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Fender Kurt Cobain Jaguar NOS Guitar, 3-Tone Sunburst
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Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain was an American musician, primarily known as the frontman, guitarist and songwriter of 90s grunge band Nirvana. Formed in 1987, Nirvana played a huge part in creating the Grunge-rock scene, and featured hits such as 'Smells like teen spirit' along with bandmates Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl. Since his controversial suicide in 1994, Kurt Cobain has achieved an iconic status, and is still popular with today's musicians.
Perfect For Nirvana Fans
The Kurt Cobain Jaguar, is a new-looking version of the road-worn, unusual 1965 Jaguar that Cobain wielded during the early-'90s era when Nirvana ruled the grunge rock movement. It faithfully replicates the legendary modified left-handed Jaguar that Cobain found secondhand, and that appeared on the hit album 'Nevermind'. Equipped with a DiMarzio DP103 PAF 36th Anniversary pickup on the neck position, and a DP100 Super Distortion humbucking pickup on the bridge, players can once again achieve that classic grunge tone. This classic Jaguar dual-circuit "lead/rhythm" design, also features a modified lower switch plate with three-way toggle pickup switch, and three knurled "chrome-dome" control knobs with a volume, volume, tone configuration.
Classic Jaguar Body
This legendary Jaguar features an alder body, delivering a resonant and balanced tone with plenty of clarity. Fender have used alder as their tonewood of choice for electric guitars since the 1950's as the balanced response and slight upper middle definition makes it perfect for rock and blues playing. Alder is also lightweight enabling the guitar to be played all night long without strain, making it ideal for gigging musicians who play more frequently. Like all Jaguars, players can benefit from the elegant curves and cutaway design, making it easier to reach those higher frets. For aesthetic appeal, players can benefit from the Gloss Polyester finish, which protects the guitar from wear and tear, and gives the guitar a smooth texture.
- Equipped with DiMarzio DP103 PAF 36th Anniversary (neck) pickup and DP100 Super Distortion (bridge) humbucking pickups for a high output and classic Cobain tone
- Includes black textured vinyl hard-shell case for transportation and storage
- Classic Jaguar dual-circuit "lead/rhythm" design
- Black chrome Adjusto-Matic bridge and floating tremolo tailpiece with lock button
- Authentic bound rosewood fingerboard with white binding
- Modified lower switch plate with three-way toggle pickup switch
- Three knurled "chrome-dome" control knobs with volume, volume, tone configuration
- Includes exclusive Fender Kurt Cobain book with photos and commentary
- Engraved neck plate with original doodle by Kurt Cobain
- Durable gloss polyester finish in a three-colour-sunburst
- Model Number: 0143001700
- Series: Artist
Body & Bridge
- Body: Alder
- Shape: Jaguar
- Bridge: Black Chrome Adjusto-Matic
- Tailpiece: Vintage-Style "Floating Tremolo w/Lock Button
- Construction: Bolt-On
- Finish: 3-Tone Sunburst
Neck & Fingerboard
- Neck: Rosewood
- Profile: Modern "C"
- Scale Length: 24" (610 mm)
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
- Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo
- Inlays: Pearloid Dots
- Nut: Synthetic Bone
- Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Electronics & Hardware
- Bridge Pickup: DiMarzio DP100 Super Distortion Humbucker
- Neck Pickup: DiMarzio PAF DP-103
- Controls:
- Lead Circuit Controls: 2 x Volume, Master Tone
- Rhythm Circuit Controls: 2 x Thumbwheels (Neck Volume/Tone)
- 3-Position Toggle
- Tuning Machines: Gotoh Cast/Sealed
- Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top
- Pickguard: 4-Ply Tortoiseshell
- Hardware: Chrome
- Strings: NPS (.045-.052 Gauges)
- Case: Hardshell
- Accessories: Kurt Cobain Book Featuring Photography by Charles Peterson
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Review: BioMusic – Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival 2015
In a small studio in Plymouth city centre, a strange creature is about to give a historic performance. The creature is neither plant nor animal; neither fungus nor mineral, and yet it's set to star in an intricate piano duet. It is, in fact, a slime mould, and we're gathered to watch the world premiere of BioComputer Music – the first piece of music composed for an interactive biosystem.
Eduardo Reck Miranda (background) plays BioComputer Music while PhD student Ed Braund adjusts the equipment (image credit: Lloyd Russell, Plymouth University)
This unconventional collaboration was one of the highlights of this year's Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival in Plymouth, which celebrated its 10th anniversary with a programme of music inspired, and even created, by biological processes. Hence the slime mould.
The slime mould in question is Physarum polycephalum – a canary yellow, single-celled organism that looks and behaves like something out of a horror film. Although composed of only one cell, the slime mould has the ability to form an oozing, gelatinous substance that slowly engulfs anything in its path. It typically feeds on the microbes in rotting plant matter but, weirdly, it's also quite partial to oat flakes.
