We look at Freemium revenue in social networks and online communities including asking that: if freemium is the business model of giving it all (or most) of the services away for free , how can you then charge for it? In this episode of Social Media Business podcast, the concept of freemium is introduced – what it is, how Flickr, LinkedIn, SecondLife are making millions of dollars from giving stuff away for free. And what is free stuff anyway – marketing? advertising?

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Designing the packaging – when the flavour had been selected (in October last year), the Facebook fans were able to use the app to design the packaging – the look and feel, the blurb and colours used on the label. Read more of our Social Media Case Studies ...Tags: Tags: Customer engagement Innovation Matt Rhodes Social Vitamin Water’s latest flavour, launching in March this year, was developed and named by the brand’s Facebook fans. The black cherry and lime flavoured drink will be called ‘Connect’ and one Facebook fan, Sarah

Publish date: Monday, October 05, 2009 Deloitte LLP’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) practice has recently released the results of the 2009 Tribalization of Business Study, which evaluates the perceived potential of online communities* and identifies how enterprises believe they may better leverage them. Survey results indicate that while enterprises are effectively using online tools to engage with customers, partners, and employees for brand discussion and idea generation, organizations are continuing to struggle Based on my inquiry load this year, I would agree that this space is still quite active: 

Our research consultant, Kate Williams, has compiled a round-up of all that's new, controversial or just plain weird on the social media scene in the last few days. It's thought that plunging ad revenues have contributed to the change of heart. ON SOCIAL NETWORKS ... An astonishing week for Facebook, which is circling its upstart competitor Twitter with shark-like eyes and pitiless determination. We hope to bring you these updates more or less weekly - let us know what you think of them! NEWS UPDATE ... OMG! We’re like, sooo lost! Two Australian girls

A Journey In Social Media A journal about my personal thoughts regarding evolving a comprehensive social media strategy at a large company. « Here Come The Big Communities | Main | We Are Now Corporate Legit » January 10, 2008 Clearspace Alternatives I dont know if all of you know how blogs work on TypePad, but we all get a stats panel, and we can see where people are coming in. Heres Why Our core belief is that social media is 95% about people, and 5% about technology. One of the most popular avenue, not surprisingly, is searches.

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Yesterday, Twitterers noted that Darren Rowse , otherwise known as Australia’s most popular media and marketing blogger Problogger, had had his logo ripped off by BeamDotMy When I checked on Buzz, there were hundreds of comments – followers had even taken beamdotmy logo, flipped it in photoshop and were able to prove without a shadow of a doubt that it was ripped from Problogger. In this case, we would like to confirm that Paperchase bought the artwork in question, in good faith, in October 2008, from a well-known central London Design Studio along with a number

Social Media Group About SMG Clients Media 2008 Services The ROI of Communities - Part II by Maggie Fox | November 23rd, 2007 | Category: education Earlier this week I did some prep for a roundtable on the ROI of Communities at a conference held by the Canadian Marketing Association, and came across the most wonderful list of statistics, courtesy of Bill Johnston , and compiled by Joe Cothrel . Social Media Group » Blog Archive » The ROI of Communities - Part II (tags: