Posts Tagged as ‘monetization’

May 28, 2009

How Much Are Your Social Media Efforts Worth?

Everyone’s on Facebook (even my parents).  You’ve got to have blog (even if no one reads it).  How many tweets did you send today (3-so far, but I’ve had meetings all morning)?  Social media is a buzzin’ (still) and will be for the foreseable future.  Businesses all know that they’ve got to be in this space, but [...]

April 17, 2009

Fire that Blogger!

“I’ve been reading your blog,” Mom said.  “That’s great,” I said. “Do other people read it,” she asked.  With her recent readership, I think I was up to five or six regular readers – not the New York Times, but exciting none-the-less.  I told her this, and she asked the proverbial parental question: “if there [...]

April 8, 2009

Libraries of the Future Lend Kindle Titles and Devices

Library Journal posted an article about the mixed response from Amazon over whether a library can lend a Kindle device with books loaded onto it.  An Amazon sales rep said “yes,” Amazon officials said “no,” but the law may say otherwise. The first sale doctrine is a copyright defense, codified in 17 USC 109, which [...]

March 17, 2009

Making Money in Social Media?

I used to belong to a great little community called PGL (pregame lobby).  As a discussion site for gamers, PGL does a good job of providing a place to find a Halo pick up game, drool over the latest XBox 360 release, and meet like-minded adults who love interactive entertainment.  Site users can advance to [...]