In Response to Mike's American Airlines

I agree with you Mike, this is not a good thing for those people, that company, or the economy.  When people lose their jobs unemployment goes up, when unemployment goes up people don't spend, etc. which eventually leads us right into a recession.  For companies around the world I think that it isn't good for them either because they will have to be laying people off as well.  These are just a couple thoughts I had on this topic. What do you think some suggestions for the company, or maybe the people losing their jobs?

NASA Reaches the Dark Side of the Moon

I recently read an article online about NASA saying they had reached the far side of the moon, they also had a video clip!  This video was recorded on January 19th of 2012.  These snapshots and videos are great because they can be used to study that side of the moon; the shots can also be used to give to students between fourth and eighth grade for them to stud the dark side of the moon with.  I think this is a great idea and that NASA is doing something to educate people.  I also think these snapshots and videos could possibly be useful, maybe they could show us something that we might have never known before, or maybe telling us something about the future, who knows?! I think what our space program is doing is very useful and important; what are your thoughts on this?

Marketing

I believe that, even if you are not majoring in marketing or pursuing that as a career, a course in that field can be very helpful.  Marketing is a tool used anywhere and everywhere with any company that you can think of; marketing is the tool behind getting the product into the customers hands.  Degrees such as Art or Graphic Design use marketing.  For example, we have a student in my Management information Systems class that is trying to come up with a product and launch it into the market; marketing will be a big backbone in trying to do so.  This student will need to come up with a target market which he will be advertising his product to, ways to show these people his product etc.  These are all tools that marketing uses and that are helpful to any business.  I work at a hospital in the kitchen and the website for the hospital is always changing and updating what's going on so that people know, and are informed.  Marketing is used all over the world and, I think, that it is the backbone to any successful business.  What do you think of Marketing, do you think that a business could survive with little to no marketing going on?

Myself as a Product

Product: MCH Food Serverices, I'm a cook-supervisor at a hospital kitchen.  I do everything from prep-cook work to making dinner for staff/patients.  I am a hard worker and very charismatic; I take pride in the cooking that I do, always taking the time I need to so that it looks as best as it can.  My employers would give me a high recommendation.
Place: The hospital kitchen that I work in has extremely good food; the location isn't somewhere you want to come for dinner however since we are located in a hospital.  But, say you have an appointment, are visiting someone, come on down to eat a nice lunch or dinner.  The cafeteria is roomy and homy for a nice dinner while visiting a family member.
Price: We have a very reasonable price for the food that we offer.  We also always have a hot soup, a hot steam table that has multiple entree's and sides along with a full salad and deli bar.  Both the salad and deli are weighed at .33 cents an oz along with our delicious soft serve ice cream!
Promotion: We have a couple different promotions that we do.  The first promotion is that if you want to go in and see a family member you can get one meal for free with them.  The second one is a meal deal in the cafeteria, this usually consists of one of the entree's from that day, two sides and a large fountain soda.
I feel that the four p's here are very closely related to each other and that you must be able to use them all to be successful, do you agree?  Are the four p's even related at all?

Difference between marketing, advertising & propaganda

In the business world there are many differences between the three words marketing, advertising and propaganda.  Marketing is a tool used by a specific company to market a certain product for that company; most companies even have their own marketing departments for that company.  Advertising is a little bit different; an advertising company is a company that strictly advertises things and may not have a lot of knowledge about a certain product.  An advertising company is given the product to advertise for another company.  Propaganda is something I'm not sure what it is; if I had to take a stab at what propaganda is I would say that it is a mix between marketing and advertising.  Maybe propaganda is a company that is strictly a merchandising company.  For example, Dell is a merchandising company, they don't manufacture a single compute they just put the brand name on their products and pay to have them made.
I would say that these are some of the differences between marketing, advertising and propaganda; I would love to hear your thoughts or opinions on this or debate with me what you might think that these three words mean?!