This document summarizes key changes in business models and consumer behavior driven by digital technologies between 2000-2010. It discusses how digitization and the internet enabled universal access to services, content and people, shifting from scarcity to abundance. New business models emerged like freemium, advertising, cross-subsidies and zero marginal cost. Consumers transitioned to renting/streaming content instead of owning physical copies. Marketing also shifted from traditional methods to conversational approaches by participating in online discussions.
31. “Every industry that becomes digital
becomes free”
- Chris Anderson, Editor WIRED
Freeconomics
32. The Economy of the Free
Source:
Free!
Why
$0.00
Is
the
Future
of
Business
Subsidising Products is well known
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Cross-subsidy!
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Now, a different sort of free has emerged
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The new model is based on the fact that the cost
of products themselves is falling fast
36. A Taxonomy of Free
"Freemium"!
What's free: Web software and services, some content
Free to whom: users of the basic version
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Subscription model of media
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Varying tiers of content, from free to
expensive, or a premium "pro" version
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The 1% Rule
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F2P in the video games industry
37. A Taxonomy of Free
Advertising!
What's free: content, services, software, and more
Free to whom: everyone
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Examples
Yahoo's pay-per-pageview banners
Google's pay-per-click text ads,
Amazon's pay-per-transaction "affiliate ads"
Paid inclusion in search results
Paid listing in information services
Lead generation
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39. A Taxonomy of Free
Cross-subsidies!
What's free: any product that entices you to pay for something else
Free to whom: everyone willing to pay eventually, one way or another
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Examples
Give the music, sell concerts
40. A Taxonomy of Free
Zero marginal cost!
What's free: things that can be distributed
without an appreciable cost to anyone
Free to whom: everyone
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Examples
On-line music
Digital reproduction and peer-to-peer
distribution, the real cost of distributing
music has truly hit bottom
41. A Taxonomy of Free
Labor exchange!
What's free: Web sites and services
Free to whom: all users, since the act of using these sites and
services actually creates something of value
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Examples
Free porn if you solve a few captchas
Rating stories on Digg, voting on Yahoo Answers,
or using Google's 411 service
42. A Taxonomy of Free
Gift economy!
What's free: the whole enchilada, be it open source software
or user-generated content
Free to whom: everyone
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Examples
Wikipedia
Zero-cost distribution has turned
sharing into an industry
43. Economy of Abundance
Traditional products exist in the economy of scarcity
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When the cost of copying and distributing becomes
close to nothing, the economy shifts
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You can’t sell copies – their worthless
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It’s not only about money - time and respect are also
important
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So is you digital footprint
52. Back in 2007, streaming music services accounted
for just 3% of total music industry revenues.
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Today, streaming services contribute to 21% of total
revenues
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/pandora-v-itunes-revenues-2014-3
75. The YouTube video was posted on July 6, 2009
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It amassed 150,000 views within one day, prompting United to
contact Carroll saying it hoped to right the wrong
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13.3 million by September 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Breaks_Guitars
76. Within 4 days of the video being posted online, United
Airlines' stock price fell 10%, costing stockholders about
$180 million in value