Spotify Is Eating the Entire Music Business

 

As indie music platforms like Bandcamp deteriorate, artists must cater to a single, powerful streaming platform.

Source: Spotify Is Eating the Entire Music Business

Discogs’ vibrant vinyl community is shattering – The Verge

I’m a big fan of Discogs.  I use it primarily to keep track of my music collection.  Hopefully this article and the work they are doing there can turn the organization around.

How Discogs built — and broke — a community of diehard music fans and sellers.

Source: Discogs’ vibrant vinyl community is shattering – The Verge

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Animated Chart: The Rise and Fall of Music Sales, by Format (1973-2021)

This an absolutely fantastic animated chart.  If you have 30 seconds and have any interest in music sales, then you will enjoy this animation.

50 years in music has seen consumption change from vinyl and cassettes to CDs and streaming. This video highlights sales of music formats over time.

Source: Animated Chart: The Rise and Fall of Music Sales, by Format (1973-2021)

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U.S. factory production highest in 14 years, even as interest rates rise : NPR

While I am under no illusion that manufacturing in the United States will ever return to previous levels, it is good to see articles like the one below.  There will always be a place for domestic manufacturing companies that are both nimble and innovative.

Factories have added 467,000 jobs in the last 12 months, as production jumped to its highest level since 2008. But manufacturing remains a much smaller slice of the U.S. economy than it used to be.

Source: U.S. factory production highest in 14 years, even as interest rates rise : NPR

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13 Essential Google My Business Optimizations for 2020 – Business 2 Community

For those of you interested in this level of detail, the linked article has great advice for business owners (especially smaller ones) looking to optimize their Google My Business listing(s).

Regards,

Rindge Leaphart

Any business today needs targeted visibility on Google. Most businesses know that this requires optimizing their website and Google Ads,…

Source: 13 Essential Google My Business Optimizations for 2020 – Business 2 Community

Three Out Of Four Customers Are More Loyal To Your Employee Than Your Business

Several interesting points in this brief article. An interesting tidbit was that loyal customers value discounts and promotions less than other key items, such as trusting the people at the business and their capabilities.  That would be a key reason the sales team and I constantly discuss “Serving With Excellence” because in certain segments, service is valued much higher than discounts.  Enjoy.

Rindge Leaphart

If you’ve been following my work, you know I preach that there is a difference between repeat customers and loyal customers. While loyalty is the goal, I’ll take a repeat customer—for the right reasons—any day.

Source: Three Out Of Four Customers Are More Loyal To Your Employee Than Your Business

Can you short Uber? — Quartz

Source: Can you short Uber? — Quartz

This is a very good article that is worth a read (or two).  Irrespective of whether or not you have an interest in shorting Uber, the article provides insightful data (via good research and great reporting) on the future of vehicle ownership and self-driving automobiles.  Well worth the read!

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