seth godin on pricing

Seth Godin tackles pricing in a recent blog... If you are not aware of Godin, you are probably not in the Sales & Marketing department of your organization. His observations are that profound. Still, regardless of your corporate obligations, give him a once over.

"Which leads to the current debate over how much Apple should charge for iTunes. 99 cents a song is a great signal. It tells the purchaser that this is somehow fair." -Godin

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/

I wanted to disagree on this issue, but could not. I have used several legit sources for downloading songs (and recently, video) for my iPod. I used Wal-Mart and they have a price of 88 cents per song. But it requires (as far as I know) several steps to get the music transferred to the iPod.

With Apple iTunes, it is painless to enjoy the music. On my PC, or to burn a CD for the PT Cruiser, or via my iPod.

Well worth the 99 cents price of admission. Should Apple decide to bump the price, I will probably go back to Wal-Mart. Basic Econ 101. Although, as I write this, I am listening to XM Radio online via their 3 day free trial offer. Do not ask me why, I cannot speak Spanish, but I have spent most of my time listening to channel 90.

-ski

peter drucker

"His writings are landmarks for the managerial profession." Harvard Business Review. One of the world's great minds passed on to his reward Friday. Peter Drucker was 95 years young. I will always recall the video seminar of Drucker presented at Kent State TusCampus many years ago. His common sense approach might be best summerized (if that is even possible) by this quote: "There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all." His genius will be missed. -ski

casual friday

technology is amazing... for years, i have wondered what practical value XML could offer to the business world. you are not going to believe where i found the answer. http://www.rocketboom.com Rocketboom is a "Wayne's World" kinda production from a small studio [apartment!] somewhere in the village [i assume]. but just like that classic movie starring Wayne and Garth, Rocketboom is very entertaining. educational too. a recent vlog, which unlike this text blog, is a video log, did a great job of explaining and promoting RSS - Really Simple Syndication is a lite XML version for sharing web content. And there is a ton of it out there to be shared... and in human friendly format. to witness RSS first hand, watch this Rocketboom overview: www.rocketboom.com/vlog/...rb_05_nov_10.html if you decide to try the bloglines.com news feed reader, you can then add my blog to your desktop, under the section "my feeds" by subscribing to: http://consultski.blogspot.com/atom.xml let me know what you think. -ski