Surya on Marketing: page views?
I’m going to cross-post this on suryasays.com and suryaonmarketing.com (SoM) I’m going to focus on two areas of marketing: general marketing fundamentals and technology marketing. To read why I’m doing this site, you’ll have to read the ABOUT page on SoM… Post follows… Page views? Page views? Every time I hear someone talk
facebook & myspace.
I graduated from college a tad bit too early for social networking. Facebook wasn’t a twinkle in Zuck’s eye when I was in college, and Friendster wasn’t really even up yet. But being a tech-groupie I joined Friendster probably in 03/04. Then MySpace. And then, once I found my rutgers alumni email password, Facebook. What’s […]
sheep, msm, & the sports illustrated curse!
The New York Times had this article over the weekend all about how online retailing is so over. Yesterday. Dead. Done. Well, maybe they didn’t proclaim it over, but they certainly were calling dibs on the rotting remains. Anyway, as soon as I saw this I was struck by what this meant. Well, let me […]
magazines, blogs, news, and my favorites.
Once upon a time, Business 2.0 was my favorite magazine. I loved reading about the hottest companies and ideas. There were great one-page articles on what’s hot and cool right now. It was filled with news about young people doing amazing things. It brimmed full of interesting ideas and tips. And that was awesome perspective and […]
san francisco.
Got back from San Francisco last night. I had a ton of fun: great weather (if but a tad bit chilly), great food, and great people. Special thanks to Corey, Jared, and Noah for showing me around a little and treating me to wonderful meals! The hospitality of the Bay is awesome.
cannibals, baby. cannibals.
A few years ago, in stray thoughts I constructed a grand theory explaining how our society was descending into cannibalism. Let’s start with Costco and Starbucks, two companies that take very good care of their employees. I believe the starting hourly pay at a Costco is $10 and healthcare resulting in most employees earning a […]
AMD vs Intel: the twin monopolies, the future & stocks.
I started this post with just thoughts on my pathetic AMD stock. Mainly, it’s become clear that everyone in the world right now seems to hate AMD (at least its stock). AMD is around its 52 week-low of $13 declining from ~$40 in the past year. This post, however is instead a far longer ramble […]
what’s next from google.
Google today announced that they’ll be offering a suite of applications for office workers for only $50 per user a year. These applications, basically an alternative to Microsoft Office, today cost about $150 a user not counting the IT help and hardware to run them. It’s a big deal, but also widely expected. I don’t think […]
oh, the horror. (and lack of shock)
At least we’re consistent. Via Jeff Jarvis, I found this article contrasting media coverage of the Anna Nicole Smith death versus coverage of Iraq. This echoes coverage of the Natalee Holloway ordeal. The numbers are quite staggering: On CNN there were 141 references to Anna Nicole and 27 to Iraq. FOX NEWS weighed in at 112 to 33. […]
gm & marketing. marketing? what’s that?
I preface this post with the caveat that we’re a huge GM family – both of my cars to date have been GM and almost everyone in my family buys American/GM. So this post is dripping with Love. GM’s marketing “strategy” makes me want to bang my head into a wall. Strategy is in quotes, […]