6 tough questions on app business models and strategies [VisionMobile’s Andreas Pappas was recently quizzed on app business models, best practices and strategies for developers and entrepreneurs. In this post we’re presenting the most interesting questions and answers from this interview. These are tough questions that all developers and entrepreneurs are faced with in the early stages of their ventures.] Q1: I am thinking of developing my own mobile app: What are the main business models I can use to make money and how do I select the right one for my idea? There are numerous factors to take into account when developing your business model but the two key questions you have to ask are: What problem am I trying to solve? Once you have answered these two questions, you will be in a much better position to develop a business model. A number of areas within your business model are interdependent. From an economics perspective, a large number of successful business models these days are built on two-sided networks and even multi-sided networks.
Business Model versus Business Plan In the last few years we’ve recognized that a startup is not a smaller version of a large company. We’re now learning that companies are not larger versions of startups. There’s been lots written about how companies need to be more innovative, but very little on what stops them from doing so. Companies looking to be innovative face a conundrum: Every policy and procedure that makes them efficient execution machines stifles innovation. This first post will describe some of the structural problems companies have; follow-on posts will offer some solutions. Facing continuous disruption from globalization, China, the Internet, the diminished power of brands, changing workforce, etc., existing enterprises are establishing corporate innovation groups. But paradoxically, in spite of all their seemingly endless resources, innovation inside of an existing company is much harder than inside a startup. A company is a permanent organization designed to execute a repeatable and scalable business model.
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This Restaurant Gives A 50 Percent Discount If You Turn Off Your Phone ABU GHOSH, Israel (AP) — A restaurant owner in an Arab village outside of Jerusalem says he is on a mission to save culinary culture by making diners a simple offer: Turn off your cellphone and get a 50 percent discount. Jawdat Ibrahim says smartphones have destroyed the modern dining experience. He hopes the generous discount will bring back a more innocent time when going to a restaurant was about companionship, conversation and appreciating the food, rather than surfing, texting or talking to the office. "I'm changing something. Ibrahim is the owner of Abu Ghosh, a well-known restaurant named after its hometown, located about 10 kilometers (six miles) outside of Jerusalem. Ibrahim, who opened the restaurant in 1993 with winnings from an Illinois lottery, said mealtime conversations have long been a staple in this cellphone-obsessed country. "Technology is very good. Ibrahim is in a better position than most to offer steep discounts. He also is no stranger to publicity.
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Six Blog Post Templates That Highly Effective Bloggers Use | Linchpin Bloggers I follow several blogs quite closely. I call them my “linchpin bloggers,” as they provide me valuable content on a consistent basis. It is my quest to become one of these linchpin bloggers. And so naturally I have been studying their blogs. Particularly, I have studied the anatomy of their blog posts and have observed a basic structure emerge. Besides Michael Hyatt and Chris Brogan, who actually share their blog post templates, I have constructed what I believe to be the general framework for their posts. Please don’t assume this is an exhaustive outline these bloggers always use. Having said that, using these templates can not only increase productivity and make you write faster and more effective (something I’m always trying to do), but they can help you maintain consistency too. So without further ado, I give you six blog post templates that highly effective bloggers use: 1. Michael Hyatt uses the SCORRE™ method from the Dynamic Communicators Workshop (DCW) to prepare every post. 2. 3.
Τι να κάνετε αν χρωστάτε εισφορές στον ΟΑΕΕ Αντιμέτωποι με τη λήψη αναγκαστικών μέτρων από το ΚΕΑΟ θα βρεθούν περίπου 246.544 ελεύθεροι επαγγελματίες - ασφαλισμένοι του ΟΑΕΕ που χρωστούν εισφορές άνω των 5.000 ευρώ (για τους 133.300 οι οποίοι έχουν οφειλές έως 5.000 ευρώ η αρμοδιότητα για την είσπραξη παραμένει στον ΟΑΕΕ). Μάλιστα, αυτές τις μέρες, λήγει η προθεσμία των 20 ημερών για εξόφληση ή ρύθμιση, που απέστειλαν οι υπηρεσίες του ΚΕΑΟ τηλεφωνικά, με επιστολή, με sms, ή μέσω e-mail. Συγκεκριμένα, στην ατομική ειδοποίηση προβλέπεται προθεσμία 20 ημερών για την εξόφληση ή ρύθμιση της οφειλής. Σύμφωνα με πληροφορίες, τα πρώτα ειδοποιητήρια εστάλησαν στις 17 Οκτωβρίου και από τις 10 Νοέμβρη, όσοι δεν ανταποκρίθηκαν ή δεν ανταποκριθούν, θα έρθουν αντιμέτωποι με μέτρα αναγκαστικής είσπραξης. Και είναι πολλοί αυτοί που αντικειμενικά αδυνατούν να καταβάλλουν όχι τις οφειλές, αλλά ακόμη και τις τρέχουσες εισφορές τους. Σύμφωνα με τις χθεσινές δηλώσεις της διοικήτριας, Γεωργίας Κωτίδου, στη Βουλή, ανέρχονται σε 370.000. Η κ.
The Foolproof Formula for Writing a Solid Blog Post [Template] You know blogging is critical, paramount, indispensable to the success of your marketing. Without it, Google will stop crawling your site; your SEO will tank; your social media accounts will run dry; you'll have no clout with your leads and customers; and you'll have fewer pages on which to place calls-to-action and collect new and reconverted leads. This all sounds like a marketing disaster . So why, oh why, does almost every marketer I talk to have a laundry list of excuses for why they can't consistently blog? Maybe because, unless you're one of the few people who actually like writing, business blogging kind of sucks. You have to find words, and string them together into sentences, and ughhh where do you even start? The time for excuses is over. The Blogging Formula A comprehensive, high-quality blog post doesn't have to be long. Introduction The introduction sets the stage for the problem you're about to solve. Have you ever tried to ___________? Body Conclusion Yep, that's it!