How Social Networks Can Make Money

Thursday, October 19th, 2006;
-- Andy Beal |

CNET looks at the complex task of actually making money from a vast social network site.

Social networks attract plenty of visitors but have had a tougher time attracting advertisers who may be wary of associating their brands with inappropriate content….New technologies are being developed to help make social networks more attractive to advertisers.

It’s a long article, so grab the coffee first. ;-)

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6 Responses to “How Social Networks Can Make Money”

  1. JVDealmasters Says:

    Hey Andy.
    Here’s a new social netowrk that you can make money from. jvdealmasters.com

  2. Zip Says:

    Social Networks will only become more and more specialized. Or in other words Niche.

    http://www.micronichesocialnetworks.com offers some great tools for learning more about how these micro sites are actually starting to kick in money and how the future of the net is gravitating this way.

    Thanks for your tips above.

  3. will Says:

    pretty cool, I personally use myspace to make money from.

    will’s last blog post..Big announcement

  4. Germz Says:

    Social networks can make a lot of money. I soon plan on exploiting a few myspace loopholes to make some money out of it.

    Germz’s last blog post..Microsoft’s “Mojave Experiment”

  5. John Cow Says:

    Interesting to see ow this post is 2 years old and where we are with social networks now.

    John Cow’s last blog post..History of Blogging & a Bunch of Other Things

  6. Anna Says:

    Interesting that some people here are saying they make money through MySpace, I wonder how specifically they go about it.

    Anna’s last blog post..Holly Mann’s Honest Riches 2008 | Honest Riches 3

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