Seth Godin Quote of the Day

Seth Godin is a smart guy.  In a recent post he relates what happened when he ordered some custom t-shirts.

His takeaway lesson is great:

“The value of a perk is inversely related to the expectation of that perk.”

This is true is life as much as in business.

Twitter Fight! (kinda)

If nothing else, Twitter continues to bring out the strong opinions.  AdRants has a nice overview of the current war of words (here, here) between “marketing guru” Seth Godin and blogger Ryan Kuder.

It’s fascinating to see how Twitter evolves – since it is basically a completely open communication forum it is up to the users to decide what is deemed “acceptable behavior.”  I’ve already witnessed, and been a part of, admonishing what was perceived as a misuse of Twitter – mostly when people posted what amounted to unsolicited sales pitches or links to products/services (i.e. spam).

We’ll have to wait and see if Twitter collapses under the weight of it’s own openness or if it is able self-regulate itself into a fruitful community.