just yesterday I was telling you about my work-at-home job and helping out at The Salvation Army.…
What happens next?
People keep asking me what I'm going to do once we get to Nanaimo. I think they believe I am completely insane at worst or just a little off at…
The Great Recession of 2007
What caused the downfall? The Great Recession of 2007 – 2009 is actually still going on in 2012. I know they say it’s a double-dip recession, but quite frankly, it’s…
Perfect Competition
Pure Competition Perfect competition, also known as pure competition has four basic characteristics: Large number of participants Standardized products Price takers not price makers Easy to enter or exit the…
Market Failure
Can markets fail? When markets don’t function properly, we have what “economists refer to as market failure” (McConnell, Brue, & Flynn, 2012, p. 92). Market failure happens on either the supply…
Free Market Society
What is a free market? In a free market society, such as the one people enjoy in the United States, supply and demand give rise to prices and products available…
Environmental Trend Analysis
SPLENDA Environmental Trends Introduction Environmental trends can be seen everywhere, and they affect all aspects of our lives. For marketing specialists, following and understanding environmental trends can make the difference…
Marketing Elements and Customer Analysis
SPLENDA Analysis Introduction Rated number one in their market, Splenda is a no-calorie sweetener made by McNeil Nutritionals, LLC; a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. This analysis will look at…
The future of Education
Is there any hope? Setting goals in the field of education is never an easy task. So many people have different opinions, and they can never seem to agree on…
Educator Responsibility
If I were an administrator, I would explain the balance between the influence of moral standards and character, and freedom of expression as individuals very carefully. I would let them…