Internet Business Models, Online Revenue Models

Internet Business Models

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Internet business models encompass various strategies for companies to generate revenue online.

Solo interpreneurs, bloggers, and companies can choose different models, including content-centric, product-centric, service-centric, or process-centric approaches. The choice of model depends on the specific business and its goals.

Analyzing and synthesizing these models is crucial for effective management and success in the digital marketplace. Some popular Internet business models are listed below.

Business Model

Key Components

Virtual Integration

Blogger's Business Model

The 4Ps of of the Blogger's Business Model are Production, Personal brand, Promotion, and Profit.

Blogger's Business Model: 4Ps

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Content Marketing

Content marketing involves creating and posting free valuable content on various web sites online, while increasing exposure and awareness for your business, creating gratitude, building trust, and, ultimately, winning customers.

Content Marketing

Attractive Headlines

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Social Media Marketing (SMM)

SMM refers to the process of brand marketing and gaining website traffic or attention through social media sites.

Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is selling the products or services of another company online and taking a commission on the sale.

Many of popular Internet business models can be combined or varied. Experiment with all or some of them to develop your own unique winning combination.

Premium Subscriptions

Premium Subscription is about charging a subscription fee for delivery provides a predictable income. It can take the form of a premium members only community, a premium email list, website with access to content, tutorials, support, and more.

Freemium

Freemium is a pricing strategy by which a product or service (typically a digital offering such as software, media, games or web services) is provided free of charge, but money (premium) is charged for advanced features, functionality, or virtual goods.

Contextual Advertising

The ads are served through a third party and are matched based on the content of your website or web page in which the advertisement appears. This revenue model requires little work. Your just add and modify a code of an existing web page. A third party will do all of the selling, billing and fulfillment for you.

Direct Advertising

This is the most traditional method which involves selling ad space directly to businesses on a monthly, impression based, or other direct agreement.

Learn from Your Competitors

Study your competitors from their website through their sales process, including their past and ongoing marketing strategies, customer engagement, e-commerce, and customer retention practices so you know what works in your target market.