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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
Blackhat Devil Keywords 2.0 (Windows): BHD Keywords is a powerful keyword suggestion and keyword discovery tool that is perfect for use with Google Adwords, SEO, affiliate marketers or anyone peforming Internet marketing. Easily find and extract thousands of new keywords and long tail keyword phrases.; Tags: Long Tail, Blackhat Media, BHD Keywords, Marketing Research, Internet, Search, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2009-06-09
Supporting the long tail of open source: Supporting the long tail of open sourcePerhaps a good start......would be for "good developers" to not consider people with questions as "stupid".Carl RapsonMixing modelsIt depends on what "model" or paradigm or whatever you want to call it produced the piece of OS software.Was it the IBM / Redhat "we'll professionally...; Tags: Development tools, open source, WAS IT, developer, software, Carl Rapson, long tail; Discussion threads 2008-08-12
Supporting the long tail of open source: Few good developers have patience for stupid people with questions. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Long Tail, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-08-12
Official: Google's 'Friend Connect' brings social networking to the Long Tail: Official: Google's 'Friend Connect' brings social networking to the Long TailLooks interesting, but let's take a closer look before we leapThis looks very interesting, however I am not sure whether giving google access to all my members would be a good idea. I will have to test it out...; Tags: Friend Connect, long tail, Google Inc., social networking, network; Discussion threads 2008-05-21

Official: Google's 'Friend Connect' brings social networking to the Long Tail: In case you didn't think Google wanted to be a big player on the Social Web -- Orkut, Google Talk and shared items in Google Reader aside -- the search giant revealed an ambitious new strategy today: 'Friend Connect' is a platform designed to help the 'long tail' of sites...; Tags: Long Tail, Google Inc., Network, Friend Connect, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O'Hear; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Star Wreck says it's the real open source thing: I got a call from Finland this morning, where Stephen Lee has set up the open source Star Wreck Studios outside Helsinki. His message is this is the real open souce thing.Ã‚Â "It's like Sourceforge. Some people create crap and some create really good stuff. Everyone...; Tags: Long Tail, Film, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-25
Will the burden of the Long Tail kill Internet commerce?: Will the burden of the Long Tail kill Internet commerce?Free is not the same as forever...Free is free for as long as free makes money. There is an implicit promise I get free hosting for grandma's photos for ever... And because it is free, it is like it is beta,...; Tags: E-business/E-commerce, Internet, long tail, Internet commerce; Discussion threads 2008-03-23
Will the burden of the Long Tail kill Internet commerce?: I've been thinking about the economics of Long Tail businesses. Check my math: Long Tail businesses are based on aggregating huge numbers of micro-markets. GOOG, Facebook, YouTube, and many other online businesses are Long Tail businesses--they make money from servicing micro-markets. The content needed...; Tags: Long Tail, Internet Commerce, Internet, E-business/E-Commerce, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-03-22
Have we misinterpreted the business value of the long tail?: I've been thinking about the economics of the long tail and its impact on the business of Silicon Valley's largest Internet companies and discovering some very interesting issues, which have lead me to some startling conclusions. But please check my math... My thinking about the long tail...; Tags: Long Tail, Data Storage, 3PARData Inc., Storage Management, Storage, Hardware, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-03-20
For+Shuttleworth+it+all+comes+down+to+trust: For+Shuttleworth+it+all+comes+down+to+trustForking vs "moving on"If someone's ideas are not being accepted in a project quickly enough or completely enough, is he more likely to fork the software or to lose interest. Mr. Blankenhorn has praised forks as saving projects while Mr. Shuttleworth believes potential contributors go elsewhere.There are obviously examples...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Proprietary Software, long tail, software, developer; Discussion threads 2008-02-25
Ketera tames the supply chain's long tail: Ketera tames the supply chain's long tailIs Ketera Missing the Big Picture?Aravo appreciates Ketera's new "Supplier Connect" tool as it validates some of the customer pain-points Aravo has targeted with our Supplier Information Management SIM platform since our inception in 2000. However, there are key differences between the offerings. From...; Tags: Channel management, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, long tail, supplier, supplier information management, Aravo, Ketera, supply chain; Discussion threads 2007-10-11
Ketera tames the supply chain's long tail: One area of opportunity for SaaS vendors that can help them differentiate themselves from their on-premises rivals is the ability to offer services that combine software with other shared resources. It's often the case that software alone falls short of a complete solution to a business pain point, and needs...; Tags: Long Tail, Supply Chain, Supplier, Ketera, Supplier Connect, Channel Management, Marketing, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2007-10-10
When it comes to most tech, The Long Tail is a myth: In Chris Andersons massively over-hyped book The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More (2006) he maintains that products that are in low demand or have low sales volume can collectively make up a market share that rivals or exceeds...; Tags: Predictions and Observations, trends, General; Blog posts 2007-04-23
Vonage a victim of "the long tail?": Vonage a victim of "the long tail?"Vonage is so much cheaperSure Cable offers something similiar but it's more $15 more expensive than vonage. So Vonage wins there.As for the Telco I save about $14 month on local sevice plus the $20 plan for long disatnce and the $70 a month...; Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Strategy, Verizon Communications Inc., verizon, Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP, long tail; Discussion threads 2007-04-12
Vonage a victim of "the long tail?": You may have heard of the notion of the "long tail." Thats the principle which describes how a collection of products or services with comparably little demand can collectively account for a proportionately larger market share than the big players. Yet from reading remarks by Forrester Research analyst...; Tags: Vonage, News, General; Blog posts 2007-04-12
Bebo launches 'long tail' music store: Bebo launches 'long tail' music storeLong Tails cannot happen in a closed network.Are social networks with closed widget systems social networks or Silos ? The not launched widget that Bebo is pushing is a closed widget that can only be used on BeboAre Bebo, Myspace and the rest cutting edge...; Tags: Bebo, social networking, Darmik, long tail, independent artist, network; Discussion threads 2007-03-28
People law trumps the power law: Britt Blaser has a remarkable post on power laws and social networks that lays out where real power lies in the Web. Britt starts with five principles although some might consider that word too strong: The size of your audience confers limited power A networks...; Tags: Long Tail, Britt Blaser, People Law; Blog posts 2007-03-20
VNUNet - Blogs, Wikis and the Long Tail: The social networking phenomenon is upon individual, and it seems that half the world (in reality, less than one sixth) is instant messaging, blogging, wiki-ing and generally collaborating and communicating in new and exciting ways. The idea here is to capture thought processes and ideas which ensure that the pace...; Tags: Quocirca, Long Tail, Blog, Wikipedia, Social Networking Phenomenon, Wikipedia Definition, Wiki, Social Networking, Blogging, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet; White papers 2007-01-27
Straight Talking - Mobile Internet Reality: Technology can be a great leveller, opening up a selection of easily available choices. With the barriers of access and entry removed or at least significantly lowered, specialist topics can be served to their narrow interest group, which is part of the premise of Chris Anderson's book The Long Tail....; Tags: Quocirca, Long Tail, Mobile Internet, Mobile, Internet, Branding, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing; White papers 2007-01-11