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Respond to the question: already working business model with hand?

11/05/2008 01:51 AM by charon; already working business model with handing out free creative works: advertisements
There already is a successful business model that is based on handing out free creative works and making profit elsewhere. Companies make their advertisement freely available. They even pay for it's distribution. Specifically in the case of "viral marketing" the free (re)distribution of the creative works is desired and strongly encouraged. Based on the quality of their advertising the companies make profit by selling other products to the recipients/consumers of the free creative works. [Manage messages]