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Freemium: The first business model of the 21st century

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Discussion threads 2009-07-22

Freemium: The first business model of the 21st century

At the Revenue Bootcamp Conference in Mountain View, Calif., Chris Anderson, author of "Free: The Future of a Radical Price," discusses how different companies use the free-to-premium, or freemium model to not only make money, but often keep customers at a higher rate than fully paid services. There are many...

Tags: Money, Strategy, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance, Revenue Bootcamp, Chris Anderson, freemium, monetize, long tail, online

Videos 2009-07-15

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EasyBib goes freemium!

autociteThanks for writing about EasyBib! I just wanted to add that the AutoCite feature is available to all users. :) I've always wondered which writing style drives your blog...I'd guess MLA. Though, my feeling on writing styles is they accomplish little more than teaching children highly patterned methods of writing...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Word processors, Microsoft Office, EasyBib

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

News to know: Snow Leopard; Salesforce; Sony; Apple ads; Search

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Apple adds malware blocker in Snow Leopard Jason D. O'Grady: Apple removed blood stains from Snow...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Sony Corp., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Portals, E-books, RSS, Desktops, Sales Force Management, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sales

Blog posts 2009-08-26

EasyBib goes freemium!

EasyBib is one of those freemium websites that just might be worth upgrading from free to premium. For anyone who needs to create works cited pages frequently, it's just too easy not to use. by Christopher Dawson

Tags: Page, Worth, EasyBib, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-25

Freemium: The first business model of the 21st century

At the Revenue Bootcamp Conference in Mountain View, Calif., Chris Anderson, author of "Free: The Future of a Radical Price," discusses how different companies use the free-to-premium, or freemium model to not only make money, but often keep customers at a higher rate than fully paid services. There are many...

Tags: Money, Strategy, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-16

Music 2.0: The future of the music industry

The controversial "freemium" business model is one of several flavors of free that could support the next iteration of the music business and other digitally distributed content. Media futurist Gerd Leonhard has a new book on the subject and he recently posted an 18 minute video slide show (in two...

Tags: Revenue, Video, Music, Corporate Communications, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-07-09

The costs of free

The costs of freeSomr miscreant? How about some do-gooder?"some miscreant may come along and skew the market in ways your model doesn?t reflect."Like the way some "miscreants" destroyed the livelihoods of apothecaries by revealing to the public how to make simple home remedies themselves?Face it, if somebody can destroy your...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, mass market, F/OSS

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

Free is not a business model

Free is not a business modelPutting mium in free-miumHi Phil,Excellent post. I share your shock about people's mis-characterization of the importance of "free," particularly in SaaS business models.One minor comment on freemium models. As I talk to "Web 3.0" as you call it entrepreneurs, I realize that the...

Tags: Strategy, Entrepreneurship, business model, advertisement, social networking

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

Free is not a business model

Chris Anderson, author of the new book about giving stuff away free on the Internet, says that freemium is now the main business model of the SaaS industry. I'm not so sure, but I do think some applications will end up free at the point of use. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Business Model, Software As A Service (SaaS), Strategy, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Management, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Netviewer aims to outshine WebEx in Europe

One of Europe's largest indigenous SaaS players is NetViewer, a web meetings rival to US players WebEx and Citrix Online. NetViewer is pursuing partnerships and a freemium strategy to win market share, but is its hybrid SaaS/on-premise strategy a winner? by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Strategy, WebEx Communications Inc., Europe, Netviewer, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2009-06-16

European SaaS vendors: not quite comfortable in their skins

This week in Amsterdam, our own Phil Wainewright was compering and moderating panels for the annual SIIA On Demand conference. If you've not met Phil he is the overseas person's image of the 'perfect English gentleman.' He did a great job herding the cats aka the saas industry's spokepeople and...

Tags: Channel Management, Dennis Howlett, Google Inc., Management, Marketing, Retail, Strategy

Blog posts 2009-06-10

What your bank can teach you about freemium

What your bank can teach you about freemiumDon't forget SkypePhil,The most effective "freemium" (like the name!) product must be Skype. Most users don't buy product (calls to landlines, voicemail), but those that do pay for the rest. And the neat thing is that Skype doesn't pay for the infrastructure, the...

Tags: Financial services, Skype Technologies S.A., bank

Discussion threads 2009-06-02

News to know: Bing, Twitter, Kindle, E3, Red Hat, Istanbul

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Bing is live: Nice first impression; Will Bing boost Cashback? Bing's real return: A catalyst to a...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Red Hat Inc., Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Engineering, Game Players, Sales Strategy, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Hardware, Networking

Blog posts 2009-06-02

What your bank can teach you about freemium

People are talking and writing a lot about freemium just now as if it's a completely new business model that was invented for the Web. It seems to me the financial services industry perfected the freemium model many years ago. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Bank, Finance, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Management, Phil Wainewright, Strategy

Blog posts 2009-06-01

News to know: Botnets; Adobe patch day; NetApp; Craigslist

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: Inside the botnets that never make the news - a gallery Images: Inside the botnets that never make the news right ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., NetApp Inc., Craigslist, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Robots, GPS, Document Management, Storage, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-21

How to make freemium pay

How to make freemium payI don't like the sound of 'freemium'It is as free as crippleware and trialware was for the desktop apps.I hate them and and moving the same concept from the desktop to the web is no innovation to me.Freemium, or FreeLunch ?SaaS companies taking this approach...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, software-as-a-service, Acrobat.com, Phil

Discussion threads 2009-03-10

News to know: Homebrewing, Google options, Windows, Smartphones, Oracle

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Perlow: Extreme PCs and "Homebrewing": Rest in Peace Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Extreme PCs and homebrew systems are here to...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Camcorder, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Smartphone, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Software As A Service (SaaS), E-mail, Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Emerging Technologies, Online Communications, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-03-10

News to know: Homebrewing, Google options, Windows, Smartphones, Oracle

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Perlow: Extreme PCs and "Homebrewing": Rest in Peace Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Extreme PCs and homebrew systems are here to...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Camcorder, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Smartphone, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Software As A Service (SaaS), E-mail, Podcasts, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Emerging Technologies, Online Communications, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-03-10

How to make freemium pay

At the heart of a 'freemium' business model is a notion that makes me viscerally uncomfortable: giving something away for nothing. But in the right hands, it can work well. Here are three examples of how it can work for SaaS providers serving the business market. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: Premium Service, Business Model, Service, Helpstream, SlideRocket, Help Desk, Call Centers, Strategy, It Operations, Management, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2009-03-09