Remove Communities Remove MySpace Remove Social Networking Remove Virtual World
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

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 for Events and Conference Organisers. MySpace Australia Secret Shows.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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. Real World Events Music labels, film studios pay MySpace for record launches and Secret Shows. 20 million?

Twitter 99
article thumbnail

Building Trust: A Relationship is Not a Newsletter Opt-In

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In the post, I shared my don’ts of social networks, and to that point, I added the following rule for LinkedIn: Gathering all the email addresses of users you are connected to — even locating email addresses of LinkedIn Group managers — and utilizing this mailing list to promote your own company or service off-site.

article thumbnail

Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Branding is a result of many things including your blog, your social network profile, your online resume, and how good you are at reputation management, to name a few. Lesson # 5 Use Social Networks. Since then, the students have formed their own vibrant community on Twitter. Extra Credit: OPML for Social Media U.

Class 274
article thumbnail

Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Consumers are using social media (especially Twitter) as a 1-800 line, and agencies should be helping their clients answer the social telephone by setting up listening posts and protocols, and trying marketing to customer service in real-time. Social media optimization is a big part of our business for several reasons.

article thumbnail

Helping Kids Stay Safe Online. Is SocialShield the Answer.

Almost Savvy

It is already an enormous challenge in the real world. For many parents, the prospect of helping their children stay safe in the virtual world is even more overwhelming. While I did not request that my mother authorize access to her accounts, SocialShield did tell me that she has (wait for it…) a MySpace account.

MySpace 232