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Eric Enders wrote a new blog post: Social Media Era 2 years ago
As this course wraps up, I have realized many key points that I have learned from the course. The main take away is that people are always watching. I had one company comment on one of my blogs that I made to show the world how to put a slideshow on their blog. Also, I [...]
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Eric Enders wrote a new blog post: Modern Viral Marketing 2 years, 1 month ago
Viral marketing used to be like this where it spreads by word of mouth. Today, it is spread by words on a computer screen. I don’t really promote particular products, but I do promote websites and articles on my Facebook. I have promoted numerous articles from sites like digg.com and reddit.com. Almost every product that [...]
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Eric Enders wrote a new blog post: IT Awards and After Party 2 years, 1 month ago
On Tuesday April 12, 2011, The Fox School of Business’ Management Information Systems department held its annual IT Awards Reception. This has been my second year attending the event and I must say it was much more professional and elegant as the year prior. The speeches were extremely motivational in showing the importance to strive for [...] -
Eric Enders wrote a new blog post: Is Social Media Something New or Just More Accessible? 2 years, 1 month ago
Social media is definitely new in that technology has advanced the way “communities” formulate and congregate. The old way was at town halls and such, but today, people are speaking out online. Globalization and the advancement has evolved the way society speaks out and receives their information. Therefore, social media has always been around. It [...]
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Eric Enders wrote a new blog post: Ways to Enhance Blog’s Traffic 2 years, 1 month ago
Use other social media sites A good way to get your blog out there is by posting the link all over the Internet. Before the Internet, the inexpensive way of advertisement was through passing fliers around. Placing your link on social media sites is very similar to passing fliers around. By constantly placing your links [...] -
Eric Enders commented on the blog post Q&A: Guest Lecture Bonus 2 years, 1 month ago
MIS professionals find ways to make business processes more efficient. By doing so, they drive costs down significantly. For example, in Sunoco’s supply chain, they are buying 100s of millions dollar’s worth of crude oil. The faster and cheapest path through the supply chain, the better the profit margin. Therefore, MIS professionals can use…[Read more]
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Eric Enders commented on the blog post Q&A: Guest Lecture Bonus 2 years, 1 month ago
The lecture helped me understand the big picture and importance of supply chains. It is easy to read about what companies have done, but to hear someone who has experience in what we are learning really helps to understand. Three things that I learned from the lecture are: 1)Companies like Sunoco spend a lot of [...]
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Eric Enders commented on the blog post Q&A: Guest Lecture Bonus 2 years, 1 month ago
Exploration of crude oil which is outsources. Crude oil is then transported to storage which is done in house. Managers must make scheduling is efficient or it will cost a lot of money to store the crude oil. Then the oil refinery breaks the oil down into gasoline and other liquids for consumers. Then, the [...]
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Eric Enders wrote a new blog post: Promoting through Social Media 2 years, 1 month ago
I picked the most branded, well known company in the world, Coca-cola. Everyone knows of this company and its products. They have invested and continue to invest lots of time and money to advertise their products. On their website, they have links to their Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube pages. On each of these sites [...]
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Eric Enders commented on the blog post Q&A: eFulfillment 2 years, 1 month ago
Success of an online retailer must be measured the same as a regular company. Therefore, profits and customer satisfaction compared to competition will measure its success. Since it is online, measuring the amount of buyers per visitor would be successful due to seeing how often someone visits the site, they actually buy something.
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Eric Enders commented on the blog post Q&A: eFulfillment 2 years, 1 month ago
A. Shoplink.com
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Eric Enders commented on the blog post Q&A: eFulfillment 2 years, 1 month ago
Distribution centers whose core competencies are built around mass production of products for retail stores would not be able to produce for individual customers. This is a good idea for a company who isn’t doing well and could possibly sustain themselves in the market. There are companies who do this like Nike and Dell. Each [...]
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