Unleash Your Potential - Namagunga Girls Coding Club
E Mkt Group Work
1. March 25, 2009
Mr. Mathew Ferris
University of Dayton
1200 Brown Street
Suite 140
Dayton, Ohio 45409
Dear Flyer Spirit:
This letter is to express our gratitude in investing in our consultant group. We hope to propel your
company’s success with innovative business strategies. We have long valued your company and its
growth strategy.
We specialize in identifying new innovative products and promotions for the cutting edge collegiate
consumer.
We have a great passion for internet marketing and demonstrate pride in all projects and activities
that we have the opportunity to be involved in.
We are eager to continue to sharpen your company’s competitive edge. We hope the business
strategies reflect your company’s key pillars of success.
In closing, our past experiences and current abilities match up closely to the company’s requirements
at Flyer Spirit. We sincerely appreciate your business. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Coryn Borecky
Jimmy Daniels
Maureen Fitzgerald
Bryan Vedrody
Brian Wilgus
2. How and why to advertise on Facebook?
Facebook, a popular social networking site, has become a worldwide phenomenon since it
began in February of 2004. It is an internet medium that allows people to connect with friends,
family, coworkers, and acquaintances. Millions of people have joined Facebook, thousands every day
and today it is one of the fastest growing social networking Web sites. Due to an increase in
technology, today’s marketing and advertising has become fragmented due to the differing mediums
available. Advertisers and marketers face the challenge to effectively reach and capture their
intended target market. These technological strides have placed a great deal of emphasis on
relationship marketing. Marketers strive to create two way communication and collaboration
between the buyer and seller in order to build brand loyalty and increase interactivity.
Facebook proves to be a promising virtual place to promote a company’s market offerings.
Marketers have the ability to reach 175,000 active Facebook users, attach social actions to your ads
to increase relevance and create demand for your product with relevant ads (Facebook.com). In
addition to its ability to successfully market goods and services, marketers have access to
demographic and psychographic information about their target markets. This information is very
valuable to marketers because they have the necessary tools to develop a cohesive and effective
marketing plan. The company can direct their marketing efforts to a specific target audience.
Effectively reaching and engaging the target market proves to be the bloodline of sales. Therefore,
Facebook is an inexpensive medium to reach a well defined, niche market.
To advertise on Facebook go to www.facebook.com, click on the “Advertising” link located in
the bottom right hand corner of the homepage, next click on the green tab titled “Create an Ad” and
follow the step by step, user friendly instructions. The Web site allows marketers to choose their
3. audience based on specific demographics and psychographics. This allows marketers to tailor their
advertisements in order effective to reach and engage their target market.
Creating a Facebook Page
Facebook is an extremely popular social media website. Through its content, people can
connect worldwide to their friends, family, and coworkers. When used properly, Facebook can help
businesses create awareness and generate sales. There are many opportunities to promote a
business thanks to Facebook, but one in particular is creating a Page. This allows people on Facebook
to become “fans” of the company. Fans have the ability to obtain updates about the company’s Web
page as well as feeds showing changes that have been made or posted. Their page advertises their
market offerings, promotions and sales.
Steps for Creating a Page for Flyer Spirit:
1. On Facebook Home page, click create page at the bottom.
2. Click on Local, type in Flyer Spirit, then hit Create Page.
3. This prompts you to enter your user name and account as well as a security check and terms
agreement.
4. Add various important information
a. Basic information as well as detailed information
b. Upload photo of choice (this will be what everyone sees when navigated away from
page)
As people join the company’s fan base, the fan base has the ability to send messages to everyone at
once. Whenever Flyer Spirit makes changes to their page, all of the members or fans will be notified.
4. Steps for Creating Facebook Advertisements for Flyer Spirit:
1. Sign into the Facebook Web site (www.facebook.com) and click on the word “Advertising” on
the lower right corner of the homepage.
2. Click on the green box titled “Create an Ad”
3. Create an “Ad Title”, “Ad Body”, “Ad Image”, and “Destination URL”.
a. The ad unit will be created on the right side of the Web page following submission.
4. The marketer or advertiser can choose from the following the psychographics and
demographics that fit their target market. The target market categories include the
following :
a. Location
b. Age
c. Sex
d. Keywords
e. Education
f. Workplace
g. Relationships
h. Interested in
i. Language
5. Next, the marketer or advertiser can choose how much they are willing to pay for the
advertisement. The company can pay per impression, which is payment for every time the ad
5. is shown on the Web site. However, the less expensive alternative is pay per click, which is
payment for every time someone clicks on the ad, this is important because it drives
customers to the company’s site. In order to effectively control the budget, the company has
the ability to maintain and control their Facebook advertising budget.
6. Finally, the company has the ability to preview their advertisement in order to ensure
accuracy and Facebook offers a secure site to input their credit card information.
7. Lastly, following the completion of the previous steps, the company has successfully
completed their Facebook advertisement.
6. Flyer Spirit Web site SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses
Relevant categories for the gift section
allows fast and easy navigation
Accurate contact information
Online shopping
Able to view an enhance, larger picture of
the merchandise
The option to bookmark a particular page
Product search option
Direct link to the UD Bookstore and Flyer
Enterprise Web site
Eliminate the introduction on the Web site,
the customer should be able to access the
homepage immediately
The introduction page hinders their search
engine optimization
Overall design is unappealing to the viewer
Difficult to navigate
Not user friendly
Not visually eye catching or appealing
Opportunities Threats
Zoom in or out option for the Web site’s
map in order to locate the store
360 degree view of the products
The ability to view merchandise stock
options for immediate store pick-up
The option to customize apparel directly
on the Web site
Offer a sizing chart for the clothing
Each piece of apparel fits differently
For the hours of operation, it does not
stress a.m. or p.m.
Over priced merchandise may deter
potential consumers to the UD Bookstore
The return policy is time consuming and
inconvenient for out of town and online
buyers
7. Flyer Spirit Web site SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses
Relevant categories for the gift section
allows fast and easy navigation
Accurate contact information
Online shopping
Able to view an enhance, larger picture of
the merchandise
The option to bookmark a particular page
Product search option
Direct link to the UD Bookstore and Flyer
Enterprise Web site
Eliminate the introduction on the Web site,
the customer should be able to access the
homepage immediately
The introduction page hinders their search
engine optimization
Overall design is unappealing to the viewer
Difficult to navigate
Not user friendly
Not visually eye catching or appealing
Opportunities Threats
Zoom in or out option for the Web site’s
map in order to locate the store
360 degree view of the products
The ability to view merchandise stock
options for immediate store pick-up
The option to customize apparel directly
on the Web site
Offer a sizing chart for the clothing
Each piece of apparel fits differently
For the hours of operation, it does not
stress a.m. or p.m.
Over priced merchandise may deter
potential consumers to the UD Bookstore
The return policy is time consuming and
inconvenient for out of town and online
buyers