press release re-write

Raphael Pires                                                                                                                                                 

For more information contact                                               

Ryan Lansberry

4Shore Clothing Company

(555) 555-5555

Facebook.com/4shoreclothingco

4Shore clothing company announced today that they will make hats available for purchase on Feb. 15, 2013.

Ryan Lansberry, co-founder of 4Shore, said that he is very excited to bring hats into the company because he believes it will help move the company forward.

In honor of the new product that the company is releasing they will be setting up a contest in early Jan. 2013. The winner will be allowed to choose any of the 4shore hats as a price.

All that needs to be done to enter the contest, is take a picture of yourself wearing one of the already available 4shore products (shirt/tank top) and post it on the companies Facebook page.

The photo that best represents the “Surfer” lifestyle will be the winner. The photos must be appropriate (PG-13) and must show the 4shore logo on the product that is being worn in the picture.       

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The 4Shore Facebook page will allow for potential participants to discuss the contest and share ideas with one another. They will also be able to chat to Lansberry or Stegman themselves, asking them any questions they have about the contest or the product.

           

“We are very excited to present the new product to our customers, and hope they like it as much as I do” Lansberry said.

More information on the contest will be available soon on the company’s web site at www.4shoreco.com

           

           

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marketing plan re-write

Raphael Pires                                                                                                                                                 

For more information contact                                              

Ryan Lansberry

4Shore Clothing Company

(555) 555-5555

Facebook.com/4shoreclothingco

Company Summary

            4shore Clothing Company is a surf wear brand that started in Feb. 2012. The founders are Ryan Lansberry and Austin Stegman. They started the company because they both liked the idea of being their own bosses, Lansberry said. Now they run their business with the goal of providing the best products and service to their customers.

Target audience

According to Lansberry, the company plans to target “surfers of all ages.” So they make products that aren’t specific for a certain age group.

The company will start marketing locally in Orlando, Fla. Eventually they plan to expand their marketing throughout the state of Florida and beyond.

 Marketing objective

They plan to make hats available for purchase in February 2013. Therefore we have come up with a marketing technique to spread word of the up coming product (hats).

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-       We will start by using Facebook more actively, because its one of the most commonly used social networks in the world.

-       We will allow people to become more interactive with the company by being able to post pictures of themselves on the company page.

-       We will also make it possible for potential customers to be able to talk to both Ryan Lansberry and Austin Stegman (founders of 4shore) about the company and its product.

-       We will use these tools made available to us by Facebook, to set up and online contest to be able to win one of the new hats.

1. To enter you must post a picture of yourself wearing a 4shore shirt/tank top, on the company’s page.

2. Lansberry and Stegman will both decide on the picture that best represents the beach/surfer style the company is going for.

3. The winner will be able to choose from any of the hats that will be made available to be received as a prize.

This will all be done prior to the release date, in order to create anticipation for the release date of the hats, and hoping that it will create a want in the customers.

Press Release

Raphael Pires                                                                                                                                                 

For more information                                               

Ryan Lansberry

4Shore Clothing Company

Facebook.com/4shoreclothingco

4Shore clothing company announced today that they will make hats available for purchase on Feb. 15, 2013.

Ryan Lansberry, co-founder of 4Shore, said that he is very excited to bring hats into the company because he believes it will help move the company forward.

In honor of the new product that the company is releasing they will be setting up a contest in early January of 2013. The contest price is a hat of the winners choice.

All that needs to be done to enter the contest, is take a picture of yourself wearing one of the already available 4shore products (shirt/tank top) and post it on the companies Facebook page.

The photo that best represents the “Surfer” lifestyle will be the winner. The photos must be appropriate (PG-13) and must show the 4shore logo on the product that is being worn in the picture.

The 4Shore Facebook page will allow for potential participants to discuss the contest and share ideas with one another. They will also be able to chat to Lansberry or Stegman themselves, asking them any queations they have about the contest or the product.

More information on the contest will be available soon on the company’s web site at www.4shoreco.com

Marketing plan

Raphael Pires

Marketing Plan

Professor Boyd

            4shore Clothing Company is a surf wear brand that started in Feb. 8, 2012. The founders are Ryan Lansberry and Austin Stegman. They started the company because they both liked the idea of being their own bosses, Lansberry said.

           

The target audience for the company is “surfers of all ages,” according to Lansberry. So they make products that aren’t specific for a certain age group.

They plan to make hats available for purchase in February 2013. Therefore we have come up with a marketing technique to sell the hats.

-          We will start using facebook more commonly because its one of the most commonly used social networks in the world.

-          We will allow people to become more interactive with the company by being able to post pictures of themselves on the company page.

-          We will also make it possible for potential customers to be able to talk to both Ryan Lansberry and Austin Stegman (founders of 4shore) about the company and its product.