BioComputer Music is the brainchild of the festival's co-director Prof Eduardo Reck Miranda, who is also head of Plymouth University's Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research (ICCMR). Miranda's biocomputer comprises a slime mould that's been cultured in a customised circuit board, complete with tasty oat flakes. Changes in resistance across the slime mould's tendrils are converted into electrical commands that activate electromagnets placed on the piano strings, creating sounds.
But the duet is a two-way process, and Miranda's piano part is also converted into an electrical signal that's fed back to the slime mould, allowing the organism to react and subtly change its tune. The result is an eerie, otherworldly duet that David Cronenberg will surely be snapping up for the soundtrack to his next film. (On the subject of films, The Creeping Garden is a fascinating, beautifully shot documentary about slime moulds that was also shown at the festival… it's well worth checking out.)
Elsewhere at this year's festival, Miranda also premiered Corpus Callosum – a musical representation of the composer's brain activity as he listened to Beethoven's Seventh Symphony. There were no slime moulds in this piece. Instead, the music was provided by the university's Ten Tors Orchestra, divided into two to represent the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Also in the same concert, we were treated to the dynamic, arresting DNA by Lithuanian composer Linas Baltas, Anandi Sala Casanova's haunting The Hidden Sea, inspired by Plymouth itself, and Alexis Kirke's Orchestral Processing Unit – an exuberant, fugue-like piece that recast the musicians as elements in an electrical circuit.
The musical highlight for me, though, was Unfolding | Clusters, an audio-visual installation by Federico Visi, Duncan Williams and Giovanni Dothel. This piece explored amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a devastating disorder – also known as motor neurone disease – in which degeneration of the motor neurones leads to progressive paralysis and ultimately death, usually within only three to five years. Data relating to the disease's development was here converted into a pulsating soundtrack of multilayered electronica, with the piece becoming more disordered and dissonant as the nervous system gradually lost control over the muscles. It was an evocative representation of the disease, and a powerful way to get people talking about ALS, for which there's still no cure.
And that's really what makes this festival such a fantastic event. The music provides an accessible and creative way in to the science, helping people to explore complex topics ranging from neuroscience and genetics to maths and ecology. BioMusic was a captivating fusion of science and art, and proof that beautiful music can come from the most unlikely of places – even amorphous blobs of slime.
James Lloyd is editorial assistant at Focus magazine


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Read the 2013 Winning Essay by Jamie Baer.
Boston, MA—The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation today announced that Jamie Baer, a senior at Homestead High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has won the national John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest for High School Students. Baer's prize-winning essay tells the story of former New York State Senator Roy McDonald, who, in June 2011, crossed party lines to vote in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage in the state. Baer will be honored on May 5, 2013 at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. She will also receive a $10,000 award for her first-place essay.
The national essay contest is sponsored by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and generously supported by John Hancock Financial.
The annual Profile in Courage Essay Contest invites high school students from across the nation to write an essay on an act of political courage by a U.S. elected official. The contest is a companion program of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award™, named for President Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning book,
Profiles in Courage
, which recounts the stories of eight U.S. Senators who risked their careers, incurring the wrath of constituents or powerful interest groups, by taking principled stands for unpopular positions. This year, 1,814 students submitted essays from all fifty states and Washington, D.C., along with U.S. citizens in Chile, Egypt, India and Taiwan.
For more information on the Profile in Courage Essay Contest for High School Students and the Profile in Courage Award, visit
www.jfklibrary.org. In her winning essay, Baer describes how McDonald, a conservative Republican from Saratoga County, "shocked his constituents" when he voted for marriage equality. With a Republican majority in the New York state senate, the decision to legalize gay marriage was uncertain until the final votes were cast. McDonald, along with three other Republican senators, voted to support the law, making the New York Senate the first legislative body with a Republican majority to legalize same-sex marriage.
Baer explains how McDonald, serving in his first term as a New York state senator, faced dire consequences for his vote. Groups opposed to gay marriage organized a "backlash against McDonald and other supporters of the Marriage Equality Act," Baer wrote. She described how the group
New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms
erroneously asserted that McDonald and other New York senate Republicans received campaign donations from Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor Andrew Cuomo in return for their support of the Marriage Equality Act. Regardless of pressure from conservative groups, Baer recounts that the senator from Saratoga was not apologetic about his break with party values. Baer quoted McDonald in saying that he had "'faith that his course was the best one.'"
Baer asserts that McDonald's controversial vote cost him his senate seat: he lost the 2012 Republican primary to Kathleen Marchione, who made McDonald's reversal on marriage equality an issue in the campaign. Baer writes, "He switched his position on same-sex marriage to protect the equality and dignity of the greater public; for this act, his reputation among his conservative constituents was irreversibly damaged."
[Click here to read the winning essay.]
"The Profile in Courage Essay Contest celebrates the legacy of President Kennedy, who believed deeply in the power of the individual and the promise of our nation's young people to make a difference in our world," said Tom McNaught, Executive Director of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. "It is gratifying to see how readily students today can identify and understand acts of political courage and their importance in our democratic society. We congratulate Jamie Baer for her extraordinary accomplishment."
