Comments on: Monetizing Twitter and Dealing with the Noise

By: UPVC Windows

UPVC Windows — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:59:00 +0000

I think it would be good for twitter to introduce the charge option. Although it would put many people off the actual site i think.

By: Matt Chatterley

Matt Chatterley — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:56:01 +0000

@Duane – I think customisations will possibly creep in, but have a gut feeling they might be freebies to try and maintain or build interest – and also to get people to invest more time into their twitter accounts. Lets face it, teenagers love customising pages as much or more than business owners!

@Jason – I think you’re right, and verified business accounts, et al is going to be a big part of their strategy. Micropayments would be an interesting twist. There are lots of options from the “corporate” angle – but many of them already exist on the net (e.g. reviews and ratings, etc) – and some are best suited to 3rd party apps (e.g. MrTweet).

Or possibly, they’ll get swallowed whole by one of the ‘bigger’ players in the market, and slowly slip down the slippery slope into oblivion. It seems unlikely right now, but you never know!

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:27:26 +0000

I really believe the way they are going to do this is verified business accounts.

This will give businesses the position of being a ‘partner’ within twitter and may open up other options such as micro payments (similar to paypal) through twitter too.

The verified account logo appears on your business profile and automatically gives extra credibility to what you are doing, so you are seen as a trusted business.

But then if they do this, the question is what is to stop 1000 mlm and suchlike schemes (that are clearly not that trusted) getting an account too?