CIS Week 13 - Stormhoek Vineyard Marketing Using Social Media

Dear Class P06 - this will be final blog for your Continuous Assessment (CA) for CIS module.
You would have read the article on Stormhoek Vineyard.
Please answer the following questions.
Deadline: by 25 July 2014 (Friday) 6pm

1. From the article, it was clear that Stormhoek Vineyard used social media to promote and publicise its wines.
Explain the reason(s) for their success in promoting and marketing their wines using this method of promotion.

2. What are the possible reason(s) why Stormhoek Vineyard did not choose to use the traditional method of print or other forms of advertising?
Explain if it is possible to combine both traditional and social media in its advertising.

CIS Week11 - Web 2.0 Technologies

Dear Students,

We covered the pervasive influence of social media in our lives this week. One of the most well known companies in this space is Twitter.

Please share your thoughts about Twitter and its use by answering these questions.
Deadline: Wednesday, 9 July 2014 6pm

Q1: Briefly identify 2 common uses of Twitter amongst its high user base.

Q2: In-spite of its popularity, Twitter may come across as burdensome to some people. Identify its disadvantages and explain.

Q3:  Briefly describe Twitter's potential uses at our polytechnic or a college.
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