Writing, Business and Outdoors

Here’s an interesting little tidbit I picked up from The Monday Note in my RSS Feed regarding digital revenues vs. print revenues.

“based on 2009 revenue estimates, Facebook is grossing about $1.5 per user and per year in ad revenue. Just to put things in an unpleasant perspective, this compares to the $647 a newspaper such as the Washington Post gets from its print advertising for each of its buyers or subscribers. Make that $215 for each of its readers assuming a rate of three readers per copy. (This is based on the full 2008 year).”

Outdoor Retailer Winter Market is right around the corner. For those of you who have never been, it is the largest outdoor recreation trade show in North America. anything and everything you could ever need or want for hiking, climbing, backpacking, skiing, and any other outdoor activity you can think of that does not require a gun or a two-stroke engine.

Right after that is SIA in Denver. This means two solid weeks of travel for many folks, but there’s no other way to catch up with the entire industry.

If I’m lucky I’ll squeeze in a day of skiing or two between shows.