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Why Free Plans Don’t Work | Software by Rob

The following is a guest article by Ruben Gamez of Bidsketch . http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2010/08/18/why-free-plans-dont-work/
I was a big fan of Jaiku ( here I am) and didn’t “get” Twitter until about a year ago when a friend showed me Tweetdeck . http://www.softwaresweden.com/2010/02/21/how-to-build-a-web-service-in-8-hours/

How to build a web service in 8 hours

Todd Sattersten | Business. Books.

http://toddsattersten.com/2010/02/fixed-to-flexible-interview-with-evernote-ceo-phil-libin.html Phil: It was my fault for being confusing. When talking to the BBC I switched back and forth between talking about all users and active users. Active users are people that have used Evernote in the past 30 days.
More on why usage-billing makes more sense than freemium.

Kamikaze Marketing — LM Framework

http://lmframework.com/blog/2009/07/kamikaze-marketing/
http://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com/2009/01/three-freemium-strategies.html I'm excited to see so much attention being paid to freemium businesses lately. These are companies that generate revenue by offering a free product with an upsell or premium version.

Three freemium strategies