-          we will use these tools made available to us by Facebook, to set up and online contest to be able to win one of the new hats.

1. To enter you must post a picture of yourself wearing a 4shore shirt/tank top, on the company’s page.

2. Lansberry and Stegman will both decide on the picture that best represents the beach/surfer style the company is going for.

3. The winner will be able to choose from any of the hats that will be made available to be received as a prize.

      This will all be done prior to the release date, in order to create anticipation for the release date of the hats, and hoping that it will create a want in the customers

Internet Essay

Raphael Pires

Nov. 12, 2012

Professor Carpenter

Survey of mass comm

               

                The invention of the internet has changed many things. It has especially changed the personal lives of many people. There are certain websites that people in today's society cant live without. I am one of those people, and the websites I cant live without would include Facebook, Google, YouTube, and regions.com.

                The reason I couldn't live without Facebook, is because of my family that’s in Brazil. I'm originally from Brazil, but I moved to the USA as a child. Most of my family is still in Brazil, and the most common way of communication is through Facebook  Whenever I want to talk to one of my cousins, I know I can just get on Facebook. If it happens that they are online, then we can communicate instantaneously. If they aren't online, I can send them a message and they will respond to me as soon as they see it.

                Another website I couldn’t live without is Google. I understand that Google is just a website that takes you to other websites, but it makes it simpler to find things you’re looking for. When I was looking to buy my first car, the first thing I did is go on Google, and type in “Cars for sale.” It showed me links to various car dealerships. Google allows you to find websites that you wouldn’t even imagine existed otherwise.

                YouTube is another important website to me. I think that YouTube has changed the way that the world operates. People can upload a video of them playing a song onto YouTube one day, and sign a record deal with a major label because of it the next. I also think I couldn’t live without YouTube, because I think that it has made the world a smaller and more interactive place. People in China can upload videos, and I can watch them here in America. The world can watch the same things,  laugh at the same videos, and listen to the same music, because of YouTube.

                A lot of people in today’s world see very little need to actually step foot into a bank. You can pretty much do anything you need, that is bank related, on the banks website. This is why I personally couldn’t live without Region.com. I can check my balance online, transfer money online, and I have direct deposit set up with my job, so I literally never need to physically go into a bank. With online banking being so accessible to anyone with an account, it takes away the hassles of having to waste gas driving to the bank, waiting in line at the bank and dealing with grumpy people employees. It makes the banking experience all around more pleasurable.

                Everyone in today’s society is going to have some sort of website that they can’t live without. Sometime you don’t realize it because of how common it is to us, but without some websites we would be lost. Weather it’s for business or recreation, the creation of the internet and the websites that have come because of it, has, and will continue to change the world as we know it.

Marketing Budget Line

Market13

Pires, R

Nov. 13, 2012

              

                   I will interview Lizzie Wirgau, the founder of "Market Colors," a non for profit organization, on Thursday. I will ask her many things about why she decided to start this organization, and I also want to find out if she has any plans for the future of the organization.

In class assignment (plane crash)

Plane6

Pires, R

Nov. 6, 2012

            Two people were killed last night in a plane crash at the Centerville Airport.  The men have been identified as Dr. Richard Sabatini, who was piloting the plane and his wife Lydia.

            

            Jeff Belden of the local Federal Aviation Administration field office says that the plane that crashed “was a single-engine plane.” The exact type of plane is the Cessna 172 Skyhawk. The Skyhawk was first flown in 1955 and became the most successful mass produced light weight aircraft.

            

             Sabatini and his wife were going to the exclusive Fontainebleau resort in the north part of the state for a skiing holiday, which is why they were taking the plane, Lt. Feldman says. As they were taking off they crashed into a field adjacent to the runway.

           

              According to the control tower Sabatini was able to get the plane off the ground, but quickly realized he was having trouble controlling the aircraft. It is believed that the loss of control could be due to the foul weather that was occurring during the take off.  The foul weather included sleet and a strong, driving wind.

                                                              

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Broadcast tv:

            A couple dies in a fatal plane crash tonight. It is believed that the pilot lost control of his plane due to bad weather. The type of plane that was being piloted is the Cessna 172 Skyhawk, which is believed to be one of the most popular planes sold in todays market. According to the control tower the plane had just gotten off the ground when it crashed in a field adjacent to the runway.

Profile Re-write

Congressman23

Pires, R

Sept. 9, 2012

Alan Grayson, the 54-year-old former representative of the 10^th District of Florida, is working hard with his campaign team to be re-elected. This time he is running for representative of the 9^th District (redrawn in 2010). The election takes place Nov. 6, 2012 and Grayson says he has unfinished business that he wants to take care of as representative.

Before becoming a political figure, Grayson graduated from the Bronx School of Science. He later went to Harvard, where in only three years he earned his bachelors degree in economics, also receiving high honors. He graduated in the top 2 percent of his class at Harvard. Grayson has been a hard worker since a young age, and has an educational background that will benefit him if re-elected.

