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Re: Class Assignment Posted on Blogger Due 10 Dec 2009

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:29:31 +0000

Yes, blogs are public unless you make them private. Everyone in the world can see it!

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Class Assignment Posted on Blogger Due 10 Dec 2009

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:01:27 +0000

I have kept a copy of blog answers to assignment questions just in case. Do you have access to the blogs? (although it seems like you do sans an invitation)

Just thought I'd mention it. Stay warm and have a good night folks.
Rebecca

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Re: hi did paula i. drop the class ?

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:50:32 +0000

I have no information about any withdrawal.

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hi did paula i. drop the class ?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:56:49 +0000

hi did paula i. drop the class ? need to know she is in my group..thanks

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Re: Question number 2

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:28:36 +0000

Ok cool scared me for a little bit there. Im finally all done it was tough and long but very informative I think. I was happy that I was able to apply everything I have learned so far in class and on my own. Cya saturday.

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Re: Question number 2

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:24:24 +0000

The timer was set incorrectly on question 2. I've fixed it. My apologies.

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Re: Question number 2

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:21:51 +0000

It's always been 11:55 pm today Thursday, not 5pm

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Question number 2

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:15:00 +0000

Since when was the midterm due today at 5:00 pm? Is this an error? Or am I really getting penalized for not uploading it by 5:00pm today?

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Re: mid term question 2

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:54:15 +0000

You should be able to find the subscriber acquisition cost on the last page of the earnings statement. The subscriber acquisition cost is exactly the same concept as the "customer acquisition cost" we discussed in class. How did we calculate that? Hint: look at marketing expenditure and the number of new subscribers.

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Re: Midterm Question 1

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:45:03 +0000

Now it's Galleo. Last year it was Galler.

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Re: mid term question 4 .....Chocolate

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:43:46 +0000

There are also handling charges for online sales. Customer pays shipping, but not handling.

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Re: QUESTION 3

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:40:59 +0000

See reply above.

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Re: QUESTION 3

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:40:20 +0000

Just compare the price of one bottle and assume you can order twelve of them.

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Re: Question 1 part d

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:38:49 +0000

The first of these. The second makes no sense: to talk about "total" click-through and conversion rates is meaningless, because they are different things.

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Question 1 part d

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:58:15 +0000

Before I post -

Re: skeptical advertisers…do you mean the click-through rate is likely to be 1% and the conversion rate is likely to be 1% also.

OR…do you mean the click-through and conversion rates will likely total 1%?

Thanks.

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Re: QUESTION 3

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:46:47 +0000

i just used another wine with the same per bottle price as the suggested one….(for the VarMax site.)

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Re: mid term question 4 .....Chocolate

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:38:18 +0000

I think I am missing some info. Don't see much except costs per chocolate and fixed costs.

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Re: Midterm Question 1

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:29:03 +0000

Is it Galler or Galleo USA? I will go with Galleo (Belgian Chocolates)

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Re: QUESTION 3

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:47:19 +0000

ok So being that I Can not find any other matching products on both sites because the search option on the Varmax is faulty, what should I do? should I just do the questions according to 11 bottles instead of 12?

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mid term question 2

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:08:49 +0000

Prof. in reference to subscription costs, I am having some difficulty figuring out how to go about it, are there any guidelines you can offer. thank you.

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Re: Midterm Question 1

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:24:49 +0000

thank s got it! (I hope!)

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QUESTION 3

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:49:33 +0000

VARMAX currently only has 11 bottles in stock of the 2007 Clos Pegase Chardonnay Carneros Mitsuko’s Vineyard. So I am going to have to use another product.

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Re: mid term question 4 .....Chocolate

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:46:30 +0000

Not income, but expenses. The owner's share of profit is part of the operating expenses of the store. The only income comes from chocolate sales and income from shipping charges. You can ignore shipping charges because the customer pays them.

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Re: Midterm Question 1

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:43:19 +0000

Yes, an impression means one page view i.e. someone who sees the ad. Every time your web browser displays a web page, it counts as one page impression. The target audience is irrelevant. All that matters is how many times the page is displayed to viewers.