"John Hancock congratulates Jamie Baer and all of the other talented students who submitted essays this year," said Tom Crohan, Assistant Vice President & Counsel, Corporate Responsibility & Government Relations for John Hancock Financial. "We are proud to celebrate President Kennedy's inspiring legacy, and reinforce to the next generation of leaders the importance of active civic engagement."
Baer will receive a $5,000 cash award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation which will be matched with $5,000 from John Hancock Financial to be contributed to a John Hancock Freedom 529 College Savings Plan.
Jamie Baer is the daughter of Bonnie and Jerome Baer, and younger sister of Allison Baer. The valedictorian of her class of 545 students, she received English Department awards her freshman, sophomore, and junior years and was selected by the Indiana Association of School Principals as a 2013 Regional Academic All-Star. She serves as a board member for the National Honor Society at Homestead High School and is Vice-President of the Spanish Club at her school. A founding student member of the Network Club, she works with a group of teachers and students to create a culture of kindness, compassion, and acceptance at her school. Baer spent the summer before her senior year volunteering for Habitat for Humanity and Humanitarian Foundation in Costa Rica. She also participates on the board of the Fort Wayne Organization of Temple Youth and enjoys playing tennis, reading, running, and spending time with friends.
Baer submitted her essay as a class assignment for her Advanced Placement English Language and Composition course. Her nominating teacher, Constance Christophersen, uses the Profile in Courage Essay Contest as a way to meet many national standards for writing. Christophersen, who has had several students selected as finalists over the past seven years, reports that she finds "this particular assignment extremely valuable. Students begin to see political figures as more than names on pages…or talking heads on news programs. They recognize that courage is timeless and a trait few are willing to exhibit." Christophersen will receive a John F. Kennedy Public Service Grant in the amount of $500 to be used for school projects that encourage student leadership and civic engagement.
Samantha Holmes
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Jackson Beard
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Chicago, Illinois
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Daniel Burke
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New York City
for his essay on former New York State Senator Stephan Saland;
Julie Guthrie
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Dublin, Virginia
for her essay on former Virginia U.S. Representative Rick Boucher;
Jessica Liu
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Corvallis, Oregon
for her essay on former City Clerk Clela Rorex of Boulder, Colorado; and
Felix Wu
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San Jose, California
for his essay on former Cleveland Mayor Dennis Kucinich. Each finalist will receive a $500 prize.
Three students received honorable mention:
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
for her essay on former Indiana U.S. Senator Richard Lugar;
Noah Lingwall
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Clarion, Pennsylvania
for his essay on Wisconsin State Senator Fred Risser; and
Leah Smith
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Baltimore, Maryland
for her essay on former Maryland State Senator Verda Welcome.
The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award is presented annually to public servants who have made courageous decisions in the public interest without regard for the personal or professional consequences. The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation created the Profile in Courage Award in 1989 to honor President Kennedy's commitment and contribution to public service. It is presented in May in celebration of President Kennedy's May 29th birthday. Described by one recipient as the Nobel in Government, the Profile in Courage Award is represented by a sterling-silver lantern symbolizing a beacon of hope. The lantern was designed by Edwin Schlossberg and crafted by Tiffany & Co.
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Following on from my last article exploring 'percentage of spend', I now turn my attention to 'performance based' agency models.
In essence, any paid search program should be performance based i.e. the agency and client should agree the strategy, objectives and KPIs, of which the agency will then be measured against.
The distinction in this instance is when the remuneration of the agency is directly linked to the financial performance of the paid search campaign.
From experience, the most common performance metric is revenue. The agency earns a percentage on each sale they generate from the paid search campaign. So for example, the agency generates £10,000 in revenue during a calendar month.
They are paid 15% on that revenue, making the fee £1,500.
As an aside, I have heard of situations where the agency doesn't just buy the media but actually pays for it. Effectively, they work as an affiliate, 'owning' the account with little client input. I've never heard of an instance where this model has proved successful (although I am happy to be corrected!)
Therefore, for the purposes of this article, let's assume the client is paying for their own media.
Is this model right for me? Start by working the numbers...
If you hire an agency to manage your paid search campaign, it goes without saying that you will be paying for their time in some form (hey, we have to make a living!)
With percentage of spend and fixed fee models, the math is pretty straightforward. However, with a revenue based performance model, there is a little more to think about.
The direct link between the revenue generated from the campaign and the cheque you hand over to the agency at the end of the month makes working out how much can you afford to 'give away' to generate a sale absolutely essential.
With this in mind, the metrics to hone in on are:
- Sales volume (the average number of transactions on a monthly basis).
- Average order value (AOV).
- Margin.
- Agency effort (the amount of time actually required to manage the campaign).
A performance based model may not be suitable if:
- Your transaction volumes are very high.
- Your AOV is low.
- Your margin is small.
Let's use an example to illustrate the point:
Your AOV is £20. The agency drive 10,000 sales in a month, of which you pay 15% in commission on the total revenue (£200,000). The monthly 'fee' is therefore £30,000 (nice work if you can get it by the way!)
