As marketing expands well beyond its traditional boundaries, a growing number of states are actively promoting themselves. Think of four or five examples that you have encountered. Now use the Internet to research marketing efforts in Alabama. Do they aim to attract businesses or tourists? Are their efforts local or more far-reaching? What benefits do they tout? Do you believe that Alabama delivers on its marketing promises? Why or why not? If Alabama does not actively market itself, research another state in your region that does.

b. a single paragraph.

a paragraph is a series of sentences that are organized and make sense, and are all related to a single topic . almost every piece of writing you do that is longer than a few sentences should be organized into paragraphs. this is because paragraphs show a reader where the subdivisions of an essay begin and end, and thus the reader see the organization of the essay into subjects in order to be able to understand its main points.

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.