Republican candidate Todd Long is the last thing standing in the way of Grayson’s goal to be re-elected as representative.  Long is a Virginia Native who came down to Orlando, Fla in the 1980s. He graduated from Rollins in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Long is known for being a hard core Conservative, and hopes to represent the 9^th District accordingly.

By Grayson being the Democratic Party nominee, it seems that he has the upper hand in this election. The reason for that is because the new 9^th District is made up of mostly democrats. Some of Longs right wing views don’t sit too well with a lot of the minorities that reside in the 9^th District.

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Grayson, on the other hand, voted for the DREAM Act in 2010, which provides conditional permanent residency to certain undocumented residents of good moral character. “The Dream Act has directly affected the lives of many close friends, and I have seen how much good it has done in our community” Samuel Albuquerque, a Brazilian who lives in the 9^th District, said. Such political moves as these are what brought Grayson to be known as the “Congressman with guts.”

Although most of Grayson’s political views seem to match that of the people living in the 9^th District, Not everyone agrees with some of Grayson’s gutsy moves. Garrett Dillon, also a resident in Grayson’s district, says that he does not agree with Grayson on the DREAM ACT. “People who are in America illegally should be deported so that there is room for the people waiting to come here legally.”

Grayson is not discouraged by the comments of people who don’t agree with him. Instead he says that through hard work, paying attention and getting things done he will do a lot of good for the people of the 9^th District. Being hopeful of the election to come Grayson says “When I get back into congress, I will continue the work that I started”.  

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TV Essay

Raphael Pires

Oct. 24, 2012

Survey of mass Communication

Professor Carpenter

           

I’ve been watching TV since as early as I can remember. Honestly I believe that I watch too much TV. It’s easy for me to turn on the TV and drift off for hours. Sometimes it causes me to forget about homework and get to work late, but the worst part is that most of the time I couldn’t even tell you what I was watching. It seems that I am put into a TV trance. The only time I actually pay attention to what I’m watching is when I happen to be viewing one of my three favorite programs. Those three consist of “Tosh.0,” “Swamp People,” and “E News.”

            Tosh.0 is a comedy show that stars Daniel Tosh on Comedy Central. Tosh is a host that pulls videos from the internet and makes fun of them. He has certain sections in the show such as the “web redemptions” and the “Breakdowns.” The “web redemption” is when he gives people in one of the web videos a chance to fix something they did wrong. And the “breakdown” is when he literally breaks down a video frame by frame and makes funny comments on what the person in the video was thinking throughout it all. I like the type of dry comedy that Tosh presents on his show, making fun of anyone and anything. I also find it interesting the way Tosh found a way to put two of the “big hitters” of mass media ( the TV and Computer) together and make a lot of money off of it.

            “Swamp People” is literally about swamp people.  The show follows a bunch of different gator hunters who live on swamps and pretty much hunt gators all day. To many people this sounds like a boring show, but the characters they found to be on the show is what makes it entertaining. Although I pretty much try to watch any show on TV about gators anyways, this seems to be the one that keeps pulling me back. Once again I believe it’s the characters. One of the characters, Troy Landry, who has been hunting gators since he was a kid, is known as “King of the Swamp.” He is one of the best gator hunters around, and he has one of the strongest Cajun accents you’ll hear. Anything that Troy says on the show seems to be funny. When I decide that I’ve learned all there is to know about gator hunting for a day, I turn to the “E” network.

            The show I seem to like most of all is “E News.” It is a news show for everything going on in Hollywood, whether it’s about a new movie that’s coming out, or something more serious like the death of a celebrity. Back in high school I got into broadcast journalism. A big part of that was because I watched “E News” and admired the way that the hosts could captivate an audience just by the way they said something. I was amazed and the power and responsibility that a host is given once he/she is put on the air. From then on I decided that I wanted to be a host. I continue to watch “E News” everyday, and try to pick up on certain ways that the hosts use the English language to persuade and audience to feel one way or another. In some ways I consider it homework, because I watch it to learn useful techniques for what I hope will be my career.

            Of course I watch a lot of other shows besides the three I mentioned, such as “How I Met Your Mother” and “The Big Bang Theory.” The difference is that I’m okay with watching the re-runs of those shows, and not with “Tosh.0,” “Swamp People,” or “E News.” I don’t like to miss when a new “Tosh.0” comes out because then my friends will keep mentioning jokes from the show that I wont understand. I don’t miss “Swamp People” because I truly do like to watch people hunting gators. But I especially try not to miss “E News” because like every other news station, its different everyday. If I miss one of the airings, then I might miss out on some information that might not be presented again.  This is why I also pay attention to all these shows, when I truly watch all the others shows because its a lot easier than doing anything else.