Comments on: Stop Hating On Late Adopters

By: The Waiting Room: An Homage

The Waiting Room: An Homage — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:04:31 +0000

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By: Are You a Leader or Lunch? | New Comm Biz

Are You a Leader or Lunch? | New Comm Biz — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:12:57 +0000

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By: Rick Smith

Rick Smith — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:47:55 +0000

Hey Tac. All very good points.

Thinking on this from another perspective, a consumer, many of us who have been in marketing functions for quite a number of years have come to use terms (like newbie) to describe people... somewhat derisively... who are just new to the platform.

Bezos created a bookstore for the Early Adopter. He created a superstore for the Late Adopter. Early Adopters can be broken into two general camps: purists and capitalists.

Purists see those people who are newer than they are to the game as those people who are polluting their playground. "There goes the neighborhood!" is their attitude.

Capitalists look at these people and say "this is my marketplace." In the end, these are the people who take the platforms and innovate off the top of them.

By: Promotional Products

Promotional Products — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:55:57 +0000

These are some great points here. Late adopters to finish off the cycle and they are necessary. I've also found through my sales results and research is that sometimes the late adopters are my best customers and spend the most money with me. So in my opinion, late adopters definitely serve a purpose.

By: tacanderson

tacanderson — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:14:15 +0000

If you're trying to convince them about how useful the Web is… then they're a Luddite.

By: tacanderson

tacanderson — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:12:46 +0000

Translating what the early adopters are saying to the late adopters

By: foleymo

foleymo — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:57:51 +0000

You're so right! I need to work on holding back my anger and frustration, especially witht my former newspaper colleauges.

One question for you, how would you differentiate a “late adopter” from a “naysaying Luddite”?

By: Abe Saeed

Abe Saeed — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:07:03 +0000

Great insight…just wondering what us in-between adopters are good for.