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• A radical business plan for Facebook: Charge people

  “We’ve found out that having a price is really cool for making profits,” Hansson pointed out last spring in an entertaining presentation called “The Secret to Making Money Online.” “You have customers, they pay you money for the product or service, and you get profits! It’s almost too simple to work.” Of course, 37signals didn’t come up with this idea on its own, either: “I’ve heard that over time—hundreds of years actually—this has been how most businesses have made their money. But somehow that notion got lost in the Web world.”

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Earlier this week it was announced that Netflix streaming would be coming to the Xbox 360 via the Fall Update on November 19 - in HD. This is KILLER… check out the video to see how slick it is…

I still love my Roku, but this now means I don’t have to buy another for my man cave :)

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When the iPhone 3G came out in July, I went to my local AT&T store to upgrade and was turned around at the door. Even I’ve been a loyal customer for several years - paying $95/mo - they said I couldn’t upgrade EARLY. “Come back when your contract is up to get the discounted price”, they said.

Today I went to the AT&T store again. My contract is up on November 20, 2008 (20 days away) so I figure I’m within a few weeks … why the hell wouldn’t they let me upgrade now? I’m the perfect customer - I pay them a lot of money and have not been late with a single payment.

With credit card in hand - I was turned away again. “If you want to pay $500 for the phone you can get it now, but if you want the discounted price for the phone you’ll have to wait until the day your current contract is up.”

Can anyone explain this business model to me? If a customer proactively comes to your company’s door and says - “Hey, I want to sign a contract with you for another two years.” And the customer also says - “Hey you know what - here’s $300 in advance too“. Would you say no? Who in the hell taught these guys business?

I honestly don’t get this… WHY THE &*!@ DON’T YOU WANT YOUR CUSTOMERS TO RENEW A CONTRACT EARLY?

AT&T FAIL!

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• The Internet Marketing Handbook

  The Internet Marketing Handbook is a free resource that contains almost 100 tools and learning resource that help to master Internet Marketing. It was compiled by Danny Dover and is the result of literally hundreds of hours of study and practice in marketing online and search engine optimization techniques. The information below represents the web’s best resources and tools. All of the items listed below are available to the general public and most are free of charge. Enjoy!

  tags: SEO, getanewbrowser, internetmarketing

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