Random Thoughts in Marketing

You'll have to read through a few posts back to see it, but earlier I blogged about how AirBNB's new logo could have been used as an...

I have seen articles in all the major tech news services the past two days showing AgileBits 1Password product working with Apple's upco...

So I'm just now hearing comments from the CEO of best buy that iPad tablet sales and other tablets are plummeting in sales. I can't...

Yelp recently announced that it would add the ability for it's users to upload videos. Yelp blew it for multiple reasons in my opinion. ...

I blog over and over again about how your products UI is one of the most important pieces to get right if you want to keep and grow your use...

Ask an entrepreneur 20 years ago what platform they were developing for, and you might hear 90% - Windows - 10% Mac. Asking the same questio...

The advent of the Internet never ceases to amaze me. Both in how many ways incumbent businesses are being disrupted, and more importantly ho...

I am currently an 'Android' person, previously I had an Iphone - and had an Android device before that. For me switching between the...

By now you've likely heard of, or seen the over funded Potato Salad  project on Kickstarter. To everyone's amazement, it not only me...

One of my ventures AFPR is a consultancy where I offer all of what I have learned (mistakes and successes) over the past 20 years to small s...

The past few months it has become more apparent that Twitter has a user issue.  Specifically, new users, and retaining them.  When Twitter r...

Traditional Brick & Mortar retailers have seen sales chiseled away over the past 10 years by a scrappy little sales channel called the I...

If you have not already seen it, AirBnB just announced their new logo design. As horrible as it is, it is also the talk of the town.  You ca...

I have done all forms of marketing over the years. These include online ad spends,Adwords, SEM,SEO,Website and Product funnels - and at the ...

One of my passions is beta testing new things.  As a part of that, I always reach out to the developer with my thoughts, comments and sugges...

Today will mark an important decision by the US Supreme court. They will rule on whether or not Aereo can exist.  Aereo's business model...

I'm the type of person who likes to root for the underdog.  So when Samsung first came up with their answer  (Samsung Droid Charge) to A...

There have been two new products in the past 12 months that have me very excited for what's next.  First, the Motorola X, and most recen...

I like being an early adopter, if for no other reason than to have new things to add to my junk drawer.  We all have a junk drawer, it's...

Mark Zuckerburg's Facebook just bought Oculas Rift (OR), a "next-gen" VR/gaming device.  Everyone is a buzz about how is it  a...

Anyone who had been reading my blog over the past 10 or so years, might have (or not) wondered where I went to.  Why was I no longer bloggin...

I have been dyeing for Verizon Wireless to offer 4G (LTE) phones since late last year's announcement of their coming availability. For ...

This post is in reply to a Tweet by Fred Wilson (AVC) - who suggested that Stealth Mode is dead (or perhaps never should have been). His co...

If 'There's an app for that' has been synonymous with the Apple IPhone, then the new tagline for the Apple IPad should be 'T...

Software developers - You have a problem. Having had my hand in product development (as a non-developer) while at RoboForm , ToneThis , A...

I watched Google 's media event today announcing their new Nexus One Superphone . There was one large surprise - That it will be avail...

The most recent Browser Market Share numbers came out today. Microsoft's Internet Explorer 63.62% Firefox 24.72% Safari 4.36% Chrome 3....

I have been giving a lot of thought to Google 's forthcoming launch of their phone - as well as their disruptive model. I just don'...

On October 19th, The CEA (Producers of Consumer Electronics Show -CES) will be Holding their I-Stage event here in Phoenix Arizona. The fol...

Don't just think of the Iphone as a smartphone - more importantly do not think of it's baby brother the ITouch as a personal enter...

I recently posted about a *NEW* type of Twitter spam that will be a problem going forward (see my previous post) .  This post is about an al...

First you need to know, I am not picking on Twitter - nor am I singling them out. If you have distribution - email, IM ,Social Network - A...

I am certain I wasn't the 1st to discover Twitter , but if you do a search on this blog for "Twitter" I certainly think I was ...

There is a lot of *noise* on Twitter lately with Ashton Kutcher hitting the 1,000,000 follows. Some people like it, some do not - most don...

OK - I have to admit that as someone who has been tweeting for a year, I was not threatened by Ashton Kutchers recent challenge (Calling ou...

If you blink - You might miss it: Acknowledged by @Twitter as a " bug " *WINK* .... But certainly points to a future revenue strea...

CNBC would have you believe that investors want to eliminate the FASB accounting rule - 'Mark to Market'. This would allow our inso...

I first blogged about why if you did not believe in Armageddon you MUST be in bank stocks back in late November of last year (right when t...

I was shocked to read about a Harvard Economist's study recently (Article is actually a hoax but read on - ). The study implies that t...

I have said in much earlier posts that Twitter needs to do a better job of explaining themselves better to new users. I recently saw a sta...