Credit Cards Don’t Lead To Overspending
Retailers incur a cost for accepting credit cards from their consumers. Known by various names like 'merchant discount' and 'swipe fee', it is usually levied as a percentage of the sale value…
McDonald’s Is Number 1, But It Still Tries Harder
Unlike Hertz, which didn't or couldn't stop Avis a few years ago from making a credible claim to "try harder" because it was the #2 in the car rental business, McDonald's…
Mobile Subscribers Will Vote With Their Handsets, err… Wallets
I recently inquired with my mobile network operator how I could opt for one of their newly announced per second billing plans - assuming, of course, that I'd find one of…
You Can’t Do Without Cold Calling Although You Can Do It Better – Part 2
In Part-1 of this post, we'd seen why you can't do without cold calling if you're in the B2B technology business with relatively large ticket sizes (>$100K per deal) and narrowly defined target…
You Can’t Do Without Cold Calling Although You Can Do It Better – Part 1
Frustrated with rejections on a daily basis, salespersons have been seeking out alternatives for years to cold calling for generating leads. In former times, the search used to be from…
Whose Cloud Is It Anyway?
The WordPress admin website has lately been urging an upgrade to its latest 2.8.6 version. I only recently upgraded to WordPress 2.8.4. I admit that I'd significantly delayed this upgrade, but…
Cry Baby Cry
The new Cry Translator is an innovative, easy-to-use iPhone app that's able to quickly identify the five distinct cries made by infants – hungry, sleepy, annoyed, stressed and bored - thus…
It’s Time for Subscribers to Beware of Per Second Billing
A couple of weeks ago, I'd written about why, contrary to popular opinion, per second billing tariff plans do not portend financial ruin for mobile network operators (Click here and here).…
Comparison Shopping For Alternative Payments
Many Americans might find it increasingly difficult to get, and hold on to, credit cards in the wake of the recently passed The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD)…
Saviors or Villains
Protection money, the latest While You Were Out column, is yet another Stanley Bing masterpiece that explains why I open the FORTUNE magazine from its last page – Bing's permanent abode.…