Best Way To Monetize Social Networks

by Anand on November 2nd, 2009 Share on    

With social networks like Facebook and Twitter being valued at billions of dollars, the new billion dollar question how can these sites actually expect to monetize? A survey of social media leaders about what monetizes well showed the following monetizing opportunities

Freemium : 45.5%
Targeted ads : 20.3%
Research (polls, surveys) : 8.9%
API access : 7.4%
Subscription model : 6.9%
Corporate sponsorship : 4%
Selling user metadata : 4%
Traditional banner ads : 3%

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