What is Free Doing to Our Economy?

by Bill Rice on 7/1/2009

in Books

Chris Anderson, editor of Wired Magazine and author of Long Tail, has stirred a good debate on the future of “Free.”
His to be released book,  Free: The Future of a Radical Price is about to hit the bookstores and Malcolm Gladwell (author of Outliers
and The Tipping Point) is already taking him to task. Gladwell’s challenge [...]

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Our lives are getting busier and busier. Technology is getting more and more intrusive. And, the economy is making all of us do more with less.
Obviously, several people are thinking about getting more organized with their various work queues:

Alex Payne of Twitter talks about his “life as queues.”
ZenHabits expands on how he “clears queues.”
Chris Brogan [...]

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Matt Cutts (Google I/O) SEO Basics

June 19, 2009

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Lots of good SEO basics from the Google Webspam Team Leader. Getting advice straight from the source.
I am amazed how many times even the best SEO gurus miss/forget the basics of user experience and conversion features that help the consumer, your SEO, and (of course) revenue!
SEO Basics

Use consumer language, not industry jargon
Put the [...]

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3 Fundamentals of Making Money on the Internet

June 19, 2009

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Fred Wilson, a VC and Principal at Union Square Station as well as an investor in Twitter, made some very important and often missed observations about making money on the Internet.
Fundamentals of Making Money Online
His whole talk at #140Conf can be boiled down to the 3 Funadamental Rules of Making Money on the [...]

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LendingTree and the Tale of Two Crises

April 28, 2008

Last week LendingTree had two crises. Crisis 1The first, was relatively small. A few former employees used their access to customer inquiries (leads), most likely for personal gain, to give unauthorized lenders access to LendingTree’s Lenders Network. Sure, I and a lot of other people can think of the worst possible ramifications of this incident. [...]

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Enjoy the Game

April 21, 2008

This Sunday I was inspired by a sermon my pastor (Randy Wheeler, Twin Oaks ) gave–”Playing with Gratitude.” As he opened his sermon, he immediately changed the title to “Enjoy the Game,” which is the title I took for this post. Then he opened with a brief clip of Lou Gehrig’s farewell speech to his [...]

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Jason Nation…bah humbug…We are the Kaleidicians!

April 17, 2008

I guess you have arrived when members of your company are given a “nickname” by reporters–The Kaleidicians! I am not sure if this makes us a nation, a sports team, a gang, or a cult?
I do know that while the Jason Nation is out thinking up logos we are quitely gaining underground strength.
Follow me and [...]

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Growing Appreciation for Simplicity, Brevity, and Clarity

April 16, 2008

Maybe my increased use of Twitter or the more hectic my life continues to become has contributed to this affinity for tightly packed, well thought out, communication.
Examples:

Stowe Boyd, /Message, TwitPitch Me!
Pecha Kucha via Business of Software by Joel on Software

Brief me: http://twitter.com/billrice

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Contact Management for Twitter

April 15, 2008

No more excuses for not staying in contact with friends, family, and business contact. Now you can have social contact management that works seamlessly with your existing Twitter.
Here is the idea and what to do:

Get Twitter or have Twitter, who doesn’t have Twitter yet?
Follow salestwit
Sign-up for a “closed” beta invite at www.salestwit.com
When you get your [...]

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Call Someone Today for No Good Reason

April 14, 2008

Reach into your address book today, pick a random person, and call or email them. Your life, and maybe even your business, will be richer for it.
Inspired by @andrewbadera, on Twitter:

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