Re: [uk-netmarketing] RE: fall of the dotcoms?

[Alex Bainbridge]

Hey, I know a few companies, in the travel sector, who are now operating

profitably (month on month)..... including ourselves - now wouldn't that

make good TV...


I saw a program the other day that said that no British dot com has made a

profit yet ! - well I assume that this is because of tax reasons etc...


(My definition of dot com is one where more than 50% of sales (or revenue

perhaps) is derived from online sales / online marketing)


Another interesting angle is perhaps the potential demise of the dot com and

the rise of the dot corp - but this is very sector specific and more a

subject for a open univeristy program rather than prime time viewing!


Alex

First48 UK

www.first48.com


ps - don't phone to sell us anything


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Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 10:51 AM

Subject: [uk-netmarketing] RE: fall of the dotcoms?



> Steve

>

> > 1. Does anyone here seriously believe that the apocalyptic reversal

> > of fortune the dotcom world has just gone through (and will continue

> > to go through) is *not* worthy of a TV programme?

>

> yeah but just not worthy of *another* TV programme

>

> > 2. Is anyone so self-deluding as to believe that this really is

> > 'business as usual', that it's just sorting out the sheep from the

> > goats, that it'll all be over by Christmas, that any other business

> > sector has ever experienced such a punishing crash,

>

> whoa there - "self -deluding" ?

> there *is* potential, good companies *will* come through.  Few if any

> industries have witnessed such a crash, but the meteoric rise was fairly

> unusual too.  No-one is saying that what happened wasn't news worthy,

> spectacular even, but it's *old* news.

>

> > so much real

> > personal misery?

>

> can you talk to me Steve, lovey, can you ?

>

> > 3. Are you seriously telling me that you don't recognise *any* of the

> > characters in Kevin's email

>

> no - indeed I recognise most of them , but like I (and plenty of others)

> said, time to move on ?

>

> David

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