Sunday, February 27, 2011

Week 11 - Career Advancing Projects

The objective of this assignment is to recreate the Lasvegasmovieinsider.com website; to create a website that is fun and delightful so that the visitor would want to spend time there and return on a regular basis. The site is a place for people to get current, relevant information on movies, events, and contests that are happening in their neighborhood. It is a site where people can input their own information, thoughts, experiences and wants.

The goal is to gather emails and demographic information to create a database with lists and sublists shich have specific purpose and function and to have each sublist focus on a tightly targeted niche. The way to gather this information is to use involvement devices which get people involved and to have them interact with the site. One of the most important things you want to do is to have people opt-in, only putting those on your list who requested that you do so remembering that quality is more important than quantity. You want to create lists of people who you know are going to respond and are going to be loyal.

After creating a database, the way that revenue will be made is to use this list to promote local businesses. By going to local businesses and offering to promote their business by advertising them as the spot that people can go to pick up free tickets to the movies. The local business will get a set amount of movie tickets to hand out to people on a date and time of the local businesses choosing which will be advertised through the movie website. On this date, the local business can use this opportunity to offer specials to promote and sell their own products.

Because our lists are focused on tightly targeted niches, we can send people to businesses which offer products that these people are interested in making what we offer more efficient and beneficial not only to the local business, but also to the people we are involving.

The concept is a win-win situation. We make money, the local business makes money and the people reap the benefits of all that we have to offer.


Corporate WebSite

Movie Obsession WebSite



Banned; The Forbidden question? Evolution vs. Creation

Friday, November 19, 2010

Change

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
-Anatole France

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Education

Art Institute Of Las Vegas
Henderson,NV
Bachelor's Degree
Web Design and Interactive Media
2009 - Present
International Webmasters Association, American Institute Graphic Artists, Crimson Scholar, Two times on the President's Honor Roll / Five times on the Dean's Honor Roll

New Mexico State University-Alamogordo
Alamogordo,NM
Associate's Degree
Graphic Arts
2005 - 2009
Phi Theta Kapa, Crimson Scholar





Skills















CREATIVE SKILLS:

• Digital Photography

• Photo editing and manipulation

• Page layout

• Web design and layout

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign,
Flash, Dreamweaver, Acrobat

• HTML, CSS, ActionScript, JavaScript

• Mac and PC Proficient




About Me



© Copyright 2010 RGBelanger

From a very early age, I was aware of my ability to portray the world in front of my eyes in a realistic way, but as life passes, the discovery of worlds which exist beyond your eyes is inevitable.



Looking forward to becoming part of the world of Graphic Arts, I realized I had an overwhelming desire to reach the world which made me suddenly realized that by implementing the World Wide Web into my work was entering a world where anything can happen and anything can be done. In the design of a Web Site, your vision can be taken and heard throughout this amazing World.



I believe having an eye for art and the ability to create art is a gift which we should cherish and nurture forever. Since the beginning of time, we have used art as a way to express ourselves and bring one’s imagination and perspective to reality for all to see.



I would love the opportunity to help you create your vision and to reach the world with that vision, whatever that may be.

Some of My Creations

The Forbidden Question:
Evolution vs. Creation





Movie Mania Website






Nature's Choice:
A Massage Therapy WebSite






RGB VisualDesign







The Las Vegas Box Office!







Flash WebSite:
A personal website







Color Theory in Flash







Photo Gallery







Winds of Freedom:
A Perfume Website





LoneSome Dove/ Wild Hogs Movie
A MashUp






Women Of Diversity






© Copyright 2010 RGBelanger

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Week 11 - Final Appraisal for Web Marketing Spring 2010

Like any other class that I have taken thus far, the class description never accurately describes what the class is about. So when I signed up for web marketing I figured it would have to do something with selling someone’s product using a website. I did know that Mr. Pinto was teaching the class and because of this I knew I would be getting my money’s worth no matter what was taught.

Well marketing is not about selling product, marketing is about relationship and this is what I learned, how to build a relationship with people, establishing a connection because people buy from those with whom they have a relationship. It is about delighting and seducing the customer so that they will return to my website time and time again.

We were taught to identify the major distributors and online outlets for content in the present marketplace such as eBay. We learned about current models for making money on the Internet such as affiliate programs and e-mail marketing.

We gain knowledge about guerrilla marketing and the two worlds of marketing and how to use the offline world to get people to your online world. We were taught techniques on how to make our websites more efficient by using web copy that sells, using headlines, and involvement devices. We learned how to collect email address to build databases with lists and sublists.

Not only did we learn we put what we learned into effect by making a website that utilized all that we learned. I got so much more from this class then I could have imagined. The class was challenging and well worth the time.

I feel that I have worked hard in this class not only fulfilling the requirements of the course by having all my work done when due, being and participating in class. I think my work showed some creativity and insight implementing all that I learned to the best of my ability. I do think I deserve to keep my A.