Need more proof? Take a look at Tivo and Replay,In 1960, the typical stay for a book on the New York Times bestseller list was 22 weeks One last example: someone I hired a while ago changed her mind after the first day,He set out to find something, got lost along the way and instead gets credit for an ever bigger find
The RFP is an organizational punt, it's a way of saying, it's all a commodity, we can't decide, cheap guy wins,The dollar isn't about expense, it's about selection and choice and commitment That's because [dot] com uses just four characters to say, we have a website and this is the address for it,Paying is a weird word isn��t it? You want me to pay you something-my attention
Expensive? Well, it's more than you're spending now,Rebecca has a good post about the list but she misses the two key points The thing is, being annoyed at it doesn't do you any good at all,Licensing, affiliates, franchises, partnerships, traffic exchanges, joint ventures and co-promotions live in a netherworld
What's the best way to do that? Get people to go away,This is a traumatic moment for someone who never before fretted about aging The last thing you want to do while checking your email is to stop doing that and read some ads, or to click away to another site,[This post continues from the first in the series
Starbucks connects people, and so does Apple,Which means you need to figure out how to improve your lesser offerings While Ford gets credit for ��inventing the assembly line,�� his great insight was that he understood the power of productivity,As promised, I've put together a PDF transcript of the talk I did about the music industry
So they say they're in the service business,They were caught grabbing $100 rebates on the iPhones Apple had given them for free I've recommended a thousand dollar mattress to someone,That means that most countries, most organizations and most communities aren't going to adopt this tool for a few years
As a result, many people are able to spend them without seeking anything external in return,Email this ? Subscribe to this feed ? Share on Facebook If you love writing or making music or blogging or any sort of performing art, then do it,When I first encountered surfing, I was scared of it
If you're racing, you better figure out what to do about the times that you don't know for sure,Ideally, next time you'd pick a slogan that had a much longer expiration date But please, don't do that presentation you did last time,They have elements that make them very attractive to advertisers and readers
You must not fight the cycle, you must transform it into a different cycle altogether,Crowd accelerated innovation is the latest TED talk Like a custom made suit, a mentor is a fine thing to have if you can find or afford it,No business buys a solution for a problem they don't have
In fact, unreasonable is the new reasonable,In fact, I'm arguing in favor of this sort of hard work Here's the thing: while the second imitator might make it pay, the third, the fourth, the tenth--not so much,It actually means, go away, I'm sleeping, I'll say what I need to get rid of you
Should you hire someone based on information you're not sure of?,The easiest way to make noise within a community is to divide the tribe He earns permission, he treats different customers differently and he refuses to act like a faceless factory,Borrow money if it improves your productivity and makes you more money
Think about how anonymous the typical real estate broker is,The first option requires time and money you might not have, and I'm presuming that's why you didn't do it in the first place On the other hand, swindling someone out of their house in order to make a sales commission,Every once in a while I hear from frustrated bloggers and other new media denizens
