Lecture 13 Flashcards
Turning social networks into businesses
1) most social networks monetize audiences through advertising
Linkedin
Twitter
Facebook
2) Business use of social networks
Marketing and branding tool
Listening tool for monitoring online reputation
algorithm
Step by step process, a procedure to fulfil a service
Affinity group analysis
Like minded people who share views, attitudes, purchase patterns and tastes in music and videos
English auction
Single item up for sale to single seller
Ascending price
Highest bidder wins
Dutch auction
Public descending price
Multipe units
Final price is lowest successful bid, which sets price for all higher bidders
penny (bidding fee) auction
Items owned by the site
Timed auction; last and highest bidder wins
Name your own price auction
Users specify what they are willing to pay for goods or services
multiple providers bid
Prices do not descend and are fixed
Enables sellers to unload unsold excess capacity
Auction prices are they the lowest
Auction prices not necessarily the lowest
Auctions are social events (herd behavior)
Unintended results (winners regret, sellers lament and losers lament)
Consumer trust = key factor for using auctions (to sell or buy)
Auctions may reduce costs
Cost of inventory
costs to fulfill the transaction (warehouse, shipping and logistics>)
Auctions may bring revenues
Ebay makes money from every stage in auction cycle
Transaction fees, listing fees, financial services fess and advertising or placement fees
Auctions may create entry barriers
For other auctions, for sellers and buyers
Difficulty for new entrants to establish audience
Ebay dominates online auction market
Portals are
most frequently visited sites on web
originally portals were
Search engines
These search sites attracted huge audiences
Goal of a portal
Keep visitors on the site and viewing ads
Todays portals provide
Navigation on the web
Commerce
Content
Enterprise portals
Help employees find important organizational content
Top five portal search engines in us
Yahoo
Microsoft
AOL
Ask
Two general types of portals
General purpose and vertical markets portals
General purpose portals
Yahoo
MSN
AOL
Ask.com
Vertical market portals
Affinity group (facebook, sina etc)
Focused content (ESPN.com;NFL.com etc,)
Vertical market portals
Affinity group (facebook, sina etc)
Focused content (ESPN.com;NFL.com etc,)
Portal revenue source
General advetising
Tenancy deals (fixed charge for guaranteed number of impressions, exclusive partnerships)
Commissions osn sales
Subscription fees
Application and games
Evolution of B2B commerce
Automated order entry system
Electronic data interchange
B2B e-commerce web sites
Social networks and mobile apps
Potential benefits of B2B E-commerce and IT
Lower costs:
Administrative, search costs for buyers, inventory costs, transaction costs
Increased production flexibility by ensuring just in time parts delivery
Improved quality of products by increasing cooperation among buyer and sellers
Decreased product cycle time
Increased opportunities for collaboration
Greater price transparency
Increased visibility, real time information sharing