Seth Godin’s Genius Ideas For the Kindle

If you’re an Amazon shopper, then you’ve probably been hit by a home page promotion for their reading device, the Kindle. It’s a bit pricey — around $400 — but full of promise. I love the idea of downloading any book I want on demand, but...

Will Online Advertising Weather a Recession?

Historically, ad budgets are one of the first things to get cut during a recession. These folks predict that traditional advertising will get cut (t.v., print, radio), but online advertising –particularly social media — will weather the storm.Then I read...

Is Business 2.0 safe for now?

Earlier, we reported on efforts to save the popular magazine Business 2.0 from being shut down by its corporate overlords (Time, Inc.). A Facebook group was created which now has over 2,000 members including Business 2.0’s publisher, Josh Quittner. I joined the...

Can Fans Save Business 2.0?

It worked for “Jericho.” Can fans keep a magazine alive? Rumor has it that Time is shutting down Business 2.0 after its Sept. issue due to declining ad revenues (based on a bone-headed business decision to consolidate ad departments) even though...