At one time I had a Friendster account. I had a Classmates.com account. I’ve probably been signed up at one time or another at every new social networking type site.
This is because I like to stay abreast of what is out there and because I don’t want to miss a marketing opportunity.
I have a [...]
This goes out to all those people who sit there on the Amazon forums and complain about how expensive Kindle books are.
Previously, Amazon was only giving the publisher (which can also mean the author if it is a self-published book) 35% of the sales price. So if your book was, say, $1, the profits [...]
Continuing the discussion of yesterday on community and the role it plays in online selling, I wanted to address another part of community beyond the discussion boards hidden under that little Discussion tab on the eBay site. While this conversation started out as being about eBay, I think it relates to just about any site, [...]
On Friday, I opened a unholy can of worms with this statement:
I’m having a lot of trouble getting upset about the loss of community on eBay. That was always my least favorite part about it.
Shortly after making this statement on Twitter, I was both supported and attacked from both sides.
It is really hard to have [...]