How to make money from RSS and Web 2.0
VNU exhibitions have invited me to speak at the Blogs and Social Media Forum (which I can't find mention of on their distinctly Web 1.0 website. Look ma, a scrolling marquee!). By "speak", they mean hand them a four figure sum in order to make my marketing pitch to people who have themselves paid a three figure sum to listen. While I won't be taking them up on this offer, I just wanted to take a moment to gaze in awe at their business model.
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The real beauty is that they're probably not even ripping anyone off. If I had that kind of money to spend on "position[ing myself] as a thought leader", this wouldn't be a bad way to spend it. So best of luck to them. Genuinely.
-- Graham, January 30th, 2006 2:52 PM.