But, what if your margin is only 20% to begin with? If so, you've just given a pretty large chunk of that away.
Another point to consider is the amount of agency effort required to drive those sales. Let's say the campaign requires 50 hours per month management time. At £100 per hour, you might be looking at around £5,000 per month working to a flat fee model.
Clearly, your profitability will be negatively impacted to a much greater degree by 'giving away' £30,000 per month compared to paying for the time actually invested by the agency.
This is both purposely simplistic and extreme but illustrates a key point: you must know your numbers in the first instance (I'm amazed at how many businesses don't) and then work them… hard.
The agency should be part of this process. Not only does this help assess the viability of the entire model, but will also allow you to negotiate a fair rate of commission should both parties agree pay-on-performance is the most appropriate way forward.
Other things to look out for
Some of the considerations raised in my last post are also relevant to pay on performance models (see the comments around set up fees, 'set it and forget it' and brand term bidding). However there are also some other considerations specific to pay on performance that come to mind, as follows:
In almost any sector, but especially retail, consumers use multiple channels to research, compare and ultimately make their purchase.
Therefore, for a pay on performance model to be fair to both parties, the following needs to be in place:
- An agreed attribution model. For example, if somebody visits your site initially via an organic listing but converts on a paid search ad, who gets the sale? In turn, do you pay the agency commission on this? Or do you pay part-commission?
- Appropriate tools and processes to track the above… with as much accuracy as possible.
The attribution model and commercial arrangements need to be set in stone from the outset. This ensures that the role PPC has played in generating sales is fairly rewarded (or, on the other hand, not rewarded).
Driving traffic is just the start
Buying traffic via Adwords or Bing is very easy to do, almost too easy in fact (I refer to the actual act of creating an account and handing over your credit card details, not the significant amount of skill required to actually drive a return).
However, turning that traffic into revenue is an altogether different challenge.
Whilst it should always be in both parties interest to ensure as much of the traffic driven from the paid search program converts, the interest is understandably heightened from the agency's side with a pay on performance model employed.
Therefore, there needs to be a clear focus on the entire customer journey and a clear commitment to conversion optimisation.
If this isn't clearly outlined and agreed from the outset it can inevitably lead to frustration for both sides later on. A poor user-experience and low conversion rate undermine the paid search campaign, no matter how well thought out it is.
Ownership of the account
The issue of who 'owns' the paid search account(s), client or agency, isn't restricted to pay on performance models. However, it is something that I come across more frequently when a pay on performance model is employed.
Recently, we took on a client where their previous agency had complete control over the Adwords account in terms of strategy, structure, keywords, messaging and so on. The client had virtually no input and certainly no access to the account.
At the end of each month, the client was billed for media, plus 20% on any sales generated (needless to say, this was not a great deal due to the non-collaborative approach).
Worse still, when it came to a parting of ways, the agency claimed ownership of the account citing that it was their intellectual property. The client had to start again from scratch.
Take note; just because the agency knows PPC, it does not mean they know your business better than you. Therefore, don't 'hand the keys over' and simply let the agency get on with it. Not only does this run the risk of a poor performing campaign but if things do go wrong you might find valuable Adwords data is lost because you didn't read the small print.
When does this model work best?
As I cite above, the success of this model boils down to the numbers. Therefore, as a buyer, you need to be willing to share sales volumes, AOV, margin and other key financial metrics with an agency.
If you don't know them or don't have enough historical data, it may prove difficult for the agency to make an informed decision on the viability of the model from their side.
An appropriate amount of analysis, scoping, due-diligence and forecasting is therefore required prior to contracts being signed. Jumping in blind to this kind of arrangement is dangerous for both agency and client.
It then comes down to the size of the carrot you are willing to dangle in front of the agency. Assuming a set-up fee is not being charged, you are asking the agency to invest their time and energy to determine the strategy, create the account and then manage it on an ongoing basis.
There needs to be enough of a financial incentive to have the agency go the extra mile. Without it, corners will inevitably be cut. Ultimately, this will come at your expense.
In some cases, this model may be more appropriate a few months into the relationship when there is greater understanding of the business and trust has been developed between agency and client.
Issues such as stock availability also come into play with the model. Out of stock items limit the agency's opportunity to generate sales. More widely, it could be argued that a general failure to put the customer first will undermine not just PPC (and this model in particular) but all marketing efforts.
Lastly, flexibility in media spend – nothing will be more frustrating for the agency if market demand exists but there is not the adequate media budget to realise it (and in turn, earn their commission).
Two models down, one to go
Next time, fixed fee comes under scrutiny.
In the meantime, please share your own experiences of pay on performance models. Have you come across any weird and wonderful variations to a revenue based approach?
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Hi Ben,
Great blog, thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Performance based models definitely require a lot of thought and number crunching from both sides.
From the agency perspective, you have to be convinced that the website is fit for purpose and has an effective conversion funnel + the Client is committed to continuous improvements to drive conversion e.g. landing page optimisation, content creation etc. Otherwise you can create an epic account structure and brilliant campaigns but fall at the last hurdle as people abandon the site.
