Category Archives: Digital Media

Making Money on MySpace

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

It’s always been possible to make money on MySpace if you didn’t pay much attention to the terms of service. The site has never consistently enforced its ban on commerce. That’s partly due to technical reasons–from a content filtering standpoint, … Continue reading →

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Social Commerce Goes Mainstream: an Industry Insider’s Take on the Kaboodle Acquisition

Posted on August 11, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

Social commerce is one of the three pillars of E-Commerce 2.0: Richer user experiences (e-commerce becomes engaging) Accelerating disaggregation (e-commerce happens everywhere) Social commerce (e-commerce leverages emotional/social forces) It has also been the one people have been most skeptical about… … Continue reading →

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Facebook’s Secret Plan

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

I’ve figured out Facebook’s secret plan and I love it. Everyone gets everything for nothing. The everyone is truly everyone since Facebook is no longer about highschool and college kids. Most of the friend invites I get these days are … Continue reading →

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Emerging Ecosystems & Platforms

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

I’m at David Kirkpatrick’s iMeme conference in SF. It’s likely going to be a treat. The speakers and the attendees are of great caliber. As an ex-platform guy who’s recently spent a lot of time thinking about social infrastructure, I’m … Continue reading →

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Rebooting Business Models

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

An interesting company to watch is EveryZing (what used to be Podzinger). My friend Tom Wilde recently took the reigns as CEO. His task is similar to that of many CEOs of Series B companies–take good tech that has gone … Continue reading →

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Advertising on UGC Sites

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

comScore has published the results of a study on consumer response to ads in different formats/properties. Not surprisingly, Gen Y and those close to them are showing different propensity to engage with and trust an ad than the older population. … Continue reading →

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The Rise of Social Infrastructure

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

I wrote this piece on social infrastructure last fall for the inaugural issue of Social Computing Magazine. As most startups, SCM was a little late to launch and hence some of the data and references in the article are dated. … Continue reading →

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Social Computing Magazine

Posted on May 13, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

After many years with SYS-CON, my friend Jeremy Geelan has struck it on his own with Social Computing Magazine. Worth keeping an eye on it as Jeremy has a number of sharp people (and me) on the editorial board. Computing … Continue reading →

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Long Tail Worries

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

Found an interesting study by Lex Miron from CIBC World Markets that tries to test for the existence of a long tail in interactive media properties using Nielsen Net Ratings (NNR) data. Lex measures user engagement as total number of minutes spent on a … Continue reading →

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Impedance Mismatch: Technology Outpaces The Law (Yet Again)

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

Impedance mismatch is defined as a term “which describes an inadequate or excessive ability of one system to accommodate input from another.” With the pace of change in technology exceeding that of many other areas in society, there is plenty … Continue reading →

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