July 2010
43 posts
18 Month Old Using IPhone →
Salad in a Bag Part II & Brands Making Content →
I was at the GE Chief Marketing Officer Summit this past week, and Professor Ranjay Gulati gave a great talk on price competition and disruption. He pointed out that most companies ask…
BuzzFeed Hiring Director of Sales: Entertainment... →
We’re looking to hire a sales person to focus on selling into the “Entertainment” vertical. We’ve already done campaigns with: National Geographic, Comedy Central, MTV, and movies…BuzzFeed…
BuzzFeed Hiring Director of Sales: Entertainment...
We’re looking to hire a sales person to focus on selling into the “Entertainment” vertical. We’ve already done campaigns with: National Geographic, Comedy Central, MTV, and movies…BuzzFeed is growing like crazy and we need more sales help! This person can live and work in NYC (out of BuzzFeed Global HQ) or in Los Angeles (where Hollywood is big!) Here’s the...
Salad in a Bag Part II & Brands Making Content
I was at the GE Chief Marketing Officer Summit this past week, and Professor Ranjay Gulati gave a great talk on price competition and disruption. He pointed out that most companies ask customers, “what do you like about my product,” as opposed to focussing on their needs or underlying issues. He used one of my favorite examples: salad in a bag, which I have blogged about in the...
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What is the best part of San Francisco for Live /...
The weather and the traffic
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Noodling →
There’s an important phase in product and business development called noodling. Some refer to this marinating, but I think the sense of unravelling knots makes noodling the right phrase.
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Noodling
There’s an important phase in product and business development called noodling. Some refer to this marinating, but I think the sense of unravelling knots makes noodling the right phrase. Running somewhat in contradiction to a “bad decision being better than no decision,” in some cases a period of thinking is indeed called for. In my old age, I find myself sleeping on more and...
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Decks! →
Slide decks are like pets. They live, breath, and adapt to their environment - or at least they should. In each of my roles, I’ve have 2-3 decks at any time that I use to pitch a deal or sell a…
Decks!
Slide decks are like pets. They live, breath, and adapt to their environment - or at least they should. In each of my roles, I’ve have 2-3 decks at any time that I use to pitch a deal or sell a product. At Buzzfeed, I use an advertiser deck and one for publishers. I customize these decks, in many cases for each meeting, and also update the boiler plate versions almost every day. A deck is...
Revenue As Product (Part 2) →
I’ve talked to about 3 entrepreneurs over the past week about making revenue a product line. Each was excited by the liberation that comes with that idea but expressed an undefined hesitancy.
Revenue As Product (Part II) →
I’ve talked to about 3 entrepreneurs over the past week about making revenue a product line. Each was excited by the liberation that comes with that idea but expressed an undefined hesitancy….
Taiwan News Video: Funny Evil Steve Jobs (With... →
Digital Diplomacy - NYTimes.com →
Really like the part from shirky about if you think you control the message you don’t get it. Also like “the 21st century is a terrible time to be a control freak”
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Why Deals and Sales are Like Deadliest Catch →
Deals and sales are a lot like commercial crab fishing. Everything I know about crabbing, I learned on Deadliest Catch, but that doesn’t seem like a good reason to dismiss an analogy that I find…
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Why Deals and Sales are Like Deadliest Catch
Deals and sales are a lot like commercial crab fishing. Everything I know about crabbing, I learned on Deadliest Catch, but that doesn’t seem like a good reason to dismiss an analogy that I find myself frequently resorting too. The likelihood of any one deal or any one sale happening is extremely low. This is not unlike crabbing, where the likelihood of crabs congregating in any one...
LOL explained by @peretti in ny times this sunday
Jonah Peretti knows something about this. Nearly a decade ago, his e-mail exchange with Nike about why its customizing site wouldn’t let him put the word “sweatshop” on his sneakers was passed around so much that he ended up on the “Today” show. Later he created an intentional bit of Internet humor with a site called “Black People Love Us!” Today his view is essentially that ROFL is just another...
Top 6 Things You Won't Hear at Today's Apple... →
BUZZFEED LAUNCHES UNIQUE CONTENT PARTNERSHIP WITH... →
[cross posted from blog.buzzfeed.com]
BUZZFEED LAUNCHES UNIQUE CONTENT PARTNERSHIP WITH AOL
We’re thrilled to announce our related content partnership with AOL. Now,…
BuzzFeed Helps AOL Spread The Buzz →
Giant Roombas Enable You to Get Soap and Stuff... →
Migrated jonsteinberg.com to Posterous Because I'm... →
When I saw that Posterous allowed for easy migration for Wordpress, I decided to give it a try. I’d grown tired of my Wordpress theme and issues with self hosting, and decided that in lieu of a…
Old Spice Man Responds to Digg's @kevinrose On... →
\"Yoda Recording Behind the Scenes\" Online for... →
Apple Stole FaceTime Chat From the Wonder Pets →
Fatdrop.pr Global Twitter Weight Loss Game →
IPhone Ad Haircut Couple Broke Up Soon After... →
Grand Central's Multimillion-dollar Secrets |... →
YouTube Starts $5 Million Fund to Finance Original... →
"Larry Summers (no Idea Who This Is...)" →
The Social Network: Second Trailer →
Setting up Digg auto-import →
Requires me to put this key in a post:
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Lindsay Lohan's Next Movie →
unsafe baby pool →
The BuzzFeed Front Page and CTRs →
The BuzzFeed Front Page and CTRs →
When I was at Google, I was asked daily by partners what number was a good search click-through rate (CTR). After a year, my personal opinion was that a 1% CTR on search was good. I thought it was a…
Crazy Double Rainbow Guy: This Guy Had a Better... →
More Back to the Future Craziness →
Letter from Apple Regarding IPhone 4 →
