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It all comes down to one game. The Dallas Cowboys playoff hopes rest solely on their Week 17 matchup against a division rival. If that sounds too familiar to you, its because they blew their chances more than once when faced with the same situation.
Last year, the Cowboys faced the NY Giants in the final regular season game with the division crown going to the winner and a trip to the couch for the loser. Well, the Giants went on to win the Super Bowl after defeating Dallas 21-17 in the regular season finale, while the Cowboys sat home.
A few years prior, they fell to the Philadelphia Eagles in a crushing 44-6 defeat, sending them home without a taste of the postseason. Tony Romo's career with the Cowboys has been mired by inconsistency and mediocre talent surrounding him. His postseason failures have been well documented and his inability to lead in crucial moments has been amplified.
However, it has been Romo who placed his team on his back over the second half of the season that has the 'boys in a position to head to the postseason this year. It is Romo, dealing to Dez Bryant without the benefit of a decent run-game. And it should be Romo leading his team to victory this Sunday, but there are a few people standing in his way, most notably; Robert Griffin III.
The Washington Redskins have won 6 straight games after falling to 3-6 on the season early on, including their win over the Cowboys on Thanksgiving. RGIII has been the main culprit as he is the model of efficiency, only throwing five interceptions on the season while running the read-option with his rookie backfield mate Alfred Morris to perfection.
The surprise has been in their defensive coverage. The Redskins have managed to hold their opponents over the course of their win-streak to manageable point totals allowing their offense to rip opposing defenses to shreds.
So who will win this epic matchup? Can Romo overcome his haunted past? Or will the rookie QB lead his team to the postseason?
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1905: Fou Tchou-Li, by a thousand cuts
April 10th, 2008 Headsman
On this date in 1905, Fou Tchou-Li suffered the last execution by lingchi in Beijing, for the murder of a Mongolian prince.
Lingchi, or slow slicing, involved the public dismemberment of the victim. As such, it became iconic to westerners as an image of exotic Chinese cruelty — albeit iconic in a mythicized form, the accounts conflicting, undependable, Orientalist. (Many different ones are collected at the Wikipedia page.)
Lingchi is especially notable — apart from fathering the phrase "death by a thousand cuts" in the English lexicology — for its overlap with the era of photography.
Fou Tchou-Li's death was captured on film, and the images famously captivated Georges Bataille for the expression of seeming ecstasy on the face of the dying (or dead) man.
Bataille was said to meditate daily upon the image below in particular — "I never stopped being obsessed by this image of pain, at the same time ecstatic and intolerable."
In Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag explained the mystical nexus of pleasure and pain Fou Tchou-Li's torture suggested to the French theorist, aptly comparing it to graphic but pre-photographic exaltations of torture in the western artistic tradition, such as Saint Sebastian:
To contemplate this image, according to Bataille, is both a mortification of the feelings and a liberation of tabooed erotic knowledge — a complex response that many people must find hard to credit. … Bataille is not saying that he takes pleasure in the sight of this excruciation. But he is saying that he can imagine extreme suffering as a kind of transfiguration. It is a view of suffering, of the pain of others, that is rooted in religious thinking, which links pain to sacrifice, sacrifice to exaltation — a view that could not be more alien to a modern sensibility.
It's no idle point to say that all this reads quite a lot into a single frame that may not be all that representative of the moment, though that wouldn't necessarily diminish Bataille's gist. More, these are western interpretations of — projections upon — an image marked as fundamentally outside in a tableau irresistibly blending the colonizer and the colonized.
The execution was ordered in the last days of the Qing Dynasty, which had long been substantially beholden to European states, especially the British; the prisoner was apparently administered opium to numb the pain, the very product Britain had gone to war to force China to accept.
Taiwanese video artist Chen Chieh-jen interpreted the photography that so captivated Bataille, and its colonial context, in Lingchi: Echoes of a Historical Photograph (review).
Two weeks after this date, China abolished the punishment for good.
Also on this date
- 1813: Albrecht Ludwig von Berger and Christian Daniel von Finckh, Oldenburgers
- 1934: Georges-Alexandre Sarrejani, vitriolic
- 1959: Leonard Shockley, the last juvenile executed?
