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Small Business Willing to Pay $1/Tweet to Send Ads

35 points by ph0rque 18y ago

rokhayakebe 18y ago
I did the same using Summize (before it got acquired), and every 2 minutes there would be a tweet about the keywords I target. But be careful one could consider it spam, so I would suggest you read their tweet and respond accordingly.
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sant0sk1 18y ago
Balsamiq Studios LLC is slowly earning hero status in my eyes. Peldi's entrepreneurial spirit is contagious. The major problem with this form of advertising is that it takes a person with tact, diplomacy, and self control to do it right. If Twitter supports the '$1 / $$ message' universally it will attract many advertisers lacking any if all of those characteristics. That could result in a diluted user experience and eventual spamization of the system. Still, in its purest form (and micro doses), this is a great way to perform grassroots marketing.
- j2d2 18y ago
  I don't agree that your concern applies. Twitter is an opt-in system so users that abuse their lists will die when people get annoyed and unsubscribe.
  - sant0sk1 18y ago
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't you @ message somebody even if they aren't following you? He is not referring to a general $$ tweet, but to an @ $$ tweet.
    - j2d2 18y ago
      Sure, but that's easy enough to solve if revenue is at stake.
- Hexstream 18y ago
  Well, 1$ per message is prohibitively expensive for most spamming operations I think...
  - sant0sk1 18y ago
    Unless you broaden your definition of spam. I believe I can be spammed by legitimate companies of which I am a customer. For instance, GoDaddy, Amazon, NewEgg, et al spam me all the time. It's not that I don't enjoy their products/services, but they are emailing me unsolicited advertisements (yes, I know I can opt out). This is the type of spamization I am referring to, not Nigerian scams, Viagra ads, and the like. I don't think $1 / message is prohibitive for a GoDaddy or an Amazon.
anthonyrubin 18y ago
LEELA: Didn't you have ads in the twentieth century? FRY: Well, sure, but not in our dreams. Only on TV and radio... and in magazines... and movies, and at ballgames, and on buses, and milk cartons, and T-shirts, and bananas, and written in the sky. But not in dreams, no sirree.
fallentimes 18y ago
I think we'll just keep doing it for free. It's not like I'm forcing people to follow us: twitter.com/ticketstumbler
- j2d2 18y ago
  So will amazon. http://twitter.com/amazonmp3/ http://twitter.com/amazonmp3/
- balsamiq 18y ago
  Hi. I was not referring to my general tweets, just direct tweets to people who don't follow me already.
babul 18y ago
> I am ready to pay Twitter a dollar for each of my tweets that starts with $$ This could get very expensive very fast, but still looks like great ROI considering people on twitter are still early adopters (and hence have money and are willing to spend it) and if they do mention one of the keywords listed, they will probably want the product. To be really effective you will need to quickly scan the tweet (NLP or just look at the users profile) to filter results, but considering the current signal-to-noise on twitter, even brute-force is worth it. Other startups have been doing this for a while e.g. FreshBooks, but no one has offered money yet. Twitters revenue model solved. ;)
maxklein 18y ago
Just make a twitter account for your business. Anyone following that expects to receive information about products. I don't see what the problem is.
- balsamiq 18y ago
  Hi there. In my post I was referring to my direct tweets to people who don't already follow me.
  - maxklein 18y ago
    Well, that's spam then bro :)

35 points by ph0rque 18y ago

I did the same using Summize (before it got acquired), and every 2 minutes there would be a tweet about the keywords I target. But be careful one could consider it spam, so I would suggest you read their tweet and respond accordingly.

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sant0sk1 18y ago

Balsamiq Studios LLC is slowly earning hero status in my eyes. Peldi's entrepreneurial spirit is contagious. The major problem with this form of advertising is that it takes a person with tact, diplomacy, and self control to do it right. If Twitter supports the '$1 / $$ message' universally it will attract many advertisers lacking any if all of those characteristics. That could result in a diluted user experience and eventual spamization of the system. Still, in its purest form (and micro doses), this is a great way to perform grassroots marketing.

j2d2 18y ago
I don't agree that your concern applies. Twitter is an opt-in system so users that abuse their lists will die when people get annoyed and unsubscribe.
- sant0sk1 18y ago
  Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't you @ message somebody even if they aren't following you? He is not referring to a general $$ tweet, but to an @ $$ tweet.
  - j2d2 18y ago
    Sure, but that's easy enough to solve if revenue is at stake.
Hexstream 18y ago
Well, 1$ per message is prohibitively expensive for most spamming operations I think...
- sant0sk1 18y ago
  Unless you broaden your definition of spam. I believe I can be spammed by legitimate companies of which I am a customer. For instance, GoDaddy, Amazon, NewEgg, et al spam me all the time. It's not that I don't enjoy their products/services, but they are emailing me unsolicited advertisements (yes, I know I can opt out). This is the type of spamization I am referring to, not Nigerian scams, Viagra ads, and the like. I don't think $1 / message is prohibitive for a GoDaddy or an Amazon.

anthonyrubin 18y ago

LEELA: Didn't you have ads in the twentieth century? FRY: Well, sure, but not in our dreams. Only on TV and radio... and in magazines... and movies, and at ballgames, and on buses, and milk cartons, and T-shirts, and bananas, and written in the sky. But not in dreams, no sirree.

fallentimes 18y ago

I think we'll just keep doing it for free. It's not like I'm forcing people to follow us: twitter.com/ticketstumbler

j2d2 18y ago
So will amazon. http://twitter.com/amazonmp3/ http://twitter.com/amazonmp3/
balsamiq 18y ago
Hi. I was not referring to my general tweets, just direct tweets to people who don't follow me already.

babul 18y ago

> I am ready to pay Twitter a dollar for each of my tweets that starts with $$ This could get very expensive very fast, but still looks like great ROI considering people on twitter are still early adopters (and hence have money and are willing to spend it) and if they do mention one of the keywords listed, they will probably want the product. To be really effective you will need to quickly scan the tweet (NLP or just look at the users profile) to filter results, but considering the current signal-to-noise on twitter, even brute-force is worth it. Other startups have been doing this for a while e.g. FreshBooks, but no one has offered money yet. Twitters revenue model solved. ;)

maxklein 18y ago

Just make a twitter account for your business. Anyone following that expects to receive information about products. I don't see what the problem is.

balsamiq 18y ago
Hi there. In my post I was referring to my direct tweets to people who don't already follow me.
- maxklein 18y ago
  Well, that's spam then bro :)