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Re: Midterm Question 1

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:09:28 +0000

Is the amount of the total impressions per year (SportsPassion) needed to break even the same as the Impressions of those who see ad or is it the target audience figure? Help!

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Re: mid term question 4 .....Chocolate

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:03:22 +0000

For question 4…..Part A3 does the 50% at the end of store profit that goes to the Owner count as part of the operating income?

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Re: Midterm - SportsPassion Quest 1 Segment on per click or CPM with 2% clicks & 10% sales

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:14:57 +0000

No. Parts b), c) and d) are separate. See the answer to Natacia's post. Just take your time and don't get confused. If you think clearly you will see that part b) — concerned with how much money SportsPassion can make from advertising — is nothing to do with parts c) and d), which are concerned with one advertiser's customer acquisition cost if they advertise on SportsPassion.

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Re: Midterm Question 1

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:10:45 +0000

You are referring to question 1 part b). Part b) asks you to figure out how much money SportsPassion might make from selling advertising. In this part of the question advertising is on a CPM basis i.e. SportsPassion gets paid $5 for every thousand page impressions (an impression is one page view). You are given enough information to figure out how many page views a typical sports team generates each month. These page views (or impressions) come from team members and team followers. With this information , you can figure out how much advertising revenue is generated by a typical team in one year. You know that the company needs to generate a total of $150,000 a year in revenue to break even, so you can then work out the number of teams they need.

Part b) has nothing to do with customer acquisition cost. Parts c) and d) are concerned with an advertiser's customer acquisition cost. Specifically, they ask you to figure out the advertiser's customer acquisition cost if they advertise on SportsPassion's site. That cost will be different, depending on whether they choose CPM or CPC advertising. This is the same calculation we covered in class last Saturday.

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Midterm Question 1

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:58:35 +0000

Under question 1, there is a question about the average sports team has 20 members and 30 followers. Every team member visits the site once a week. Every follower once a month. how many teams would need to be signed up for the business to break even. Can you explain that question to me. Must we use our previous questions on customer acquisition cost to answer this question?
Thank you

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Re: Midterm - SportsPassion Quest 1 Segment on per click or CPM with 2% clicks & 10% sales

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:27:41 +0000

Are we basing all the subsequent questions on the information we have calculated prior to the questions?
H E L P

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Re: mid term question 4 .....Chocolate

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:24:34 +0000

You are reading it correctly. This question has two parts: a) and b). Part a) concerns in-store sales only i.e. parts 1), 2) and 3) of a) concern in-store only. Part b) is concerned with the impact of online sales. Some sub-questions of b) ask about online sales only. Other parts of b) ask about the overall store performance with both in-store and online sales included.

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mid term question 4 .....Chocolate

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:52:51 +0000

Aree parts 1,2,3 of quest 4 based on both in store and on line, or just in store . The way it reads to me, it's just in store, but just want to make sure before i spend time doing it potentially the wrong way.

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Re: Midterm - SportsPassion

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:34:50 +0000

Here's a press release about SportsPassion. There's only two ways they can make money: license their content or sell advertising. You should assume that advertising is important.

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Midterm - SportsPassion

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:32:16 +0000

via email I can not figure out how sportspassion makes money(business model). I even
registered on the website to see if they had maybe advertising but none that I
could see any hints?

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Re: Mid-term

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:02:36 +0000

This midterm is 20% of your grade, so there are four questions. Answer all four questions, as it says in the instructions. Answer all parts of each question. Some of the questions may look intimidating at first, but if you take some time and think about them you will be able to work them out.

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Mid-term

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:32:35 +0000

In the questions posted for the midterm, are we to chose 1 out of the 4, or do we have to answer all 4 questions?
Also, there are several questions with # 1 & 2. It is a bit unclear as to what is question 1, 2 or the parts to the question.
Thanks.

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No class on 11-28

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:47:18 +0000

Sorry, that was an error. There is no class on 11-28.

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class on 11-28 ??

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:49:31 +0000

I thought there was no class after Thanksgiving …its posted on Moodle that there is class on 11-28

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Re: Class misc.

