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Wobo Library Updated, and added: Activlite. *Wobo is just a word I made up to call those businesses who aren’t honest with the customers. Wobo Name(s): The Bottom Line: September 30th, 2009 |
That’s not the point. - Avoid the things you are lousy at; - sleepwalk through the things you are good at; - and (only) keep working on the things you are amazing at. September 29th, 2009 |
One of the most common errors for a website is the “404 Page Not Found Error”. It occurs when users try to access a page that doesn’t exist on your site. When I evaluate the quality of a website, this is usually one of the first places I look. To me, it shows how much [...] September 28th, 2009 |
Carol Bartz, the CEO of Yahoo! had an interesting quote the other day, “When you get outside New York and Silicon Valley, everyone loves Yahoo. I just want to transplant all of you guys out of your cynicism. What is wrong with you guys? Go be cynical about frickin’ Google. You got me pissed off.” It’s not [...] September 27th, 2009 |
If you are serious about blogging, one of the best softwares out there for you is WordPress. The software itself is free. You just need to pay for your own domain registration and hosting service, which costs roughly $10 a month. I have never written about WordPress (even though I am a huge fan and [...] September 26th, 2009 |
Zynga has one of the most popular games on Facebook: Mafia Wars. Everyday, 4 to 5 million players log on Facebook to run their mafia families. Of course, they also make other games such as: Farmville, Special Forces, Vampire Wars, Street Racing, Hold’em Poker, etc. — most of which, are not as popular. I think Zynga [...] September 25th, 2009 |
I have made it pretty clear that I am not a Windows Vista fan. There is a very good chance that I am staying away from Vista for the rest of my life. Today marks the first time which Windows 7 has made an impression on me, and I must say it was not a [...] September 24th, 2009 |
A Wobo Tip on Videos. *Wobo is just a word I made up to call those businesses who aren’t honest with the customers. Many Wobos have videos on their websites. Most of the time, they are from some trustworthy sources such as Oprah Winfrey or CNN. You see, it’s human nature to link two things that [...] September 23rd, 2009 |
I think Verizon Wireless blew it, and I bet your business does the same thing. You see, I have been a Verizon Wireless customer for the past two years — I signed a two-year contract with them in 2007. During this two year relationship, I have not once heard from them on anything that makes me [...] September 22nd, 2009 |
Step #1: Take the iPhone, copy all of the features and functions. Step #2: Take one killer feature which is important to your target customers, and improve it. Step #3: Convince your customers that your feature is at least 10 times better than the iPhone’s. Exaggerate, if you can get away with it. The end. BTW, substitute iPhone with [...] September 21st, 2009 |
…far from it. Advertising is NOT dead either. Neither is mass media. With all these hype (and the majority of my writings) about the new media and new way of doing business, on or offline, I think it’s necessary to make my point clear: the so-called traditional businesses are going to dominate the world for a [...] September 20th, 2009 |
We live in an uniformed society, and we start young. In school, we were asked to wear uniforms to be easily recognized and sorted out. In other words, to make the jobs of the upper management, the teachers, easier — one less thing to worry about, for them. Then came work, we were asked to wear uniforms [...] September 19th, 2009 |
The entry fee for the World Series of Poker Main Event is $10,000. In 2008, close to 7,000 players participated and the prize for first place was a little over $9,000,000. Pretty good ROI, wouldn’t you agree? Here is a question: if you start playing in the event this year, and you do it for the [...] September 18th, 2009 |
Let’s face it, the Chinese are absolutely brilliant at figuring out the most cost effective way of making knockoffs. Kindle, iPod, iPhone, Vaio, you name it. Looking back 10, 15 years, the two most efficient weapons to increase sales revenue were advertisement and pricing. Run some ads and/or lower your pricing, and sales will [...] September 17th, 2009 |
I have posted some tips for recognizing and avoiding wobos on WeWobo.com. *Wobo is just a word I made up to call those businesses who aren’t honest with the customers. Tips: Why the Strange Prices? Have you ever notice that many Wobos come with strange prices? They charge $78.24 or $23.18 instead of $100 or $49.99. We think that’s [...] September 16th, 2009 |
I spoke with someone the other day who insisted on “not giving out the wrong impression” so that she doesn’t have to do someone else’s job. The funny thing is that she had been working for her employer for 3 days. I think for most employees, that’s a common attitude: they go out of their [...] September 15th, 2009 |
Businesses — business websites in particular — like to keep themselves behind closed walls. Take NewEgg.com, for example, everything they do is to get their target customers to the website and try to close a sale. They view the website as a destination, instead of a starting point. It’s easy to understand their concern: if [...] September 14th, 2009 |
…but do it really well. Google Chrome understands that. The reason I am using Chrome as my default browser now over Firefox or IE 8 is simple: it’s fast. For me, it’s way faster than any other browsers I have tried. You see, if it only beats out Firefox by 10%, I wouldn’t even notice. And [...] September 13th, 2009 |
When someone buys your product, it’s the equivalent of them choosing you over anyone else in the world — making you their number one. It doesn’t matter if it’s because of your pricing, service or advertising. It’s easy (and tempting) to forget about your existing customers and put most of your resources on getting new ones. [...] September 12th, 2009 |
I want a pocket size Internet communication device, but I don’t think I actually need an iPhone. Maybe an iPod touch 3G with video camera is more like it. You see, I am more than happy to pay the $30 3G (or 4G) data plan to ensure that I can have access to the Web [...] September 11th, 2009 |
I am pretty sure that most people already know exactly what they need to do to reach their goals. For example, to get into shape, all you need is to exercise 30 minutes a day for 3 times a week. Do that for 6 months, and you will be in the best shape of your [...] September 10th, 2009 |
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