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22 Twitter revenue streams – monetizing tweets

Laurel Papworth

Collectibles buy an account and get special badges like the Pro badge above. Or Foursquare style reward badges – most retweeted, most linked. Virtual Real Estate a tough one again if you are not a virtual world like Second Life but how about a special forum for payment.

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Freemium Revenues: Social Media Business Podcast

Laurel Papworth

advertising? Advertising versus Free/Premium subscriptions. LinkedIn, in October 2009 had over 50 million members (plus 385 staff) $75-100m – 1/4 from advertising. I personally think that any social network that relies on traditional advertising for revenue is nuts. And what is free stuff anyway – marketing?