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:25:02 +0000

Yes. I'm sorry I'm behind on the grading! It will be done early next week.

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Class misc.

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:10:25 +0000

Hi just wondering if you'll be able to review and grade completed assignments being that the mid term is due next week ( i think)and i think there are only 3 classes after this Saturdays class…just trying to sched my time for midterm , another weekly assignment and working on assembling the final/group project presentation etc.

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Re: Quiz # 3 ( I think) Question #3

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:22:26 +0000

Sorry! I have fixed the problem.

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Quiz # 3 ( I think) Question #3

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:15:52 +0000

In what way is Facebook the same kind of business as eBay?
Choose one answer. a. They make money in the same way.
b. They both facilitate exchange. Yes: goods for eBay, information for Facebook.
c. They are both highly profitable.
d. They are both used primarily to buy and sell goods.

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Re: text of size

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:36:13 +0000

You must select the Source button after to Select Edit i.e. you Edit the Source.

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Re: text of size

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:02:17 +0000

Prof. I did what you said about three times and my text did not appear any bigger. I went to edit, I entered the text and then save but it did not get any bigger.
thanks

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Re: text of size

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:49:45 +0000

Did you use "Insert Plugin" instead of just clicking on source and editing? Anyway, it achieved the desired result, although not as elegantly as it might have.

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Re: text of size

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:20:07 +0000

Are we supposed to type in our info as a

and then it appears as text? Because I typed in as text and then hit the source button and it showed me the web language. I saved it but do not see it anywhere. I think I went backwards…Oh Lordy. I WILL get this!

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Re: Nkrchomes. pbworks (Natachia)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:27:19 +0000

I can see the wiki, thanks. Please post a link to your group wiki next to your name on the Student Pages of the class wiki so I can find it easily.

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Re: Home Work 2

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:25:32 +0000

Email it to me please.

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Re: text of size

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:24:41 +0000

You need to edit the HTML on your wiki page and insert the element I specified in Assignment 1. Go to your wiki, then hit Edit, the Source (button on the right of the menu). A window with HTML code will open. Insert the element somewhere in that code - ideally a line with not much on it e.g. just

(paragraph) tags. Then save the page, and the large text will appear.

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Nkrchomes. pbworks (Natachia)

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:27:34 +0000

Hello Prof. I am not sure if you received my group project homework. Our site is nkrchomes.pbworks.com. I did the project homework but I do not know if you were able to get it, since I was having some difficulties posting them.

thanks.

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Home Work 2

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:18:38 +0000

Prof. David, where do I post home work 2?
thanks

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text of size

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:58:57 +0000

Prof. David, How do I make my "Hello this is Natachia bigger"

thanks

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Re: Link to Student Pages

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:36:30 +0000

I sure do hope so! Thank you.

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Re: Link to Studenet pages

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:24:14 +0000

Good job replying! I encourage you all to help each other on technical problems.

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Re: Link to Student Pages

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:23:27 +0000

I think you have it, yes?

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Re: Link to Student pages

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:17:08 +0000

It looks like you have! Now you need to add the picture and the html.

There's a small typo in your link on the student page.

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Re: Link to Studenet pages

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:58:01 +0000

You just need to click on student pages…then on the lower right hand side you will see edit…click that then just copy and paste the link onto there after your name

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Link to Studenet pages

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:53:50 +0000

Did I just figure it out?

http://beckflute.pbworks.com/FrontPage

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Link to Student Pages

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:51:37 +0000

HELP!

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Re: Final question four

Sun, 10 May 2009 19:21:04 +0000

TTM numbers are cumulative and therefore not useful for calculating growth.

Growth rates are usually calculated with respect to what happened a year ago in the same quarter e.g. comparing Q4 (Oct-Dec) 07 with Q4 (Oct-Dec) 08. That comparison makes sense because you're comparing like with like i.e. the Holiday season in one year with the Holiday season a year later. That makes more sense than comparing - for example - Q4 07 with Q1 08, as the Holiday season is usually a much bigger season in retail than the quarter that starts the New Year, so the comparison is not a fair one.

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