# Prof. Scott Galloway weighs in on the monetization of social media platforms

1 Faculty News October 7, 2013 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg TV](http://www.bloomberg.com/video/share-me-the-money-social-media-winners-and-losers-yp5yn0tsRtiAC2aqHWVP1g.html) -- "There's only really been one platform that I would argue has the most robust revenue model that's been able to charge their users, and that's LinkedIn. LinkedIn gets 53% of their revenue from the tools that recruiters use, 20% from people like you and me who want to InMail more people, and then 23% from advertising, so they're really the only platform that's been able to charge users."

[Watch the video](http://www.bloomberg.com/video/share-me-the-money-social-media-winners-and-losers-yp5yn0tsRtiAC2aqHWVP1g.html)