- Unspecified year: Snowball's animal fifth column
- 1919: Mehmed Kemal, for the Armenian genocide
- 1548: Gonzalo Pizarro and Francisco de Carvajal
Entry Filed under: 20th Century,Arts and Literature,Capital Punishment,China,Common Criminals,Crime,Death Penalty,Execution,Gruesome Methods,History,Language,Lingchi,Mature Content,Milestones,Popular Culture,Public Executions
Tags: 1900s, 1905, april 10, beijing, chen chieh-jen, eroticism, erotism, fou tchou-li, georges bataille, opium, orientalism, photography, qing dynasty, susan sontag
15 Responses to "1905: Fou Tchou-Li, by a thousand cuts"
1Jeffrey Fisher Says:
April 15th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
outstanding. really nice catch on the Bataille angle, here. I've not read Sontag on Bataille, and more's the pity, since she captures the essence of the Bataille problematic in a couple of pithy sentences, a problematic, as she duly notes, that is utterly alien to so much that is modern. the result of this alterity (or as mark c tayolr would have it, altarity — note the religious pun) is that most people misunderstand bataille in critical ways that vitiate much of what they have to say about him.
and the class issues around this execution would not have been lost on bataille, either, by the way.
and thanks for the (quite appropriate) nod on sebastian. the link here with bataille is utterly appropriate there, as well — what with the eroticization of sebastian, and of course that sense of bliss in the midst of suffering. christ is of course the archetype here, for christians.
one other note in this rambling comment post — i suggest a contrast with the witch subjected to burning in Bergman's "Seventh Seal," and the (film's) hero's interpretation of the look on *her* face. but that means you'll have to go watch it.
2Jeffrey Fisher Says:
April 15th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
one more. i'm looking at the picture and finding myself mortified at all the other people in it. imagine if you will, just for a minute, being one of the people slicing him up.
it's hardly bearable just in the imagining.
staggering, really. the whole thing.
3Sal Herzog Says:
April 15th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Fascinating. Check out this book on Bataille- by Stuart Kendall for a good, albeit sensational, introduction
4Headsman Says:
April 15th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Thanks, both — wiser heads than mine on Bataille by far. I think it's this book you mean, Sal?
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October 22nd, 2008 at 1:57 am
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August 22nd, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Entender las tradiciones de cada pais, en especial, aquellas que nos parecen "salvajes", nos lleva a la interpretacion equivocada de los sentimientos de dichas culturas y por lo tanto al entendimiento inadecuado de sus actos.
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[...] Eros thus yoked to Thanatos, the besotted fellow promptly hurled himself after the exaltation of death. [...]
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February 22nd, 2011 at 3:09 am
[...] was condemned to the horrific expiation of "slow slicing"; however, given "the undesirability of executing the chief Minister of State like a common [...]
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October 7th, 2011 at 5:13 pm
[...] fell into their hands. Women often carried out these operations. A well-known torture was called the Thousand Cuts, whereby flesh woulds were newly made and grass and thorns pushed into them so that they would hurt [...]
14ExecutedToday.com » 1440: Gilles de Rais, unholy Says:
October 26th, 2011 at 8:26 pm
[...] Agonizing ecstacist Georges Bataille wrote a whole book about de Rais, characteristically taken by the intersection of repugnance and transcendence. For Bataille, Christianity even reconciles our prisoner's stupendous villainy with his unfeigned anticipation of spiritual salvation that "ultimately summarize the Christian situation." [...]
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November 8th, 2011 at 4:18 am
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The Rotary Club of North Cobb donated two Promethean ActivTables, one to Kennesaw Mountain High School and one to McClure Middle School.
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The tool looks like a table, but the face of the table is actually a large screen. It is interactive featuring a multi-touch display and allows up to six students a chance to work together while they learn.
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Good morning! I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter Sunday. This was the first holiday in our married life husband and I have not been with our extended family. We spent last week going back and forth about traveling to VA to be with our parents and siblings, but in the end, realized we really, really needed a break and just some time together. So while we definitely missed our families, we were thrilled to start some Easter traditions of our own.
We started Saturday evening by dying Easter eggs.
I did not read the instructions beforehand which clearly state you shouldn't use your hands to do this. C still has green fingernails. My bad dude.
Sunday morning we hopped (pun intended) to it and made it to 9am mass. Here are my handsomes:
And all 3 of us with the self timed camera. Coordination was not purposeful, but I think we look pretty cute:
The Easter Bunny was a little late (and tired and pregnant Saturday night) so didn't get around to hiding eggs and making a basket until later in the day Sunday. Luckily, C isn't old enough to know the difference and was still super excited about it all.
