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Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

Christine — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:33:24 -0000

Actually, the sponsored tweets and sponsored blogs are very different. I've signed up for both and there's a big difference. For one, the sponsored blog posts are generally about a specific product or website. If I've used the product or visited the website, I'll do a post about it like any other review I've done (and I"ve done books and products for free stuff as well as for pay). I give my honest opinion and I am totally transparent about the post. With the sponsored tweets, so far, it goes like this. I get a message saying someone wants me to tweet for them. I take a look at what it is, and approve or decline the ad. So far, it's been things like go see this special deal at this store with a link. I've sent TONS of tweets out like that, both things I've found myself and retweeting others. AND some of those were for people direct websites where they were selling stuff... I saw nothing wrong with me passing on stuff like that, so why shouldn't the bigger stores, like KMart, Target, Sears, etc. pay me to do the same thing? Anything that I wouldn't want to be associated with I can decline, if the ad is too spamming, I can decline... I don't feel like I"m risking my twitter reputation because I have total control over what's being tweeted and how often. With magpie, you didn't have that much control, it would automatically send stuff out in specified intervals... that was annoying! I didn't sign up for that because of the spam quality.

What I sent out on my twitter account, was ONE tweet, sending out a link to a special announcement, ONCE and then I got paid over $9 for it. I think my reputation can handle one tweet now and then that is "sponsored".

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

StayBank — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:13:05 -0000

Hate spam, but don't see much of a problem with sponsors, or the occasional ad. If one has a problem with either, they can revert to reading the updates from @mooch that say some like, "Checking out the products at Gitzurone Market and eating all the samples!"

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

briancarter — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:56:19 -0000

TweetROI (http://www.tweetroi.com/) will launch on July 6th, 2009. We've been working on that since January 2009. We allow the Twitterer to choose campaigns, personalize the tweet, and schedule it. There's also technology in place for hashtag disclosure in compliance with the spirit of the FTC's regulation. Full info here at the blog: http://www.tweetroi.com/blog

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

Josh — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:37:24 -0000

Didn't Izea already do this with SocialSpark? I think they did. I also don't see how a paid review is devalued by the fact that it's paid. I have real issues with PayPerPost, though Izea controls both, because PPP still gives the almighty Advertiser the ability to request positive feedback only while SocialSpark's Publishers get paid no matter if the review is negative or positive, but that's not really the issue.

I think you get a lot of hypocrites when you get into what's allowed and not allowed on the web, especially when it comes to advertising. Don't tell me you don't write about specific subjects in a specific tone to keep your visitors coming and your advertisers paying. It's the nature of things.

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

nhakhoathammy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:43:30 -0000

I think that will bring that amount to the business and for poor students

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

Street Parlay — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:14:56 -0000

I think this will ruin twitter and spread nothing but spam throughout the site. Just like Myspace and even music in general, once the corporations come the magic is gone. Twitter barely had any magic so....whatever

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

Dan Sherman — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:54:48 -0000

On the contrary, I think it will improve the twittersphere. Perhaps someone who has something valuable to say via a twitter stream will now justify their jumping into the twittersphere because they now can get compensated for their words, or art, or pictures... or whatever it is that is of value to tweet.

Free content is basically worth what you pay for it. What if money were funneled in an organic way, to those that have something worthwhile to say on twitter? Think about that. The people who don't have anything great to say and no one wants to listen to, will not get much pay anyway, since their followership will be less. It's called free markets and capitalism. Read up on it. :-)

Cheers!
Dan

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

_CEO_ — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:25:45 -0000

You're wrong. This type of crap ruins the legitimacy of the service and plants doubt in peoples minds whenever someone chooses to mention any company, product, service etc.

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

_CEO_ — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:23:37 -0000

YES and it already has.