I've seen this model crash because the Client expects the agency to do all the work as their risk is reduced but if the ROI isn't there, no incentive for the agency to hang around. Or it crashes if the agency focuses purely on converting as many clicks as possible without thinking about the overall value proposition e.g. focus on highest converting keywords, ramp up brand ppc, encourage client to discount heavily to drive CTR etc. This can play havoc with attribution revenue as often it's the non/low converting search terms that drive assisted conversion.
In my experience, performance based models work best when there is true collaboration, a genuine partnership rather than 'me agency, you client' (in my head that was said in Tarzan style!). And that requires strategic input from both sides - the Client to set expectations and define goals/objectives etc; the agency to influence strategy and execution based on their deep knowledge.
Often i find there's a hybrid model that comes out on top - a base line fixed fee to cover the core agency costs, then performance based on targets to incentivise over-achieving and delivery outstanding value. As you say, if you don't know the numbers, it's almost impossible to define a sensible commercial agreement.
Thanks again for an interesting read.
Hi Ben.. Such a great blog.. really enjoyed reading it..the content is so crisp and exact.
@Ben - excellent 2nd article in your series. Thank you.
You explain the model well, albeit with some extremities in your examples [15% commission on revenue generated, when the client is paying the media spend, would be a stretch].
We have 10years experience working on all 3 of the models, including the "affiliate2 based performance model. I would note that:
- No two clients are on the same commercial model. Every situation requires a bespoke approach that both agency and client need to work through collaboratively. Exactly as you call out.
- James is spot on regarding the success of hybrid fee models, where a fixed fee [minimum] covers the basic effort and hours; and a performance fee incentivise the agency to maximise return on as spend.
- The "affiliate" based commercial model [the situations where the agency pays for the media spend, owns the account, and is paid a commission], can be very successful. We have worked on this basis with numerous well-known brands for many years. The secret to making it work - being clear on the pros and cons right at the very start. It can be a very successful model if both client and agency are clear on the terms right from the start.
One of the major benefits we have found in the affiliate-based model - it offers clients the flexibility to test and prove new opportunities, when their Paid Search budget is otherwise fixed for the year [the curse of the finance department]. The affiliate budget is typically, but not always, more flexible.
All in all, great article. Looking forward to the next one.
Nice intro to this subject Ben
As you've hinted at, the reality of performance based pricing is far less appealing for agencies or clients than it would seem on the surface. In my experience its rare that the model makes sense for both parties. We'd love to do more performance based projects but whenever I've looked at them there's always ended up being too many variables to make it practical.
Years ago I took over a campaign similar to the one you've mentioned. This was an agency who specialised in these "affiliate" style contracts where they charged the client a cost per sale they generated but they retained all the data and used their own landing pages so the client never saw the referring keywords. As you'd expect the only keywords we ever found evidence of them bidding on were brand terms!
Good article in general. Very informative.
As a performance based search agency we come across this dilemma all the time. Ie to go % of ad spend, performance or pure performance (where we pay for the media cost).
I usually go for your key option here. That is the client pays for media, but we get paid based on hitting certain targets.
However, we have number of great accounts that we own and spend our own money on. Then charge the client on a cost per lead basis. This can work, but the agency has to know the market very well or they could end up losing out, as you mentioned.
Keep the good articles coming!
Ovie @ FirstClick Digital
The % based model is only really going to work when you run PPC for ecommerce websites.
If you were running a PPC campaign for a home improvements firm for example Anglian Home or Everest a PPC performance based model will only work on a lead generation basis.
Then it's gets difficult working out what the cost of the lead would be and if they ever convert into a sale further down the sales funnel? As someone enquiring about a 25k orangery is totally different to another customer who just wants her misted window replaced.
Hi Guys,
Thank you for your comments.
Broadly speaking, I agree with all the points raised. I think the absolute key to making this model work is agency / client collaboration, as @James you point out.
Without a clearly defined strategy, fair commercials, a commitment to CTR and transparency in reporting, both parties are subject to risk.
@Luke - good point re every situation being unique and therefore a bespoke model required for each client. As I've made the point in a previous article on SEO payment models, 'off the shelf' packages just don't work - the same is true for PPC.
It's also good to hear that in the right situation the affiliate style model can work. I hereby stand corrected!
@Ian - my article does have a slight bias towards ecommerce as that it my world. However, I do think that performance based models can work in lead generation so long as tracking and reporting along the full sales cycle is robust.
Interesting article Ben, I couldn't believe my eyes when I read this as I'm a real advocate in clients owning their work and results...
'Worse still, when it came to a parting of ways, the agency claimed ownership of the account citing that it was their intellectual property. The client had to start again from scratch.'
As a client with a very hands-on team, one of the issues I've always had with performance-related pay for agencies is the grey area where the in-house team has recommended an idea, implemented by the agency which has then improved results... or when a different part of the (client-side) business like IT has improved the process which has increased conversion rates which the agency would then benefit from in terms of fees....


