Tag Archives: promoted trends

The biggest ripoff in social media

June 11, 2011

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TweetShare                    I don’t believe what I just read. I literally had to close the tab, click the link and read it again. Twitter Director of Revenue Adam Bain told Clickz this week that promoted trends have reached the astronomical price of $120,000. And what’s even more [...]

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Are promoted tweets and trends the right biz model for Twitter?

January 6, 2011

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Last month, when we were all starting to check out for the holidays, Twitter launched a new online form allowing users to purchase promoted tweets and trending topics. Up until that point, Twitter had been testing these avenues under pressure — sort of, but they haven’t made any money for four-plus year anyway. But this development signified Twitter belief in this paid media option as a tangible business model. And then the rains came.

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