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Jeff Jarvis writes:

TV networks will not die. But neither will they grow - and in business, isn't that as good as dying? Their audiences have been steadily falling away for a decade. Network ad revenue is now flat and a host of new gadgets compete for viewers' attention.

Yet it's not technology that ...

29.09.05 08:31 AM - Comment(s)

Crisis

Sep 29th, 2005( i.e. today) in India is a pretty difficult day for a business traveller. There is a strike by the employees' union at all airports across India. Millions of passengers will be left stranded at the airports due to this strike. I have been travelling for the last 2 days and am really s...

29.09.05 07:32 AM - Comment(s)

Network

What happens when world's smartest business thinkers come together? It brings out a riot of brilliant ideas, unprecedented innovation, never before seen viral effects, great word-of-mouth activities that create a buzz and some unbelievable customer-centric marketing thinking.

Remarkabalize got launch...

22.09.05 04:57 PM - Comment(s)

Listen

Fortune has a very good article on the power of listening. Here are some tips:

  1. Ask pertinent questions. "When you want to understand what someone is trying to say, ask clarifying questions like, 'If I hear you correctly, you are saying (fill in the blank)...Is that right?' " says Whitmore. ...
21.09.05 02:48 PM - Comment(s)

Avaya, India has just launched Customer Responsiveness Awards. Link here to know more.

The objective of the awards is to select and award the best customer responsiveness policies and practices of companies in India across different verticals. It is designed by Prof. Jankiraman of IIM, Lucknow with A...

20.09.05 04:21 PM - Comment(s)

Indianarmy

Economic Times, had a lovely article on the Indian Army and there are a lot of lessons that corporate execs can pick-up from their best practice list:

The army believes in the doctrine of the “Warrior and a Winner”. In the battlefield, the “Winner Takes it All” and there’s no space for the second-bes...

17.09.05 11:14 AM - Comment(s)

Leadership

Lovely article  by Jason Jennings  on leadership truths. I am putting-up the entire article as each word in this article is quite impactful and brilliant. If we follow every word of it, one can build  the best customer-focussed company in the world. Because the difference here as ...

14.09.05 12:40 PM - Comment(s)

Tivo

Via Adage

Adage reports that the threat to consumers skipping ads is overblown as Tivo sales have started to slow down.  Customers in the US singing-up for TiVo this quarter was down to 965,000 as against 1.15 million last quarter. The article goes on to say that TiVo may be losing  mass-ma...

11.09.05 10:14 AM - Comment(s)

Martina writes:

Camera phones are taking mobile marketing a step ahead. Text & win will soon become history now that competition can be run inviting people to scan a barcode with their camera phone and send it as MMS to a special number.

In the UK, The Times is currently running such an initiativ...

08.09.05 08:17 AM - Comment(s)

Ideafast

Derek Sivers writes there is no need to be protective of ideas because they are worth its money(in millions) only when executed well.

He gives a simple formula too!

AWFUL IDEA = -1
WEAK IDEA = 1
SO-SO IDEA = 5
GOOD IDEA = 10
GREAT IDEA = 15
BRILLIANT IDEA = 20

NO EXECUTION = $1
WEAK EXECUTION = $1000
SO-SO- ...

31.08.05 01:06 PM - Comment(s)

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