Jeff Bezos should totally buy a coffee startup

 The benefits of Amazon’s $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods more or less went live this week, with price cuts out the wazoo as well as a bunch of Amazon Echo devices available for sale in stores. With this massive move into grocery chains and the obvious branding play, as well as tangential benefits like suddenly getting access to hundreds of locations with fresh ingredients that… Read More

from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/03/jeff-bezos-should-totally-buy-a-coffee-startup/?ncid=rss

Getting serious about remarkable

It's not sizzle or hype or a fad, not when you're serious about it.

Consider FCP Euro, for example. They sell high-performance auto parts. Things like brake pads, oil, oil filters, etc.

People always whine about the fact that they can't possibly make their boring stuff remarkable. That's silly.

FCP has the following policy: Everything is guaranteed for life. Everything. For as long as you own your car. Send it back, they replace it.

Even the oil.

Even the oil.

Think about that.

And yes, it works. Do the math and you'll see why.

If someone can make used motor oil remarkable, what can you do?

       

from Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/456528546/0/sethsblog~Getting-serious-about-remarkable.html

One step at a time

If you want to teach, to change minds or to cause action, a consistent curriculum is always better than a single event.

Drip by drip, with enrollment.

       

from Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/456041265/0/sethsblog~One-step-at-a-time.html

Alexa’s ‘flash briefing’ can now update you on the latest music news and events

 Amazon Alexa’s popular “Flash Briefing” skill, designed to give you the latest news and information from a series of customizable news sources, can now tell you about what’s happening in the world of music, too. On Thursday, Amazon introduced a new skill called “Today in Music,” which will provide daily music news updates, including new releases, details… Read More

from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/01/alexas-flash-briefing-can-now-update-you-on-the-latest-music-news-and-events/?ncid=rss

TechCrunch’s Original Content battles evil alongside Amazon’s new version of ‘The Tick’

 For the latest episode of Original Content, TechCrunch’s podcast covering the latest streaming shows and movies, we checked out Amazon’s new take on The Tick. You may remember the animated show that ran in the ’90s, or the live action version starring Patrick Warburton that Fox broadcast a few years later. Did we really need another version of the comically oblivious… Read More

from Amazon – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/01/techcrunchs-original-content-battles-evil-alongside-amazons-new-version-of-the-tick/?ncid=rss

The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will launch on October 17

 Microsoft today announced that the Fall Creators Update, the next major release of Windows 10, will start rolling out to all users on October 17. That’s a little bit later than some pundits expected but still well within Microsoft’s promised release window. When Microsoft announced this update at its Build developer conference earlier this year, some of the more hyped features… Read More

from Microsoft – TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/01/the-windows-10-fall-creators-update-will-launch-on-october-17/?ncid=rss

"Nothing matters more than results"

Except for:

Community, contribution and what our friends think

Trust

The perception of quality

How much we like doing business with you

Side effects

and self-esteem.

Also... doing work that matters, with people we care about.

It seems like almost everything important matters more than results.

       

from Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/455468558/0/sethsblog~Nothing-matters-more-than-results.html