Final Project!

Groupons is a website that features business in certain area. Business offers major discounts to its customers. How it works is that members are emailed a deal of day. Members are then allowed to sign up for the deal of the day. If enough people sign up for the deal of the day then everyone is offered the discount. It the sign up does not reach a certain amount then no body gets the deal. Groupons is great for business because it ensures business that they will make a certain amount of money off of deals. its also great for customers because thy are able to save a lot of money. Its like a big group discount. "The article Groupon: Social networking expands to site offering coupons" stated how Groupon Use social networking but it combines the idea of using coupons to save money. Groupon reaches over 65 cities in the U.S. and over 80 in Europ. Groupon is becoming so big that even bigger media sites like Facebook are trying emulate it concept. Facebook has started the same deal saver concept for local businesses. These site are already spreading over to Europe an Canada. But not only Facebook ripping off this idea There sis that there are a 1,000 clones that imitate the Groupon Website. There are also similar site found in Latin America. This causes many rivals that Groupon will have to face.

As far as promoting, Groupons use all mediums of social medium. They have a blog site called The Serious Blog Of Groupon,where member can keep up with the news on Groupons, contest, and etc. They have a Twitter page for members to post comments on the founders page. And they also have a facebook groupon account

Read more: Groupon: Social networking expands to site offering coupons - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/lifestyles/fooddrink/s_687173.html#ixzz1KZPUG3S7



Groupon has the possiblity to completely change the way we shop. Now we can buy products online a with big discount with out having to shop around. Instead of waiting for coupons to come through the mail you can have them right there at your finger tips.

Works Cited

NEFF, JACK. "What Groupon means for Grandma's coupons." Advertising Age 82.13 (2011): 6. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 25 Apr. 2011.

Underwood, Ryan. "Groupon versus the world." Inc 32.8 (2010): 116-118. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 25 Apr. 2011.

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/facebooks-groupon-like-service-goes-global/

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/lifestyles/fooddrink/s_687173.html

"Screencasting Example"

This screencast is about the program final cut pro. It explains the process of how to use color correction when editing your videos. The main focus of this video is correcting the white balance and matching the color hues of shots. When shooting film its important to use color correction to make sure the video has a consistent look. Post editing videos help to complete the whole look of the film. The screen casting directs where to click and the key features needed to complete the task

I watch editing videos all the time to help me when I run into to certain problems. I am into editing videos. A lot of times I find myself trying to find new tricks or tips to make my videos better. Screencasting is better to use for instructions I can look at my own screen and follow along. I helps to hear the audio because you listen to how and why the program works a certain way. This video demonstrates the look of the video by using its own footage. I can look and see how he balances his colors and can effectively apply it to my own project.

Facebook Perspectives

My Space...
Really I started my first online profile on Tagged. LOL some of you guys remember tagged. They would send you messages like "you have just been tagged". But that didn't last to long so I moved to myspace. My Space was the place to be. When I started using it I was in the 9th grade and I used it for like two yrs. Myspace space was fun. You could be creative and change you profile background as much as you wanted. You could also have music playing in the background. I would hear some the latest songs by visiting my friends pages. But the most important element about myspace was the top friends. This could make or break your relationship with people. People would take the friends list so seriously because it basically said how you rated your friends. If someone deleted your off their page then that meant you were longer cool with that person. lol

Facebook...
My transition to Facebook happened when I was junior in high school. At that time it was only for college students. When my sister would come home from college during breaks I would get on her Facebook and search for friends that had already graduated. Facebook seem so exciting even though it was bland compared to myspace's elaborate design scheme. But it may have been that simplicity that attracted me to it. Facebook opened the site up to high school students. This is when I started to completely turn over to Facebook. I neglected my My space page more and more. I haven't signed in, in over a year. Facebook grew bigger and now my parents and lil 12 year cousins have pages. Its a great way to network. We have planned family reunions, I have found internships and I keep up with events that are held in atlanta. Facebook is a great tool. Now everyone is switching gears to focus on twitter but I think I will be with Facebook for a min.

T. Howard Foundation
the T Howard Foundation page is my favorite because hopefully I will receive an internship through them this summer. This organization gives out internships to minority students that are studying the field of mass communications. I found out information about the program by looking on the page. I applied and now Im in the Final Talent Pool to be chosen for a internship. They place you in big companies like Time Warner HBO and Showtime and these internships are paid. I love to look to the page to see deadlines that are coming up and to also read success stories about people who participated in the program in the past. It is good to see that they were all successful in the process.

Youtube Clip

I love this video because of its message. It tells you to never give up and always go for your dreams. This video steams from a Roc a Wear campaign called "I Will Not Lose. In these videos the people were asked about their trials and tribulations in life and how they were able to over come them. This campaign inspired me to create video interviews for the upcoming Black history events being sponsored by SAC. MY campaign is called " My Black Is" Its basically the same format as this video. I asked people to describe to me what their black is, which is basically asking them what are their passions. What describes them as a person. As a beginner filmmaker I always love looking at things that inspire me and try to recreate them in my own way. I cant wait to release the videos. And I encourage everyone to go check out the rest of the Roc A Wear "I will not Lose" Videos!

Favorite Website

My favorite website is Essence . When my subscription to essence's magazine ran out I still wanted to have a piece of the magazine. Going to website still keeps me informed with what gong on in currents issues the magazine. I can see who is on the cover for the month. I can view pictures of celebrities at various events. And I can also read articles about hair care, fashion, and love. You can also watch videos and podcast that essence produce. My guilty pressure is hunk of he month. Every month essence recognizes great looking single men that have numerous accomplishments behind there names.I love this website!

Who am I?

Hello World!

MY name is Sherita Bolden. Currently I am a junior here at the University of West Ga. I major is in Mass Communications and I minor in Film. I one day aspire to be a successful actress in film director. I have big dreams and I have every intention of reaching them. A digital medium that I find myself using a lot is facebook. There are a lot of networking opportunities presented o there. Some other qualities about are that I am a passionate person. and that I love to help others. I have been told that I have an old soul, so a lot of the times I come of as a little more mature than people my age. I'm a down to earth person and I'm always ready for a good time. Any more questions feel free to ask.