Daily observations and commentary on all of it.
March 9, 2021
Tuesday
Rogue Hockey Horn
(msn.com)
¶The celebrity stampede to the NFT gold rush is well underway. I’m starting to wonder who will be the one to define the “jump the shark” moment here. Maybe Henry Winkler will tokenize a digital representation of his thoughts while he was literally jumping the shark. That would be cool.
¶Well, I’ve never seen this in a hockey game before - the scoreboard at Little Ceaser’s Arena is malfunctioning during tonight’s Red Wings game against the Lightning. The buzzer is going off constantly, seemingly ever minute, on the minute. The refs stopped play when it happened the first time, but told the players to just ignore it after that. So, the buzzer’s buzzing but the game continues. It’s weird and funny at the same time. And, of course, this is all happening with only 750 fans in the stands because…pandemic
¶I’m betting someone is on the phone with customer support at Datroniks. We’ll see if they get it figured out before the second period.
¶Horn fixed!
(wsj.com)
¶The money quote, literally, on subscription v. ad models for social platforms:
¶“You’re banking on making more revenue from a small subset of passionate customers willing to pay for the product than you could from showing ads to the whole customer base....It’s risky to rely on keeping consumers paying over long periods of time, but beautiful if it works.”
¶Read that carefully. It’s risky only because you might not achieve theoretical maximum revenue through a subscription model. The ad model could bring in more revenue than subscriptions…that’s the risk you’re taking as a business owner when you choose a subscription model over an ad model.
¶As most business owners know, some risks are worth taking.
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