I am huge fan of Seth and I must say that his book Purple Cow was a major inspiration for my upcoming Book “Beyond Code” Seth, I have to say this. With your 800-CEO-READ offer, you have just proven your core message from the book “All Marketers are Liars.” Here’s why: Here is the promotion… Continue reading
Date Archives → May 2005
Innovation is not a one time activity – Case in point: LifeDrive
Even if you have a great product you can’t rest on your laurels. Apple‘s iPod is great but there is now competition from PalmOne. The new Lifedrive from PalmOne looks cool. They are creating a new category called “Digital Lifestyle Device” and want to launch a flank attack at iPod. Interestingly, observe that they are… Continue reading
Setting expectations – Nordstrom experience
I love Nordstroms. I really do! People are very professional and it’s a great shopping experience. Yesterday I was shopping there and picked up a couple of pants. There was a big sign there stating “Alterations made while you shop” and I thought I can get them fixed today. There was a tailor in-house, took… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Henry Ford
Ways to distinguish yourself – #26 Expect recognition for results and not effort
I have mentioned this in one of my previous posts and I want to repeat it here – one thing in life has not changed – “sometimes we succeed and sometimes we learn” Many times we put a lot of effort on some things but the results are not there. Sometimes we put in a… Continue reading
Challenge vs Chance
Recently I was discussing some of my favorite topics (management, leadership) with Ashok Shrivastava, retired VP at CPG giant Proctor and Gamble. Ashok had several insights to share but this particular one was very interesting. When a leader declares a goal and goes ahead and achieves it, he or she is in the “challenge” mode…. Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #25 Walk away from "free"
The general temptation for many of us is to receive things that are “free” Think about that for a second and see if it is really worth receiving those things that are free. Here are some of my thoughts: 1. I think there is nothing that is “free.” Everything has a price and it has… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #24 Influence the influencers
This post may seem like it is targeted at sales professionals but my guess is that it is equally applicable to professionals at all levels. Whenever we are making a point, getting our ideas across, we tend to focus only on the decision makers. This may work but many times, the better approach is to… Continue reading
Firefox – Crossing the chasm?
Tim O’Reilly, for whom I have great respect, has a great post on O’Reilly radar discussing a breakdown of visitors by browsers they are using. Brief summary This year Internet Explorer: 54.66% Firefox: 35.08% Last year Internet Explorer: 75.53% Netscape: 19.89% The verdict is clear – Firefox is gaining a ton of momentum and there… Continue reading
Apprentice – Points to ponder
This is the first season of Apprentice I really followed closely. I had heard extreme opinions about the show (obviously I had not watched the previous seasons) – some hated the show and some absolutely loved it. I personally have mixed feelings about the show. Since next week, we may see whether Tana or Kendra… Continue reading