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Archive for May, 2008
May 28th, 2008 at 9:39 am by Ari Shohat
Manufacturing News for Linkbait
| Domaining, Marketing, SEO, Web | 2 Comments |
At least one of the following is a fake story.
Via Sun-Sentinel.com:
Real House Cleaning: Nude Maid Steals $40,000
Via Money.co.uk:
13 Year Old Steals Dad’s Credit Card to Buy Hookers
I wonder if most are these days, the best entertainment is manufactured by marketers I suppose.
But what only a few people have mentioned is the role of a good domain in [...]
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:45 pm by Ari Shohat
Growth and Declines of Networks: A Theory
| Business, General Rants, Marketing, Web | 0 Comments |
Andrew Chen had a great post up a few days ago titled “Social network death spiral: How Metcalfe’s Law can work against you.” I do recommend you read the entire pose, but if you’re short on time here’s a recap:
Metcalfe’s Law
Does everyone remember Metcalfe’s Law? It was formulated by Bob Metcalfe, the inventor of Ethernet [...]
May 21st, 2008 at 4:28 pm by Ari Shohat
Zappos Bribes New Employees to Quit
| Business, Marketing | 0 Comments |
I was reading this interesting post about Zappos the other day. If you are not in the know, Zappos sells a billion worth of shoes and other stuff online these days.
It’s got great other info, but this part stood out:
So when Zappos hires new employees, it provides a four-week training period that immerses them in [...]
May 14th, 2008 at 12:06 pm by Ari Shohat
Electro.fm expired, made my day
| Domaining, Streaming, Web | 0 Comments |
Sometimes you get lucky, and a great domain name actually expires vs being on the domain after market. With Digitally Imported already having a premiere Electro House channel, this is a no brainer to get into some day.
Thanks Tom, your channel rocks!
May 13th, 2008 at 11:15 am by Ari Shohat
New Premium Service Landing Page for DI.fm
| General Rants, Marketing, Streaming, Web | 1 Comment |
Last week we got a new Premium service landing page out.
Here’s hoping it converts better, I do think it looks and performs much better. We’ll be testing things like the title and the main image there over time to see if it makes any impact.
Here’s what it used to look like before:
And here’s what it [...]
Hi everyone,
So my blogging has really cooled off lately huh? I decided to fly to San Francisco and spend some time in the Bay Area looking for houses to rent.
I was gone most of the week, only returned Saturday morning on a red eye flight. My wife and I plan to make the move in [...]
May 5th, 2008 at 11:45 am by Ari Shohat
The Freemium Model and the Music Industry
| Business, Marketing, Music, Technology | 1 Comment |
The Freemium business model is when you give away roughly 99% of your service away for free, but charge the rest of the folks for upgrades to some Premium features or services.
The free portion of the service can still be monetized, via ads for example, but it’s still free to be used by anyone.
I’ve been [...]
