Monthly Archives: August 2009

The 31 reasons that inflight wifi is not making money

Posted on August 28, 2009 by

From the WSJ we hear that sales for inflight wifi have been disappointing. It seems that when you give it away the usage is pretty high, but things change when there is a price: “.. in tests and now in … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Three: 3 ways to improve your business

Posted on August 25, 2009 by

Beers work too Give bonuses in kind, not cash. A weekend trip for two to Rotovegas for $300 feels like a lot more than $300 in cash. Insource your legal work by hiring a young, smart lawyer who is 3 … Continue reading →

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Sky TV’s easy credit

Posted on August 24, 2009 by

Sky’s results came out this week – and while subscriber numbers grew the financial results were at the low end of expectations. I feel that their product is disappointing – with too much rugby translating into a general loss of … Continue reading →

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The death of rugby

Posted on August 23, 2009 by

So Wellington wins the Ranfurly shield match against Auckland. Just. With a drop goal making the difference. Meanwhile the All Blacks win the deciding Bledisloe cup game against Australia. Just. With a lucky penalty awarded after a missed drop goal. … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Three: 3 ways to improve your business

Posted on August 18, 2009 by

Go green Turn the computers and lights off each night as you leave. Alternatively ask the security guards to do so when they do the rounds. If you have cleaners then ask then to swithcb the lights off after they … Continue reading →

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A great experience – at Experience BMW

Posted on August 14, 2009 by

Occasionally I get great customer service experiences – and so it is each time with Experience BMW in Auckland. At BMW stores there is no hard pressure to buy – the stores let the bikes sell themselves, and like Apple … Continue reading →

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My lousy business model

Posted on August 14, 2009 by

Bryan Spondre keeps calling me out as a Grumpy Blogger  – and it seems I am even up for an award. It’s true, and what’s worse is that I tend to rail on the businesses that I work with – … Continue reading →

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Kiwibank Business – the bank responds well

Posted on August 13, 2009 by

It also appeared that they just didn’t want my business. Today I met with Andy Bray, the regional manager for Kiwibank business and Wellington area manager Brian Davies – in response to the previous post on Kiwibank Business. I’d left … Continue reading →

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“Sorry No” – Kiwibank fails business basics

Posted on August 12, 2009 by

Today I decided to sign up to a new bank for my main business account. I was debating between Kiwibank and ASB – as they both seem to have the best reputation. I decided to give Kiwibank a go. First … Continue reading →

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It’s the internet – so link to each other

Posted on August 12, 2009 by

Well done to Russell Brown over at Public Address (I said they write well) for breaking the story on the Kids Can Stand Tall debacle. It’s a good scoop after some digging into the history of the Telethon beneficiary. I … Continue reading →

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How not to launch an upgrade – BNZ

Posted on August 12, 2009 by

BNZ announces that their banking site is being refreshed. This brick wall advertisement appeared after logging in with my online banking number, password and that stupid netguard card: Problem is that after a little pause I got this: Which meant … Continue reading →

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Iceberg in Wellington harbour!

Posted on August 11, 2009 by

I don’t know when it appeared, but Wellington harbour is sporting an iceberg today. Well done to whoever was responsible. Does anyone know anything more about it?

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Tuesday Three: 3 ways to improve your business

Posted on August 11, 2009 by

Do it yourself Do your own book-keeping and GST returns. Print your own business cards – you own the design, not the design firm Audit your software, and stop paying licenses for anything unused

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How consumers shop – some lessons

Posted on August 8, 2009 by

After a laughably dumb registration process (use fake data) you’ll find the  ChannelAdvisor report on How Consumers Shop Online. Let’s start with a caveat – the sample size is 824 people from 29 states in the USA, but there is … Continue reading →

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Why Wellington is great

Posted on August 8, 2009 by

Here’s how I got to WordPress camp this morning.

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