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Revenue: Social media games and virtual goods 2010

Laurel Papworth

Virtual goods in the USA will reach $1.6 I have a patent in social network economies particularly in user generated virtual goods – which we don’t see a lot of yet. So I tend to keep an eye on how virtual goods are coming along. Virtual goods are digital items that don’t exist in the real world.

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Virtual Personal Space | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

Whether at a live networking event or connecting with people through virtual social networking sites, no one want to receive sales pitches, marketing emails, and links to buy the “latest, greatest product on the market guaranteed to make you rich in just 10 days.&# tune us out. Ready to rev-up your profile?

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Experiential Economy: Social Media Business Podcast

Laurel Papworth

The first episode of my new podcast, Social Media Business, looks at revenue stream associated with providing your online community or social networks with a real world experience such as a meetup, conference or party. Social Media and Experience. Social Media for Events and Conference Organisers.

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22 Twitter revenue streams – monetizing tweets

Laurel Papworth

Whenever I present or give classes on monetizing social networks and online communities people usually have two questions. SMS other social networks are built on SMS revenues such as SMSFun. Collectibles buy an account and get special badges like the Pro badge above. Different types of Social Networks (3).

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Social Media: NAB Break Up Letter

Laurel Papworth

Buying customers is a very expensive way of building business but it definitely sweetens the proposition. Social Media: NAB Break Up Letter is a post from: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy. Technorati Tags: break up , breaking up , Commonwealth Bank , letter , NAB , other banks , social media , Westpac.

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7 steps to shutting down a social media site

Laurel Papworth

The photo sharing social network Radar.net is shutting down and, thankfully, they have all undertaken all the key steps to do that sensitively and graciously. The steps to follow to shut down a social media site without losing all that brand love you have worked so hard to gain are these: A warm look at history of the online community.

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Thank you and some free books for Christmas reading

The Way of the Web

It’s the season of goodwill, so it seems a perfect time to say thank you to everyone that’s visited my blog, followed or message me on social networks, or kindly referred me to potential new clients. ‘Virtual Justice’ by Greg Lastowka. ‘Content’ by Cory Doctorow. ‘Code Version 2.0′