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

venturedig.com

The business models within the social media realm are much different than traditional businesses. In social networking, they’re ever-changing, backed by eye-opening revenue and have very little documentation. Display Ads: This is your bread and butter business model.

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How to create a sustainable social media strategy for your startup

The Next Web

Zappos assumes everyone in the company is on social media and trusts them to participate in growing the brand. Prioritize social networks. As a startup, you’re working with limited resources and a lean business model. With an innovative product in the consumer payment space, the company had viral-ready content.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. The mobile world brings enormous business opportunities and changes to business models that were unthinkable when VCs made investments ten years ago that produced the last decade of results.

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

www.forentrepreneurs.com

Business Model I would like to propose that in addition to team, product, and market, there is actually a fourth, equally important, core element of startups, which is the need for a viable business model. For more on the topic of Viral Growth, refer to my blog post on that topic here.)

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How to help your startup turn a profit in 4 simple steps

The Next Web

There is logic behind your thinking of how to determine which CAC is right for your business model. You can be the sales guy or gal with all the tools you need at your fingertips ­ email, phone, social networks, etc. Well, then you’ve got to go viral. Well, then you’ve got to go viral.

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

There are also tons of tools for creating your own microsites, Facebook apps, social networks, blogs and more. Step-by-step guides to using popular websites, reviews of mobile applications, breaking news about whats happening on the web, the best viral videos, tips for marketing your businesses online and much much more!

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The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Pricing Strategy for Your SaaS Startup

Up and Running

Different sources define freemium as a business model or a pricing strategy. I suspect we’ll get rid of the freemium model at some point soon as there’s no real benefit. You’re not going to go viral Dropbox style, so having a freemium model doesn’t really work. Freemium isn’t free.

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