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Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

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Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

AmorMD — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:36:03 -0000

I think it is overwhelming from your readers that the advertising is not going to work on Twitter.com I was kind interested. I have worked hard to get my followers and would like not to offend them with advertising.

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Devakishor — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:32:45 -0000

populating your follower's timeline with ads so that you get paid! Spamming it is called.

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Nigel Derbyshire — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:21:36 -0000

Isn't this just what Twitteriffic did with their desktop client... some people hated it, but to others it was just a odd tweet every hour or so that you just ignored.

I wonder how much money they make out of that?

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Jennifer Dlugozima — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:40:16 -0000

I know the economy is tough, but I'd feel a bit like a sell-out to showcase ads to my followers.

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Daniel Tunkelang — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:04:35 -0000

I think this is a great idea. While it's usually easy to figure out who isn't worth following, encouraging them to include ads in their Twitter stream vastly simplifies the process. Although it would be slightly easier if they used "spam_" as a prefix in their Twitter ids.

Still, I don't think they take the idea far enough. Ben Kunz proposed a more general approach: http://thenoisychannel.com/...

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Anuj Seth - Twitdom — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:46:50 -0000

adCause has been added to Twitdom - The Twitter Applications Database.

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Ciprian Pantea — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:09:27 -0000

Hey!

It's kinda awkward to put in advertisments, it's something like you talk with some friend of yours and tell him "oh btw, I think you should buy this it would be really useful to you" and then you check in. The funny thing is that you say that every 5 phrases :))

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Phoebe — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:39:14 -0000

I just signed up one of my niche Twitter accounts. I'm interested in seeing what kind of "ads" I'd be asked to promote in my timeline; and I'm interested to see what kind of response, including getting unfollowed, it will get from my followers.

I agree that there is huge potential for abuse. On the other hand, if it's a fairly innocuous promotion of a product or service that I can get behind and that would be useful to folks in that niche, I don't see the harm.

I don't know a thing about MagPie so I have no basis for comparison. For my part, I'm kind of excited to be in at the get-go and to be able to carefully test response. After all, my business is Internet Marketing; I think AdCause could be a cool tool, if used properly. Time will tell. ;-)

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Jason Lee — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:33:41 -0000

Sounds like the same effect of television commercials.
I bet this company already has software to sift out those ads and will sell that to the masses quickly after this takes flight :)

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Igor Poltavskiy — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:08:53 -0000

I'd prefer Google-style Twitter AdSense.

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Zachary Collins — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:41:19 -0000

I am going to add this to twtbase! (http://www.twtbase.com)

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Robert Dempsey — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:19:28 -0000

I remember a local company here called PayPerPost that received a lot of backlash for creating a paid blogging platform. I'm not sure how they are doing now though...

I follow a number of brands and expect them to hype their own stuff. For people like me who use their Twitter account for both personal and business use, I expect tweets about their company and products/services. For those who have a record of not doing any of that, if I start seeing ads in their Twitter stream, I'll unfollow them.

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Shawn K — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:19:41 -0000

An intriguing idea, but before I'd do it, I'd need a greater frequency range for ads, I don't want 5% of my tweets to be an ad.

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Bruce E. — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:08:57 -0000

From what I've seen on Twitter in my few months tweeting, there would be nothing but ads flowing across my screen. I don't think it's a good idea.

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Lisa Hickey — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:33:47 -0000

Whatâ€™s always been interesting to me about Twitter is that itâ€™s both a broadcasting medium (like tv, radio, the web itself) and a conversational tool. Advertising is perfectly accepted in the first case, not at all in the second. Once scenario is that people will begin to have 2 twitter profiles/tweetstreams, one for â€œworkâ€ and one for â€œplayâ€. The work one will be more informational, with links to found content and useful advice. People will allow ads on that, and â€œworkâ€ to keep the ads and content relevant. The play version of their profile will be used more for conversations, social interactions and fun stuff -- and will not include ads.

PS There has *always* been an outcry the first time advertising is incorporated someplace new.

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Kim Randall — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:10:13 -0000

You think there are too many Fail Whale issues now? Wait until multiple people are creating multiple accounts to try and make a quick dollar. Although the idea may be good there needs to be a more creative way to do something like this.

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Marc — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:43:22 -0000

Someone must create a twitter app that can recognize when ppl are using adCause like services and have it auto block every 5th tweet or 20th...

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Deborah — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:33:41 -0000

First thing I thought, Wow, way to lose your followers.

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Tim R. — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:30:46 -0000

Shawn..LOL. Wow creative folks over at AdCause! This model is doomed.

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Shawn N. — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:27:03 -0000

What a RIP OFF of crowdspring.com design. At least change the colors or something. hahaaa!

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Tim R. — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:20:25 -0000

This is reason #5,100 why Twitter needs to have developers apply for access to the API. This might be the dumbest ad model of all (out of Magpie, Twittad, AdCause). The pricing sructure doesnt make sense, like other posters have said; does the Tweet come across as just another Tweet or is it clearly an ad, ala #magpie.

Twitter needs to put a stop to all these ad ideas and either throw their support behind one and improve it, or wait until they all die. Either way the ads in tweets is a epic #fail IMO

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Rajio — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:17:27 -0000

Hey, this is perfect. I was just thinking 'wouldnt it be nice if there was a way I could drive away all my twitter followers' and here we go, the perfect solution!

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Marcus — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:01:31 -0000

So if MagPie would have launched with a "give to a cause" option then this idea would have not even been thought of. Everyone on Twitter knows that ads in tweets is not the answer. How are these tweets being displayed? Is there a notification that this is a AD TWEET?

Advertisers FLOCKED away from MagPie the second they saw the negative feedback. I dont care if you throw in the worlds greatest charities..if those charities find out about this idea, and know that the Twitter community doesnt like ads in Tweets. That charity will exit stage left.

I give it 2 months. Tops. If the bugs dont take it down sooner.

Re: Do What Twitter Can’t: Cash In On Your Twitter Stream

Jen — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:00:55 -0000

I do agree with a couple of the comments above that I would feel slightly like a sell out, but...

I also put my twitter stream onto my website. So my most recent tweet will show up on the frontpage of my website. If I could include those ads only within that - then that would make a bit more sense to me.

It wouldn't annoy my followers and it would be in a place where an ad would probably be more 'acceptable'.