Comments on: Money For Nothing: Social Networking Sites and a Paid Membership Model http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/24/money-for-nothing-social-networking-sites-and-a-paid-membership-model/ The Refreshing Blog on Web, Advertising and Technology in India! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:34:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Maneesh http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/24/money-for-nothing-social-networking-sites-and-a-paid-membership-model/comment-page-1/#comment-8707 Maneesh Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:58:02 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/24/money-for-nothing-social-networking-sites-and-a-paid-membership-model/#comment-8707 Thanks Rashmi for the heads up .. surely food for research, thought and perhaps a post :) Thanks Rashmi for the heads up .. surely food for research, thought and perhaps a post :)

]]> By: Rashmi Ranjan Padhy http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/24/money-for-nothing-social-networking-sites-and-a-paid-membership-model/comment-page-1/#comment-8693 Rashmi Ranjan Padhy Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:35:44 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/24/money-for-nothing-social-networking-sites-and-a-paid-membership-model/#comment-8693 The revenue model of www.qq.com the chinese website is the best. With much lower users than Facebook, QQ ROI is far more than facebook and more popular as well. Doing some search on QQ will give you the exact numbers. The revenue model of http://www.qq.com the chinese website is the best.

With much lower users than Facebook, QQ ROI is far more than facebook and more popular as well.

Doing some search on QQ will give you the exact numbers.

]]> By: Maneesh http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/24/money-for-nothing-social-networking-sites-and-a-paid-membership-model/comment-page-1/#comment-8517 Maneesh Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:57:44 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/24/money-for-nothing-social-networking-sites-and-a-paid-membership-model/#comment-8517 @harshil - yea linkedin did come to my mind.. was a bit vague about it so abstained from mentioning.. some real cool points there perceived value addition is the key yes.. somewhat on the lines of what the economist did to improve subscriptions @uv singh thanks for your comment..feels good when work is appreciated. :) And yeah even I thought the poll method was lame.. it can never give the perfect picture of what you want to offer to the audience and neither does it give added ideas on what the users actually want... @sonyadvertisement All I can say really is thanks for spamming haha.. didn't really get your point actually.. @harshil – yea linkedin did come to my mind.. was a bit vague about it so abstained from mentioning.. some real cool points there perceived value addition is the key yes.. somewhat on the lines of what the economist did to improve subscriptions

@uv singh
thanks for your comment..feels good when work is appreciated. :)

And yeah even I thought the poll method was lame.. it can never give the perfect picture of what you want to offer to the audience and neither does it give added ideas on what the users actually want…

@sonyadvertisement
All I can say really is thanks for spamming haha.. didn’t really get your point actually..

]]> By: Uv Singh http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/24/money-for-nothing-social-networking-sites-and-a-paid-membership-model/comment-page-1/#comment-8497 Uv Singh Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:25:39 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/24/money-for-nothing-social-networking-sites-and-a-paid-membership-model/#comment-8497 Maneesh, All great thoughts... I do think that there is always some proportion of a user base ready to pay more for a differentiated level of service/benefit. I'm not so sure Facebook's survey technique (of asking if they'd pay) is the best way to figure that out...rather, I'd love to see any data that reveals what benefits different types of Facebook users really care for...and within that data...are there segments of Users that reveal that they're perceive more value in certain benefits. With that type of data I could imagine crafting a differentiated subscription model. And starting off with an in-market test...rather than a survey. Thanks for all the good work you guys do at WatBlog. Cheers. Maneesh,

All great thoughts…

I do think that there is always some proportion of a user base ready to pay more for a differentiated level of service/benefit. I’m not so sure Facebook’s survey technique (of asking if they’d pay) is the best way to figure that out…rather, I’d love to see any data that reveals what benefits different types of Facebook users really care for…and within that data…are there segments of Users that reveal that they’re perceive more value in certain benefits. With that type of data I could imagine crafting a differentiated subscription model. And starting off with an in-market test…rather than a survey.

Thanks for all the good work you guys do at WatBlog.

Cheers.

]]> By: sonyadvertisement http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/24/money-for-nothing-social-networking-sites-and-a-paid-membership-model/comment-page-1/#comment-8491 sonyadvertisement Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:56:42 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/24/money-for-nothing-social-networking-sites-and-a-paid-membership-model/#comment-8491 To get free exposure from an online advertising banner, it is best to join a banner exchange network, or to contact relevant websites yourself and ask them to exchange online advertising banner ads with you. In effect, you display their online advertising banner and they display yours, so it is a win-win situation in that you each get free advertising space. To get free exposure from an online advertising banner, it is best to join a banner exchange network, or to contact relevant websites yourself and ask them to exchange online advertising banner ads with you. In effect, you display their online advertising banner and they display yours, so it is a win-win
situation in that you each get free advertising space.

]]> By: Harshil Karia http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/24/money-for-nothing-social-networking-sites-and-a-paid-membership-model/comment-page-1/#comment-8490 Harshil Karia Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:45:38 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/24/money-for-nothing-social-networking-sites-and-a-paid-membership-model/#comment-8490 Im flattered! Tons of people use facebook well On another note - i think the linkedin kind of premium model can be offered. Create a value addition beyond free - like linkedin has inmail and it is almost always responded to. Facebook can have things like better group moderation abilities, exclusive app testing, more facebook portability options - these are just a few things i can name. So all this will lead to the user perceiving a value addition. Liked the post. Im flattered! Tons of people use facebook well
On another note – i think the linkedin kind of premium model can be offered. Create a value addition beyond free – like linkedin has inmail and it is almost always responded to. Facebook can have things like better group moderation abilities, exclusive app testing, more facebook portability options – these are just a few things i can name. So all this will lead to the user perceiving a value addition. Liked the post.

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