Chapter #7 Blog Post

Chapter #7

Understanding E-Business

This has to be my favorite chapter of the book. Of everything i have taken from this class I think my learning of social media, marketing, and e-business might be the most valued.

First step in understanding how your E-business model should work is knowing your consumer and business relation. Some of the most popular are shown below

Once this has been determined you can shape your model and decide where you need to go to cater to your needs and grow.  Some questions to ask yourself...
Do I want to sell susbscriptions?
Is social networking important to us?
Will we be able to obtain ad revenue?
Questions like this will help identify the type of business you have and how you will market it.

Looking forward E-Business is just going to get larger and is an opportunity many have fallen victim to already by not staying current with. Borders is about to shut don and this is an example of a brick and mortar company simply not adjusting to the changes that were needed in todays marketplace.

Chapter #6 Blog Post

Chapter #6

This is a chapter in the book I NEEDED to read terribly. Although I might understand how to use some of the great resources of the internet I should know how and what is happening to make that available to me.  This chapter had a plethora of information on networks, cables, routers, transmissions, switches, gateways and much more. Some of it is still over my head the understanding I have gained is world beyond what i knew before the chapter. I didn't even know there were different types of networks! such as LAN for say a building, MAN for many buildings sharing in an area like a school, and WAN that could connect people on a network all over the world.

Virtual meetings and web conferencing are something I am greatly interested in and plan to push at my place of employment.  This can step up company efficiency and take strain off the would be traveling employee. 

Network security is another thing I just did not have a clue about but now have a vague understanding of what is going on.  Moving forward in business with our internet reliance network security is only going to become more and more important.

Chapter #5 Blog Post

Chapter #5

Portals- Personal portals (horizontal portals) are portals set up to be able to find and provide any information you are looking for. Even to be customized by the individual to be more specific to their interests. Industry portals (Vertical portals) are a more specific search portal finding you specific information on one interest or subject. 

News Sites- Something that I should use more of! These news portals will keep you up to the minute on current events, let you customize them to your needs for things like weather and stocks, and they encourage interaction on the site. 

A few other notables are hobbyist sites, online dictionaries, information sites, finance, education, and shopping all available at your fingertips.

Blog Update!

Why hello there blog it has been too long! since my last update. Just thought I would comment a little on the new Google+ I have been using.  As someone who never used Facebook(yes that's right) I find this a really neat way for me to stay in touch with many friends. I have been communicating with some people of the past and staying in touch with those around me. I also really like sharing some cool tunes!