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Re: Average Customer Daily Income

Deano — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:54:52 -0000

This is such a timely post, because sometimes the ACDI is a factor when looking at services that provide multiple service levels... For example, I just checked out http://typekit.com today, basically a web service selling "font usage for your website for one low monthly/annual fee". The only problem is, the annual fee at the upper end is well past my ACDI! And at the lower, more acceptable end, the featureset SUCKS too much. So, even though this startup has accounted for multiple ACDI levels to a point, they stopped thinking of the non-financial incentives, and/or their service model only works under such a tight-focused market that I'm just never going to be a good fit, regardless.

So, I think an additional point to make is, while it's nice to have something like ACDI guiding pricing, it's equally important to realize that the pricing, whatever it is, needs to provide appropriate or even excessive value to the consumer (and I would suggest that this is more true for LOWER ACDIs, where the choice essentially boils down to pay for excellent things and make do without a lot, rather than pay a small increment for a so-so solution).

Anyway, cool stuff! Perhaps ACDI is also the "natural" point at which individuals who are beholden to other interests (the bank, parents, spouses, etc) don't need to consult with a higher power to make the buying decision. I definitely notice the difference in trying to buy something I really want if it's over $200... And if an annual service crests $99, I tend to take MUCH longer thinking about it, whereas I am a Flickr Pro user who barely uses his account, simply because $25 wasn't even an afterthought for what I could get in return.

Re: TWiT Update

Deano — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:33:45 -0000

Lots of great ideas here, definitely I'd side on the "keep something* pumping out on the off weeks". And, it would help if it were a "something consistent" - Like, all the off-weeks are interviews, or staff bio shows, or just off the wall craziness.

"Best of" format is definitely REALLY hard for TWiT specifically, since the topics become WAY old news so fast. But, sticking with the TWiTs for a moment, either having a guest host (it would have to be a "Leo"-type person, someone who isn't the 1000-meter-deep geek), or having even someone entirely outside tech host a show on an entirely different topic - "This Week in Wine", "This Week in Horse Racing", and let the regulars try to roll with it... Would make for interesting listening, maybe?

Also, a way cut down 15-20 minute mini-show featuring a "day in the life" for one of the cast, their ruminations on how tech affects their lives, etc... Kind of a spotlight feature that the fans could still relate to?

Re: TWiT Update : LOL: The Life of Leo

Deano — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:33:45 -0000

Re: Facebook’s redesign: Good concept, but not there yet

Deano — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:19:17 -0000

when a rollout this bad happens, usage should spike briefly as users investigate the changes, then level off a bit while they give it a chance/wait for a rollback. the reason you're not seeing a drop in traffic is because the userbase is collectively waiting for one of two things - an alternative site to replace fb with, or the rollback. If nither materializes this month, and sufficient fixes aren't in place to appease longtime users, the april numbers WILL be impacted severely.

It just takes a lot of time to manually export all your contact info, etc, in preparation to leave. Judge this redesign not by user polling, but by how quickly migration tutorials appear and how much traffic they get.

Re: Truck Bearing Kibble

Deano — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:22:26 -0000

Um... As faithful as the subs are, I think it'd be more Peaksian 'naked'.