Archive for July, 2009

How Chinese Social Networks Make Money

Not by selling advertising like Google. They make much of their money by selling virtual avatars and similar virtual goods.

Much internet activity in Asia is also based upon mobile devices.

A great idea for a killer application is software that will turn a mobile device into a virtual pet or personality that takes on a life of its own.

Over the next five years the internet population of China should grow to beyond that of USA/Europe combined.

We should expect to see more of their revenue come from advertising in this period but we can also expect more western online revenue to come from virtual goods.

There will also be a greater shift in web activity away from conventional screen based surfing toward virtual environments and superior visual interfaces.

The technology that will enable this is augmented and virtual reality enabled 3D eyeware – superior to the current commercially available products.

Chinese Social Networks & Marketing

See This Pic:

chinese social networks

Top chinese social network had over $1 billion in revenue 2008. Chinese internet penetration can still more than triple in next few years.

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Publishing in HARDCOPY

Yeah baby !!! You got a pile of PLR or know where to get it for nothing ?

A mountain of public domain at your disposal ?

Well how about HARDCOPY !!! Use print on demand and turn it into a physical product then let the distribution markets sell it for you – like Amazon.

Translate it into other languages and rinse and repeat. I simply MUST do this – not many people have caught on to it yet.
Everybody is caught up with blogging, PPC and CPA this year. On demand publishing and translation are a great avenue.

Not just books but video training, software etc.

On demand publishers list:

createspace
trafford publishing
cafepress
lulu
iuniverse
xlibris
etc…

for a bigger list check this site http://www.bookmarket.com/ondemand.htm

Hers the big thing – you know how video submission works right ? The more sites you publish to the greater the number of top spots you get – same with POD – They do the marketing for you.

Chinese Internet Users Surpass USA Population

chinese internet users

Heres a larger pic:

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Right now I intend to spend 2-4 weeks sharpening my blog farm and hub building skills – then I am automating a bunch of new domains with chinese content. Will focus these projects on the chinese market.

With RSS, mashups, autoblogging & social network automation it matters little what language the content is as its all syndicated.

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