The last 2 years, we have hosted both our families and I have made a serious Easter Brunch. This year, it was a little sad to only set the table for 3 and I kept the menu super simple, but I used the china nonetheless. Clearly C didn't appreciate my bacon making skills.
Don't you love flowers in mason jars? So pretty.
After the entire family took afternoon naps, we spent the rest of the day outside. My boys mowed the lawn:
Have you ever seen anything so cute? I didn't think so.
Cullen spent some time in his fort, but apparently, has now changed it to his 'jungle'. In this picture he is telling me all about it. It went something like this, "Mommy, um um jungle, sebra, tiger, gators, gee-afee, and um um um, Riiiiiiiiiiiioooon!" Which translates to, "Mommy, in my jungle there are zebras, tigers, alligators, giraffes and LIONS!"
And with a final game of chase, we took a sweet boy inside for the night. He was so tired by the end of the day, he tried to crawl into bed naked after his bath. In mommy-world, that is a seriously successful day.
How was your Easter?
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3 comments:
- Elle Cay said...
my how our easters differ. i slept till 8 pm on sunday. ha! love the coral dress and the last pic of cullen.
- April 25, 2011 at 7:05 AM
- fittingbackin said...
That a great self-timer pic! I love that even little C is looking! Speaking of little C - the dueling lawnmowers are pretty fabulous. :)
- April 25, 2011 at 3:42 PM
- Tyler said...
I loved the lawnmowers too! So precious!
My Easter was spent driving home from Texas. It was so worth it though! Meeting baby Jasper was fabulous! I am madly in love!
Ryan and I made a pact that we weren't going to stress ourselves out for holidays. It's such a pain to go to 4 different places just to say hi and be forced to eat over and over again. No bueno! I think your Easter looked perfect!
- April 25, 2011 at 7:39 PM
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What do you think about companies, agencies, and other entities using polls and focus groups to determine ways to manipulate others? eg Ads
Polls and focus groups are used extensively in developing advertisements and political campaign marketing. The outcome could be considered manipulative. Is it manipulation? Just smart? Effective influence? Tools of the trade? Fair?
What do you think?
After the posting of some comments below, I've added the following.
Let me add a slight twist. Let's say Company A claims diet pill X will make you lose weight while eating whatever you want in whatever quantity you want. They bring in focus groups to find the best means to "sell" it to the public? They package it just right, they say just the right things, and provide the right images. People flock to it only to discover it doesn't really work. Is it manipulation? Smart marketing?
Further, what if we later discover that Company A knew diet pill X did not lead to weight loss. Manipulation? Effective influence?
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Jul 3 2013: Companies have a perfect right to do that and persuasion isn't manipulation. What @Kate Blake pointed out about the army is a concern, but that's more brainwashing (training?) than persuasion or manipulation.
Frankly, I wish a lot of companies would do more of it. It's the "We don't care" factor that's more harmful than "we care too much." Back when there was a single phone company their customers (victims) thought up a corporate slogan for them. "We don't care. We don't have to." I'd rather they care what I want and what I think.
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In a a notice sent to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Service, Cintas said the layoffs were effective March 1 and would be permanent, the story stated.
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Additionally, you may not be ready to share a photo of baby just yet. Looking back at some of the earliest photos of my baby, I wonder if I should have included them in my birth announcement email. Although my little girl was absolutely perfect and gorgeous to me, she may have appeared a little squishy, bald, and cone-headed in the eyes of others.
For this reason, some parents like to wait until their baby is at least two or three months old before sending a photo announcement. By that time, Baby has transformed from a barely-out-of-the-womb fetus to a plump, rosy-cheeked newborn.
If you do decide to include a photo of baby, you have (you guessed it!) boundless options. Once you snap a good shot of your baby and order prints, you can simply toss the photo in the envelope with your birth announcement or pick an announcement that has special tabs to "frame" the picture. If you choose a vellum announcement, you can have the stationery company print Baby's photo on the vellum sheet. Some companies even emboss Baby's photo onto the card.
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It typically takes one to two weeks for these companies to complete the printing of your cards. (In many cases you can pay extra to expedite your order.) Once your order is complete, the company can either ship the cards directly to you or send them out to an address list that you supply (not a bad choice for busy, drowsy parents).
