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Income Generation And Partnerships

Income Generation And Partnerships. Simon Hawkins. Agenda. Income Generating Schemes Partnerships & Associations. Income generation. Likely to become more important in future (DCMS will encourage) Essential for sustainability Three main audiences: Public Commercial Education.

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Income Generation And Partnerships

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  1. Income Generation And Partnerships Simon Hawkins

  2. Agenda • Income Generating Schemes • Partnerships & Associations

  3. Income generation • Likely to become more important in future (DCMS will encourage) • Essential for sustainability • Three main audiences: • Public • Commercial • Education

  4. Potential audiences - Public • Large addressable market • >300 million globally • >20 million in UK • Fairly high risk • Market still settling down • Low income per sale, volume required

  5. Potential audiences - Commercial • Large and growing addressable market: • Almost half of all businesses are now connected to the Internet (over 175,000 businesses) • 20% increase in Internet take up in first 6 months Source NOP Research Group, Oct. 2000

  6. Potential audiences - Commercial • The stills archive industry has a turnover of around £1.4 billion a year. Source: Observer Business Page, 1st November 1998 • The estimated size of the global content-usage market is $US282 billion . Source: Gartner Group Study: Multimedia Asset Management Comes of Age

  7. Potential audiences – Commercial Source: Gartner Group Study: Multimedia Asset Management Comes of Age

  8. Potential audiences - Commercial • Revenue levels can be high: • £125,000 from the sale of 5,000 images (a collection of 500,000) • £350,000 for a national museum • But can be complex • One national museum has 3,000 different pricing levels • Medium risk • High income per sale. Low volume • Marketing required • May be better to partner

  9. Potential audiences - Education • Large target audience: • c. 2,000 UK H.E. and F.E. establishments • Around 22,000 primary and secondary schools in UK • c. 7.5 million pupils • c. 502,000 teachers • Medium risk • Lots of money potentially available • Hard market to break into unless deals done centrally Source: DfEE Statistics, 1999

  10. Potential audiences – Education • For more information, see: www.dfee.gov.uk/standardsfund/ngfldevo.html •  Also see the following pages concerning the Regional Broadband Consortia: www.dfee.gov.uk/standardsfund/ngflrbcs.html •  To access these, you may need to visit www.dfee.gov.uk/standardsfund/index.cfm and use the login name 'guest' with no password.

  11. Income From Your Digital Collection • Sale of content online • Search, browse and download content • Control of licensing and IPR • Security considerations • 5%-10% of collections will sell annually

  12. Sales Online Case Studies • Collage(Corporation of London) http://collage.nhil.com/

  13. Paper size Cost P & P UK P& P Overseas 8x6 inches £5.50 £1.50 £2.50 10x8 inches £8.50 £1.50 £2.50 12x10 inches £12.50 £1.50 £2.50 18.3 x 12.4 inches £17.50 £2.75 £3.75 Sales Online Case Studies • Collage • Typical costs for images:

  14. Sales Online Case Studies • Compass(British Museum) • http://www.british-museum.ac.uk

  15. Sales Online Case Studies • Compass – typical prices

  16. Subscriptions Based Services • Subscription fee is charged • Usually multi-tier with some free elements • Billing systems are simpler • Revenue levels are more capped • Migration to this model more commonplace: • BBC, Times newspaper to charge for advanced content • On Internet - Yahoo, Google, NorthernLight now charging for premium services

  17. Subscription Case Studies • Scran – Scottish Cultural Resource Access Network http://www.scran.ac.uk

  18. Subscription Case Studies • SCRAN - costs vary, depending on nature of user/organisation: • £25 p.a. for a home user • £60 p.a. for a primary school • £120 p.a. for a secondary school • For H.E./F.E. in 2002 – from £100 - £400 p.a. * • £20 for life for teachers * subsidised by JISC

  19. Subscription Case Studies • Fathom - on-line learning resource • http://www.fathom.com/

  20. Subscription Case Studies • Northern Light(formerfreeInternetsearchengine)http://www.northernlight.com

  21. Licensing To Third Parties • Commercial picture libraries • Software companies producing education material • Broadband consortia • Involve licensing arrangement • Marketing, promotion and sales • Receive percentage of sales

  22. Licensing Examples • Bridgemanhttp://www.bridgeman.co.uk

  23. Licensing Examples • Corbishttp://www.corbis.com

  24. Licensing Examples • Hulton Getty http://search.hultongetty.com/

  25. Licensing Examples • Heritage Image Partnership http://www.heritage-images.com/

  26. Advertising • Sympathetic to the site • Structured fee basis • Charge annual fees • Care not to “cheapen A site” • Need to identify your user base • Quantify your user numbers

  27. Advertising Examples • MSN http://www.msn.co.uk

  28. Affiliate Programs • Site will feature a product/service • Common - books, CD’s • Percentage paid per direct sale • 5% if a general link to vendor • 15% if to a specific book, CD, etc. • Relatively easy to set up • Will need to research the best products • Can encourage people to leave your site

  29. Affiliate Programs - Examples • Amazonhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/subst/associates/join/associates.html/ • WH Smith http://www.whsmith.co.uk/whs/Go.ASP?partnership=Y • Internet Bookshophttp://www.bookshop.co.uk/par/parpge.asp?siteno=1&Shop=56

  30. Sponsorship • Difficult and needs time to generate • Usually a payment or in kind donation • Give back exposure through logo exposure • Take care this does not cheapen nor dominate the site • Don’t let technology providers get free adverts on your site!

  31. Sponsorship - Examples • Age Concern • http://www.ageconcern.co.uk

  32. Sponsorship – Examples • The Tate www.tate.org.uk

  33. Online Shops • Opportunity to sell associated products • Heavy upfront costs (display, billing and shipping) • Make sure you have a good business case • Combine across consortium/other NOF projects to bring economies of scale

  34. Online Shops - Examples • The Tate http://www.tate.org.uk/shop/browse.htm

  35. On-line Shops - Examples • The V & A Museum http://www.vandashop.co.uk/

  36. On-line Shops - Examples • National Gallery http://www.nationalgallery.co.uk/

  37. Partnerships • Museums • Libraries • Tourist Information • Accommodation • Travel Companies • Commercial organisations

  38. Partnerships- Examples • Visit Britain http://www.visitbritain.com/

  39. Partnerships - examples • Kent Tourism http://www.kenttourism.co.uk/en/index.asp

  40. Conclusions • Best to consider multiple streams of funding • Develop detailed business plans • Be realistic in revenue forecasts • Identify the IPR with respect to your collection • Partner wherever possible

  41. Questions/queries? • Simon Hawkins • Simon@harvardcs.com • Tel: 01622 812347 • Fax: 01273 471929 • Further Information http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/nof/support/help/papers/incomegeneration.htm

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