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| The LACK of success on the Internet. | Views: 453 |
| Jun 16, 2009 12:14 am | | The LACK of success on the Internet. | # |
John Stephen Veitch | | I've recently been doing some interesting research into how people actually use their Internet connections.
My general finding is that for $7.50 a week, inward 28 emails and 5 replies, plus on Google search and access to Internet Banking, isn't the best deal you can get.
My sample was for the most active Internet user in each house, so the average or median user would be doing even less. Those of you who are on this network are perhaps unaware of how much YOU are part of the cutting edge of the Internet.
Read my data here.
http://www.ate.co.nz/internet/survey2009.html
John Stephen Veitch
Open Future Limited - http://www.openfuture.biz/
Innovation Network - http://veech-network.ryze.com/
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| Jun 26, 2009 9:24 am | | re: The LACK of success on the Internet. | # |
John Stephen Veitch | | This work is more complete now. Can you see yourself in the data?
I would be in the top percentile on every chart except the use of Trade Me, (I'm almost a non user.) and the Use of Skype where I'm in the 2nd percentile.
I'd be very surprised if most of the people here are below the median very much if at all. The mere fact that you are a member of Ryze, already puts you in the top 20 of Internet Users, provided of course you choose to be active here.
If you read a few letters a day, write two posts of your own every month, visit some home pages, write in some guest books, get to know some people you'll very soon be in the top 10%.
Becoming one of the leading people on Ryze after that is mostly about adding to your experience. How good are you at helping people?
Here is a new more permanent URL.
http://www.ate.co.nz/survey2009.html
What did you learn from this information?
John Stephen Veitch
Open Future Limited - http://www.openfuture.biz/
Innovation Network - http://veech-network.ryze.com/
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| Jun 27, 2009 3:37 am | | re: re: The LACK of success on the Internet. | # |
mcarpena | | Hi John,
This is very interesting. It seems though that the majority of the respondents are users of the internet for private use.
There is another group that actually use the net for business from home. I, and a number of colleagues, do precisely that.
I represent foreign coys in the ANZ/ASEAN region from an office at home. I have set up a LAN at home with several PCs, Macs and Linux server, and a VoIP telephone/Fax system (In addition to Skype, MSN, iChat, etc) that works very well, all over a cable broadband connection.
When I travel, I use a mac laptop that not just receives emails, but also faxes and can use my VoIP account to make phone calls, bypassing expensive hotel international calls and outrageous mobile roaming charges.
I suspect that there is a whole army of people out there that make good use of these facilities to earn a living,
Regards
MichaelPrivate Reply to mcarpena |
| Jun 27, 2009 11:16 pm | | re: re: re: The LACK of success on the Internet. | # |
John Stephen Veitch | | Hello Michael
A small army Michael. I'm surprised it's not much larger.
Of the top 10 users of the Internet 7 were aged between 40 and 50, three were aged between 30 and 40.
ALL 10 were in business or had a strong business intention. One in particular was still finishing an advanced degree.
I think people are finding out how to use the Internet by trial and error. Since what passes to be information about the Internet is a map drawn by some hopeless idealist, yes, in the past and perhaps even today, that idealist was me.
Digital literacy is not "given", you have to earn it by your own activity. Some people are DRIVEN to gain that knowledge and others don't feel the need. It's probably about measuring the difference between the live you have and the life you imagine for yourself. If the gap between those two is small, the drive and the passion to achieve online will be muted.
I had a strong need to be very active online, driven by some accidents in my life story that put me outside the mainstream of my age group.
Quite by accident way back in 1996, I met some brain injured people online who were doing amazing things. FAR ahead of what the commercial world was doing or thinking at the time. Why? As one 40yr old man explained to me. "I was injured at 18 in a car accident. I live in my parent's house. My bedroom is my prison cell, and my parents are the jailers. The Internet is my escape route."
I think my numbers are surprising, but they do speak about a reality that most Internet pundits are not aware of.
John Stephen Veitch
Open Future Limited - http://www.openfuture.biz/
Innovation Network - http://veech-network.ryze.com/
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| Jul 29, 2009 2:57 am | | re: re: re: re: The LACK of success on the Internet. | # |
John Stephen Veitch | | Following on from my survey, I've now built a web site to support the findings.
http://www.ate.co.nz/
I hope I've kept it simple enough.
Feedback appreciated.
Regards
John
John Stephen Veitch
Open Future Limited - http://www.openfuture.biz/
Innovation Network - http://veech-network.ryze.com/
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| Jul 29, 2009 6:00 am | | re: The LACK of success on the Internet. | # |
Michael R Clayton | | Hi John
You have done a wonderful job with your research and this subject is something I have been interested in for many years.
I'll recommend to all my affiliate downline to read it.
Regards MichaelPrivate Reply to Michael R Clayton |
| Aug 03, 2009 12:50 am | | re: re: The LACK of success on the Internet. | # |
John Stephen Veitch | | Hello Everyone
Finally getting some short videos into the web site regarding how people use the Internet. Three up, and three more later on today. (They take about 1.5 hours each to load using ftp.)
http://www.ate.co.nz/
Feedback, either here on on the site is welcome.
John Stephen Veitch
Open Future Limited - http://www.openfuture.biz/
Innovation Network - http://veech-network.ryze.com/
Building an Open Future - http://openfuture-network.ryze.com/Private Reply to John Stephen Veitch |
| Aug 03, 2009 12:08 pm | | re: re: re: The LACK of success on the Internet. | # |
Triple A Andreas the Austrian in Australia | | Hi John,
Although I've remained quiet in the background for a
while, I'm following your train of thought with interest.
I'm still wondering how to create this everlasting flow
of interested prospect to the website, you seem
to hold the answer there...
Andreas
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