The only problem with great days is your tired when its all over

So today was the DECA marketing competition.

I went to school, we got on a bus at about 8:50.

Mr. Kelly drove.... lol

He treated us to IHOP. Bill = $125

We get there and I just chill with Katelyn, Trey Seneff, and Trey Washburn until it was my turn for the first competition scenario.

I was entered into Retail Marketing by the way. In the DECA contest, you are put through scenarios in which the judge will, well, judge you on how well you can act in a given situation with limited preparation time. There are 2 judges per category and each will judge you on a different scenario

First Scenario:
I'm owner of an 85 store mall. I must convince a reluctant store owner (my judge) to participate in a promotional project that involves getting 6 stamps from different stores to get 20% off a purchase.

I do great, I even stumped my judge by trying to get details about her store. I tell her that her store may lose money if she doesn't use the promotion to her advantage and decorate her store to draw customers away from the stamp and towards her best selling products. But nonetheless it will benefit her greatly.


Second Scenario:
I'm manager of the night shift of a small bookstore. I must convince the owner of the store that the profit will outweigh the expenses should we purchase the lot next to us that used to be a restaraunt.

This one was difficult. The judge wanted to hear how i could figure out the outcome before we did the big project. I told him a story of a presidential election in which someone who supported one of the candidates, sold color coded peanuts (blue for democrat and red for republican) to the people of america, the ones that sold the most represented who would become president.

I told him to make a minor change, and offer it to the usual customers, and see if they were ok with something new. He liked the idea. Then I explained how the expenses will be big to start, but in the long run, we could put in a cafe and use the "ex-restaurant" building to our advantage, then we could put a children's area in. Parents could volunteer to read to children, and the other parents could rome about the bookstore buying stuff.


That also went over great.


Kelly, Katelyn, Me, and the two Treys went down to the sports bar and chilled for a few hours awaiting the award ceremony.

There was a huge amount of awards being given out, but the only way you could get to states was if you get first place overall. There was about 15-20 people i guess per category.

Now here comes the part I liked.

I won 3rd in sales, 3rd in comprehension, 2nd in some other small category thing, and then I won first overall. So technically I won 1st 2nd and 3rd in my category.

But i get to go to states, and i think thats in Norfolk. Wish me luck.