Or, take a tip from parents who've been through a holiday season or two: Drugstores and supermarkets with photo kiosks or developing centers can offer quick, simple announcement options if you've got family and friends clamoring for pictures and info.


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Limitations suck. That's what we think here at AWeber. We don't really believe in limitations here. We like things to be unlimited, like the number of emails you can send or the number of lists you can have or the amount of image storage you can get for free.
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Unlimited image storage means you can add all the photos you need for your newsletters without having to delete the ones you already have. Unlimited image storage means you can upload bigger photos – up to 10MB, the same file size as photos snapped on your iPhone.
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Bigger upload sizes means you can play with this trend in your emails (just don't make your entire email one big image – here's why).
Something else to note about bigger, eye-catching images: we optimize the image size to fit in your email for you, so you don't have to. When you upload an image at full size, we instantly resize it to fit inside your template (but you can always choose to use the original size if you prefer).
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At a conference? Hosting a local shindig? Want to let your email list in on the fun? Snap photos with your cell phone, save them to your computer and upload them to your AWeber image gallery to send a recap email after your event.
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That's awesome because our company has a lot of heirloom seeds photos and they do take up quite a bit of space. Knowing that Aweber allow us to host those photos for our FB, Blog and Website visitors is simply AWESOMEE. Thanks.11/19/2013 10:49 am
Hi Troy,
Glad you're excited! We are, too.
Just to clarify, the image storage is for images you're using in your emails, not for images you're posting outside of AWeber. You can upload photos directly to Facebook to share on your page, and you might look into services like Photobucket, Flickr, ImageShack or Dropbox if you need more photo storage for your site.
Also, I personally like using Pixlr, a free online image editor, to re-size photos that are too big.
Hope that helps!11/19/2013 11:13 am
When you optimize the image size… does that mean you resize the image or does the resized image also get automatically compressed? That is, if we have YOU host the images, should we compress them?11/19/2013 11:39 am
App for iOS, please!!11/19/2013 12:00 pm
Unlimited means that you can have unlimited lists of leads, without counting every lead for every list!
I wouldl love to see Aweber to let customare having unlimited lists and counting only once per single email!
All the best,11/19/2013 12:01 pm
Hi, this is awesome. Thank you. When is this effective? Been trying to upload a PDF 1.2MB file to a follow up series email but not working. Keep getting the red upload failed message. Thanks!11/19/2013 1:04 pm
Can you provide a link on the process of uploading images?
Wayne11/19/2013 2:44 pm
Liz, It's in place. It sounds like you are trying to upload an attachment instead of an image; those do have a 1MB limit.11/19/2013 2:50 pm
Andres, Passing it along!
Jos, We store each subscriber in whatever list or lists they subscribe to. Could you perhaps clarify what your concern is?
Thank you Amanda!
I mean that if i have the same lead in 10 lists, Aweber counts this lead like it was 10 different leads!
It would be more and more efficient a TAG sistem, so that i have a general list and if the same lead subscribes to other 10 lists, the system calculates only 1 lead, with 10 tags.
That's the idea.
Do you think Aweber will do that, soon or later?11/19/2013 5:13 pm
Great! Another reason to love Aweber!11/19/2013 8:32 pm
Nice! This surely makes managing images a whole lot easier.11/19/2013 9:01 pm
I love that your system will automatically re-size the images as they get uploaded. It saves lot of time given that must users don't know the way out on using image software to manipulate these graphics.
Excellent service11/19/2013 11:49 pm
Hi Rebekah,
This comes at a great better time. I have been thinking on adding a high resolution picture of my self on my weekly newsletters.11/20/2013 8:57 am
Aweber rocks and its the best Email marketing company in the world.
Thanks!11/21/2013 4:29 am
Wayne – Here's how to upload images to your image gallery: https://help.aweber.com/entries/21927537-how-do-i-use-aweber-s-image-hosting-feature
Jose – Thanks for your feedback and suggestion. I'll be sure to pass that along to our Engineering team!11/21/2013 8:42 am
I am still waiting for the answer to my question… that is, should we compress the images before uploading them or does Aweber do that when it re-sizes them?11/21/2013 9:12 am
Hi Michael,
I didn't see your earlier comment. Sorry about that!
There's no need to compress your images before uploading them, as long as they're under 10MB (which is a large file size for photos).