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- There are #TeamTrick and #TeamTreat versions of each item: #TeamTrick has a demonic door, a skeletal fish in a spooky bowl, and an interactive chest; and #TeamTreat has a lion door, a candy fish in a delicious bowl, and a usable chest of its own.
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- Whichever side wins (that is to say, if there are more Trick interactions or Treat interactions) will end up getting their version added to the game in early November.
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ISBN# (10)0-553-38517-8/ (13)978-0-553-38517-5 Paperback (10)0-553-90542-2 /(13)978-0-553-90542-7
May 20, 2008
Bantam (A Division of Random House)
Bantam Dell, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019
368 Pages
Rating: 4 Cups
The Art of Desire
Sophie Fiore hears the word tattoo and suddenly gets a buzz with desire. She would love to have one but in the back of her mind she still believes her mother controls her thoughts and desires. The sheltered woman knows she will never please her parents.
Tristan Batiste is a tattoo artist and owns his own shop. The moment he sets his sights on Sophie, fireworks explode in his head. He has traveled many places and studied in Japan to learn about tattooing but returned to his hometown of New Orleans.
Sophie cannot seem to please her parents no matter what she does. Her mother believes she does not call enough, yet her brother, the priest, is uptight and a sanctimonious snob whom her mother believes could help her. After her friend, Crystal invites her to tag along when she goes for a tattoo, just one look at Tristan and it spells trouble. Tristan learns she is a fiction writer of dark stuff, paranormal, vampires and ghost stories. He tells her about some of the cemeteries in the area. Before she knows it, he has bewitched her into getting a tattoo. The attraction between the two becomes so intense their first day, they soon meet and fall passionately into the others arms. Without thinking, after their love-making, he suggests it must be time for her to go home. The hurt in her eyes says it all. Still bothered by his words, he decides to pay her a visit. Just a few words and they are locked in each others arms again. Sophie is falling in love with Tristan and he feels the same, if only he could tell her. He believes he can confide his past in her but most importantly how can he love someone when he does not even know how to love?
Eden Bradley's well-written story breathes life into the pages with sensational characters that pierce the heart. I felt Sophie's pain as she tries to deal with a manipulative mother, as well as share in the heart-touching events that trouble Tristan. The Art of Desire is a stirring and poignant read that grabbed hold of my heart and still has me thinking about it. Ms. Bradley made me remember all the great evening walks around the French Quarter, the beignets at Café du Monde and just listening to all the great sounds.
Shadow Play
Hex is a photographer who keeps his paranormal career a secret. He is on the prowl searching for something in the early hours of dawn. Working secretly as an agent with the ARCO, he enjoys his job as a medium.
Brenna is an ex-supermodel who wants to revitalize her career. She will give Hex anything he desires if he will help remove the ghost haunting her. Until Arlen, the ghost, is vanished, she will never be able to have great shots in front of the camera again.
Since Hurricane Katrina, the paranormal activity was off the charts. That was how he made his money with the ARCO, the Agency for Covert Rare Operatives, where he investigated hauntings and captured ghosts on tape. New Orleans always intrigued him, even stirred him sexually. When he receives a call from Brenna, the well-known supermodel, he insists he only photographs houses, not models, but she wishes for him to photograph more. Brenna never had any trouble getting the top jobs but since being in the house where her mother once lived, in New Orleans, a ghost connects with her. She has to get back in the momentum of things because her money is dwindling. If he will photograph her, she will give him anything, even sleep with him. At first Hex is shocked, then one lingering look at her luscious body, and he is obsessed. Of course the ghost is not too happy with the situation, as the two are thrown in to a mayhem of events. Hex has been aware of ghosts ever since the age of six. He knows it takes a strong mind to fight them, and Arlen, the ghost, is not planning on leaving. Hex and Brenna cannot bear to lose one another but does Hex have enough power to remove Arlen for good?
Sydney Croft spins a good tale. I love reading about the paranormal and the sultry city of New Orleans. Hex and Brenna are refreshing players who know how to heat things up. The plot with Arlen, the ghost, really was intense and kept me glued to the pages. I loved the chemistry that comes across in this storyline. Shadow Play is an excellent read that just might have one looking over their shoulder for shadows in the wee hours.
Night Vision
Bat Kelly was once a Marine sniper but now he takes what jobs that come easy for him. When a well-known bar called the Bon Temps hires him for a job, he accepts, never anticipating what he will face with this new move.
Catie Jane Lanford inherited the Bon Temps bar from her grandfather. She is eager to get it renovated so she can sell and leave Louisiana. She is not ready to plant her roots there.
