Superb analysis on how to profit from “FREE”
photo credit: Jon Ã…slund
Kevin Kelly — The Technium
There are a number of qualities that can’t be copied. Consider “trust.” Trust cannot be copied. You can’t purchase it. Trust must be earned, over time. It cannot be downloaded. Or faked. Or counterfeited (at least for long). If everything else is equal, you’ll always prefer to deal with someone you can trust. So trust is an intangible that has increasing value in a copy saturated world.There are a number of other qualities similar to trust that are difficult to copy, and thus become valuable in this network economy. I think the best way to examine them is not from the eye of the producer, manufacturer, or creator, but from the eye of the user. We can start with a simple user question: why would we ever pay for anything that we could get for free? When anyone buys a version of something they could get for free, what are they purchasing?
An amazing collection of beautiful Asian photos
Asia Grace is a showcase for the textures and traditions of Asia.
Volume 1 features all the photographs that appeared in the book Asia
Grace, which I photographed, designed, and produced. This oversized
coffee-table book was published by Taschen in 2002. Only 30,000 copies
were printed, and all have been sold, so the only way to buy the book
today is as a used copy.
Timelapse animation: 8 years of facial evolution
If the future is “free” for consumers, who picks up the tab and still make a profit?
In 2006, the site earned an estimated $40
million from the few things it charges for. That’s about 12 percent of the $326
million by which classified ad revenue declined that year.
Capitalism eventually consumes itself
In the nonrelenting pursuit of maximum efficiencies, capitalism self destructs when too much wealth is gone to one side of the scales of society:
CharityFocus Blog: Parable of the Shoe Salesman
Before wrestling over solutions, we as business people must first sit with the uncomfortable truth: The growing disparity of wealth is not some accidental side effect of capitalism. It is the fundamental design of the system.
Who owns what where? Confusion, courts and credit holders
Some good news for the “little guy” at the end of the mortgage note.
“Loans were mass produced and short cuts were taken,” White said. “A lot of the paperwork is done in the name of the original lender and a lot of the original lenders aren’t around anymore.”
Why SEO is better than PPC, explained in lay man terms
Inbound Marketing Strategy: Why SEO Is Better Than PPC
Summary: Once you put in all the brilliant hard work to get leads and customers via SEO, it’s much harder for others to take that advantage away. And, even if they do, you’re much less likely to be completely blind-sided by it, as you would be with PPC.
25 Questions to Think About Before Your Next Job Interview
photo credit: c h e e s e roc
The Simple Dollar » 25 Questions to Think About Before Your Next Job Interview
A great interview question reveals the nature of the person you’re hiring - honesty, reliability, ability to communicate intelligently and quickly, and so on.
Over time, I’ve collected a pretty good pile of questions that I use
in almost every interview. Here are twenty five of the most reliable
ones, along with a tip or two for each one that illustrates what makes
a good answer - and what makes a bad one. Hopefully, the discussion
here will provide some insightful questions for interviewers, as well
as some things for potential job applicants to think about.
Apple shares falling
“The first place they cut back is on entertainment purchases, and the second is on home improvements,”
Biflation?
I think what we’re seeing is Biflation.We’re seeing price increases on commodities which we compete for on the world markets (wheat, oil, etc) and price decreases on things which require credit to buy (houses now and eventually cars).
To some extent price increases on the necessities of life (like food and fuel) will actually lead to more decreases in things like housing because money that could have been used for the house payment now has to go into food and fuel.
-
About Javier Marti
As an Independent Strategy Consultant, speaker and founder of HypnoticSales.co.uk and SunshineHypnosis.co.uk, Javier is dedicated to help organizations, small businesses and individuals to optimize systems, increase profits and make better choices in business and in life. He is the author of the book "Mobile, Domains & The Future"
Javier also shares his knowledge and experience through information-packed and entertaining presentations in English and Spanish.
> HypnoticSales.co.uk
> Trendirama.com
> Sunshine Hypnosis
> More about Javier
> DOWNLOAD JAVIER'S BOOK
