Tuesday, April 06, 2004

Saving Boing Boing

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• subscription-donation hybrids

Other options:
• paid subscription
• Google AdSense
• sponsorship links
• trial subscription
• optimise your code
• premium content – pay for archives
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• affiliate links
• organize focused events
• commissions on sales of reviewed (good or bad) products
• sponsored page
• banner ads
• sell something
• ebay auction
• newsletters: free and paid

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See also:
Boing Boing
Publishing: Free or Fee?
Paid Subscription Blogging, Part 1
Paid Subscription Blogging, Part 2