Catie wants to move to NY or anywhere to study art. As an artist she has not been able to sketch since her mother's death. To some she may be in denial, but it is something hard for her to get over. Her mother was always moving when she got pregnant with Catie, especially when her family no longer wanted her. She feels, in some ways, she takes after her mother. After Bat arrives on his motorcycle, he begins to awaken senses in her she never felt. Bat comes to town and there are some that have heard of his reputation and do not speak so kindly. The only family he has is his sister in Florida. When he meets Catie and takes the job, he is surprised that she cannot pay him upfront as negotiated but will have the money in a couple of days. He will take the job if she shares his bed, if she wishes any extras from him, it will cost her. Catie has no idea how to react. The heat between them is definitely there if she can only give herself to him. She learns that she can sketch when he is around, something she has not done for a long time. After Catie fires her manager for skimming, something she will not tolerate, he is later killed, but it points to Bat as the suspect. Will Catie believe he did not kill anyone? Will she really sell the bar once Bat is finished with the work? As they both fall in love and the place is in ship-shape condition, they must trust the destiny of their hearts.
Night Vision is an excellent read. Stephanie Tyler does an exceptional job in penning likeable characters that I simply fell in love with. I felt Catie and Bat were so in tune with each other. I loved their sharpness, their dialogue, the way they each had a hidden scar that sort of reached out to their soul pulling them together. The whole theme of the story is breathtakingly good. She writes a great story that still sticks in the back of my head
All I can say is, when anyone picks up Hot Nights, Dark Desires, be very careful because the fingertips could easily be scalded with extremely hot heat. I can certainly say I got the great feeling of the area; all the settings of New Orleans really come into play in this assortment of stories. I thought of the times I had visited, and the whole ambience just really was quite comforting. Each author is in tune with the stories and the characters. The secondary characters added great dimension to the storyline. Eden Bradley, Sydney Croft and Stephanie Tyler create spinning good tales that leave a strong impression with the reader. To be honest, the book would not have to be sensually hot and I would still enjoy the terrific stories that allowed me to interact with the charismatic couples.
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Lavender glazed duck with fennel and peaches
Serves 8
Duck jus
26kg duck carcasses, cut into 5cm pieces
4tbsp duck fat
900g sliced onions
450g diced carrots
450g diced celery
450g diced leeks
450g diced celery root
5tbsp tomato paste
16oz port
24oz red wine
10 sprigs thyme
2 bay leaves
25 peppercorns
1.36kg chicken feet
10l chicken stock
Duck spice
227g szechuan peppercorns
227g dried coriander seeds
113g cumin seeds
113g dried lavender flowers
Roasted ducks
2 Muscovy ducks, head on
450g lavender honey
salt, to season
Duck spice
Duck sauce
3 lemons
4 limes
2 oranges
1kg sugar
3 pods star anise
1 tbsp butter
450g duck jus
1⁄2 tsp raspberry vinegar
1⁄2 tsp salt
Compressed peaches
3 very firm but ripe peaches
59ml sauternes
Peach confit
8 large peaches
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp lime juice
Black pepper
1 tbsp confectioners' sugar
Fennel tears
2 fennel bulbs
118ml white wine
2 tbsp pernod
3 pods star anise
1⁄4 tsp fennel seeds
4 pieces lemon peel
1⁄2 tsp salt
Fennel and potato purée
57g fennel fronds
2 tbsp butter
450g fennel, diced (1⁄4 inch)
450g la Ratte fingerling potatoes, peeled and diced (1⁄4 inch)
11⁄2 tsp salt
To finish
Brown butter fleur de sel
Duck jus
Preheat the oven to 190c. line 2 large rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper. Spread the duck bones in a single layer on the baking sheets and roast the bones in the oven until golden brown, 1-1hour 15 minutes, turning the bones over once after 20 minutes. Melt the duck fat in a 22l stockpot over high heat. Sautée the onions, carrots, celery, leeks and celery root in the duck fat until they caramelise, about 7-10 minutes. Add the tomato paste and sautée until caramelised, 5-7 minutes. Add the port and reduce by half. Add the red wine and reduce to syrup consistency. Make a sachet by tying the thyme, bay leaves,
and peppercorns in cheesecloth. Add the chicken feet, carcass bones, and sachet to the stockpot and cover with the chicken stock. Bring to a simmer over medium heat and skim the stock of all impurities and fats that rise to the top. Simmer, uncovered, over low heat for 5 hours, skimming every 30 minutes. strain through a fine-mesh chinois and reduce to 1l. strain again and chill over ice.
Duck spice
In a spice grinder, grind the szechuan peppercorns, coriander, and cumin until roughly ground. Transfer to a bowl and stir in the lavender flowers.
Roasted Ducks
Dry the ducks completely with paper towels. Use meat hooks to hang them by their necks in a refrigerator with good air circulation. Allow to age and dry for a minimum of 8 days and a maximum of 14 days. When ready to cook, preheat a convection oven to 190c. Remove and discard the neck, feet, and wing tips, and truss the ducks with butcher's twine. Rub thoroughly with honey, being sure to coat all of the skin. season with salt, then coat evenly with the duck spice. Place on a roasting rack and roast for 8 minutes. Rotate the duck and return it to the oven for another 8-9 minutes. Remove from the oven, and rest for 12-15 minutes before carving.
