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One quick and easy way that you can monetize a hyperlocal community website / portal is to sell a premium press release account. A premiumm press release account allows for individuals, business owners or other community media outlets to sign up and publish press releases, workshops, events, etc directly to your hyperlocal portal. This service is different than a typical blog submission or columnist because typically the information being posted is directly in relation to the selling or promotion of some sort of local event.

For the past 10 years, Mel Taylor Media; a Philadelphia-based consultancy, has been helping local media with online sales and strategy, along with a variety of other web training services. Mel recently shared some his experiences and thoughts about web revenue strategy for hyper-local media in this January interview.

Thinking of using Ning.com to run your niche social network. Here is a little overview of the top five ways we have observed NING websites being monetized.

Below is a summary of the three types of memberships sites what one can create. 1) Exclusive Content Sites – Membership Site The Exclusive Content Site is a membership site designed to provide it’s members with access to exclusive content which they cannot get anywhere else. Examples of exclusive content can be ebooks, interview or [...]