Business Strategy, Personal Development, Marketing
I’m not a Rockefeller, and I don’t have a charitable trust fund, but I do pretty well, and occasionally, I do donate money to various charities. I also donate household items and clothing on a regular basis since I have kids at that age where neither clothes nor toys last all that long. However, I’ve … Read more
I live in Colorado. I have a Denver-based freelance writing business that does freelance writing in Colorado in person, and clients all over the world online. But, I end up looking at job postings from time to time, because I’m that guy. Someday, I’ll find something amazing and they’ll want me to, and then my … Read more
I am a big fan of Woot. Like many others, I like their deal-of-the-day and follow it on a pretty regular basis. Refurbished Roombas are very common on the site. Refurbished Roombas on Woot In case you aren’t familiar with it, Woot.net offers deals every day. When deals are sold out, it is gone. Sometimes … Read more
Update: It’s August 2020 and there is no solution in sight. I guess if you really cared you would switch to Direct TV who recently made a deal and now shows Altitude. This, however, is Comcast’s point. They really are not worried about losing a significant number of subscribers. This is putting your money where … Read more
They call it “fees.” The reality is that it is false pricing. The airline industry, through consolidation and relentless cost cutting, has turned itself, with few exceptions, into an indistinguishable commodity. For the average, non-million mile, traveller, there is little difference between United Airlines and American Airlines. Both charge you to check a bag, neither … Read more
Angie’s List spent years as the sort-of premier review site. The thing that made them different was that in order to review a company, you had to be a paying member. The idea was that having people pay meant that they actually cared more, and there would be better, more honest reviews than on a … Read more
Once upon a time, everything I ordered online was so that I could get it cheaper. Then, I added in when I couldn’t get things locally. Lately, I’ve started ordering online just because it is easier, or because I keep forgetting. Is Propane Taxi Worth It? Propane Taxi is an online delivery service that will … Read more
Recently, there has been a lot of hand wringing about the so-called Gig Economy. For those of you who don’t know the term, the concept of the gig economy is businesses and labor that operate on a per gig, that is per single transaction, basis. The most well known gig economy based businesses currently are … Read more
Something keeps bothering me about Twitter losing money. The company claims 330 million active monthly users. If they were overly optimistic, or using a very generous definition of “active,” lets cut that in half to 150 million active users each month. Now, if they could earn just $1 per user, that would be $150 million … Read more
There are a lot of articles out there this week about Amazon raising the minimum purchase for free shipping. This is not a price increase, so much as a price cut for Amazon Prime. Consider that Amazon Prime makes up a lot of Amazon’s revenue these days. It’s similar to the model that Costco uses … Read more
Last month, Tesla’s general council gave an explanation to the FTC about why Tesla sells its cars directly to customers instead of using the traditional car dealership model. Of course, the remarks were carefully researched, vetted, and tested so as to not create any unpleasant blow back. That also made them slightly less truthful than … Read more
Once upon a time, I noticed that many of the products I was buying had a Kelloggs Family Rewards box where I usually see a Box Tops for Education box. I started saving Box Tops when my kids hit grade school, and while I don’t think we’ve ever seen big money, our school does pull … Read more