Submitted by yours-truly:
“Submitter’s comments: Saw this post at Wired that referenced ‘the most useless site ever’. Had to check it out. And it is useless. First it was the musicians with the sucky sites, now it’s the equipment they use. BTW: Loved the 2006 worst-in-review list. Holy crapola!”
Click over to see what I found:Web Pages [...]

Since I posted about ThomasNet’s new forums, I’ve got a few comments and wanted to update a few things:

I posted a thread about pricing-on-websites in the marketing section (yes, I will get back to this subject soon).
One user said his post linking from ThomasNet forums to GlobalSpec got deleted. I’m not dissing TN for [...]

I was offered a comp-copy of Change or Die by Alan Deutschman because I had posted about the original Fast Company article previously. I found the article profound, and jumped at the opportunity to get the book.
Here is the quick summary of what the book is all about:
Old School motivation: Change or Die, based on:

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Everyone is talking web 2.0 these days, so it was inevitable:
“ThomasNet.com has rolled out the ThomasNet Forums, providing an integral component to building an active community amongst not only Industrial Market Trends readers or all ThomasNet.com users — but to anyone online.”
Read the release here: In Your Own Words
There are a number of posts there [...]

First: I’ve had some great comments on this series of posts. I encourage you to go back and read them (links: Part 2, Part 3).
I figured before we make any more conclusions, we should look at some examples of how pricing is being handled by some companies.
The Case of the Network Analyzer
Suppose you wanted a [...]

“All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.” –Martin Luther King Jr.
(More quotations worth pondering here: Quotation Search – Martin Luther King Jr.)
I am heartened by the blogging of Martin Luther King Jr. today. Despite those who think that his birthday/holiday (and thus, his [...]

Why should you try to publish pricing on your website? Do we really have to have this discussion? It is pretty obvious, isn’t it?

Price is one of the most important features of your product. Site visitors want to know!

Price is a reality check that what they are looking at is appropriate for what they need [...]

I love finding timely posts from others for what I want to write about. Vincent Flander’s Web Pages That Suck to the rescue!
In today’s Daily Sucker 1/11/07
“Submitter’s comments: ‘Contact us for a quote.’
What? You mean you don’t know what the price is? I can think of few more effective ways to drive away potential customers.
Vincent’s [...]

Why don’t we B2B marketers put prices on our websites? There are three basic reasons I’ll explore here.
1. We are lazy.The general lack of useful content on our websites is testament to our laziness. Our prospects have gotten more sophisticated and expect more content, including pricing information. This laziness also extends to not overcoming the [...]

I’ve gotten some comments and discussions on last month’s post ‘Use it’ says ‘Price it’ regarding putting pricing on B2B websites. Thank you to those who have been involved. I’d like to study this subject in depth, so I’m going to start a series of posts.
Why put pricing on your website? How about [...]