http://generatornetwork.com/blogGenerator | Blog Updatesen-us As we roll into Year No. 3 of The Great Recession, we are all asking the same question: How long will this last?   The short answer is, no one knows. The talking heads on cable news can spin their stories, but clearly they are not...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=110075Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:52:00 Z It seems like just yesterday that every commentator with a keyboard was announcing the imminent death of Apple. But the last five years have brought a turnaround that is unprecedented in the history of this planet we live upon. Now, Apple is one of...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=108989Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:18:00 Z Mobile e-commerce? No monthly fees? Text and email receipts? Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus! As someone who builds complex web sites for a living, there is no doubt that the most complex (and most in-demand) feature of any modern site is...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=107772Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:14:00 Z Today, NewsCorp — the owner of media giants FoxNews, The New York Post, Times of London and dot com giant MySpace — announced a staggering $203 million loss for the previous quarter ending June 30. This is down from a $1.1 billion profit they took a...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=106869Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:30:45 ZThis morning, I visited one of my favorite web sites, 9rules. (9rules is, at its core, a site that collects quality blog links, sorts them into logical categories, and posts links in a consistent way.) Anyway, I clicked on a link called Sponsor...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=106652Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:19:11 ZSeth Godin opines (I think) that book covers are stupid, unnecessary and a waste of money. [ Link ] But I don't know of anyone who has ever complained that their favorite book has a cover — except when it is poorly designed and/or...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=106640Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:52:39 ZWhen we started Generator, we wanted to provide a full-featured web-based system that would give artists and authors the tools to run their own business. We targeted the middle class, believing they were the most under-served, and most likely to...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=106631Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:20:26 ZLast week, Echo — the web community company that put Nashville on the map — went dark. Echo's owner, Ticketmaster, decided to jettison all but eight Nashville employees and move what was left of the operation to their Los Angeles office. At the end...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=106595Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:17:18 ZThis morning I was cruising through one of my favorite blogs and saw a great post about something I've been feeling for some time. Mike Hyatt, who is the CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, talked about his company's decision to expand the number and...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=106563Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:45:27 Z EchoMusic could be accurately labeled the company that started it all. Eight years ago, Mark Montgomery started what at the time was a web design firm over on Nashville's Music Row. His small shop focused on a growing niche: artists who needed...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=106498Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:03:28 ZWhile speaking at the Christian Independent Artists' Summit today, a registrant asked a pointed question that I thought deserved some good, straight answers: How do I get people to my web site? So, on that note, here are a few good ideas....http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=105912Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:05:42 ZPrint matters. There, I said it. But the fact is, most marketers are lemmings. They follow what they perceive to be the flow. It's called the Wisdom of Crowds — or, not everyone can be wrong. Tell that to Hitler's Germany. Ah, but I...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=1040Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:02:48 ZAs the entertainment business literally falls into 2009, there is now no doubt that the old retail sales model is gone. As we had been predicting for three years, too many customers (and most of them heavy volume buyers) simply prefer the ease of...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=883Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:55:26 ZFor the last six years, I and two partners have been publishing VandySports.com on the Rivals.com network. Now, many of you have no idea what Rivals is, but those who do know what a big deal this is. Rivals.com was the very first web network to...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=835Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:32:40 ZAs the web expands into so many different little niches, it's tempting to just stick with the free world and not even try to build your own, private, custom web site. Let me just say that for many, that is a good decision. It makes no sense to design...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=775Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:00:25 ZIt sounds like a goofy-simple question, but it's the first question you must ask and answer before you start the process of creating a new web site. Unfortunately, most clients don't really get to the bottom of this question until their new site is...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=683Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:02:09 ZThis was, by any estimation, a wild week. With the stock market taking its worst dive in history, and governments all over the world trying to get more involved in everyday commerce, volatility is at an all-time high. It can be unsettling, can't...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=555Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:26:07 ZThese are tough times for the publishing business. And while the blogs and web sites like to extol the spirit and opportunities of the independent artist and author, the realities can be daunting at best. It's not so much that there are limits...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=510Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:38:19 ZThis evening I was checking my Gmail, and I noticed something very unassuming at the top of my mail In Box window. It was a simple line of text that said this: " Memphis Flights $49 - Memphis-Flights.Ask.com - Great Deals On Cheap...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=508Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:57:00 ZThis month, Apple announced that they had become the largest music retailer on the planet in any format. That includes CDs, btw, which is an ominous sign for the music business. The reason is simple: With Christmas fast approaching, all of our...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=501Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:42:52 ZMost of us here at generator spent most of our careers working at and for major record companies. People would often ask me if working for a record company was fun. I’d always say, “I get to wear whatever I want, listen to music all day, talk...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=144Thu, 22 May 2008 05:39:16 ZI once made most of my money designing print materials. CD packages, book covers, print ads, posters and fliers. Occasionally clients would ask me to do things out of the box, but usually those things tied directly into print products they...http://generatornetwork.com/default.aspx?p=2550&beid=96Thu, 01 May 2008 23:35:41 Z