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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>thevirtualhandshake - Latest Comments in Three Social Networking Startups: RevCat, YourLocal, CollectorsQuest</title><link>http://tvh.disqus.com/</link><description>The Virtual Handshake: Sell, Raise Capital, Look for Deals with Social Media</description><atom:link href="https://tvh.disqus.com/three_social_networking_startups_revcat_yourlocal_collectorsquest/latest.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:54:37 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Three Social Networking Startups: RevCat, YourLocal, CollectorsQuest</title><link>http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2007/03/22/three-social-networking-startups-revcat-yourlocal-collectorsquest#comment-12493220</link><description>&lt;p&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- targeted commerce. Margins 50-75% on collectible items (standard in this industry).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Advertising. CPM of $10-$30 due to niche focus. Pre-roll ad rates of $25 but as high as $75 .&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- Publishing&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Entertaining and informative videos. No one else is offering this in this sector.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1-to-1 marketing in its purest form.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Revenues from UGC and community. Profiles are based on dating profiles. "Make me an offer" feature to provide CQ opportunity to get additional revenues. Use technology to make collecting easier.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Collecting is all about bragging"—so it’’s easy to get detailed demographic data&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Milestones: secure call center, finalize inventory &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Louis Vuitton</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:54:37 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Three Social Networking Startups: RevCat, YourLocal, CollectorsQuest</title><link>http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2007/03/22/three-social-networking-startups-revcat-yourlocal-collectorsquest#comment-8724158</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Nice information about Social Bookmarking site. These are the sites which I can promote my Squidoo Lens.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Squidoo Dummy</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:27:13 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Three Social Networking Startups: RevCat, YourLocal, CollectorsQuest</title><link>http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2007/03/22/three-social-networking-startups-revcat-yourlocal-collectorsquest#comment-8724157</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for this great post !&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You are more than welcome to visit our blog (&lt;a href="http://www.OpherBrayer.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="www.OpherBrayer.com"&gt;www.OpherBrayer.com&lt;/a&gt;) - We would love to hear comments on our "10 rules of networking" (&lt;a href="http://www.opherbrayer.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.opherbrayer.com/"&gt;http://www.opherbrayer.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;the-10-commandments-of-networking.html ),&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;and on "Buildind effective business networks" (&lt;a href="http://www.opherbrayer.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.opherbrayer.com/"&gt;http://www.opherbrayer.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;how-to-build-effective-business-network.html ).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Best regards,&lt;br&gt;Dan.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Dan</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:03:33 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>