The Business Blog at Intuitive.comBusiness blogging, marketing communications, industry analysis, commentary, and musings from strategic business consultant, author and speaker Dave Taylor.Warner experiments with theatrical + DVD hybrid release for "Watchmen"- May 28, 2008 Fascinating story in the New York Times free reg required yesterday about Warner Brothers Entertainment, Inc. and how it's trying to wrestle with the latest trends in theatrical releases, where a decline of DVD sales is terrifying everyone in the industry, an industry where so much of the revenue from a film project is expected from just those sales. How important is this revenue The Times reports that up to 70% of movie revenue comes from DVD sales, depending on the release and the quality...http://www.intuitive.com/blog/watchmen-warner-experiments-theatrical-dvd-hybrid-release.ht... Join the Stompernet Internet business mastermind portal today!- May 22, 2008 I spent quite a bit of time yesterday writing about why I'm a faculty member of Stompernet and why it's your best bet for learning online marketing and Internet business so today I just want to put up a few quick additional links. First off, if you're ready, don't waste time, just do this: Sign up for Stompernet Now In particular, the word I hear from Andy Jenkins, head of Stompernet, is that "I don't know how long the shopping cart will be open, because we're kind of like a...http://www.intuitive.com/blog/join_the_stompernet_internet_business_mastermind_portal_toda... Join Stompernet, learn everything about Internet marketing- May 21, 2008 A few years ago I jumped headfirst into the world of Internet marketing, speaking at a variety of conferences that ranged from pretty good to scary awful pitchfests where audience members apparently willingly took a few days out of their lives to sit passively while hucksters aggressively sold the latest 21st century snake oil from the stage. Now, before I get into too much trouble, I learned a lot from the experience, made some really splendid friends, and connected with some online business..http://www.intuitive.com/blog/join_stompernet_learn_everything_about_internet_marketing.ht... Blockbuster swings to profit! Who'd have thought it- May 15, 2008 In the age of video on demand, advertisements touting that Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) has rented over two billion movies, the pervasiveness of peer to peer (p2p) networks, and the general drum-beat of the demise of video rental, today's earnings report from Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) is a shocker:"Blockbuster Inc., swung to a first-quarter profit amid prior-year termination fees as domestic same-store sales grew for the first time in five years, though total revenue fell amid a decrease in...http://www.intuitive.com/blog/blockbuster_swings_to_profit_whod_have_thought_it.html This is how participatory mainstream media should work- May 13, 2008 I have watched with growing disappointment as the trolls and jerks who are automatically screened from most blogs through splendid collaborative tools like Akismet have found a new home in the comments section of the local newspaper here in Boulder, the Daily Camera. Far from illuminating the story and adding thoughtful, intelligent commentary, too many comments are like these: On a story about a party gone wrong at the University of Colorado "CU Meat heads. Like trash in the streets, the...http://www.intuitive.com/blog/how-participatory-mainstream-media-should-work.html Bloggers as PR vigilantes- May 11, 2008 My friend Rick Calvert of Blogworld Expo posted a note last night asking Should bloggers blacklist PR firms His starting point for his article is an earlier note by Stowe Boyd, The Growing Backlash against PR, Spam and the Rationale for MicroPR. He in turn points to Gina Trapani, who has created a PR Spammers Wiki, where "she and others can publicly 'out' PR firms that are spamming bloggers or using other unsavory spammish practices." I find this entire sequence of vigilante justice, as...http://www.intuitive.com/blog/bloggers_as_pr_vigilantes.html Join me at the Colorado Capital Conference on May 22- May 6, 2008 If the idea of spending a day with a few hundred entrepreneurs sounds great, then you really should join us at the Colorado Capital Conference later this month. We have two keynote speakers, Simon Leung and Marc Silverman, and have eight workshops that day, along with eleven companies pitching and hoping for a funding event. The workshops are going to be terrific:Financing 101Building a Winning TeamVenture Labor: Dont Confuse Stock Options with Monopoly Money to Grow Your CompanyMarketing...http://www.intuitive.com/blog/join_me_colorado_capital_conference_on_may_22.html |