Brent, There's still speculation on revenue models for a lot of social media sites. Historically sites based on 100% advertising for revenue have all imploded. YouTube lost $500,000 either last year or last quarter, I forget which one. How they'll be sustainable is questionable though the value for connecting and relationship marketing in a targeted way is very proven.

Thanks for sharing. I did hear an NPR story this week about how Twitter was burning through the investment capital it had. So major advertisements are forthcoming. My new version of ubertwitter now has ads on my blackberry. I find it mildly annoying, but I'm all for businesses making profits because it creates jobs and generates tax revenue.

The irony in all this is that most businesses are determined to make the majority of their sales through traditional push marketing (advertisements) on social media sites, when they should be investing their marketing budgets in well, social media marketing (i.e. customer relationship building).

Brent Peterson
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Thanks for sharing. I did hear an NPR story this week about how Twitter was burning through the investment capital it had. So major advertisements are forthcoming. My new version of ubertwitter now has ads on my blackberry. I find it mildly annoying, but I'm all for businesses making profits because it creates jobs and generates tax revenue.

The irony in all this is that most businesses are determined to make the majority of their sales through traditional push marketing (advertisements) on social media sites, when they should be investing their marketing budgets in well, social media marketing (i.e. customer relationship building).