Filed in archive Online Video Sharing by pete on April 29, 2006

Marketing genius, Ben McConnell, solicits advice for YouTube. He asks what they should do with their huge lead in online video sharing:

Other than a few content partnerships, YouTube doesn't sell anything. So with all that traffic, what should YouTube do now to cement its position in the world? Become an advertising powerhouse? A video distributor? Sell stuff? Become a software company? Get acquired and if so, by whom?

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