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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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The Amazing Power of Deflationary Economics for Startups

Both Sides of the Table

Ones that offer amazing value (low relative margins) at high volumes that makes it nearly impossible for high-cost incumbents to compete. Often major customers defect en masse to the new entrant as they realize that the huge price premium is not justified by the product differentials. think Amazon’s Storage costs).

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A Rake Too Far: Optimal Platform Pricing Strategy

abovethecrowd.com

These reasons are likely behind the struggles in GroupOn’s core Daily Deals business ( North America Third Party Revenue is down in Q4 both YOY and QOQ ). A sustainable platform or marketplace is one where the value of being in the network clearly outshines the transactional costs charged for being in the network.

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The 50 Best Marketing Strategies For Small Business

Mike Michalowicz

Create an interactive, regularly updated site or blog , or by build informative yet informal profiles on social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter. A great offer goes a long way quickly…especially through our favorite social networking sites! Self-printed cost is $0.46 Are you a thought leader? Be visible!

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YouTube Marketing And Analytics: A Primer For Magnificent Success

Occam's Razor

It is a social network (like Facebook). All of it is your existing content, so very low cost to your company in this step. At a low cost. Find inspiration from Bank of America's efforts to upgrade the financial savvy of your customers. YouTube is three things all rolled into one. Let Tableau show you how.

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30 Entrepreneurs Share What Makes Their Business Unique

Hearpreneur

This essentially forces you to forgo 3PL’s due to the high cost of the logistics, and the technology behind recommendation engines aren’t reliable enough to automate the process. I add other differentiators by podcasting and creating expert-sourced ebooks or videos. Thanks to Deborah Sweeney, MyCorporation.com !

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The Ezra Klein Show: VC Bill Gurley on Transforming Health Care

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It’s super complex, the way people get paid, the way people make decisions, and completely different from every other industry in North America. I get my healthcare insurance through Vox Media, so I actually don’t know the cost of my healthcare, or the government-. People price differentiate all the time.