Making Money with Virtual Goods

This year I started an Internet consulting practice, which has gravitated towards Internet strategy, monetization and marketing.  Recently, much of my consulting work has focused on helping businesses to better monetize their websites, social media applications, and mobile device applications.
Monetization through virtual currencies and virtual goods is a topic that has fascinated me recently.  Online […]

Facebook Strengthening its Position in the Next Generation of the Internet

A little over a year ago Facebook empowered web developers to create applications that could run on the Facebook platform.  This simple decision has propelled Facebook to become one of the most popular sites on the Internet.  Now, Facebook is expanding that vision and hopes to allow web developers to use their platform to develop […]

Generating Profits from Online Communities

I’ve had the privilege to lead very talented teams in the creation of several of online communities, such as Families.com, Adoption.com, FertilityCommunity.com, and most recently LDS.net. On many occasions people have told me that online communities don’t make money, because the communities are made up in large part of the same people who come […]