I think placing ads on Twitter or in Twitter's stream are obvious and not original. People are so comfortable with free (ad-supported) web services, that anytime a monetization question comes up, they say "put up some ads".
Ads on Twitter.com would be fine, ads in the stream are not. I don't want to pay to receive ads, that's crazy.
Why not let businesses buy keywords and then have those keywords link back to a site? For example, I could buy "fitness video" and whenever someone typed in "fitness video" that text would link to http://www.beYOU.tv (where I work).
This is a non-intrusive and original way to generate money for Twitter.
What do you think?
Greg
d3bruts1d
· 1 year ago
The Pownce model appears to work well. In-line ads, on the website, every 10 messages or so. "Pro" accounts get ads disabled.
Marina Martin
· 1 year ago
Naturally, Twitter is going to make money by blackmailing people over the contents of their direct messages.
La Marguerite
· 1 year ago
For an answer, go back to the user, you, and why you are using Twitter.
Do I prefer and ad-free Twitter? You bet. Would I stop using if there were ads? Probably not.
Ads do seem the easy way out. And I love people who impress me with their creativity...
I'm with Alan, it's going to have to be something much more subtle than in-line ads. While I think there's a small possibility that Twitter could take off in the mainstream (remember the mainstream where nobody knows what an RSS feed is and they like MySpace just fine?), in-line ads will definitely turn off a huge chunk of their existing users...and by turn off I mean make them into rabid anti-Twitter zealots.
They're seeing a ton of interesting data flow through their servers, they could start making sense of it and selling it. Of course the privacy aspects are a bit scary, but if they do a good job of handling that I think there's a lot of potential upside.
Pratyush
· 1 year ago
Hi guys,
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modemlooper
· 1 year ago
duh the model should be just like the color twits contest but for brands. follow a brands twits and get a chance to win something and then charge the fuck out of brand for letting them use it.
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Ads on Twitter.com would be fine, ads in the stream are not. I don't want to pay to receive ads, that's crazy.
Why not let businesses buy keywords and then have those keywords link back to a site? For example, I could buy "fitness video" and whenever someone typed in "fitness video" that text would link to http://www.beYOU.tv (where I work).
This is a non-intrusive and original way to generate money for Twitter.
What do you think?
Greg
Do I prefer and ad-free Twitter? You bet. Would I stop using if there were ads? Probably not.
Ads do seem the easy way out. And I love people who impress me with their creativity...
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They're seeing a ton of interesting data flow through their servers, they could start making sense of it and selling it. Of course the privacy aspects are a bit scary, but if they do a good job of handling that I think there's a lot of potential upside.
SMSGupshup (www.smsgupshup.com) has been providing a similar service in INdia. Do try it out if you are in India.
Needless to say, I work at SMSGupshup - would love to know your comments, feedback, brickbats. pratyush [at] webaroo[dot] com
PP