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Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

victor — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:50:01 -0000

Can some one please-please let me know where to locate a “business model” for a small company that only manufactures custom furniture & lighting for up scale restaurants & hotels. sold through architects, interior designers & furniture specifies.
Kindly, send info to victorIsit@yahoo.com thank you for your help. Victor.

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

gregorylent — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:06:50 -0000

...micropayments! ..

it is why some video and social networks and instant messaging service is asia are .. get ready .. profitable! .... that, and the availability of virtual goods, decorations for your avatar at a very cheap price ..

the obstacle in the west? cost per transaction of credit-card purchases ... visa and mastercard are standing in the way of progress ...

in asia it is done via cellphones and smart cards ...

(learned this at the openwebasia'08 conference in seoul)

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

Santiago Siri — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:00:27 -0000

Great list.

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

Krish Murali Eswar — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:13:49 -0000

Thanks for the model information. Is there a comprehensive 'list of business models' for brick and mortar and e-businesses? I am interested in this for our research on a social innovation project.

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

Joseph — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:50:07 -0000

thanks for this
very useful synthesis
I would add the following:
games
one to one qualified contacts
auctions (market places)

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

Louis — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:04:46 -0000

I see that a couple of people have created wikis that list the business models discussed here and possibly more. What would be good to see however is a wiki that shows the business models being used by different startups. Could probably be a feature of a site like KillerStartups or StartupSearch.

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

vadadean — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:28:06 -0000

A nice overview of web biz models here:

http://digitalenterprise.or...

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

Avinash — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:28:04 -0000

This is an extremely useful list from Michael Rappa (North Carolina State Univerity) http://digitalenterprise.or.... In fact I've found the entire educational resource toManaging the Digital Enterprise very very informative

Avinash

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

Jimmy — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:32:46 -0000

Web Media Marketing is growing but, only big chaps are getting benefits of it. Small businesses has to struggle to acquire all this services on their things to do list as it is costly and difficult to monitor. But SME has to start what ever they can and results are for sure

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

Sunny Kalara — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:56:11 -0000

I have a few more.
(i) Donations
(ii) Domain name value appreciation
(iii) Ad exchange credits
(iv) Sale of traffic
see
http://www.bizorigin.com/20...
for an example of each.

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

vruz — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:13:20 -0000

I think this is very important. The Long Tail of Business Models allows for the maximum possible flexibility.
Actually *all* startup companies should nurture this approach, if the cost of essaying different models is getting cheaper and cheaper.
10 Find an audience : see which model sticks: profit : GO TO 10

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

fredwilson — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:19:02 -0000

Agreed

Headlines are important though

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

kenberger — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:23:25 -0000

Cute reference to Chris' seminal phrase.
But is this list really the long tail? Seems more like the head, shoulders, and waist as well.

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

fredwilson — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:05:02 -0000

I agree

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

David Wang — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:42:23 -0000

CPA which is pretty close to lead generation, but I would consider it seperate

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

güzel sözler — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:30:53 -0000

thanks all

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

fredwilson — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:08:02 -0000

Always a good way to make money but not always sustainable

Fred

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

Doug Kersten — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:57:56 -0000

Arbitrage - The practice of taking advantage of a price differential between two or more markets. (e.g., think 712 phone numbers, products from China, etc.)

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

fredwilson — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:54:02 -0000

Great addition

Thanks

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

Rolly Rouse — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:34:13 -0000

Hi Fred -

Excellent list.

You might consider adding iCPC.

iCPC is like CPC, but different. The paid clicks are for internal - not external - links. That is, the clicks are part of a process of engaging with content, not of navigating away to other Web sites (in hopes of finding useful content).

Web advertising is gradually moving from less targeted to more targeted, from less measurable to more measurable, and from intrusive (push) to user-driven, consensual, and welcomed (pull). By monetizing content that's systematically organized in one place, iCPC is part of a natural (and we hope inexorable) migration toward better-integrated user experiences.

iCPC also helps make possible new forms of syndication in which valuable user content and advertising are one and the same. Highly customized content and advertising can be integrated into any Web site or blog, and iCPC revenues can be shared.

We use iCPC as the revenue engine for our collaborative search network for home design products & services. It seems applicable to lots of other markets, as well.

All the best -

Rolly

Rolly Rouse
Co-founder & CEO
HomePortfolio

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

Sam Huleatt — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:12:47 -0000

"Brand-claimed Accounts" not sure if anyone does this, but it's a model I'd like to see implemented:

http://www.leveragingideas....

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

cgardnerma — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:21:04 -0000

Download Video Advertising ( where downloaded videos are accompanied by a refreshable ad "cache". See NBC Direct.)

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

fredwilson — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:22:03 -0000

It's a category all of its own

Add it to the wiki!

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

Amit Shafrir — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:19:06 -0000

great list -
how about "in video product placements" - would that fall under streaming video advertising or is it a category on its own ?

Re: The Long Tail Of Business Models

fredwilson — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:43:01 -0000

That's a good one

Someone should add that to the wiki