Above All Tell it Like it Is!

Let The World See Your Business In 20/20 Internet Vision By: James Warholic Not everyone sees the world the same way. In a story from NewsObserver.com , Dennis Rogers writes, Don't Let Politics Blind You. This is a fascinating article because I can relate to it with both Eyes. It really is not so much about politics as it is about our children not being able to see at an early age. Though the metaphors are very appropriate to political life where our politicians are blind to what is going on around them. The pictures are also appropriate to the online B2B and B2C, Business-to-business and Business-to-consumer world. As the story unfolds, Dennis, in his first five years of grade school was literally a blur. Goes through the classes being fearful that the teacher was going to call on him to solve a math problem on the blackboard in which he could not even see the problem that needed solved. He finally had a teacher in the fifth grade figure out that he was not a dumb student but one ...

In some aspects AOL was destined to have the pay for content, all in one place business model, go down ⇓ the eBusiness Route 86 It! Internet highway. When AOL first got started and the Internet was a relatively small net highway, having information content all in one place was a great boom for their bottom line. They were able to charge a premium to their subscriber base for the content and online services that they provided. But, as the Net grew and information expanded, there was no way to contain the surfer from riding new and free waves of information. AOL continues to loose subscribers at a heated pace. In an effort to stem the loss of revenue from loosing subscribers they have recently taken a more open approach to their own website, by opening it up to the Web public at-large, while filling it with ads to pay the way. This new business approach is very similar to the likes of Yahoo and MSN. Both of these websites are portals and content providers, along with offering a sle...