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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

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

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?

Question 1 part d

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:58:14 +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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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?

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Home Work 2

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

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

text of size

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

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

thanks

Link to Studenet pages

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

Did I just figure it out?

http://beckflute.pbworks.com/FrontPage

Link to Student Pages

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

Need to figure out how to get my pbworks link onto the student pages.

5b

Sun, 10 May 2009 13:47:03 +0000

The people we are advertising is for people over 18 including 18 correct?

Final question four

Sun, 10 May 2009 03:56:49 +0000

In Amazon's Quarterly Results, what does TTM stand for? Also, for their operating margin, would I use % of WW net sales or TTM % of WW net sales?

Final ? 4d

Sat, 09 May 2009 19:43:17 +0000

For question 4d use ask us to use tools from the 1st half of the course. Do you mean tools like google traffic estimator, analytics, etc?

Final link doesnt work

Fri, 08 May 2009 21:58:57 +0000

The link posted for the final doesnt work on my computer. is there one you can send me for a mac?

Final

Tue, 05 May 2009 21:37:35 +0000

I know it says on the final that each answer cannot be longer than 1 page but when I answered question 1 I went over one page by about 4 or 5 sentences. Is that okay?

Size of industry

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:16:08 +0000

I have a lot of trouble finding info on social networking industry. I can find information on individual sites but I have been unable to find anything on the size of the social networking industry.

HW8

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:53:02 +0000

For HW#8 do you want us to post the information to questions 2 and 3 on the homepage or should we make a separate page for it?

HW 7

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:57:17 +0000

I'm having a bit of trouble finding the revenue for ING…
However with this link
http://annualreports.ing.com/2008/report/ing_direct/index.html

would "total income" qualify for that because after much searching I cannot come up with any reports that have revenue and somehow there are many branches of ING to see a total page

HW7-Revenue via internet

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:11:12 +0000

Since "E*trade" is pure internet business, so can I say "overall revenue = revenue via internet"?

Homework 7

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:31:08 +0000

One of the questions in the hw asked " How much revenue does the business generate overall? " My group is doing social networking so would that mean I need to find out how much all social networking sites are doing or just the ones my group is researching. And if it is just the ones my group is researching then could I just write how much revenue each site is making individually and add them up for a total?

Hw 6 q

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:04:15 +0000

I am unsure whether I should stay with $5/1000 for figuring out the click through rate and conversion rate because we are working from the old problem and the pages will still cost the same now as before only with the addition of the two ads on every page each priced at $4.00/CPM or just forget about the $5 and go with doubling the $4 for two ads a page. Thanks

HW6 Q2 pt 7

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:35:03 +0000

is the $4000 sale value per day?

HW6 Q2

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:31:26 +0000

How do we save our google traffic estimator?

HW6 Q2 part 6

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:25:25 +0000

For question# 2 part 6.

There isn't a click through rate % to got with the conversion rate of 1%.

HW 6 Q2 part 5

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:22:37 +0000

For question# 2 part 5:

Do we use bathroom renovation as the keyword search or the keywords we came up with, when using Google keyword tool.

HW6 Q4

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:19:35 +0000

For question# 4:

I used 5 keywords & used the top three sites for each. Is that correct?

HW6 Question 1

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:47:40 +0000

Please confirm.

1. I assume that "supporters" means "followers" in midterm, is that correct?

2. 1 team still has 10 members & 20 supporters as same as midterm, is that correct?

3. For break even, can I calucurate as teams numbers per year? (since you mentiond as annual operating cost)

Best regards,

HW6 Q1 query

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:38:56 +0000

I must say I start the assignments most of the time pretty early, i just have a problem working out these math problems. What is the best way to work out # 1?

Group Project ?

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:33:49 +0000

What angle should we be using to present our information to the site and to the class? Are we supposed to be a bank that is pitching to new customers? Are we merely an educational site? I guess I'm not sure what exactly we're supposed to be telling people.

Thanks,

Jeff

Don't have too many meetings

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:06:02 +0000

The whole idea of a wiki is that people can collaborate without sitting in the same room at the same time. By all means have some meetings, particularly to organize who does what and to set deadlines, but virtual collaboration is much easier to organize. With a little practice, you'll find it works well. You can even use AIM/Skype/whatever to discuss content while working on it from home.

How to develop your wiki

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:31:45 +0000

You should add material frequently in small batches. That way your colleagues can see what you have. It's a bad idea to wait while you "collect a bunch of articles" and then add them to the wiki much later and all at once.
One page per topic. For example, you should have a page for the business model of a company. Your "business models" page will summarize/synthesize the individual pages. If your wiki is well organized its easier for me and your colleagues to add value.
You should have many short pages rather than few long ones. Long pages are too hard to navigate. When a page becomes too long, split it.

Social network web seminar

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:52:46 +0000

I received an invitation to attend an online conference on social networking for marketers.
Im sharing with you all-heres the registration info.

