Archive for February 26th, 2007
I was extremely annoyed by eBay’s (EBAY) Skype acquisition, and the consequent stock price drop that eBAY delivered. Needless to say I am an eBAY shareholder, albeit a rather restless one at the moment. Now that Skype is inside eBAY, however, I’d really like to see it perform, grow, deliver the grandiose numbers that were [...]
Skype Seeks FCC Help To Open Mobile Industry
Skype Ltd. is looking to a 1968 ruling by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to open up the country’s mobile phone industry for “unlocked” devices and third-party applications — such as Skype. On this topicVonage subscriber growth slowsNokia Siemens Networks: IP all the wayMobile VOIP is on the marchThe Business Case for Unified MessagingExperts Weigh [...]
What trend will go BIG in 2007?
What trend will go BIG in 2007? Web 2.0 applications Going “green” Baby Boomer services Other pollcode.com free polls
Is Participatory Culture in The Future For eBay?
I attended Beyond Broadcast at MIT yesterday. The conference theme was “From Participatory Culture to Participatory Democracy.” Henry Jenkins, Director of Comparative Media Studies Program at MIT and author of “Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide,” gave an outstanding keynote presentation and posed the question, what does democracy look like in the 21st [...]
Inc.: The success of an emerging business depends largely on the owner’s ability to convince potential employees or customers that the nascent company is operational, according to new research. In an attempt to explain why some organizations succeed and others flounder, Erno Tornikoski from the Seinajoki University of Applied Sciences and Scott Newbert from the [...]
Filet-O-Fish Inventor Just Wanted More Friday Business
The Cincinnati Enquirer: In 1962, Lou Groen was desperate to save his floundering hamburger restaurant, the first McDonald’s in the Cincinnati area. His problem: The clientele was heavily Catholic. Back then, most Catholics abstained from meat every Friday, not just during Lent, a 40-day period of repentance that begins this week with Ash Wednesday. His [...]
Manage Money For Better Business
Rhonda Abrams at Gannett News Service: Money! That’s what business is supposed to be all about. So why do so many people in business fail to pay attention to it? Oh sure, we spend lots of time and effort on how to make money. But most of us hate to deal with the often-unpleasant aspects [...]
Work.com: A business without customers is like a lake without water: empty. Keep yours full when you give your customers the service they crave and the gratitude they deserve. A simple, “Thank you,” accomplishes a lot when it comes to customer service. Verbally thank your customers for doing business with you each and every time [...]
Smart Biz Blog: Have an idea for an Internet business, but finding it hard to know what your potential customer is thinking about? Try using one of the tools set up to optimize keyword searches. These search tools are set up to help in Internet marketing by showing what key words are being used most [...]
