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7 steps to shutting down a social media site

Laurel Papworth

And yes I’ve seen social media site hosts send out “blame&# emails “You guys didn’t help promote us enough so we are now shutting down&#. In one virtual world we opened up the gates to all the “scarce&# goodies. If you don’t have a virtual world, open up your Premium/Freemium if possible.

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22 Twitter revenue streams – monetizing tweets

Laurel Papworth

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. It’s where anything that Twitter members create can be nicked by the host (Twitter) and resold with no cut to the customer. Works for TED… (the online real time TED ). Would you pay?

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Cyberbullying and blogs – a case study Mumbrella

Laurel Papworth

The later ones are absolutely objectionable … Do not accept from a blogger or community host that they are not responsible for what the community do or write. Anyone who knows AdAge that the list was based on, knows that standings go up and down like a bride’s nightie depending on whether technorati is working etc.