Laurel Papworth

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Episode 3 focusses on monetizing APIs and looking at revenue streams from widgets. Companies that open their business databases and stream that data out, can have an army of hundreds of thousands (mostly) unpaid developers creating Facebook apps, iPhone apps and blog widgets to help sell their products and services. Amazon API.

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Laurel Papworth

AUGUST 3, 2010

In 2007 I blogged on Kevin07 portal: We will see more of ‘static portal hybrid hosted social networks’ for a while – companies and government distancing themselves from the challenges of social networks by outsourcing to social network platforms. GetUp Tony Abbott Mashup [link] Women reading his quotes, simple but powerful.

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Laurel Papworth

APRIL 13, 2010

Whenever I present or give classes on monetizing social networks and online communities people usually have two questions. Twitter could mashup with TED. An ongoing service of account managers advising companies wanting to be Dell or Zappos would also be a nice sideline investment. companies sell direct to members.

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

You don’t have to wait until you hammer out a Twitter policy or get legal approval for your blogging guidelines to start this transformation.You don’t need to create all kinds of widgets and mashups with your data. The barrier of entry isn’t that high. groceries, walmart, banks) etc. groceries, walmart, banks) etc.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

People do not want to hear from companies as represented by marketers, they want to hear from other people. These scenarios come to fruition in spontaneous communities, on social networks, and other self-service tools – all thanks to the availability of low cost technology and access to the world wide web. Others aren’t.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 2, 2010

But over the past few months, the Facebook community has become a huge success and is continuing to flourish, and my classmates are slowly beginning to join the network. According to Baloun, Mark Zuckerberg is passionate about his product and wants to play a key role in cultivating that community without losing the control.

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