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Category Archives: money

Words, Sense and Money

Google sent me a coupon for $100 to use on AdWord recently. AdWords is for advertising your own product and is not to be confused with AdSense which allows you to put ads on your site and earn money from them. But AdWords is pretty confusing even if you know that.
Who’s gonna ignore […]

Would You Do This?

Would you sign up and pay into the micropayment program just so you could “tip” creators?

Flattr.com - How Flattr Works from Flattr on Vimeo.

Digital Decade: The Writing Community

Technology has affected writers in the last 10 years.  In my last post, I talked about viewing habits.  Today, I’m going to look at some of the other digital developments and how they affected us.
Blogs
Although blogs have been around since the mid-90s, free blogging services that made it possible for anyone to blog easily arrived […]

The Content is Free

The container is not.  The more the content flows freely, the more there is demand for the containers.
Meet Nina Paley.  She wrote, directed and produced a film called Sita Sings the Blues.  Watch for free online.  Buy the DVD and the merch.  And listen to Nina talk about her business model and thoughts on copyright.

Here’s […]

Digital Media

I was lucky enough to attend the nextMEDIA conference entitled Monetizing Digital Media. I was interested in what opportunities there are for screenwriters in the ongoing digital wave and the word “monetizing” sounded promising.
I’ll get to the bottom line first: the money’s in advertising. Whether it’s banner ads, product placement or building a […]