Comments for Blinded by Marketing http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog On communication, persuasion, and perception Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:27:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on When ugly works… by Mose Kremen http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/2010/03/when-ugly-works/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Mose Kremen Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:27:59 +0000 http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/?p=776#comment-143 Interesting blog you got here but I can't seem to find the RSS button. Interesting blog you got here but I can’t seem to find the RSS button.

]]> Comment on When ugly works… by iPad Links: Thursday, March 4, 2010 « Mike Cane's iPad Test http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/2010/03/when-ugly-works/comment-page-1/#comment-124 iPad Links: Thursday, March 4, 2010 « Mike Cane's iPad Test Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:05:11 +0000 http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/?p=776#comment-124 [...] Animated CSS3 cube using 3D transforms The “Attractive City Generator” The CSS Ninja 1: When ugly works… 2: Ling’s [...] [...] Animated CSS3 cube using 3D transforms The “Attractive City Generator” The CSS Ninja 1: When ugly works… 2: Ling’s [...]

]]> Comment on When ugly works… by Krim Stephenson http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/2010/03/when-ugly-works/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Krim Stephenson Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:28:20 +0000 http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/?p=776#comment-123 Thanks for the comment Ling, and for clarifying about the £35m. I'll correct that! I love what you've done with the site. What's "ugly" about it is really that it's just so different at a glance, and that it breaks all the rules of design (I think this makes you sound badass personally... you break ALL THE RULES). I love that it doesn't have a slick, polished look. There are a lot of sites that look polished and deliver an average or broken experience. Your colors and graphics look like you fed mescaline to a 1st year web developer, but the UI is actually really good, and you deliver a great experience. Thanks again Ling! Thanks for the comment Ling, and for clarifying about the £35m. I’ll correct that!

I love what you’ve done with the site. What’s “ugly” about it is really that it’s just so different at a glance, and that it breaks all the rules of design (I think this makes you sound badass personally… you break ALL THE RULES). I love that it doesn’t have a slick, polished look. There are a lot of sites that look polished and deliver an average or broken experience. Your colors and graphics look like you fed mescaline to a 1st year web developer, but the UI is actually really good, and you deliver a great experience.

Thanks again Ling!

]]> Comment on When ugly works… by Ling Valentine http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/2010/03/when-ugly-works/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Ling Valentine Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:39:39 +0000 http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/?p=776#comment-122 <span><strong><span style="font-size: 72px">Wah!</span></strong></span> My God, what a review!! Usually I get people reviewing my site and I have to explain forever that it is about doing business with very high-ticket long buying cycle items. <strong>But you gettit! </strong>What a shame you don't live next door, I would hug you :) You save me so much typing, Krim hahahaha! Just one thing - I don't actually buy and sell £35m of cars, that's the retail value of the metal. I let the car dealers hold the monetary risk. I simply take a (usually 1%) commission, as low as can be so I just invoice a commission per car. £375,000 last year. But still not bad to bring in $500,000 from an "ugly" website :). Low risk means low overheads means low prices. Thanks so much for the blog post! There will be hundreds of things you haven't found, like my sitemap (crazy) http://www.lingscars.com/sitemap.php etc etc, but what the hell, nice to keep some surprises. We both know it's not about cars, it's about people really :) Thanks again! <em>Ling</em> Wah!
My God, what a review!! Usually I get people reviewing my site and I have to explain forever that it is about doing business with very high-ticket long buying cycle items. But you gettit! What a shame you don't live next door, I would hug you :)
You save me so much typing, Krim hahahaha!
Just one thing – I don't actually buy and sell £35m of cars, that's the retail value of the metal. I let the car dealers hold the monetary risk. I simply take a (usually 1%) commission, as low as can be so I just invoice a commission per car. £375,000 last year. But still not bad to bring in $500,000 from an "ugly" website :) .
Low risk means low overheads means low prices.

Thanks so much for the blog post! There will be hundreds of things you haven't found, like my sitemap (crazy) http://www.lingscars.com/sitemap.php etc etc, but what the hell, nice to keep some surprises. We both know it's not about cars, it's about people really :)
Thanks again! Ling

]]> Comment on Taking Your Brand to Social Spaces [SLIDES] by Landon Long http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/2010/02/taking-your-brand-to-social-spaces-slides/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Landon Long Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:49:21 +0000 http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/?p=764#comment-117 <font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Hey Krim, Thanks for presenting, your slides and discussion were thought provoking, glad I could contribute. So what's next on your event calendar? Landon ~</font> Hey Krim,

Thanks for presenting, your slides and discussion were thought provoking, glad I could contribute. So what's next on your event calendar?

Landon ~

]]> Comment on Social media policy: we’re still waiting by Deena Youkanaa http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/2009/11/social-media-policy-still-waiting/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Deena Youkanaa Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:10:58 +0000 http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/?p=569#comment-104 Hello Mate, Great blog! I greatly like the colors. The one issue that I have is that the feed arn't saving right in my reader. Hello Mate, Great blog! I greatly like the colors. The one issue that I have is that the feed arn’t saving right in my reader.

]]> Comment on Social media policy: we’re still waiting by Jess Lerew http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/2009/11/social-media-policy-still-waiting/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Jess Lerew Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:10:48 +0000 http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/?p=569#comment-103 Hi webmaster, commenters and everybody else - The blog was absolutely fantastic! Lots of great information and inspiration, both of which we all need - Keep 'em coming... you all do such a great job at such Concepts... can't tell you how much I, for one appreciate all you do! Hi webmaster, commenters and everybody else – The blog was absolutely fantastic! Lots of great information and inspiration, both of which we all need – Keep ‘em coming… you all do such a great job at such Concepts… can’t tell you how much I, for one appreciate all you do!

]]> Comment on Blog panel part III: Long-term trends by Analyzing Your Forex Trading Strategies | FX Forex secrets http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/2010/01/blog-panel-part-iii-long-term-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Analyzing Your Forex Trading Strategies | FX Forex secrets Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:52:39 +0000 http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/?p=727#comment-91 [...] Blog panel part III: Long-term trends « Blinded by Marketing [...] [...] Blog panel part III: Long-term trends « Blinded by Marketing [...]

]]> Comment on Blog panel part III: Long-term trends by iwouldhatetobeyou http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/2010/01/blog-panel-part-iii-long-term-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-88 iwouldhatetobeyou Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:36:55 +0000 http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/?p=727#comment-88 I like your style, the fact that your site is a little bit different makes it so interesting, I get fed up of seeing same-old-same-old all of the time. I've just stumbled this page for you :-D I like your style, the fact that your site is a little bit different makes it so interesting, I get fed up of seeing same-old-same-old all of the time. I’ve just stumbled this page for you :-D

]]> Comment on Blog Panel: The Biggest Lesson of 2009 by Blog panel part III: Long-term trends « Blinded by Marketing http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/2009/12/blog-panel-the-biggest-lesson-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Blog panel part III: Long-term trends « Blinded by Marketing Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:29:36 +0000 http://arlingtonmillgroup.com/blog/?p=697#comment-58 [...] and Frank Strong.  All four of us are blogging on the same topics on the same day.  My first post was on the biggest lesson of 2009, and my second post on how  I see marketers reacting to that [...] [...] and Frank Strong.  All four of us are blogging on the same topics on the same day.  My first post was on the biggest lesson of 2009, and my second post on how  I see marketers reacting to that [...]

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