Freemium Blog

An application that lets you send text messages on the iPhone or iPod touch. They follow a model that is very normal for iPhone applications. The lite version of the application is free and the advanced version is offered for a price. In the case of text free, the lite version lets you send 15text messages a day, something that should satisfy most users however, for $6 you get the premium version of the application and free texting for one full year. Why is it interesting? Free: The Lite version that enables you to send 15 text messages a day ... Read More

Many non-profit organizations have their founder or CEOs give inspirational speeches on achievements in their chosen fields or areas of specialization. This is a good way of generating income while spreading the word. Free The work being done by the non-profit organization Premium The CEO/Founder giving an inspirational ... Read More

The mechanism behind the idea of freemium is stable in many non-fiction areas. This is particularly true in the case of business books. While a great number of books are freely available the authors generate significant amounts of money from speaking and consulting assignments. It is no surprise that many authors have taken cognizance of this and provided free copies of their books in an effort to garner more speaking and consulting assignments. Free: The book Premium: Speaking and consulting in the areas of expertise More: Examples of this ... Read More

Poetry speaks supplies poetry online. Readers can read the poem or hear the author recite it online for free. If you want it downloaded in the MP3 format or want a printed version then you have to pay for it. Free: Ability to read it online or hear the author read it for free Premium: MP3 downloads or printed texts More: Poetry speaks started as books with CDs where you could hear the poet read. The great success of these books led to this new innovative ... Read More

What did they do? Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, and Rosati one of silicon valley’s dominant law fims have created a free term sheet generator. It is a modified version of the tool they use internally. Based on your input it generates a document similar to the one you would normally pay for. Free: The ability to generate term sheets Premium: Other services of the law firm See more on their webpage http://www.wsgr.com/wsgr/Display.aspx?SectionName=practice/termsheet.htm or ... Read More

The example used by Yohai Benkler in his great book “The wealth of Network”. Scholarly lawyers have for long been writing articles for little or no money in order to get consultancy business from firms and individuals in their area of specialization. This is perhaps the archetypical case showing that such models work has been around for a while even before the advent of the internet. Free: A scholarly article in a specialized area of law e.g. Criminal law, constitutional law or Tax law Premium: Services offered to clients in specific areas ... Read More

Experts from various fields have now begun to give their knowledge for free using blog as a medium. A great example of value being given away every day is Chris Brogan’s new book Social Media 101, Guy Kawasaki’s Reality check or the books of Seth Godin. While these are just few of the many examples of bloggers that share a great deal of value free on the blog. These blogs illustrate the point from the number of people who regularly read the blogs and later on go on to buying the books written by these bloggers. Free: Knowledge and advice ... Read More

They produce a range of very popular and high quality explanatory videos explaining topics of general interest like ‘the financial crisis’ to ‘RSS feeds’ all the videos are in a 3 minute format. A lot of time and considerable talent goes into making these clips that are freely available online. Previously they used this a promotion to get orders for custom videos from corporate clients. However, now they generate revenue from selling corporate licenses and through a referrals to other agencies that are also in the business of making ... Read More

In late 2008 Monty Python announced that they are going to release the complete range of full quality clips on YouTube (see the hilarious as always announcement) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGqX-tkDXEk– many rights holders are going that extra mile and expending all the energy in making sure that their content is taked down from YouTube. Monty Python did the exact opposite. They replaced some of the most popular pirated clips with high quality clips. This resulted in generating attention and sales of their box sets. Free:50 – 60 ... Read More

Nina Paley has freely shared her movie. It was released under the Creative Commons license for everyone to watch and share. A strong believer of the free culture she has shown it is possible to make money without resorting to the strict copyright rules. She has released the numbers behind her business model – overall result – you can read all the numbers here – Link to NYT blogpost Free The movie in different formats either directly from her homepage or via YouTube Premium Paid shows at cinemas, DVDs and merchandise All products are ... Read More