The Maney Continuum states that successful companies always make a strategic choice between providing convenience and fidelity. Domino’s Pizza and Amazon deliver convenience, Le Bernardin and Strand deliver fidelity. There is a significant different in how you can price your product or service based in which direction you pursue. Another way to look at this [...]
Transactions vs. Relationships (Or What Kind Of Artist Are You?)
February 9th, 2010 · 5 Comments
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The Power Of Sound (Or What Business Are We In Pt. 2)
October 18th, 2009 · No Comments
Julian Treasure presented at TED this year, and his topic was the influence and power of sound in life and business. For those in the music business, this is a particularly interesting topic as we do not only market and sell our own sound products, but we also find a secondary income stream in licensing [...]
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What Business Are We In?
September 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Kate just live-tweeted the following quote by Seth Godin, spoke at the first Digital Publishing Group event. “People in the book business aren’t in the paper business.” – Seth Godin What a succinct observation! Similarly, record labels and managers/artists aren’t in the plastic discs business. We are in the music business! Let that always be [...]
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