Talk about an interruption ad. This one interrupts before you even have a chance to start reading the paper.
We spell it D. E. T. R. O. I. T!
Clicking on the ad link leads to a site representing METRO DETROIT AREA VOLVO RETAILERS
in regards to how people get their tax refund checks from the government. If PayPal created a system that is nearly 100% safe in regards to setting up direct deposits, they could get a ton of assets in user accounts. Once the money is in those accounts, people will generate more transactions, which in turn, will generate more income for PayPal.
If PayPal was smart, they would create a program that has the attributes below.
Suggestion
PayPal should generate an account number that can only be used to move money into an account, but cannot be exploited in a way to move money out.
Questions:
Note: Perhaps I am playing it too safe, but sharing my banking info with too many entities seems increasingly risky that a someone may exploit my account.
Cool Google Doodle
Clicking on the logo leads to
The project, which is in its early stages, would allow holders of Citigroup-issued debit and credit cards to pay for purchases by activating a mobile-payment application developed for one current model and many coming models of Android phones. The idea is to turn the phones into a kind of electronic wallet.
via Google Pursues Role in Mobile Payments – WSJ.com.
When will a phone be able hold a copy of your valid drivers licence and be legal?
Out in Kalamazoo this weekend there is a Startup Weekend event.
One of the more interesting ideas from this event that became a website is beerfortextbooks. It is also sometimes seen as beer4textbooks. It appears that the idea is to create a marketplace where people can find what buyers, usually large book sellers, are paying for the book the student is done with and selling.
College students understand beer and the price of it. This website converts the used book marketplace price into units of beer. It’s my assumption that is to make the site fun, unique and or different from similar websites. There was some chatter from at least one ad person that I consider to be knowledgeable and respected in the industry. They acknowledged the idea and expressed interest in it. One never knows where that will lead.
Below is a partial screen shot of the results for a book I found on Amazon and submitted to see if and how the system worked. Results were Google like. The result below seemed to appear in just a second or two.
Book used: Campbell Biology (9th Edition) [Hardcover]
Don’t recall ever seeing a 90% off Groupon. In my mind, it’s usually around 50% off. Saying “It’s like doing Detroit at 90% off!” seems to be a stretch of the truth.
*The image above was taken from Gmail.
In just around two weeks, I’ve listened to all the available episodes of the Build And Analyze podcast. As a result of the great content, I’ve found three other shows from the 5BY5 network. Really great content.
Clicking leads to this URL.
Full URL is below.
*This was seen in the Foursquare notification email filter page of Gmail.
Questions for thought
How many people in the US over the age of 13 do not yet have a Facebook account?
Is this still a market big enough for Facebook to place ads against?
Is Facebook finding people who join via Gmail ads to be profitable?
Are they using a lifetime customer value as part of their customer acquisition strategy?
All I wanted to know was if “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” was available for steaming. Have tried this search a few times in the past hour. Same error each time.
D.L. Damore 