Loud Dog Links

August 5, 2009

• Analysis of the Netflix Inc. guide to culture (scottberkun.com)
  Scott's analysis of the linked-to Netflix guide is right on.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business
• Netflix Culture
  Awesome slideshow about creating a great, high performance culture at Netflix. Key quote: "There is no clothing policy at Netflix, but no one has come to work naked lately."
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business

July 30, 2009

• The Agency Problem
  by: Matt DeClaire | tags: business

June 15, 2009

• Dear Dustin Curtis (Dustin Curtis)
  American Airlines UX responds to Dustin Curtis's redesign. I think the UX Designer's letter is more interesting than Curtis's following rant. Curtis is right in some ways, and he writes more about it on his blog.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business, usability

June 10, 2009

• Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive (alex.moskalyuk)
  This is very interesting.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business, interesting, psychology, social

May 18, 2009

• Luxury vs. premium (Seth's Blog)
  Interesting note by Seth Godin. Luxury goods are expensive because of scarcity. Premium brands are expensive because they are better.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business, marketing, positioning

April 9, 2009

• Tools for Analysing and Tracking Your Competitors (The Netsetter)
  There is an abundance of tools for analysing and tracking competitors, allowing you to quantify their traffic, see how their site has changed, find out details about their domain, be alerted when they are in the press and lots of other things. Most of these are better for sites that get a lot of traffic, but any information is better than none.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business, competitiveResearch, webdesign, webStrategy

April 8, 2009

• The Secret of Great Online Customer Service (Peter Clark)
  Speed. Be so remarkably quick it surprises the user.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business, marketing

April 5, 2009

• Why Small Companies Will Win in This Economy (HarvardBusiness.org)
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business

March 24, 2009

• Microformats for business owners (Clagnut.com)
  Decent overview of Microformats and what they are used for.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business, webdevelopment
• Ten Things You Should Know About the Nano (TIME Mag)
  Sweet photos of the $2000 car from Tata. Sadly, I doubt we'll ever see something like this in the US - our safety standards prevent anything this inexpensive and efficient from getting on the road. Still, great for developing countries!
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business, interesting

March 15, 2009

• Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable (Clay Shirky)
  Great article on the current newspaper situation. Very applicable to other media-related industries. My understanding of the whole creative/entertainment ecosystem has been evolving rapidly over the last couple months, and this really ties it together.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business, culture

March 5, 2009

• Twitter = YouTube. - John Battelle's Searchblog
  Is Twitter ripe for a Google takeover?
  by: Martin Ferrini | tags: business, google, marketing, news, search, social, twitter, web, YouTube

February 26, 2009

• Um, museumssuck.com?
  Great, funny, and insightful article on making a museum not suck. But really, on making any organization not suck.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business

February 17, 2009

• Non-Hierarchical Management (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought)
  Interesting thoughts on management.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business, management

February 16, 2009

• Outsourcing artwork through 99designs.com (Successful Software)
  99designs.com is a "design contest" site. Things like this are absolutely horrible for designers, but very interesting from a business perspective. (And, hey, this is what the market is all about.)
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business, design
• GM's past and present collide in sibling rivalry (Los Angeles Times)
  Good overview of GM's real problems. Notably, it's not the unions - though they are a problem, they are minor relative to GM's other issues, which are more systemic, related to branding and distribution.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business

February 11, 2009

• 10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Websites | How-To | Smashing Magazine
  Great article about the challenges of maintaining corporate websites.
  by: Martin Ferrini | tags: business, corporate, design, development, howto, louddog, marketing, smashingmagazine, strategy, usability, web, webdesign

February 6, 2009

• 30+ Apps for Doing Business on Facebook
  More tips for business promotion on facebook. Yipee!
  by: Martin Ferrini | tags: applications, apps, branding, business, facebook, howto, marketing, media, networking, productivity, promotion, social, social.media, socialmedia, socialnetworking, technology, tips, tools, web2.0
• 10 Things All Businesses Should Do to Market More Effectively on Facebook
  Marketing tips for business facebook pages
  by: Martin Ferrini | tags: advertising, business, facebook, howto, marketing, promotion, social, socialmedia, socialnetworking