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

Elisa Camahort Page — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:17:38 -0000

This post (and the many interesting comments) inspired me to start a comment that was going to be a long one. I have a personal rule: If a comment exceeds three paragraphs, it's meant to be a post. And so i wrote one. Summary thought: Will PPT ruin twitter? Not my twitter.

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

diptychal — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:00:01 -0000

John Mayer's little experiment is probably a pretty good way to guess how sponsored tweets are received - particularly from the users with enough followers to actually make the whole idea of advertising effective

http://www.iphonesavior.com...

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

raquel rita — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:20:35 -0000

i just would love if we could keep tweet in a simple way. love the quality instead of quantity, and hate when human beings start complicating something fun that started simple...

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

Thom Kennon — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:30:08 -0000

We had Ted into the agency last week, and have been watching how his model has changed the blogger commercial paradigm. It is tricky stuff, and certainly when people know - or suspect - an opinion or recommendaiton is paid for it loses almost 100% of its value when it comes to generating social media awareness, affinity or referral. Traffic, yes, but...

But if we think of AdSense as the first rung on the ladder for peeps monetizing their blog/ forum content & conversations, pay per post is a logical, if not wholly pretty, next step in the commercialization of social media.

And as others have suggested here, when it starts to mess with our heads and Twitter feeds, stop huffing and simply 'no follow' like we've all been doing anyway with the current generation of Magpiers and direct spammers.

But here's a thought --- what if the #spon hash tag became Twitter's monetization model. Simple huh? Just like AdSense and the maturing media models that now support networks like Gawker, Federated, AOL Bloggers etc have kept good content free (say "thank you" TC, Mashable, RWW etc) maybe Twitter keeps the channel free and stays profitably in business by selling #spon Tweets.

"PPT" (Pay Per Tag), baby... and we're free to ignore or click just like we do with all our other online media.

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

Tim — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:10:42 -0000

I unfollow and block anyway when I figure out someone is using their twitter account primarily for spam. The #spon would be nice so I could filter it out but, as others have mentioned, I doubt it would last long.

ps. for what it's worth, I don't think Ebert is paid by the producers of the movies he is rating.

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

macewan — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:24:02 -0000

Folks need to understand that PayPerPost destroyed blog rankings over night. Google views Izea blogs as tainted goods. If you want to become a spammer overnight then feel free to pay per tweet.

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

mickerlodeon — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:49:22 -0000

One word: "unfollow."

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

QueridaCampbell — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:45:39 -0000

Whenever I receive a direct twitter message that reads, "Thx for following me, I'm following u2. Check out this system for generating more followers..." or "Welcome friend! Would you like to get 50-100 leads a day from Twitter? Go here now", I immediately block that tweeter for all eternity.

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

Samantha Marquis — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:42:24 -0000

I will block any users that send this junk, that's just nasty and disrespectful.

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

JustinSMV — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:49:56 -0000

LAME!

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

Jim Mitchem — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:49:47 -0000

Wow. maybe it's a browser thing. It looks perfectly crisp on in firefox (using mac) and in chrome (via pc)? I mean - crisp!

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

Jillian C. York — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:46:30 -0000

Twitter lost its "purity" when Oprah showed up and the unwashed masses followed suit, with absurd daily memes and obnoxious bios.

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

Jillian C. York — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:45:04 -0000

I second it - it's not the font but the grey-on-black that's nearly impossible to look at.

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

Ted Murphy — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:05:55 -0000

Sponsored Tweets are nothing new guys. Take a look at TechCrunch.
http://www.ted.me/sponsored...

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

Therran Oliphant — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:01:11 -0000

*tsk tsk tsk* Twitter you disappoint. The rush to monetize and grab corporate dollars is imminent. This will change the way people decide to follow others. This is disppointing because I recently saw an interview with the Twitter founder and he said the the investors were "patient." I guess not as patient as the users.

Re: Will Pay Per Tweet Ruin Twitter?

C7 — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:55:23 -0000

Yeppers Chris with you on that one, been done, and been doing it ;)