In my last post I promised that I'd elaborate on why I think "Free" is a flawed and misunderstood business model. This is that post. It's a topic I've been meaning to write about for a while now; ever since I read Chris Anderson's book FreeĀ around two years ago in fact. My contention is that… Continue reading The price of “Free”
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Advertising, Optimisation and Adaptation: Why advertising is declining
As today's guest post on TechCrunch discusses, Internet advertising revenues have dropped sharply and the author goes on to say that it [was not] caused solely by the general recession and the decline in retail sales.Ā Internet advertising will rapidly lose its value and its impact, for reasons that can easily be understood. The article… Continue reading Advertising, Optimisation and Adaptation: Why advertising is declining
Coming up: The Global Travel Bubble [Part 1]
In trying to figure out how to bail-out the financial institutions and avoid a global economic meltdown, finger-pointing and blame-laying has been a standard dish these last few weeks. However, blame is seldom one-sided. Governments may have allowed it to happen and banks may have been greedy and irresponsible, but consumers have been foolish too.… Continue reading Coming up: The Global Travel Bubble [Part 1]
Richard Muscat 