Podcamp Toronto Presentation

A couple weeks ago, I attended  Podcamp Toronto and delivered a session titled Monetizing Communities: Ethics and Strategies. In fact, my experience at Podcamp was the inspiration behidn my last blog post. Well, the footage of that session has finally been posted, so I wanted to share it with everyone who could be there in [...]

The Ethics of Monetizing Communities

I recently wrote about the difference between markets and communities on OneDegree.ca, and explored how brands should approach online communities, but it’s also occured to me that there is little said about how community hosts (such as bloggers, forum moderators, and podcasters) could effectively monetize. In other words, how do these individuals generate a return [...]