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Re: Two teams on opposite sides of the Atlantic but the same story

Riaz — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:35:59 -0000

Real Madrid went through the same thing in recent years with their galacticos - they consciously changed the policy and are slowly becoming a force again in football.

Re: Free as a business model

Riaz — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:29:42 -0000

As I read "I’m a big believer of heavy users should offset costs for lighter users, in society as well as in business." the first thing I thought about was how this is the exact opposite of the way the tube is run.

Those who have an oyster card pay significantly less than those who use paper tickets. I have to remind friends coming to London to get an oyster card.

Btw - I think the biggest problem in the morning is other commuters on the tube.. at least on the northern line! hehe

Re: Free as a business model

Riaz — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:34:47 -0000

My comment on the tube was more just a note of interest in the way it is being run by Ken Livingstone (who I actually would have expected to do things in a different way) rather than any comment on right or wrong.

The northern line comment was more tongue in cheek - being tongue in cheek doesn't always come across well always online especially if i miss out the ;) !!

Re: Targeting and relevance

Riaz — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:05:39 -0000

That is my view as well - unfortunately amongst an older crowd the idea of giving away personal information in exchange for that is abhorrent to them.

It would be interesting to find out if that was the case amongst the younger crowd who don't working within the internet world!

Re: Quality leads to quantity

Riaz — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:46:58 -0000

This is very true, it looks like the publishers have figured out a way to make money and publish online as well.

For too long, publishers have been too afraid to place content online for fear of cannabilising their offline revenues.

Sky is answering this question by providing content online for a monthly fee. If only hulu was available in the UK.. that would be a significant boost to content availability here.

Re: The end of the cold call is nigh

Riaz — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:24:38 -0000

Maybe, but today I tend to think that a human touch is needed to fill out the blanks and get an understanding of a prospect's needs and timing. I am not convinced that will change in the near future. That sort of information is difficult to obtain online, if only because the prospect doesn't want everyone hounding them when that time approaches!

But with the information available online, there is little excuse for a completely cold call and with that info you can usually make the call a friendly engaged one rather than an irritating one.

Re: The end of the cold call is nigh

Riaz — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:24:47 -0000

Also unfortunately not everyone is using twitter or linkedin today. It definitely varies in usage by sector and neither is everyone as comfortable communicating in a major way online. Continued Twitter usage is low right now, though it will be interesting to see if Twitter can overcome this. Along with this conversations in Facebook are mostly private and unsearchable. Facebook people search is also hopeless right now so using it for acquisition purposes is difficult.