We store your image at its original size, then create an optimized version that's resized and compressed that you can choose to use in your email if you want. You can also use your original file as-is.
This Knowledge Base article has more info on the different image size selections: https://help.aweber.com/entries/21680591-How-Do-I-Add-Images-To-HTML-Messages-
Hope that helps!11/21/2013 11:44 am
Hi,11/27/2013 2:06 am
Thanks, for such a informative and helping post, image are the important part of a website and every web developer has to work with it and if we try to implement all the image using code it is tiring and time consuming task so in that case Aweber tools are really helpful in saving time.
Thanks Aweber great addition.11/27/2013 1:13 pm
If I am using the older editor how do I use the image library?
Unlimited images storage, wow that's really an amazing service provided by AWeber. Very soon I'll grab the subscription for my blog.
Thanks!12/10/2013 3:05 pm
WOW, It saves a lot of time in resizing images. Thanks all the same.12/20/2013 2:11 am
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Calgary Home Builder Answers the Call for a Radical Solution to Canada's First Nation Housing and Infrastructure Crisis
Introducing The Equan social service office building headed to southern AB and The Waskahegan series of modern prefab homes
CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- While the issue of First Nation housing has been a hot topic among concerned Canadians over the past few weeks, for Calgary-based builder Karoleena Homes, it's been an enormous focus of day-to-day operations for well over a year.
Trailblazers in the North American modern prefab home building industry, Karoleena prides itself on its proven modular construction method, building its homes, cabins and offices entirely indoors in the company's S.E. Calgary manufacturing facility, and shipping them to site fully-finished and ready for occupancy. Not only are Karoleena's products incredibly hardy, energy-efficient and eco-friendly thanks to the way they're built and the materials used, but they are exactly the type of structure that's been lacking in First Nation communities for decades.
"We've been extremely proud to work directly with First Nation representative Terry Metatawabin over the last year," said Kurt Goodjohn, Karoleena co-founder and CEO. "Terry came to us as someone who deeply understood not only the serious housing issues plaguing these communities, but the history, culture and broader issues surrounding the current crisis we're seeing as a whole. We couldn't be more excited about the First Nation building projects we currently have on the go."
Following months of research, discussion and design alongside a particularly forward-thinking First Nation community in southern AB who approached Karoleena in dire need of a new social services building in June 2011, the company began construction on one of the most innovative office buildings ever undertaken in Canada.
Using 14 converted shipping containers as the indestructible steel frame, the southern AB-based band's new 5,800 sq. ft. Child and Family Services building is well underway in Karoleena's state-of-the-art construction facility. Thanks to the company's proprietary prefab construction process, coupled with a groundbreaking in-house architecture and design team and top Calgary engineering firm, the 2-story building flies in the face of past First Nations housing and construction projects. Additionally, Karoleena has recently completed a long-awaited line of First Nations-specific home designs called The Waskahegan Series, created to meet the unique cultural, functional and practical needs of Canada's native people.
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Completion and installation of The Equan office building by Karoleena is slated for Feb. 2012. For more information, or to schedule a site tour, viewing of The Equan or interview with Karoleena co-founders Kurt and Kris Goodjohn or Karoleena's First Nation liaison Terry Metatawabin, please visit www.karoleena.com, find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/karoleenahomes or www.twitter.com/karoleenahomes or contact:
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U.K.-headquartered Herbert Smith and Australia's Freehills have announced the creation of Herbert Smith Freehills through a full equity merger which will have a single profit pool from its target launch date of October 1.
The firm will have 2,800 lawyers including 460 partners across 20 offices in Australia, Asia, Europe, the United Kingdom and the Middle East.
Herbert Smith Freehills will be led by joint chief executives David Willis and Gavin Bell, current managing partners of Herbert Smith and Freehills respectively.
"We are excited about bringing together two pre-eminent law firms to create a new and distinctive global law firm. We share with Freehills a strong belief that over the next few years the market for premium legal services will become increasingly dominated by a small number of truly global firms. This merger will therefore put us in a strong position to provide clients with the single global offering they increasingly demand," Mr. Willis said in a statement.
Mr. Bell echoed his future colleague. "The merger will give Herbert Smith Freehills the platform to become the leading global law firm across Asia Pacific, a region likely to see continued substantial growth and to become an increasingly important part of the global legal services market," he said.
