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Twitter May Have Found Its Business Model
Twitter May Have Found Its Business Model
Twitter ...what is it good for? It turns out this little service is good for a whole lot of things, despite the loud objections of people who've never really tried it. Even among true believers, though, it's been hard to figure out how this much loved company was going to afford to stay alive ...
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Inauguration Day on Twitter
Inauguration Day on Twitter
blog.twitter.com — It was a big day at Twitter HQ today and it's not even noon yet. We saw... 5x normal tweets-per-second and about 4x tweets-per-minute as this chart illustrates. Overall, Twitter sailed smoothly through the inauguration but at the peak, some folks did ... (more) Inauguration Day on Twitter
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  • galaga galaga
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    Yay monetization! It shouldn't cost too much to run, but the lavish bird garden and massive tweet parties probably will need to go.
    Posted 1/16/2009 respond (flag)
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Twitter wants a male twenty-something to follow “Thinking Moms”
The Next Web — ... According to ReadWriteWeb, this could be the basis of Twitter’s new business model. Companies could pay to wind up in the suggest list. Did all the funds of Momlogic to Twitter ads? ...

Would Twitter Charge You for Friends?
WebProNews Feed — ... Pay? Making money wasn't always the greatest concern for the founders of Twitter. It's success in terms of business interest practically came by accident, mirroring the thoughts of this post from Shomemoney . Everyone loves to speculate about how Twitter will make money though, and now that they have someone to lead the way in that department, it seems like a more relevant topic than ever. Marshall Kirkpatrick at Read Write Web (who likes to use Twellow ) shares some interesting thoughts on the subject, citing this tweet from Jason Calacanis ...

News Bits: Two Ways Twitter Could Make Money
Contentinople: — ... . Twitter quietly launched a tool called "Suggestions" this week that recommends other users to follow (or, add as a friend) on the site. If companies were included within users' Suggestions list and they compensated Twitter a certain amount ($1, Calcanis suggests) for every user that opted in to following them, Twitter could have a viable way to make money. Other recent dramatic developments: Hopes that ...

Twitter "suggestions" may provide company with road to money
Obsessable News Feed — ... As cool as it is, a lot of people have been scratching their heads trying to figure out how it can be a viable company. You don't pay to sign up, to follow the posts of friends, or to send the posts - tweets - in the first place. The site isn't riddled with ads, so how can Twitter make any money? It looks like the brains behind it finally came up with a solution, manifested as the new "suggested users" feature. ...

Marketing News Roundup, January 17
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim — ... YouTube still offers music choices, but apparently even their AudioSwap options aren’t immune to copyright infringement. Getting permission FTW. Want to get into video advertising?Google and SpotMixer are launch self-service video ads, so maybe that’ll be enough to help you get started. Yahoo’s really integrating its SearchMonkey apps, with Wikipedia SearchMonkey App now defaulted to on. Is it true? RWW says that Twitter may have found its business model—selling friends. Meanwhile, another Twitter ...

SitePoint Podcast #7: Let’s Get Twitter Out of Our System
SitePoint — ... Responding to Change: Updated Getter/Setter Syntax in IE8 RC 1 (IEBlog) Whitehouse.gov Relaunches with Cutting Edge Design change.gov Becomes whitehouse.gov (O’Reilly Radar) CSS Sprites on whitehouse.gov (Dave Shea) Listener Feedback from Karn (WebKarnage) Main Show Topic: Twitter Twitter catches up to Digg (Hitwise) Twitter May Have Found Its Business Model (ReadWriteWeb) Sarah’s Report: Twitter ...

Twitter's Suggested Users List is Part of Mainstream Push
Bloggers Blog: Blogging the Blogsphere — ... TechCrunch: How Much Is A Suggested Slot On Twitter Worth? Jason Calacanis Offers $250,000. PaidContent: Twitter Buzz Is Worth $250,000 To Some, Harder To Quantify For Others Valleywag: Blogfather Accuses Twitter of Payola Scheme He Pioneered Download Squad: Twitter Suggested Users: problem and solution Inquisitr: Lets face it: you don't matter Dave Winer: Why it's time to break out of Twitter ReadWriteWeb: Twitter May Have Found Its Business Model Posted in Twitter ...

Twitter Execs Clueless?
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim — ... business models, and their post wasn’t prompted by Twitter founders (at least, the post author, Bernard Lunn, didn’t mention them). ...

Twitter Turns To Outside Sources For Advice On Own Service
WebProNews Feed — ... business models, and their post wasn’t prompted by Twitter founders (at least, the post author, Bernard Lunn, didn’t mention them). ...

Journalists are overstepping the mark on asking about Twitter’s business model!
Josh Chandler — ... quite answer if and when it may happen. Unless, of course you are a “technology journalist” with nothing better to do then to re-hash old (I mean, really old!) discussions and make them into a feature piece for the UK’s Channel 4 TV news show. Now, this senseless mockery of pure journalistic integrity has already been committed by other organisations such as New York Times, ReadWriteWeb and VentureBeat. But, the point of the matter is that ...

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