About Joe Hage

Joe Hage runs the largest Medical Devices Group on LinkedIn, a spam-free forum for intelligent conversations with medical device thought leaders.

Interesting Web factoids

According to the Aberdeen Group, a division of Harte Hanks (NYSE: HHS), when a Web page takes longer than five seconds to load, customers give up. An additional delay of one second can result in a loss of seven percent of customers, 11 percent page view decline, and a 16 percent drop in customer satisfaction, the study found.

P&G, Facebook, Brogan, and Kmart

Joe takes a look at a recent NY Times article and a recent online scuttle and asks, “Do advertisers have a chance in social media?”

TinyURL and its 90+ competitors

A while back I wrote about TinyURL, a Web service that shortens a long Web address into something smaller, memorable, usable, and marketable. I wrote: “In a future post, I’ll talk about a TinyURL imitator that, as far as I can tell, has a distinct advantage versus TinyURL.” I had no idea at the time […]

BLIP.fm

Add this to the list of sites you should be checking out. Or, just click on “play” and enjoy the music while you peruse my site.

I’m a Dad-o-matic author

Dad-o-Matic shares opinions, reviews, advice and news for dads. It is a project started by Chris Brogan, but featuring lots of voices. I’m one of them. Click through to see the articles and others I’ve written about parenthood.

Dear Joe: I need Endless Referrals

Beyond word of mouth, what are some ways to make you easier to find and make your business top-of-mind? Joe Hage shares seven ideas to generate referrals for your business.