Comments on: Is Paid Content Our Future? http://www.smallbusinessmavericks.com/internetmarketing/small-business-internet-marketing/is-paid-content-our-future/01/21/2010/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:40:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Les Scammell http://www.smallbusinessmavericks.com/internetmarketing/small-business-internet-marketing/is-paid-content-our-future/01/21/2010/comment-page-1/#comment-7688 Les Scammell Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:50:35 +0000 http://www.smallbusinessmavericks.com/internetmarketing/?p=2260#comment-7688 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Small Business Mavericks » Blog Archive » Is Paid Content Our Future? http://bit.ly/8EqU3E</span></span> Small Business Mavericks » Blog Archive » Is Paid Content Our Future? http://bit.ly/8EqU3E

]]> By: JanetRoper http://www.smallbusinessmavericks.com/internetmarketing/small-business-internet-marketing/is-paid-content-our-future/01/21/2010/comment-page-1/#comment-7689 JanetRoper Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:50:21 +0000 http://www.smallbusinessmavericks.com/internetmarketing/?p=2260#comment-7689 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @CarolineMelberg: New on my blog:: Is Paid Content Our Future? http://bit.ly/8EqU3E</span></span> RT @CarolineMelberg: New on my blog:: Is Paid Content Our Future? http://bit.ly/8EqU3E

]]> By: Greg Campbell http://www.smallbusinessmavericks.com/internetmarketing/small-business-internet-marketing/is-paid-content-our-future/01/21/2010/comment-page-1/#comment-4425 Greg Campbell Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:54:07 +0000 http://www.smallbusinessmavericks.com/internetmarketing/?p=2260#comment-4425 Way back (in the '90's), I seem to remember the NY Times tried to make some of it's content available only to subscribers. That did not work out. But I think that times have changed and that there is a new acceptability of paid content online. I sincerely hope, as a native New Yorker, that the Times makes this work. I really can't imagine a world without them as a news source. You are right about content. Content that is used to help a product or service sale needs to be free in order to attract prospects. That information is used to help them make a buying decision. Content that is the end in itself (i.e. news) does not need to be free. Having said that, I would expect that if I were paying for content (let's say at the Times website) then I would expect that the advertising would be minimal and non-invasive. Just my thoughts on this. Way back (in the '90's), I seem to remember the NY Times tried to make some of it's content available only to subscribers. That did not work out. But I think that times have changed and that there is a new acceptability of paid content online.

I sincerely hope, as a native New Yorker, that the Times makes this work. I really can't imagine a world without them as a news source.

You are right about content. Content that is used to help a product or service sale needs to be free in order to attract prospects. That information is used to help them make a buying decision. Content that is the end in itself (i.e. news) does not need to be free.

Having said that, I would expect that if I were paying for content (let's say at the Times website) then I would expect that the advertising would be minimal and non-invasive.

Just my thoughts on this.

]]> By: Caroline Melberg http://www.smallbusinessmavericks.com/internetmarketing/small-business-internet-marketing/is-paid-content-our-future/01/21/2010/comment-page-1/#comment-7690 Caroline Melberg Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:13:23 +0000 http://www.smallbusinessmavericks.com/internetmarketing/?p=2260#comment-7690 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">New on my blog:: Is Paid Content Our Future? http://bit.ly/8EqU3E</span></span> New on my blog:: Is Paid Content Our Future? http://bit.ly/8EqU3E

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