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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Cupcake Android Delay Reason: Donut Android

Image by Dan Patterson via Flickr

To those who can't read between the lines, Android is Google doing operating system. It does not have to compete with Windows. It is betting on the machine getting lean and mean. The PC is clunky.

For Office, you got Google Docs. That's word processing, spreadsheets, presentations right from your Gmail account. Check out how it is so completely online. It did not attempt to compete with Office on the desktop. No need if you can look ahead. The Office is in the rearview mirror. (David Gelernter: Manifesto)

Cupcake, Donut, Eclair? That is how they name hurricanes: alphabetically.

But then the traffic is two way. Wolfram Alpha is no Google killer, but it promises to be a niche king, and next thing you know Google felt the need for a revamp. Yahoo and Microsoft started to smell blood. Yahoo has come out saying it wants to "kill those 10 blue lines." (Google Is Working On Search)

Goal: A Billion People On Twitter

C for capitalism, c for competition.

Google Analytics Says I Am Paul Krugman Friend, Cupcake Android Expert
Cupcake: Android 1.5

In The News

T-Mobile Delays Android 1.5 Update, Android 2.0 Spotted InformationWeek

Delayed: Android Cupcake 1.5 gizHQ

Android 1.5 Cupcake update delayed by T-Mobile USA Unwired View

Android Cupcake update delayed in US Pocket Gamer.Biz
Cupcake party: Android 1.5 update coming to T-Mobile G1 owners ... CNET News

Android Gets Updated to Version 1.5 PC World

T-Mobile USA: Android 1.5 (Cupcake) Coming Next Week! Android Phone Fans - Phandroid.com

Android Cupcake served up to UK users Mirror.co.uk

Google: Upgrade now to Android 1.5 "Cupcake" SDK ZDNet

New Android ''Cupcake'' Update Out! I4U

T-Mobile OTA Android 1.5 'Cupcake' update hits G1 SlashGear

T-Mobile reportedly pushing Android 1.5 "Cupcake" OTA upgrade to G1 Mobile Burn
T-Mobile Delays Android 1.5 Rollout & Why CupCake Is Now Defunct Google Android Phone News - GAB

Google's Android Gets A Cupcake Forbes

What do you want from the next Android device? CNET News

Google Makes 1.5 Cupcake for Android Mobile Marketing News

11 Cool Android Prototypes We'd Like to See PC World
Manually Update to 1.5, No Root Required Android Phone Fans - Phandroid.com

You Tell Us: Beyond Cupcake, What do You Want from Android? AndroidGuys
Here's Why Your G1 Android Phone Hasn't Updated To Cupcake 1.5 Yet InformationWeek

Donut Android build in the works | Google Android Blog
PalmAddicts: Donut: Android 2.0 nickname proves that Google loves food
Twitter / Android News: Donut Android build in the ...
Android Donut | TopTenREVIEWS Blog
Samsung Bigfoot & Spico Android smartphones with OS 2.0 “Donut”?
Homer Simpson Approves of Google Android 2.0 "Donut"
Google Android 2.0 dubbed Donut Details
Stunning Growth (900%) Predicted for Android
Samsung prepping two more Android phones for 2009? Stuff.tv
What do you want from the next Android device? Cnet Asia
Cupcake update delayed by T-Mobile; new target release is June Boy Genius Report
Android Cupcake, Donut, Eclair and Beyond… Android Phone Fans - Phandroid.com
Google's Android Gets A Cupcake Forbes
Android Cupcake is Now in a Donut Google Android Phone News - GAB

