Here is a great speech by Chris Anderson about how reputation and attention are becoming the new economies upon which much of the internet (and potentially offline) world may be based upon. Freemium consists of giving away value (and possibly wrapping it in ads), as a lead generator to sell premium products and services.
Rethinking the OSS Business Model
Fleury and Rodrigues Separated at Birth? Come on, you have to admit, the resemblance is uncanny. I’m obviously kidding. I’m much better looking. His sizable bank account and ability to keep a beat probably balances the score though 😉
Tips For Startups Can Apply To Any Business
If you’ve ever trained a newbie, you know that there’s a lot of routine stuff you’ll sigh your way through. Questions or comments may bring up entirely new ideas, however, and it’s for this reason that many businesses, whether they’re new or old, can learn from tips for startups.
Web 2.0 Could Be Bad For Business
Usability expert Jakob Nielsen warns against believing all the Web 2.0 hype when designing with the end-user in mind. While some 2.0 features can help, the majority of sites should focus on mastering the 1.0 aspects that users know and love.The problem, as Nielsen sees it, is that companies follow too much what the hot trends are, and as a result create sites that are unnecessarily complicated or offer little benefit to the average user.
5 Small Business New Years Resolutions
If you’re trying to grow your small business, every bit of advice counts, right? Alright, well here’s five tips, or New Years resolutions, submitted by NetBooks CEO Ridgely Evers.
Scoble on Scoble’s Business
Yesterday, while I was on a panel discussion at LeWeb3 talking about the future of video something happened that discussed my future. I was driving the computer during the panel discussion, demonstrating bleeding edge video technologies like Seesmic and Kyte on stage when someone wrote in my Kyte.tv channel’s chat room that I should check out TechCrunch. So, in front of everyone I pulled up the post. You’ve probably read it by now.
Google Maps In NZ Gets Business Listings
A service’s ability to provide driving directions is valuable only if you know where you’re going. So New Zealand’s version of Google Maps is stepping up and providing something new: business listings.
Business Emails Can Cause Legal Problems
People are often smart enough not to put sensitive information on paper, and in the event that they do, they’ve frequently got a lighter or shredder standing by. Employees still have a lot to learn when it comes to email, though.
Writing For Leads Is Bad Business
Recently I re-read a business book (written by some PhD’s who counsel people to improve their careers), and each chapter struck me as salesy — as if it were primarily crafted to speak to the 1% of readers who might be likely to follow up as consulting prospects.
Meaning Extraction Integrated into Business Search
Northern Light, a company that provides strategic research portals, business research content, and search technology to global enterprises, is breaking new ground by integrating meaning extraction into their business search.