Chapter 8, Problem 4P

Determine whether your firm has a social media presence by looking at sites like Facebook and Twitter. How do they vary from other types of social media? How many businesses make use of these internet-based solutions for hiring purposes? Let me ask you this: am I free to speak all of my native tongues? If so, do these mediums facilitate the discovery of new clients and collaborators for business people?

The owner of Pitt Fitness is considering whether to consolidate his clubs and offer classes in only one location to ensure profitability. To explore his question, what query or queries would you create to answer this business strategy question?

2. Yelp is a successful social networking site. After reading the information presented in this module and other sources, write a one-page paper that describes the business model used by Yelp. How does Yelp generate revenue? How can businesses benefit from this social networking site? Who are the top two competitors of Yelp?

Conduct research to see whether or whether your organisation has a presence on the social networking site Facebook or the microblogging service Twitter. How do they differentiate themselves from the many other types of social media platforms? How many firms now utilise the many recruitment tools accessible on the internet? Do you mind if I try to communicate with you in both of the languages that I grew up speaking? With the support of these platforms, are professionals able to identify new consumers and business partners to collaborate with?

a) Conduct a brief research on two successful online businesses whose revenues are notbased on advertising, and write a report to describe each of them.b) Find a website that you think is successful in creating an effective web presence. Whydo you think this website is good? Find also a website that in your opinion is notcreating an effective web presence. What are the problems with this website and howcould they be resolved?

Leah Jones is the IT manager at Rock Solid Outfitters, a medium-sized supplier of outdoor climbing and camping gear. Steve Allen, the marketing director, has asked Leah to develop a special web-based promotion. As Steve described it to Leah, Rock Solid will provide free shipping for any customer who either completes an online survey form or signs up for the Rock Solid online newsletter. Additionally, if a customer completes the survey and signs up for the newsletter, Rock Solid will provide a $10 merchandise credit for orders of $100 or more. Leah has asked you to develop a decision table that will reflect the promotional rules that a programmer will use. She wants you to show all possibilities, and then to simplify the results to eliminate any combinations that would be unrealistic or redundant.

Cloud Nine provides its clients with a monthly newsletter that offers recommendations about stocks to buy or sell. Doug Layton, Cloud Nine’s president, has asked your opinion on whether dot-com stocks might be good investments for the future. He specifically mentioned Google, eBay, Amazon.com, and Yahoo!, but he said you could suggest other companies. Doug wants you to do some Internet research to learn more about these web-based companies and their future prospects. You can use a search engine or start by visiting the websites of publications such as Forbes, Fortune Magazine, Business Week, or The Wall Street Journal, among others.

Read the following Case Study Leah Jones is the IT manager at Rock Solid Outfitters, a medium-sized supplier of outdoor climbing and camping gear. Steve Allen, the marketing director, has asked Leah to develop a special web-based promotion. As Steve described it to Leah, Rock Solid will provide free shipping for any customer who either completes an online survey form or signs up for the Rock Solid online newsletter. Additionally, if a customer completes the survey and signs up for the newsletter, Rock Solid will provide a $10 merchandise credit for orders of $100 or more. Leah has asked you to develop a decision table that will reflect the promotional rules that a programmer will use. She wants you to show all possibilities. 1)  create the basic decision table 2)Leah has seen your decision table and thinks it could be simplified to eliminate any combinations that would be unrealistic or redundant. How will you proceed?

Read the following Case Study Leah Jones is the IT manager at Rock Solid Outfitters, a medium-sized supplier of outdoor climbing and camping gear. Steve Allen, the marketing director, has asked Leah to develop a special web-based promotion. As Steve described it to Leah, Rock Solid will provide free shipping for any customer who either completes an online survey form or signs up for the Rock Solid online newsletter. Additionally, if a customer completes the survey and signs up for the newsletter, Rock Solid will provide a $10 merchandise credit for orders of $100 or more. Leah has asked you to develop a decision table that will reflect the promotional rules that a programmer will use. She wants you to show all possibilities. 1)  create decision tree