Duck sauce
Zest and juice the lemons, limes, and oranges. combine the juices in one bowl and the zests in another. Place the sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat. caramelise to a very deep amber colour. Add the star anise and the citrus juices to stop the cooking. Reduce by 3⁄4, or until thick and syrupy. Add the zest and butter and chill. in a separate pot, heat the duck jus and add 11⁄2 tablespoons of the citrus syrup. season with the vinegar and salt.
Compressed peaches
Cut the peaches into quarters and slice each quarter into thin half-moons. Arrange the peaches in a sousVide bag and add the sauternes. Vacuum-seal and allow them to marinate. Remove them from the bag when ready to serve.
Peach confit
Preheat the oven to 93c. Cut each peach into quarters. Slice cut each quarter into 3 1⁄2-moons. You should have 12 wedges per peach. Dress with olive oil, lime juice, and salt. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Arrange the wedges on the parchment and sprinkle with pepper and the confectioners' sugar. Bake for 45 minutes.
Fennel tears
Pull apart the fennel petals and trim the tops and the bottoms to make even widths. cut them into 3.8×1.9cm isosceles triangles. Using a paring knife, round of the bottoms to form tear shapes. Trim them to 1/8" thickness. combine the white wine, Pernod, star anise, fennel seeds, and lemon peel in a small saucepan over medium heat and reduce by half. Add 1⁄4 cup water and the salt. Place the Fennel Tears and 1⁄4 cup of the cooking liquid in a sousVide bag. Vacuum-seal and steam at 90c for 35 minutes. Transfer to a bowl of ice water. Once cool, remove the fennel tears from the bag.
Fennel and potato purée
Bring a saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add the fennel fronds, cooking for a few seconds, until just wilted. Transfer to a bowl of ice water and, once cold, drain. Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the diced fennel and potatoes and sweat until soft and translucent, about 15 minutes. Add 2 1⁄2 cups water and simmer for 25 minutes. Purée the cooked fennel and potatoes in a blender until smooth. Blend in the blanched fennel fronds and season with the salt. Pass the purée through a fine-mesh tamis and chill over ice.
To finish
Warm the fennel and potato purée in a small saucepan over low heat. carve the breasts off of the roasted ducks. slice into even pieces and brush with brown butter and season with fleur de sel. Put 2 duck slices
on a plate. spoon the fennel and potato purée onto the plate and garnish with the compressed peaches and peach confit and the tears. Finish with the duck sauce. Repeat with the remaining ingredients, to serve 8.
Carving the "Duck for Two" at Eleven Madison Park in New York City
"Carving The "Duck For Two" At Eleven Madison Park In New York City". YouTube. N.p., 2016. Web. 17 July 2016.
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Carowinds shuts down WindSeeker for review
Carowinds shuts down WindSeeker for review
The Carowinds amusement park on the North Carolina-South Carolina state line has shut down its new WindSeeker rides for safety checks.
Carowinds' parent company, Cedar Fair, shut down the WindSeeker ride at six of its amusement parks in the United States and Canada because riders have been stranded 300 feet in the air at least four times since June.
No serious injuries have occurred.
The rides have malfunctioned at three of the parks, including Carowinds in July. About two dozen riders were stranded.
Cedar Fair says the Windseeker ride has been closed because the safety system has been activated several times at various parks. Officials say the rides will remain closed until the internal review is completed.


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Disruptee outlives disruptor
Based on content licensed from Funk & Wagnalls and Collier's Encyclopedia, in the 1990s Microsoft used a sub-$100 Encarta CD-ROMs to wipe out most of the dead tree encyclopedias.
As Blown to Bits (2000: 2) recounts
The CD-ROM came from nowhere and destroyed the printed encyclopedia business. Whereas Britannica sells for $1,5000 to $2,200 per set (depending on the quality of the binding), CD-ROM encyclopedias, such as Encarta, Grolier, and Compton, list for $50 to $70. But hardly anybody pays even that: the vast majority of copies are given away to promote the sale of ocmptuers and peripherals. With a marginal manufacutirng cost of $1.50 per copy, the CD-ROM as freebie makes good economic sense. The marginal cost of Britannica, in contrast, is about $250 for production plus about $500 to $600 for the salesperson's commission.Today Microsoft announced that it's pulling the plug on both the CD-ROM and the online version of Encarta. The crowd sourced Wikipedia is credited with its demise.
At one level, Clay Christensen has yet another example for his disruptive innovation commoditization story — in which a commoditized technology itself gets commoditized. We saw this with minicomputers wiped out by PCs and someday PCs wiped out by mobile phones.
But I also find it interesting that Britannica (at least in its online version) will outlive Encarta. While Britannica is in its own life-and-death struggle with Wikipedia, it appears (at least in the short run) that its emphasis on quality is being recognized. (Benkler's Wealth of Networks p. 71 gives an example of that interest).
This means we'll at least have Brittanica (paid), the Columbia Encyclopedia (available free on Dictionary.com) and Wikipedia. Given both Wikipedia's severe limitations as well as the inherent risk of a single source of information for the world, as a member of a free society I hope the market doesn't collapse any further.