You are the digital marketing director for High West fashions, a regional clothing company that specializes in custom t-shirts. Your company has decided to launch an online advertising campaign that gives customers the ability to purchase heavily discounted products. You have the task of determining the optimal amount of advertising to purchase in order to maximize profit and most effectively utilize resources.

Steps to Perform:

Step	Instructions	Points Possible
1	Start Excel. Download and open the file named Exp19_Excel_Ch06_Cap_DirectMarketing.xlsx. Grader has automatically added your last name to the beginning of the filename.	0
2	On the Direct Marketing worksheet, create appropriate range names for Design Fee (cell B8), Cost Per Ad (cell B9), Total Clicks (cell B10), Profit Per Click (B11), and Gross Profit (cell B12).	5
3	Edit the existing name range Design_Fee to Design_Fee2021 to reflect the current year.	4
4	Use the newly created range names to create a formula to calculate Gross Profit (cell B12) and Net Profit (cell B13).	6
5	Create a new worksheet labeled Range Names, paste the newly created range name information in cell A1, and resize the columns as needed for proper display. (On Mac, use the Insert menu to insert a new worksheet.)	5
6	Use Goal Seek to determine the optimal click rate in order to earn a $5,000 net profit.	6
7	Starting in cell E4. Complete the series of substitution values ranging from 2% to 6.5% at increments of .50% vertically down column E.	5
8	Enter references to the Gross Profit, and Net Profit in the correct location for a one-variable data table.	3
9	Complete the one-variable data table, and then format the results with Accounting Number Format with no decimal places.	6
10	Apply custom number formats to display Gross Profit in cell F3 and Net Profit in cell G3.	4
11	Copy the response rate substitution values from the one-variable data table, and then paste the values starting in cell I4.	4
12	Type 10000 in cell J3. Complete the series of substitution values from 10000 to 40000 at 5000 increments.	3
13	Enter the reference to net profit formula in the correct location for a two-variable data table.	4
14	Complete the two-variable data table and format the results with Accounting Number Format with no decimal places.	6
15	Apply a custom number format to make the formula reference appear as Net Profit.	3
16	Make the Direct Marketing 2 worksheet active. Create a scenario named Best Case, using Number of Ads and Click Rate. Enter these values for the scenario: 40000, and 6.5%.	4
17	Create a second scenario named Worst Case, using the same changing cells. Enter these values for the scenario: 10000, and 1%.	4
18	Create a third scenario named Most Likely, using the same changing cells. Enter these values for the scenario: 10000, and 6.83%.	4
19	Generate a scenario summary report using Gross Profit and Net Income.	4
20	Load the Solver add-in if it is not already loaded. Set the objective to calculate a net profit of $20,000.	4
21	Use Number of Ads and Click Rate (B4:B5) as changing variable cells.	4
22	Set a constraint to ensure Number of Ads purchased is less than or equal to 40,000.	2
23	Set constraints to ensure Click Rate is less than or equal to 7%. (Mac users should enter the value in decimal form. Example .07)	2
24	Solve the problem. Generate the Answer Report.	3
25	Create a footer on all worksheets with your name on the left side, the sheet name code in the center, and the file name code on the right side.	5
26	Save and close Exp19_Excel_Ch06_CAP_DirectMarketing.xlsx. Exit Excel. Submit the file as directed.	0

Total Points

100

BELOW IS THE GIVEN DATA.

 

FILE INSERT PAGE LAYOUT FORMULAS DATA REVIEW VIEW Sign in O Connections Clear * Show Detail Properties e Reapply Filter Hide Detail From From From From Other Text Sources Existing Refresh AL Sort Text to Flash Remove Data Consolidate What-If Relationships Group Ungroup Subtotal All- a Edit Links T, Advanced Access Web Connections Columns Fill Duplicates Validation - Analysis - Get External Data Connections Sort & Filter Data Tools Outline X V fr B15 D E B F G H K L M P R 1 Direct Marketing 3 Inputs 4 Number of Ads 10000 5 Click Rate 5.00% 6 7 Parameters $ 2,000.00 8 Design Fee 9 Cost Per Ad $ 2.25 10 Total Clicks 500 11 Profit Per Click $ 12.50 12 Gross Profit 13 Net Profit 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Range Names Direct Marketing Direct Marketing 2 + READY 100 %