Backroads Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 ... Should he be in college?Another weird thing I found on Facebook. I like the basic idea, but the marketing campaign is killing me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annewandering Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 I am a whole lot more convinced that we should teach them better. They are adults not toddlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) It's your basic gadget infomercial type marketing . 1) Show someone doing a simple everyday task as if it is some Herculean task. Don't forget to show them failing spectacularly several times. It's not just difficult, it's nigh impossible. 2) Show how your product is so simple and easy and makes it so you don't have to deal with the trail of doing the previously demonstrated task the 'old way'. Bonus points if you can show children or old people doing it. A lot of marketing relies on the basic concept of of, "Hey, our product lets you do things easier/better/faster/cheaper." It's just gadget infomercials seem to so poorly execute in their effort to highlight usefulness that it goes into eye rolling territory. Edited July 27, 2012 by Dravin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applepansy Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) Children need to learn to be self sufficient. In my life I've been criticized for "making" my kids cook or clean or ride the bus. But, not one of them doesn't know how to find food and even cook it. My boys even make bread from scratch. Now my daughter...well, she won't starve but she doesn't make bread and she has the honor of being the only person we know who can burn water. The weird thing? OH MY HECK! No wonder we have adults who can't take care of themselves and think Mom can't possibly love them if she doesn't take care of them forever wherever they are. GRRRRRR Edited July 27, 2012 by applepansy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applepansy Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 I click on the graphic and it took me to Mygofer.com and on that page at the bottom is another link managemylife.com Where's the rolling my eyes smiley? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroads Posted July 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Rigiht here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahlia Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 $784 a month on discretionary purchases? What college student has that kind of money? Even with a job (and adjusting for inflation), I didn't have money like that as an undergrad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annewandering Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 lol party money. or in other words wasted money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 $784 a month on discretionary purchases? What college student has that kind of money? Even with a job (and adjusting for inflation), I didn't have money like that as an undergrad.I'm almost 50 and work as a professional, and I don't have anything close to that kind of money. Sounds like entitlement thinking run amok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizzy16 Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Just as a side note on that infograph. I feel like (at least at BYU-Idaho) college students care way more about there oral hygiene. I'm obessed with having clean teeth and I love having my teeth cleaned. My roommates and most everyone I knew at school always used mouth wash, flossing, crestwhite strips ect. Kinda of a surprising statistic to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 $784 a month on discretionary purchases? What college student has that kind of money? Even with a job (and adjusting for inflation), I didn't have money like that as an undergrad. My parents sent me $25 every two weeks and that had to buy food and everything else I needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annewandering Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 My parents sent me $25 every two weeks and that had to buy food and everything else I needed.lucky!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alucarD1975 Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 The short anwser is no you shouldn't be in college if you can't afford those thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annewandering Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 The short anwser is no you shouldn't be in college if you can't afford those thing.Most people in college cant afford much of anything. Still its good they are there with a goal in front of them to change that financial situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroads Posted July 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 The short anwser is no you shouldn't be in college if you can't afford those thing.Yet you can find toothpaste for a buck.It's called "getting a job". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroTypical Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 Another weird thing I found on Facebook.I went to that blog, and my comment is awaiting moderation. Surprise surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroads Posted July 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 I went to that blog, and my comment is awaiting moderation. Surprise surprise. Would you be willing to share your comment here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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