Comments on: Freeconomics: Gladwell, Godin and Anderson on Free http://www.rickliebling.com/2009/07/01/freeconomics-gladwell-godin-and-anderson-on-free/ Intelligence, Insight, Ideas Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:23:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Trends in Youth Media | mobileYouth - youth marketing mobile culture research http://www.rickliebling.com/2009/07/01/freeconomics-gladwell-godin-and-anderson-on-free/comment-page-1/#comment-1394 Trends in Youth Media | mobileYouth - youth marketing mobile culture research Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:05:53 +0000 http://www.rickliebling.com/?p=1727#comment-1394 [...] The issue of “free” has always been square in the sights of youth marketers. But, does it work? Three marketing gurus weigh in on the debate - Chris Anderson, Seth Godin and Malcom Gladwell. While “free” may be a compelling idea as supported by Anderson & Godin, Gladwell argues that the infrastructure supporting these ideas cannot be free and ultimately there needs to be a payback. (Source Eyecube) [...] [...] The issue of “free” has always been square in the sights of youth marketers. But, does it work? Three marketing gurus weigh in on the debate – Chris Anderson, Seth Godin and Malcom Gladwell. While “free” may be a compelling idea as supported by Anderson & Godin, Gladwell argues that the infrastructure supporting these ideas cannot be free and ultimately there needs to be a payback. (Source Eyecube) [...]

]]> By: Ambal Balakrishnan http://www.rickliebling.com/2009/07/01/freeconomics-gladwell-godin-and-anderson-on-free/comment-page-1/#comment-1380 Ambal Balakrishnan Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:21:59 +0000 http://www.rickliebling.com/?p=1727#comment-1380 Rick - Excellent example of picking 'social media' to define "free" market. Good stuff that are free(like good blogs, good tweets, good e-Books) will always bubble up to the top (despite all the noise and clutter). Rick – Excellent example of picking ’social media’ to define “free” market. Good stuff that are free(like good blogs, good tweets, good e-Books) will always bubble up to the top (despite all the noise and clutter).

]]> By: Rick http://www.rickliebling.com/2009/07/01/freeconomics-gladwell-godin-and-anderson-on-free/comment-page-1/#comment-1371 Rick Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:53:14 +0000 http://www.rickliebling.com/?p=1727#comment-1371 Ambal, Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. I think a "free" market is very much what you see today in Social Media: a lot of real quality, a good degree of absolute junk and a massive middle of mediocrity. I think the stigma of "free" = poor quality has been blunted, but as more people wade in to offer their 'wares' there is a danger that free will again take on an appearance of 'not worth paying for.' Ambal,

Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. I think a “free” market is very much what you see today in Social Media: a lot of real quality, a good degree of absolute junk and a massive middle of mediocrity.

I think the stigma of “free” = poor quality has been blunted, but as more people wade in to offer their ‘wares’ there is a danger that free will again take on an appearance of ‘not worth paying for.’

]]> By: Ambal Balakrishnan http://www.rickliebling.com/2009/07/01/freeconomics-gladwell-godin-and-anderson-on-free/comment-page-1/#comment-1368 Ambal Balakrishnan Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:27:34 +0000 http://www.rickliebling.com/?p=1727#comment-1368 Rick: Thanx for discussing Chris's book. I haven't yet read the book - will make sure to check it out. One of the implicit assumptions that people mistakenly make is that "free" means that there is no good business model. This is thanks in part to the startups that have been giving away their offering for free and were hoping for more eyeballs to show their VCs. Some of these startups probably never spent enough cycles to come up with a good business model. My concern is this - How will a totally "free" market ensure good quality products? Products and services can be of high quality only when the people behind them are motivated enough to offer the best "there is" and also (more importantly) want to maximize profit to stay in business. What are your thoughts on the impact to quality of products if there is a truly "free" market? Rick: Thanx for discussing Chris’s book. I haven’t yet read the book – will make sure to check it out.
One of the implicit assumptions that people mistakenly make is that “free” means that there is no good business model. This is thanks in part to the startups that have been giving away their offering for free and were hoping for more eyeballs to show their VCs. Some of these startups probably never spent enough cycles to come up with a good business model.
My concern is this – How will a totally “free” market ensure good quality products?
Products and services can be of high quality only when the people behind them are motivated enough to offer the best “there is” and also (more importantly) want to maximize profit to stay in business.
What are your thoughts on the impact to quality of products if there is a truly “free” market?

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