Based on their size and Asia Pacific rankings, it will become Asia Pacific's largest law firm by revenue and number of partners, and the world's eight-largest firm by number of lawyers.
It's the latest of a string of tie-ups between Australian firms and offshore players including Linklaters and Allens Arthur Robinson, Ashurst and Blake Dawson and King & Wood and Mallesons Stephen Jaques, which merged in March.
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The Zuiderdam is the first of 5 "Vista Class" ships being introduced by Holland America. She is a break from the traditional design and format for Holland America ships and is designed to be more attractive to a wider demographic than former Holland America ships.
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Last summer with Alex.
August 2012, Montargis.
June 2012, Marion.
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October 2012, Amel.
Another throwback. Still cruising through old pictures and playing with Photoshop.
Throwback June 2012 #2
Another photo of Marion that was lost in my hdd.
Throwback June 2012!
I wanted to post something for international women's day, so when I stumbled on this old picture of Marion I haven't posted previously well I couldn't resist.
Went out to get some shots in the snow yesterday and I also got this awesome portrait of me taken by my mom :)
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Earlier reports said the actress has wed Danish businessman Michael Lilleund, but according to People, they recently split.
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How to Grow 2,250% While Launching a New Online Business
Posted By Bryan Eisenberg On August 31, 2007 @ 4:10 pm In Articles,Customer Experience,Entrepreneurship,Management,Personas,Web Design | 6 Comments
Acceller (formerly BuyTelco) has been a reference client of ours for the past 4 years. In that time, we've been fortunate to see BuyTelco.com become one of America's top resources to compare Cable, DSL and High-Speed Internet options [1]. But today, we're especially proud of Acceller because they've been named #54 on the "Inc. 500″ list, with 2,250% growth [2]. (The Inc. 500 ranks top U.S. companies based on growth acceleration for the last few years.)
Acceller CEO Steve McKean is happy to point out that "the Inc. 500 list looks at 4 years of data, and that you can correlate Acceller's work with Future Now to that growth." While we do appreciate the compliment, I correlate their success to Steve's vision as CEO; a relentless focus on execution, the customer experience, and commitment to ongoing improvement.
Their next step: start a new business unit.
[3]While many CEO's would be content with 2,250% growth, Steve, aware of changes in his industry, knew they had to innovate. Rather than reinvent BuyTelco — which is focused solely on converting ready-to-buy, internet-service-only customers — they created an entirely new experience and brand: Digital Landing.
How did they do it? How does a company capitalize on what it knows about its current business while there are so many unknowns about the new brand's potential customers and their buying process?
1.Assemble an Investigative Task Force, consisting of people experienced with past/current products, new research, and conversion issues. Make sure you ask the right questions [4], keeping lessons learned from the former site in play.
2. Develop customer persona assumptions. Why assumptions? Digital Landing didn't have any customers yet, so we had to make assumptions as to who their customers might be. The good news is that, once a site launches, you can test these assumptions and optimize accordingly.
3. Develop and refine the buy-flow. This is the conversion-related part. Since they were adding additional services — e.g., phone, video, HD — and bundles, we knew it would be complicated. We worked closely with them to make sure it would be as smooth as possible, but much more time was focused on the details — specific wording of calls to action, shopping cart usability, color choice, etc. — pre-launch. There's still work to be done (read: optimization).
4. Plan content strategy using personas. By planning content through the eyes of our personas, we were able to match both the tone and types of content to their individual needs. While one needs, say, a video on how to install a flat panel TV [5], another wants to print an article on how to set up a home office [6].
5. Develop top-quality content. Don't skimp on production quality. Look at all these resources for digital newbies [7]. Or this custom internet speed test [8]. They didn't have to do that — which, of course, is exactly why they did have to do it.
6. Develop a launch plan. Work with everyone on the team — engineers, researchers, project manager, the analytics team, designers, copywriters — to coordinate the launch. If something can't make the launch date, prioritize what needs to be fixed as soon as possible.
7. Do a "soft launch" ahead of time. It makes everyone feel good and allows you to fix what's broken before creating mixed first impressions. Digital Landing officially "launches" late next month. Here it is today, flaws and all [9]. Why? Because the first version was never meant to be perfect. Besides, a soft launch gives search engines spiders a chance to crawl and index the site.
8. Allow customer's to interact. Open it up to a small-yet-vocal audience; GrokDotCom readers, for instance. Launch a little Pay-Per-Click traffic and see how it affects the priorities on your optimization list.
