Archive for August 19th, 2004
J.D. Power and Associates surveyed American cell phone users across the country and ranked the qualities of the providers by area. The big loser was my carrier, AT&T Wireless. Money/CNN has the complete results. via Professor Bainbridge. This was the 1,000th post I made here this year!
→ hi-line.com Hi-Line Territory Managers sell industrial and maintenance supply products directly from their fully stocked trucks. Ongoing service is the key to building long-term relationships with our customers. What really separates Hi-Line from other MRO suppliers is their industry leading “to your door service” and “mobile stores.” Their Territory Managers excel in providing valuable [...]
→ gotchamobilemedia.com Gotcha Mobile Media is a mobile billboard advertising company driven to provide the ultimate in outdoor advertising. They embrace the art of persuasion by creating mobile ads with dynamic impact—ads that make people look, make people act, and make people remember. They create that “top of mind awareness” that is required to effectively [...]
On November 6, 2004 the third BloggerCon will be held at Stanford Law School in Palo Alto, CA. I’ll be there. Anyone else planning to attend and like to meet up?
For the first time, a majority of the American online population at home connected to the internet via a high speed broadband connection, Nielsen/NetRatings reported today. Sixty-three million Web users connected to the Internet via broadband during July 2004 as compared to 61.3 million accessing the Internet through narrowband. Overall growth for broadband connections rose [...]
Congratulations to Brin, Page, Schmidt and team. As someone once quipped, “Carpenters need hammers, internet guys need Google.” Glad your usefulness has finally been rewarded by the market. (Though the graphic was just one of Google’s 2004 Olympics logos, it was posted on the day that Google stock began trading. I think that there is [...]
Brain Brew Radio: “This week Doug and David have ideas for attracting weary customers, advertising your one-of-a-kind business, convincing customers that they need your service, obtaining more traffic on your website, generalizing or specializing in your business, being more innovative and making a difference and doing international business.”
Business Idea: Automotive Customization
There’s currently an interesting discussion thread in misc.entrepreneurs.moderated about starting a business restoring and customizing old cars.
Syndey Johnson: “Look to eBay first. Once you have some skills and experience, and are making money with your products, then start thinking about your own site.”
