Category Archive: Business Models
There is a lot of traffic (excitement) out there about the bias creeping in to Google Searches around the Social Landscape. This site : Focus on the User clearly demonstrates that there is – AND offers a work around with a handy dandy bookmarklet that you can install through a simple drag and drop. When …
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Permanent link to this article: http://beyondbridges.net/2012/01/focus-on-the-user/
Hot Off The Twitter Bot: How To Train Your Newspaper To Survive The Digital Age The New York Times recently reported a quarterly profit of $15.7 million driven, in part, by its success at drawing paying subscribers to its website. The news put some much-needed wind in the sails of an industry navigating the choppiest …
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Permanent link to this article: http://beyondbridges.net/2012/01/how-to-train-your-newspaper-to-survive-the-digital-age/
It doesn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know – but nice to see the graphic supporting it. iMessage and BBMessenger will both be cutting into the texting world. Reduced number of home phones anyway – since we are all on mobile. And the costs of mobile in US in comparison are ASTRONOMIC. I …
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Permanent link to this article: http://beyondbridges.net/2012/01/skype-killing-long-distance-once-minute-at-a-time/
Business Insider estimated the value of Dropbox at $4 billion, based on its latest funding round at the end of August. … there again – the other companies on the list; Facebook, Zynga, Groupon and Twitter are also on there for the same reasons. So rather than just question Dropbox – why not the others …
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Permanent link to this article: http://beyondbridges.net/2011/10/is-dropbox-really-the-worlds-5th-most-valuable-startup/
If you, or your company, still think of social media as optional, or just “not for our customers,” you should read this new Nielsen survey. It found: Nearly 80% of online Americans are now using social media (blogs, Twitter, and social networking sites) Over 140 million Americans visit Facebook every month Boomers are driving the …
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Permanent link to this article: http://beyondbridges.net/2011/09/social-media-is-no-longer-optional/
Permanent link to this article: http://beyondbridges.net/2011/07/harlan-ellison-pay-the-writer/
Ever since I was sent this NYT article: For Photographers, the Image of a Shrinking Path – NYTimes.com, I had been mulling this in my mind. Before that even. I picked up on one set of words … which I replay here to save you clicking through. “There are very few professional photographers who, right …
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Permanent link to this article: http://beyondbridges.net/2011/04/for-photographers-the-image-of-a-shrinking-path-nytimes-com/
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