Twebinar: Marketing to the Social Web
Register at: http://is.gd/oeHm

1 c

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:00:55 +0000

I dont understand what you mean by page impression per sale?
in the slides:
CDNow’s customer acquisition cost was reportedly $45 per new customer (e.g. $4.5 million in TV ads -> 100,000 cust.)
The average customer buys 25 CDs over the lifetime of the relationship

do we know what the avg sale is per customer in sports equipment?
or am i totally missing the point here?

"Extra Credit"

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:57:14 +0000

[Extra credit] does NOT mean that these parts of questions are optional. If you do not attempt them you will lose points. [Extra credit] means that these parts of questions are weighted more heavily because they are slightly more challenging.

1c

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:36:24 +0000

Are doing two seperate customer acquisition costs for both questions c1 and c2? I am confused, because of the two different click-through percentages.

Midterm question

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:49:45 +0000

Hi Professor,
I have been working on C. 1 & 2 for some time. I am trying to figure out where to go. I am pretty sure I am doing this incorrectly. I have been trying to figure out how I can come to a formula to figure out the customer acquisition cost for each. So far I have just arrived at how much each would make from a single team with each option. ( For $5 :1,000 pages impressions or $0.40: a single click). Going at a rate of $5:1,000; they will make $…. and same for the other. Please help. Thanks.

Question 1

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:58:48 +0000

I had a question about 1. B.2.
Suppose the average sports team has 10 members and 20 followers. Every team member visits the site once a week. Every follower visits the site once a month. How many teams would need to sign up to SportsPassion for the business to break even?

Do you want us to figure out how many teams need to sign up in a year to break even?

labor involved

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:17:16 +0000

Is the labor($1) involved in processing the orders included in price per lb of chocolate is sold for?

Question about Revenue

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:36:19 +0000

On the class wiki it says that revenue = price x quantity. According to that definition it does not included any s&h fees paid by the customer. However, I found a definition of revenue online that said s&h is included in revenue because you could charge the customer $10 for s&h when it only cost $2 to actually ship it. So I'm not sure which definition of revenue I should follow.

Midterm #1

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:20:41 +0000

Do we use the info give in 1b to determine the profitability of sportspassion for 1a? Or do we answer the business model question w/o using that info?

Midterm Spring 2009

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:15:39 +0000

Hello David (via Simin):

I am not sure if I understand the Question #1 part B second question about # of the members needed for the for the business to break even.

Did you want us to calculate base on

· the membership fees? I could not find it on their website, they say there maybe fees but do not indicate how much.

· Based on impressions? How many pages any team or fan visits in any given time?

Group Assignment

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:49:18 +0000

I've re-posted Lecture 9 from last year so you can see an example of an industry analysis PowerPoint presentation. Note that this level of detail is greater than that I expect from the group projects. However, the structure and content will give you a good idea of what is expected.

Re:Homework 6

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:51:00 +0000

When will the next assignment be posted?

HW# 5

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:26:51 +0000

I'm getting this when I try to do the hw.

Warning Tracking Not Installed (Last checked: Mar 1, 2009 5:26:11 PM )
The Google Analytics tracking code has not been detected on your website's home page. For Analytics to function, you or your web administrator must add the code to each page of your website.

Group Project Wiki Site

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:09:25 +0000

For the group project wiki site access, is it better to change to set up everyone(I mean team members) as editor, not writer?

-Thank you for your help. Sorry, I should put this question to "Technical help" forum…

Media Alert!!For Professor Seabrook's Spring 09' Internet and Business Class

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:14:10 +0000

Hi All
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon will be on Charlie Rose today. You can catch the interview either on this morning's Charlie Rose or this evening's repeat telecast.
It's I think a great opportunity to see the Professor's favorite business model for our course in realtime and in a real world context.
Dont miss it.
Lawrence

home work 4

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:00:19 +0000

Hi i need a little help with home work # 4

I dont know how to create the site, accept the invitaion from others, and put a link to my name on the wiki page.

Question# 3

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:27:53 +0000

I'm a little confused about question #3. I understand that we need to step up the 5 columns and fill in Step 1: B, Step 2: B, S. But when it comes to benefits to new sellers and how do we come up with these #s? Is there something I missed in class or that I am forgetting.

Question#2 part 2 & 3

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:41:56 +0000

In question 2 part 3: net income/revenue is that for the whole year (2008) or for this period?

HW4 Q4

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:13:41 +0000

Do you mean,

Number of hamburger, Shop of hamburger, or Type of hamburger?

HW2 Q2 (via Lisa)

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:04:20 +0000

Hi! I was just trying to work on the homework for next Monday and I have a couple of questions. For the question about pets.com you ask why they failed the numbers test, what exactly do you mean by the numbers test?

HW2 Q3 (Via Rebecca)

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:34:38 +0000

3. Use Amazon.com's 2007 income statement to compare Amazon.com fulfillment costs as a percentage of net sales with those of DUB Pies's online sales (for DUB, assume that fulfillment costs include all shipping, handling and transaction costs). How do you explain the difference?

In the question you want us to analyze the fulfillment cost. Does that mean use the fulfillment cost at the end of the income statement where it says fulfillment = 39 and then find out the fulfillment cost of DUB pie's and see the difference between the two? I just wanted to make sure I am on the right track. Thank you for your time.