Off Topic Part Deux

[trailmix 77]

So my husband decided to team up with some friends and start playing music together. I think this is so cool. I always wanted to be with a band dude.

groupie

[Sprailenes 47]

They're not groupies they're band-aids!

I love that movie. But I would never be a groupie

ughh imagine all the diseases floating around on that bus!

[trailmix 77]

Geez. There is this woman on the Today show - the segment is "Today's Working Woman - How to start your own business".

This information is so unhelpful. They have just spent a whole bunch of time with the guest saying you need to have a web presence. If your business exists exclusively online - they you obviously want to utilize all those tools (oh thanks for pointing that out) - but even if it isn't - you should have a web presence, start by checking to see if the domain name you want is available.

So much useless information.

[The_Dude 1,142]

Geez. There is this woman on the Today show - the segment is "Today's Working Woman - How to start your own business".

This information is so unhelpful. They have just spent a whole bunch of time with the guest saying you need to have a web presence. If your business exists exclusively online - they you obviously want to utilize all those tools (oh thanks for pointing that out) - but even if it isn't - you should have a web presence, start by checking to see if the domain name you want is available.

So much useless information.

I didn't see the show, but how is that useless?

[trailmix 77]

Geez. There is this woman on the Today show - the segment is "Today's Working Woman - How to start your own business".

This information is so unhelpful. They have just spent a whole bunch of time with the guest saying you need to have a web presence. If your business exists exclusively online - they you obviously want to utilize all those tools (oh thanks for pointing that out) - but even if it isn't - you should have a web presence, start by checking to see if the domain name you want is available.

So much useless information.

I didn't see the show, but how is that useless?

It's useless because it's business 101.

First of all if your business is online - and you don't have a webpage - well - that speaks for itself.

Secondly, if you don't know enough to know that you need a web page - then someone telling you to search a domain name is not helpful (ie: you probably don't know what the term 'domain name' means). She did give a brief description on how to search for one.

Edited June 2, 2009 by trailmix

[The_Dude 1,142]

Geez. There is this woman on the Today show - the segment is "Today's Working Woman - How to start your own business".

This information is so unhelpful. They have just spent a whole bunch of time with the guest saying you need to have a web presence. If your business exists exclusively online - they you obviously want to utilize all those tools (oh thanks for pointing that out) - but even if it isn't - you should have a web presence, start by checking to see if the domain name you want is available.

So much useless information.

I didn't see the show, but how is that useless?

It's useless because it's business 101.

First of all if your business is online - and you don't have a webpage - well - that speaks for itself.

Secondly, if you don't know enough to know that you need a web page - then someone telling you to search a domain name is not helpful (ie: you probably don't know what the term 'domain name' means). She did give a brief description on how to search for one.

Yes, but you are watching a television show that is on in the late morning.... when most people are at work. I can't imagine that someone who has time to watch t.v. at 10 a.m. in the middle of the week has any experience starting or running a business. I imagine they are just giving basic information because of who their demographics are.

[Krikit 1,163]

Not everyone works 9-5, M-F.

[trailmix 77]

Not everyone works 9-5, M-F.

So true!

I can't imagine that someone who has time to watch t.v. at 10 a.m. in the middle of the week has any experience starting or running a business

Well I have time to watch tv and I have owned and run a business.

I think you have been in the rat race too long.

[Krikit 1,163]

Plus a lot of people just record shows in order to watch when it's most convenient to them.

[JillA 2]

Plus a lot of people just record shows in order to watch when it's most convenient to them.

This is true, even when I am home I sometimes DVR in order to avoid commercials

[The_Dude 1,142]

I didn't mean to insult anyone or insinuate that all people who have time to watch t.v. in the late morning don't have experience. But I do have experience in advertising and demographics research, and there is a reason why certain advertisements appear on those time slots and not others. The target audience, and a large portion fall into that category.

Edit: The advent of the DVR has changed quite a bit in the advertising industry and was just a fledgling technology when I left. So I guess things change. But I still picture my 9 great aunts watching the show and taking notes (which they used to do )

Edited June 2, 2009 by Rob and Mel

[trailmix 77]

I didn't mean to insult anyone or insinuate that all people who have time to watch t.v. in the late morning don't have experience. But I do have experience in advertising and demographics research, and there is a reason why certain advertisements appear on those time slots and not others. The target audience, and a large portion fall into that category.

Edit: The advent of the DVR has changed quite a bit in the advertising industry and was just a fledgling technology when I left. So I guess things change. But I still picture my 9 great aunts watching the show and taking notes (which they used to do )

ah - bah.

We just have two different perspectives, I am seeing it my way and you are seeing it through the note pads of your 9 great aunts.

[The_Dude 1,142]

I didn't mean to insult anyone or insinuate that all people who have time to watch t.v. in the late morning don't have experience. But I do have experience in advertising and demographics research, and there is a reason why certain advertisements appear on those time slots and not others. The target audience, and a large portion fall into that category.

Edit: The advent of the DVR has changed quite a bit in the advertising industry and was just a fledgling technology when I left. So I guess things change. But I still picture my 9 great aunts watching the show and taking notes (which they used to do )

ah - bah.

We just have two different perspectives, I am seeing it my way and you are seeing it through the note pads of your 9 great aunts.

No, i'm not seeing it through the perspective of my aunts. I am looking at it from the perspective of a market researcher who worked for an advertising agency for 3.5 years, building profiles and databases for test marketing new t.v. shows. As with all market research, not everyone falls into a certain category. I'm not making an assumption about you or your history with your business. I'm just stating, from my professional career how we profiled demographics for shows like this.

[Krikit 1,163]

Time for a decaf, Rob! LOL

[trailmix 77]

Time for a decaf, Rob! LOL