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Dave, I just read your article over on bbc.co.uk about making money on social networks and thought I would share a little more insight to support your key points.
I am one of the founders of Drivers Republic which is combination of digital publisher and social community focusing on the niche of car enthusiasts. In the same way that MySpace users accept relevant advertising as a music/entertainment audience, so does the Drivers Republic visitor from their automotive standpoint.
It’s about creating a win-win for the audience and the advertiser – they both would like to meet each other provided such contact is relevant to their needs. Social networks provide the only viable means of intermediating this contact and providing that the user is in control of this process (via privacy) settings then the value of this relationship will flourish.
The problem faced by any general social networking environment is that the nature of the conversation is less specific and therefore feels more intrusive. If you go onto MySpace or Drivers Republic and talk about your music or motoring interests then you are publicly (and knowingly) declaring your preferences – to which it would be acceptable to respond. If however you are talking to friends on Facebook, Bebo or other such broad-topic environment then the response is far more invasive, and is more akin to eavesdropping.
The future is in niched social communities where the implied contract between user and host is more explicit and the value is more demonstrable.
We at Drivers Republic for example use our understanding of users preferences and ownership experiences to invite them to unique events with car manufacturers (a win-win proposition), based on their perceived value as a consumer. The more information they provide, the better we are able to connect them with an outcome they would see as benefit. So it is not just advertising that funds the social network economic model, more and more brands are seeking to connect the online interaction of users with the offline activities that actually translate into revenues.
The social networks that enable this process will be the winners and this is ultimately what determines a healthy and sustainable balance sheet.
Cheers,
Steve Davies
(MD of Drivers Republic)
I am looking for software that autimatically generates subtitles as you wrote the piece do you know of any good ones, what do sky use?