Quote:
Originally Posted by Tubby
The temptation is to always focus on what we ourselves want, sometimes I think this is a little backward.
The secret is to find what users want. . This is not actually hard.
Users always want what they want for nothing (close as they can get)
users always want it easy.
users always want the best.
users like recognition.
like to feel important.
like to be part of a special community
users want numerous things
Knowing what users want is easy. the pathway to the solution arrives when we have worked out how to give to them exactly what they want.
The solution arrives when we figure out how to monetise that pathway.
It always seems to me that we (webmasters etc) always start at the wrong end, we look for methods to monetise an empty space, (empty of people - web site) - In reality we should disregard any form of monetising from our thoughts. and create a full site (full of people)
Do this and we are cooking with gas! NOW we can now ponder how to get a few cents (or dollars) from each visitor.
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Yes! I like it! Must have a background in sales and marketing! It takes a Guy , no doubt in an out of the way location in the middle nowhere in OZ to talk a bit of sense!
Why sack people who you have invested time and money in developing? You may as well throw money out of the window. If employees are stupid what does that make you because you are paying them? Are you an investor in business or an investor in people? In the days when it mattered to me I used to say to staff, we got problems, now go away and and think, then bring me a list of possible solutions.......or are you part of the problem we have here? I never restricted thoughts or ideas or worried people that if their ideas were a touch off the wall their job was at risk.
My business is up this year over 20% on this time last year! To tell the truth I am not sure why!!!!!!
By the way guys we are not in a recession, we are in a depression. There is a difference!
/Astro