Eminem: The Relapse: Twitter

How Eminem's Marketing Team Is Using Twitter to Build Buzz By using Twitter to dispense short, often disturbing thoughts and links to multimedia components revolving around a mental institution, they've helped make the album the most highly anticipated hip-hop release of the year -- and set it up for a sequel in the second half of 2009. ....... Some of the tweets are behind-the-scenes updates leading up to the album's release tomorrow ("They are still editing my video") while others are seemingly non-sequitur paranoia ("There's no place to hide ..."), complete with links to images that suggest Eminem is in a mental hospital and/or rehab facility called Pompsomp Hills. ....... Other tweets have included a link to the album's cover, a mosaic of pills that form an image of Eminem's face; a screenshot of his upcoming paid iPhone and iPod Touch game set in Pompsomp Hills; a link to a blood-splattered video for his single "3 A.M." that's set in the fictional clinic; and a link to an interactive web experience that's set there as well. That a simple Google search reveals a just-amateur-enough-to-look-real website for Pompsomp Hills makes the narrative details even more discomforting for fans familiar with Eminem's recent real-life troubles with prescription drugs, which put him in rehab and led to his hospitalization for pneumonia in early 2008, as he recently revealed in a Vibe cover story. Omelet, a branding, advertising and entertainment agency based in Los Angeles, helped develop the Pompsomp Hills website, along with other facets of the nontraditional push. ...... The entirety of "Relapse" was leaked onto the web last week, and in it the rapper reportedly describes his problems in both blunt terms and twisted fantasies, bringing life, marketing and product full circle. ....... a trail of breadcrumbs to the album ....... Eminem.com reached 113,868 unique visitors during April, while the most popular of his tweets -- which linked to Therelapse.com on May 7 -- reached at least 41,704 people within just one week ....... Eminem was the most-talked-about artist on Twitter last week, the week before the album's release. ...... one of Eminem's fictional characters, Stan -- a dangerously obsessive fan -- has, in the web lexicon, morphed into lowercase slang for a diehard yet non-violent admirer. ........ "Twitter is, in a way, the world of 'stans' who now have access to artists" ......... helped him build up mystery around the record ....... The 'Relapse' campaign is very similar to how we would break out a major movie ........ skewer a number of women pop stars and make lewd references to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin ..... Twitter can be just as effective at drawing out mystery and building anticipation as it is at making bands and brands more accessible.

I thought I was a Paul Krugman friend, but guess not. I am still counting on the Cupcake Android expert part though. (Google Analytics Says I Am Paul Krugman Friend, Cupcake Android Expert)

I admit, it was going to be a marketing effort for me. Read a bunch of New York Times and Wall Street Journal blogs, and leave one liner comments for each blog post. Of course my comment would have a signature, this blog's web address. Looks like the moderators those places have been weeding out my comments.

Then I am like old media does not get it. How about new media? The Huffington Post, Mashable, TechCrunch. Huff lets you sign in with your Facebook account, and Mashable does Disqus. But then reading numerous posts on Huff, Mashable and TechCrunch to hit 1,000 page hits a day can feel mechanical. Reading and responding to tweets does not feel mechanical, takes less time, and is more direct. It is one on one. Instead of hoping for people to show up in the comments sections of big name sites and maybe click on that link, that is iffy. Why not go straight to the people? Kick out the middle man?

Now I feel I already have the solution and I was looking for far and wide. I have over 1,700 followers on Twitter and counting. (What Just Happened?)

I want this blog to hit 1,000 page hits a day. That would be 30,000 page hits a month. Mark Penn says at 100,000 page hits a month, a blogger starts making 75K a yar. That is decent income. I have a feeling there is a takeoff point. I am guessing once you hit 2,000 page hits a day, it then takes off. Word of mouth kicks in and then you can focus more on content creation and less on marketing.

For now I want 1,000 page hits a day. And I want to focus on my Twitter followers for marketing. If I could get to know 1,000 of my followers on Twitter, maybe I could hope for somewhere between 500 and 1,000 page hits a day just from that. Read and respond to their tweets, get to know people.

Content Is Queen, Marketing Is Princess

In my experience so far Sponsored Reviews is the best for blog post ads, so far my number one source of income at this blog.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Bad Time To Start A Company?

The economy is in a bad shape. Banks are not lending like they used to. Investors are cranky. Venture capitalists are nervous. The unemployment rate is high and going higher. If you have a tech startup in mind, is this a time to lay low? Or is this precisely the time to barge forth?

