Web Performance, Branding, and Social Media
In: smp
6 May 2005James Governor hits for six with this gem.
By bringing their correlation capabilities with Web metrics (Urchin) and site visits (Web Accelerator and Toolbar), Google will be able to direct even better, more focused ad placement, based on visitor location, time of day, Originating ISP, “actual” bandwidth, and any number of other metrics that they will [...]
In: smp
5 May 2005George, this does not mean watching the shareholders heads spin, like in The Exorcist.
And acquisitions? George, your staff is not even comfortable walking across the street to get some BBQ at Armadillo Willy’s or a coffee at the Bridgepointe Starbuck’s, because they figure when they come back, a new name will be on the building [...]
In: RANTING
27 Apr 2005This post has been slanted by an article I read today about Yankee Group analyst Laura Didio (hmmm…no bio on the site), and an encounter I had today with a real industry analyst. [James Governor points to this article as well.]
Ms. Didio has been accused of placing a very hard slant towards Microsoft in most [...]
What more do I have to say? The Vision Thing is a great blog and they are looking for your horror stories. [here]
I don’t have any true nightmares, other than vacillating VPs who think they drive strategy, when in fact they only drive us to drink.
I can’t wait to hear about the TPS reports…
In: smp
21 Feb 2005Read this online this morning. I was broken, crushed, disturbed. [here]
In some ways, it is appropriate to hear of his suicide. I could not envision him fading slowly away from disease or dementia.
May he have a safe journey in the Great Land Shark.
Looks like I know what I will be reading on my many hours [...]
In: smp
7 Feb 2005Chris Lawer is stating that he is available for speaking engagements. [here]
I made the same plea a while back.
Anyone need a management-customer strategy/Web performance excellence double-header?
In: smp
31 Jan 2005When I travel, it is usually (90%) due to work-related events. For a long time, my preferred airline was United Airlines, as I lived within 7 miles of SFO (Ya know, the place with the huge aircraft that takes off like clockwork at 23:00 Pacific Time every night).
In fact, I was on a United 777 [...]
In: smp
23 Dec 2004In a previous post, I discussed that I was reading some management books to get an insight into the other side of the company. I have finished Hope is Not a Strategy finally. Interesting, but no new revelations. The war stories are the most interesting part of the whole book. The approach to sales in [...]
In: smp
12 Dec 2004Occasionally, when I am travelling, I will find an airport with a decent bookstore. And I will indulge my habit of buying management books to try and get a competitive advantage when dealing with all sales people, even those that work in the same company that I do.
You see, when you understand how sales people [...]
In: smp
29 Nov 2004Today an e-mail came in from one of the sales reps in the field that just set me off. This person wanted us to generate a "best practices" document.
Under most circumstances, this would seem innocuous enough. But the whole idea that a simplistic, sales-oriented best practices document on Web performance could be produced that summarized [...]