9. Measure, Listen, and Optimize. TEST your original assumptions. Figure out who you're losing, where you're losing, and adjust.
10. Stay cool. This isn't childbirth, even if it does feel like it at times.
Join me in congratulating Steve and the rest of his phenomenal team at Acceller on the "soft launch" of Digital Landing. While broadband growth has driven a lot of his business, the marketplace is shifting. People want additional services, and Digital Landing is meant to help us get away from the marketing hype individual providers in order to make intelligent choices and get the best offers on high-speed internet, digital phone, video, and HDTV services [10].
Originally, the goal was to have the site "soft" launched by Labor Day. They beat that by a few days. As I'm sure you can see, there's still plenty of tweaking to be done. But one of the biggest mistakes anyone can make when launching a new site is trying to make it perfect from the get go. Getting it perfect in your eyes means very little. Getting it perfect for your customers matters a lot.
One of the best pieces of advice my mentor gave me — and hopefully I can teach you — is "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing wrong." It's all about execution and allowing yourself to do it wrong quickly [11].
We'd love to have your fresh eyes check out Digital Landing. Go as far as you like, with or without placing an order, and share your feedback here.
Any suggestions to add to our list? Find any bugs?
We appreciate your help, as does Steve. He didn't get on the Inc. 500 list by not listening carefully.
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[1] compare Cable, DSL and High-Speed Internet options: http://buytelco.net
[2] 2,250% growth: http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2007/company-profile.html?id=200700540
[3] Image: http://www.digitallanding.com
[4] ask the right questions: http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/02/04/7-strategy-challenges-for-effective-online-marketers/
[5] install a flat panel TV: http://www3.digitallanding.com/video/video_display.cfm?video_id=29
[6] set up a home office: http://www3.digitallanding.com/digital-lifestyle/article_display.cfm/article_id/4423
[7] resources for digital newbies: http://www3.digitallanding.com/digital-lifestyle/section_display.cfm/section_id/5
[8] internet speed test: http://www3.digitallanding.com/high-speed-internet/article_display.cfm/article_id/4458
[9] flaws and all: http://www3.digitallanding.com/
[10] the best offers on high-speed internet, digital phone, video, and HDTV services: http://www3.digitallanding.com/digital-lifestyle/article_display.cfm/article_id/4457
[11] do it wrong quickly: http://www.mikemoran.com/diwq/index.htm
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Backlash in China as Microsoft Cuts XP Support
Microsoft has ended security and support for the outdated XP system worldwide. The harsh reaction in China points to heavy local dependence on XP, which is cheaper than newer operating systems. Because of its market size, the country can get results by protesting against a multinational corporation -- particularly one with ambitions to grow.
Xiaomi means 'small rice' -- and big business -- in China's smartphone market.
South China Sea Flare-Up Pits China Against the Philippines Over Oil, Shipping Lanes
China and the Philippines are in a dispute over an area of the South China Sea. Oil reserves, fishing rights and half the world's marine shipping traffic are at stake.
Will Taiwan Open to Chinese Investment, or Will Protests Derail the Deal?
'In the short term, share prices are going to be affected. If this situation at the legislature keeps going on goes on, share prices will be more heavily affected and foreign investors will start to waver.' -- Shih Hsiao-chi, economist, SinoPac Securities
'Traditional funds might stay away, though you might see locals with some higher risk appetite. It's the risk you'd get with lack of transparency. You're not very sure of their background or level of experience.' -- Lorraine Tan, equity researcher, S&P Capital IQ
Personal Security: Would You Be Safe in China?
"I have rarely felt threatened. Certainly people should take precautions like they would anywhere in the world, and they should know that they are a guest in this country, but by and large I would say China is safe for most foreigners." -- Scott Kronick, author of The Lighter Side of China.
Chinese Brands Creep Up the World Smartphone Charts
Chinese smartphone brands have gained market share overseas through a combination of 'good-enough' quality and competitive pricing.
How to Grab a Piece of China's Real Estate Boom
The Chinese real estate market has been zooming ahead. New relaxed regulations have stabilized prices a bit and may prove attractive to investors.
Sunshine Despite Fear of Shadow Banking in China
Defaults are rare compared to the amount of lending in China.
Aggressive Lenovo Might Be Worth Your Investment
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