Posts tagged with 'business models'

Plenty of Fish decides to go paid but is its effort half-baked?

Plenty of Fish is one of the most popular dating websites in the world. Despite the fact that it's visually unappealing, there's good reason for its popularity. Unlike most of its competitors, Plenty of Fish is totally free.

Its operator, Markus Frind, reportedly makes $10m a year from advertising displayed on Plenty of Fish. On average, it's said that he puts in about 10 hours a week running the site.

Blogging is dead, long live blogging

I've discussed the economics of blogging numerous times in the past. Can blogging be a viable career? Can the blogosphere mint hoards of new millionaires? These are all questions that many have asked over the past several years as the blogosphere has grown in size and prominence.

Despite the fact that I have been able to turn my blogging activities into a bit of cash, I've remained skeptical about blogging as a business and as a career, which is why the man behind Drama 2.0 still calls 'international business' his primary line of work.

New metrics and business models for digital publishing - selling outcomes not inputs?

New metrics and business models for publishers Are publishers using outdated metrics? How should they be innovating and reinventing their business models?

Understandably there has been much debate of late around publishing business models. The rise of the internet, compounded by the global economic woes, are making it increasingly hard to see where the money is in publishing and media going forwards.