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Every Online User Platform Needs Revenue To Survive

Startup Professionals Musings

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Yet it took almost six years to become profitable, with revenue only from advertising. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.

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Monetizing Social Networks: The Four Dominant Business Models and How You Should Implement Them in 2010

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The business models within the social media realm are much different than traditional businesses. Reason : as soon as someone sits down to outline ways social networks can be monetized, another model emerges, and another model ceases. Display Ads: This is your bread and butter business model.

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Search Engine Marketing - No Panacea for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Search engine marketing is simply buying advertising for your business from Google or another search engine company. If you sell widgets, and a user is searching for widgets, your ad will appear on the same page as the search results for widgets. Advertising is all about getting the most results for the least cost.

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How To Set A Balance Of User Growth Vs Profitability

Startup Professionals Musings

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Yet it took almost six years to become profitable, with revenue only from advertising. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.

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Growth Without Profits Isn’t A Sustainable Business

Startup Professionals Musings

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Yet it took almost six years to become profitable, with revenue only from advertising. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.

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4 Ways To Make Profits Part Of Your Growth Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

You might sell one of two of your widgets for $1 million each, entering profitability immediately, but then die because you can’t grow sales at that price. Yet it took almost six years to become profitable, with revenue only from advertising. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

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Americas new business model: Sharing. What distinguishes the latest generation of start-ups is a confluence of new technologies and more-efficient business models that leave much of the logistical heavy-lifting to peers who share. Advertisement. Americas new business model: Sharing. Game Hunters.