Comments on: The Marketing Genius of Steve Jobs

By: Brenda Bratone

Brenda Bratone — Sun, 16 May 2010 21:32:26 +0000

I’ve been following the network marketing tactics of GW Williams the last couple years.
He was a huge success selling tools and marketing on ebay.
But a strange thing happened, GW Williams quit ebay and started selling music he wrote and recorded.
At first I thought well how long will that really last.
But some how he’s so skilled in marketing products, that he created an image for his music and is now considered by many one of the leading world class guitarist, just imagine that, that’s marketing at it’s best.
This guy is amazing.

His new songs, Electric Rock Guitarist and Acoustic Guitar Rock N Roll Blast Off , are becoming huge world wide.
Watching GW sell his 10 song album makes me realize that the art of selling can be done anywhere if you can find a way to create a good business buzz and you know how to sell.
Anything is possible.
It also taught me that even though I am not a guitar player or singer I can, manage others online who are and make money.
There’s many ways to make money in network marketing and using the Internet if we only can see the vision and dream !!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:49:00 +0000

You are why music sucks. Go steal it then ya prick. My kids are going hungry. Enjoy more crap with no DRM. Cause thats all your gonna get.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:54:00 +0000

It’s incredibly arrogant of you say they’re suckers just because they have different values to you.

Any purchase has limitations and trade-offs, just because buying music with DRM is a deal-breaker for you, doesn’t mean it is for everyone else.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:29:00 +0000

Perhaps Steve wrote this letter to get some public support for DRM-less tunes from EMI on iTunes like emusic just reacently got according to Wall Street Journal?
Google search for WSJ article

By: glaurent

glaurent — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:23:00 +0000

I believe you’re wrong here, Jobs had the same position back in 2003 :

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939600/steve_jobs_the_rolling_stone_interview/

“When we first went to talk to these record companies — you know, it was a while ago. It took us 18 months. And at first we said: None of this technology that you’re talking about’s gonna work. We have Ph.D.’s here, that know the stuff cold, and we don’t believe it’s possible to protect digital content.”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:01:00 +0000

"And this is exactly what is happening in the blogosphere right now. Everyone is falling all over themselves with how cool and hip and right Steve Jobs is."

After reading reactions – all over the internets – to Jobs' comments, I'd say the opposite was true. Most responses I've read have been, at least to some degree, cynical.

I prefer to believe that SJ is using the power he has accumulated to promote something that he believes is important to the future of digital music. That he will probably profit from a DRM-free future shouldn't be held against him.

By: Roger Krueger

Roger Krueger — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 21:11:00 +0000

I hope he fails, I love DRM. Yeah, that’s right, I love DRM. It’s encouraged me to all but abandon major-label releases in favor of the non-DRM indie stuff on emusic.

In so many cases the difference between majors and indies is marketing, not quality, I hope DRM lives a long and happy life encouraging other people to discover this.

By: sam

sam — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:31:00 +0000

Anonymous said...
Another defining difference: It is inconcievable to anyone that you'd ever hear this coming out of Bill Gate's mouth.

uh, not really...

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:24:00 +0000

Wow – someone actually decides to say something truthful about Apple that isn’t complementary. Go figure. You sure won’t get that in the mainstram media. Good Job!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:14:00 +0000

Darmik.com gives artist the power to sell thier music in the format of their
choice and also gives them the ability to allow thier fans to sell and
redistribute their music for them in social netwotks as well as blogs.