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Title: Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide: Business thinking and strategies behind successful Web 2.0 implementations.
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| Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide: Business thinking and strategies behind successful Web 2.0 implementations. by O'Reilly Media, Inc. Paradigm Shift About Social Networking | Web 2.0 (the book) does a great job to bridge the gap about how valuable social networking and collective intelligence is. This book is a great explanation of how Web 2.0 can be an economic success instead of the common question "How can a social networking site make money". The author explains very well how the business model works in comparison to traditional web commerce. If you need to connect the dots why Web 2.0 works, then this is a great book.
On a side note, I noticed that the author gets away from explaining why sites like YouTube work (maybe because the author cannot provide strong reasons of an economic model other than Google keeping it's relevance by owning traffic). | | Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide: Business thinking and strategies behind successful Web 2.0 implementations. by O'Reilly Media, Inc. Web 2.0 in Business Terms | I was lucky enough to receive an advanced copy of this wonderful book. I normally don't set aside current books to dive into a new one, but this is a book that I've been waiting on for a long time and I was eager to jump right in -- and what a treat it turned out to be!
If you aren't a techie, Web 2.0 probably doesn't mean much to you. You might think it is just the "next version" of the Internet or just a new way of doing things online -- such as blogging, video, etc. In this the book the author shows you that Web 2.0 is so much more than the "what" -- it's actually mostly about the "how".
How can a business -- be it IBM or your one-man home-based operation -- benefit from new advances and developments online? How can you change your way of thinking about business to take advantage of the power of communities that are popping up all over the Internet? How can you learn from others, such as Amazon and Flickr, who made major changes to their business models and discovered new ways of doing business?
If you want another book on geek tech, then this book isn't for you. If you own your own business, or are just merely an employee looking for innovative ways of getting things done, this book is for you. I have no doubt that there will be people who read this book who will have an "Aha!" moment and transform the Internet even more. I learned so much from this book that it is difficult to just pick one or two main points to focus on.
When you are done with this book you'll understand how revolutions and evolutions on the Internet have changed the way we do business -- from online to offline. You'll also better understand how social networks play such a crucial role in everyday life and how they are turning traditional business models on their head.
You owe it to yourself to read this book -- your take on business will never be the same afterwards.
| | Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide: Business thinking and strategies behind successful Web 2.0 implementations. by O'Reilly Media, Inc. Product Description | | Web 2.0 makes headlines, but how does it make money? This concise guide explains what's different about Web 2.0 and how those differences can improve your company's bottom line. Whether you're an executive plotting the next move, a small business owner looking to expand, or an entrepreneur planning a startup, Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide illustrates through real-life examples how businesses, large and small, are creating new opportunities on today's Web. This book is about strategy. Rather than focus on the technology, the examples concentrate on its effect. You will learn that creating a Web 2.0 business, or integrating Web 2.0 strategies with your existing business, means creating places online where people like to come together to share what they think, see, and do. When people come together over the Web, the result can be much more than the sum of the parts. The customers themselves help build the site, as old-fashioned "word of mouth" becomes hypergrowth. Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide demonstrates the power of this new paradigm by examining how: Flickr, a classic user-driven business, created value for itself by helping users create their own value Google made money with a model based on free search, and changed the rules for doing business on the Web-opening opportunities you can take advantage of Social network effects can support a business-ever wonder how FaceBook grew so quickly? Businesses like Amazon tap into the Web as a source of indirect revenue, using creative new approaches to monetize the investments they've made in the Web Written by Amy Shuen, an authority on Silicon Valley business models and innovation economics, Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide explains how to transform yourbusiness by looking at specific practices for integrating Web 2.0 with what you do. If you're executing business strategy and want to know how the Web is changing business, this book is for you. |
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