monetisation
Time(s) for the weekend papers... Paid Members Public
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/12/DD8813C0-9AF6-455E-8EE8-EDFFD42557511.jpg] Time for a little Times update, as it were. The last time we spoke about it [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2010/11/on_those_times_paywall_numbers.html] , I was considering dumping either my Times online
The Two Direction Era of Publishing Paid Members Public
I couldn’t help but chuckle, as two stories came to my attention in a very short period of time: - [Telegraph Plans to Charge for Online Content [£]](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1b70b9e-fc8b-11df-a9c5-00144feab49a.html) – The *FT* reports that *The Telegraph* is contemplating some sort of paywall, next
On Social Commerce Paid Members Public
This made me chuckle [http://www.broadstuff.com/archives/2340-A-vacation,-and-some-observations......html] : > (A point made on one of the posts three years back was that Social Commerce was like your friend coming up to you at a pub or dinner party dressed in Coca Cola gear (or any other
Afternoon Coffee Reading: The Return Paid Members Public
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/11/aftercoffee.jpg] I’m back at work, and Afternoon Coffee Reading is back on this blog. I was taken to task by a colleague the other day, who had apparently found them good readin’, but who didn’t find
Paywalls and the problem of competition Paid Members Public
Clay Shirky has brought forth another long piece on the economics of the paywall business [http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2010/11/the-times-paywall-and-newsletter-economics/] that’s worth a read. I’d just like to highlight a single sentence, though, as I think it’s a point that’s missed far too
Paywall Quote of the Day Paid Members Public
George Brock [http://georgebrock.net/the-times-paywall-numbers-what-counts-for-what/]: > A prediction: in a year or two, paywall knowledge and software will have advanced so far that we will look back to this point and marvel that anything as crude as a fixed-price, 100% paywall was even thought of.Indeed.
On those Times paywall numbers Paid Members Public
I am surprised by the amount of positive reaction that’s going around to the news that The Times has around 105,000 paying online customers of various stripes. (Full break-down of the numbers.) Partially I’m surprised, because nobody seems to be comparing acquisition cost to revenue, as well
Where now for Movable Type and Typepad? Paid Members Public
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2010/09/saymedia_2.jpg] Here’s a thing to discover just before you go to bed: Six Apart [http://www.sixapart.com], the company that produces the blog software that’s at the heart of much of my day job,
