It’s been called the best business model in the world. And subscriptions aren’t just for media businesses. Gartner forecasts that by 2015, 35% of Global 2000 companies with non-media digital products will generate up to 10% of their revenue from recurring models. Are you ready? Ongoing monetization is a key part of disruptive digital selling. Consumers...Read More

For better or worse, new gTLDs are coming. On March 29, ICANN, the organization responsible for managing the internet’s domain name system, ended the registration period for those interested in applying for one or more gTLDs. While we won’t know the number of applications received for new gTLDs (a glitch means that some affected parties...Read More

While daily deals giant Groupon deals continues to struggle with being a publicly-traded company, its biggest competitor, Amazon-backed LivingSocial, continues to try to prove that the daily deal model is viable when done right. One of the biggest challenges in doing that is getting daily deal customers to return to the merchants that lured them...Read More

Digital Vision winner Allison Saur applies her insight into Native American tribal practices to create a template for the construction and maintenance of culture in virtual communities. In the second of her three reports, Digital Tribes II: Community Culture, released today, Saur describes the difference between community and audience building, and outlines specific tools for developing...Read More

Google has announced that it is launching a price comparison service offering information on credit cards and bank accounts ahead of the natural search listings. While Google’s price comparison service comes below the paid links, it includes images that make it more eye-catching than normal PPC ads. This puts it in direct competition with high-spending...Read More