Comments on: Deadhead 2.0 http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/2010/03/management-secrets-of-the-grateful-dead/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:35:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: simon http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/2010/03/management-secrets-of-the-grateful-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1273 simon Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:17:40 +0000 http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/?p=5156#comment-1273 Will I know you weren't having a go. I just thought it was funny and ironic that a bunch of corporate suits could soon be buying the "Management Secrets of The Grateful Dead" in the airport book shop. I remember being on holiday in Maui and a guy was sitting by the pool wearing a T-shirt with the slogan "Fuck Work" emblazoned across the front, while reading the WSJ and furiously barking at his PA on his Blackberry-how I laughed! Will I know you weren’t having a go. I just thought it was funny and ironic that a bunch of corporate suits could soon be buying the “Management Secrets of The Grateful Dead” in the airport book shop.

I remember being on holiday in Maui and a guy was sitting by the pool wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Fuck Work” emblazoned across the front, while reading the WSJ and furiously barking at his PA on his Blackberry-how I laughed!

]]> By: will http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/2010/03/management-secrets-of-the-grateful-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1268 will Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:58:56 +0000 http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/?p=5156#comment-1268 I wasn't having a go at you. I was just ranting in the wind at all the NLP trained nudge merchants out there who are bs-ing their clients about zero-pricing and parallel marketing. Present company excepted, of course. I wasn’t having a go at you. I was just ranting in the wind at all the NLP trained nudge merchants out there who are bs-ing their clients about zero-pricing and parallel marketing. Present company excepted, of course.

]]> By: simon http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/2010/03/management-secrets-of-the-grateful-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1264 simon Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:11:21 +0000 http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/?p=5156#comment-1264 Will -I'm a blogger of course I don't know what I'm talking about it was just an excuse to sound all wired in and Web 2.0 and stick a 'Grateful Dead' video on TFAD - Now stop worrying and click on the YouTube of Ripple, unleash your inner 'Deadhead' it's still free (for the moment)...And don't start me on the beardy VAT fraudster, tax cheat (Branson not Garcia) or we'll be here all night. Will -I’m a blogger of course I don’t know what I’m talking about it was just an excuse to sound all wired in and Web 2.0 and stick a ‘Grateful Dead’ video on TFAD – Now stop worrying and click on the YouTube of Ripple, unleash your inner ‘Deadhead’ it’s still free (for the moment)…And don’t start me on the beardy VAT fraudster, tax cheat (Branson not Garcia) or we’ll be here all night.

]]> By: Will http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/2010/03/management-secrets-of-the-grateful-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1262 Will Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:51:01 +0000 http://www.touchingfromadistance.co.uk/?p=5156#comment-1262 As you point out, it's as old as the hills. The Avon lady and Tupperware parties are also similar. The community promises fun and the products that happen to be around, the ones that you've been handling, talking about, trying on are the ones you end up buying when your spending muscle flexes. That's why footfall is so important in retail. You need people to be in your shop when they feel like shopping. It's just annoying to think that some of the people geeing you up online are also reaching around and loosening your pursestrings. I always think of this whenever I see any advert for any of Virgin's services. Now Simon, about that monetized per-click aggregator... As you point out, it’s as old as the hills. The Avon lady and Tupperware parties are also similar. The community promises fun and the products that happen to be around, the ones that you’ve been handling, talking about, trying on are the ones you end up buying when your spending muscle flexes. That’s why footfall is so important in retail. You need people to be in your shop when they feel like shopping. It’s just annoying to think that some of the people geeing you up online are also reaching around and loosening your pursestrings. I always think of this whenever I see any advert for any of Virgin’s services. Now Simon, about that monetized per-click aggregator…

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