I am going to argue now rather than two years earlier is the right time to embark on a truly ambitious company. Microsoft got launched during the stagflation of the late 70s, as did Apple, and Oracle. Companies launched during the 30s went on to define an era. This is good time. All you need is fire in your belly. Only don't let angels and investors blackmail you.

The Big Money Is Not In Blogging
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What If The Plateau Lasts Nine Months?
Mideast Peace: Tech Industry Style
Job Hunting And 2.0
Brands Will Still Matter
New York City: Transformed Forever?
Reimagining The Office
Stream 2.0: The Next Big Thing?
Microfinance, Nanotech, Biotech, Software/Hardware/Connectivity
Peter Thiel: Primitive Mind In The Tech Sector
David Gelernter: Manifesto

The United States Of Entrepreneurs
Visionary Entrepreneurs Will Recreate The World
That StartUp Mentality (2)
That StartUp Mentality

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Sunday, May 17, 2009

The Big Money Is Not In Blogging

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Top 10 Blog Monetization Strategies, Ranked In Order

America's Newest Profession: Bloggers for Hire Mark Penn, Hillary 2008's top guy ... more Americans are making their primary income from posting their opinions than Americans working as computer programmers ... blogging is an important social and cultural movement that people care passionately about, and the number of people doing it for at least some income is approaching 1% of American adults. ... a nation of over 20 million bloggers, with 1.7 million profiting from the work, and 452,000 of those using blogging as their primary source of income ... one percent of the nation, or three million people, can create new markets for a business, spark a social movement, or produce political change ... The Information Age has spawned many new professions, but blogging could well be the one with the most profound effect on our culture. ... Demographically, bloggers are extremely well educated ... It takes about 100,000 unique visitors a month to generate an income of $75,000 a year. ... Bloggers can get $75 to $200 for a good post, and some even serve as "spokesbloggers" -- paid by advertisers to blog about products. As a job with zero commuting, blogging could be one of the most environmentally friendly jobs around -- but it can also be quite profitable. ... Pros who work for companies are typically paid $45,000 to $90,000 a year for their blogging. One percent make over $200,000. ... Bloggers make money if their consumers click the ads on their sites. ... bloggers say they are overwhelmingly happy in their work, reporting high job satisfaction ... There are more questions than answers about America's Newest Profession. ... hard to think of another job category that has grown so quickly and become such a force in society without having any tests, degrees, or regulation of virtually any kind. ... a lot of interest now in Twittering and Facebooking -- but those venues don't offer the career opportunities of blogging. Not since eBay opened its doors have so many been able to sit at their computer screens and make some money, or even make a whole living. ...
U.S. Now Has Almost As Many Paid Bloggers As Lawyers

There is plenty of money in blogging, but the real big money is not in blogging.

How I made over $2 million with this blog (Scripting News)

This guy Dave Winer has an ugly looking blog, and he runs no ads, but he makes millions blogging. How?

To get excited about blogging is to "get" 2.0. And if you have been missing out on 2.0, it is not possible you are on the cutting edge.

(1) Value

The market rewards value. Are you meeting some kind of market need? Your blog adds to your value. It helps your marketing efforts. It is real intimate talk with your most important clients. Like A VC says, if you read his blog, and that of his five partners, it is like you sit with them in their office every day: that intimate.

(2) StartUp/Corporate

If you are a tech startup person, you breathe blogging. That rectangle on the screen is your office. And the blogosphere is a big chunk of it. Blogging becomes that fundamental, indispensable skill. It is like, can you type? Can you do that keyboard thing? If you can't, I think you are still beautiful, but how are you going to get any work done? Blogging is what typing was. Are you blogging literate? That is a fair question these days.

(3) Lifelong Education

Blogging is to the brain what jogging is to your thighs. If you are an active blogger, chances are you keep up with the news in your chosen field. You think about the hot issues of the day. You are alert. You can still type as of today.

(4) Living Life To The Full

Zappos says somewhere that because he tweets, he lives life more fully. Blogging makes you more alive as a person. You are more likely to squeeze that last drop out of each moment.

(5) Plenty Of Money

Write great content, regularly, jack up your traffic, and let the ads do their work.

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