Nice article on social networking revenue models
Fred Stutzman has posted a nice summary of social networking revenue models. See the full article here.
In summary, Fred says there are five ways social networks can make money:
- Advertising
- Product affiliation groups
- Partnership opportunities
- Micropayments
- Subscriptions/premium features
He also explores some other ideas, like the creation of alternative markets (like Second Life) and the brokering of trust.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Interesting summary, take a look at this blog I just wrote to see some examples of companies that have some social networking revenue opportunities, http://edgewatertech.wordpress.com/