// i’ve searched at least a dozen stores in asheville for a shaving mug & soap set. does anyone know where i can find one?
I got Lee a set from etsy. I think I just searched “Shave set”
thanks, stacey. etsy has a great selection & reasonable prices…
Month: June 2009
mountainx tweeted a questioned yestarday: could… the power of social media save pop asheville? now native ashevillians are tweeting & facebooking about solutions to the ‘crisis.’
someone on facebook has the audacity to suggest (during a recession where i know several unemployed designers & cultural creatives) that people pay $50 for advance all-access tickets to pop asheville (last january the price was $15 for an all-access wristband). i suspect the person in question has completely zero, i repeat, zero marketing or events-planning experience.
first, an organization does not penalize the early birds for buying tickets (you penalize the lazy phish fans for showing up the day of the show hoping to score a miracle ticket).
second, if an organization is going to raise the tickets to $50, then consider this option:
- offer advance ticket at $20 per ticket – offer good until Oct. 31, 2009
- offer special rate of $35 per ticket – offer good until week before the festival
- then charge full rate of $50 per ticket the week/day of the event
this is a well-tested, & proven business model. for those interested, i can explain how this business model works & the dynamics involved.
however, there’s another economic force at work regarding pop asheville: marketplace evolution. in short, if an organization can not adapt & survive, then it will die.
// i’ve searched at least a dozen stores in asheville for a shaving mug & soap set. does anyone know where i can find one?
somethingchanged: 162. Papers (via tom gauld) LInk via f*ckyeahreading
just got this email notice based on this RT…
// back from poetry workshop… thank you mcneil for the ride to the transit center… i hope we meet again… was able to avoid the storm..
// i wonder if ‘design consultant, information architect & experience planner’ best defines my job description…
When the music changes the dance must also change.
Tuareg proverb (via deltafoxtrot)
GPOYW – Fall 2006 Filo Pastries & Coffee (Thomas Rain Crow pose) Edition
[photo taken by michael erb]
Twitter is very text-driven, whereas other social networks like Facebook and MySpace are more image-oriented. Maybe women post better photos and other rich media on their social network pages, and men provide more authoritative-sounding sound bites.
Twitter Trends by Catherine Rampell
brocatus: Venn Diagram – Happiness in Business (on budcaddell’s flickr, via mikearauz : zehnuhr)
i love info graphics…
Jared Friedman, co-founder and chief technology officer of Scribd took an optimistic… of the industry’s future. Scribd’s vision may be to liberate the written word but Friedman said he believes digital formats will monetize better than paper books in coming years and urged publishers to stay on track by developing and embracing “a really good distribution model,” such as the Kindle; adopting “more than one distribution mechanism” to avoid a monopoly; and exploring new distribution channels for e-books.
// an author i publish was surprised to learn i didn’t own a crackberry or iphone, ‘not even a cellphone?’ ‘no,’ i said… #fb
I get very excited when people say, “I want a Cuban.” I know they mean they sandwich, but I still enjoy opening my arms up for an embracement.
(via vela)
i get excited when people say “go dutch” … but i usually open my wallet instead of prepare for an embrace…
// from the report (http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/charging-for-news-apis-recommendations/): ‘disruptive internet technologies’…
The thing about salary is that it isn’t only about money, it is about your overall quality of life. It is about the things that you can or you can’t do. The films that you can or can’t see when they are first released, the places or restaurants that you can or can’t eat at, the shops or clothes you wear. The holidays that you take. We all know about the moan that you’ll never be able to afford a mortgage on a publishing salary, but it isn’t only about that. It might not seem much for one or two years or at the beginning of your career but after 5 or even 7 years it takes its toll.
Publishing’s pay drain | theBookseller.com (via fluffynotes)
// i really enjoy my stainless steel coffee press. i’ve noticed a slight taste difference. it’s not bad, just different…
In wine, there is wisdom. In beer, there is strength. In water, their is bacteria.
Oscar Wong, Founder, Owner, President, and chief cleanup guy of Highland Brewery. (via plainclothesman)
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RT @alisaharris ‘Saletan… succeeds in making everyone extremely uncomfortable’ (http://www.slate.com/id/2219537/) // yes, he does… #fb
// my copy of ingeborg bachmann’s german edition of darkness spoken arrived in the mail today… began delving into gedichte tonight… #fb
Luxury vs. premium
Luxury goods are needlessly expensive. By needlessly, I mean that the price is not related to performance. The price is related to scarcity, brand and storytelling. Luxury goods are organized waste. They say, “I can afford to spend money without regard for intrinsic value.”
That doesn’t mean they are senseless expenditures. Sending a signal is valuable if that signal is important to you.
Premium goods, on the other hand, are expensive variants of commodity goods. Pay more, get more. Figure skates made from kangaroo hide, for example, are premium. The spectators don’t know what they’re made out of, but some skaters believe they get better performance. They’re happy to pay more because they believe they get more.
The difference between marketing and sales
Marketing tells a story that spreads.
Sales overcomes the natural resistance to say yes.
If you don’t pay the salesforce (because you go direct, or you go free), then who is going to do that for you? The only answer that occurs to me is, “your users/fans/customers.”
This means that a critical element of any strategy that ditches the salesforce is to figure out how you will empower and encourage your customers to take their place. Easier said than done.
Coffeehouse Junkie 