Twitter Launches ‘Promoted Tweets’ to Make Money

by Devesh on April 14, 2010 · 26 comments






On Tuesday 13, 2010, Twitter announces its Business Model! Promoted tweets are coming in your Twitter feeds even if you use a Twitter client (third party application). Promoted Tweets are ordinary Tweets that businesses and organizations want to highlight to a wider group of users. Read more.

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How do you feel about Twitter trying to monetize the network?



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Shiva | Netchunks April 14, 2010 at 6:32 am

Ya, I had heard the news but I haven’t checked Twitter yet, will check out. They are trying to copy Digg… ha ha

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DEV April 14, 2010 at 6:39 am

hehe :D ..that’s exactly right bro :) .

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venkat April 14, 2010 at 11:23 am

well, people tried to make their tweets to be re-tweeted by their followers . now they can pay for it :D ….. social networking is never the same
.-= venkat´s last blog ..Analyzing your Meta Tags ! =-.

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DEV April 15, 2010 at 3:52 am

That’s exactly right Venkat :) and thanks for stopping by !!

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Moon Hussain April 14, 2010 at 2:05 pm

Dev, I’m not sure what exactly promoted tweets are and I cn’t check out the link since I”m at work.

Will have to read more later.
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DEV April 15, 2010 at 3:53 am

No problem Moon :) and thanks for commenting !!

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Onibalusi Bamidele April 14, 2010 at 4:16 pm

Let’s see how everything works, that will be a very good way for twitter to monetize their site.
Thanks for the great post.

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DEV April 15, 2010 at 3:54 am

You’re always welcome Onibalusi :)

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Hindi sms April 14, 2010 at 5:46 pm

I saw some changing on twitter homepage and have also read that twitter is planing to monetize their site…
I think they are so busy that why many user (including me) are facing login issue with their facebook application and twiiter have no time to look into this.”have you any idea about this.
.-= Hindi sms´s last blog ..Hindi sms joke =-.

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DEV April 15, 2010 at 4:00 am

Sorry bro, i have no idea about that !!

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Rajesh April 14, 2010 at 10:31 pm

thats really awesome news buddy.. wll luv to make money via twitter.. :)
.-= Rajesh´s last blog ..Add special effects on your photos with Photofunia =-.

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DEV April 15, 2010 at 4:01 am

That’s so great to hear :) .

Thanks for commenting !!!

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chandan April 15, 2010 at 5:31 am

That something interesting news. I will have to check it now. Thanks.
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DEV April 16, 2010 at 4:01 pm

You’re Welcome Chandan and thanks for stopping by!!

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navapavan April 15, 2010 at 11:07 am

Twitter going to start monetization, lets see how it effects the tweets.

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DEV April 16, 2010 at 4:03 pm

I don’t think it will get any success.

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Tek3D April 16, 2010 at 10:09 am

I read this news somewhere. I doubt in the success of promoted tweets.
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TechChunks April 17, 2010 at 6:00 am

I’m all for it as long as those search page ads remain relevant to my search phrases :P
.-= TechChunks´s last blog ..Twitter’s Money-Making Strategy Finally Launched – Promoted Tweets Are Live =-.

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Mardo April 18, 2010 at 10:00 am

Finally Twitter will start to make some money, but i think these promoted tweets will be annoying
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Money Funk April 18, 2010 at 8:42 pm

My Ubertwitter via Blackberry already does it is labeled as an “ad” in italics. I was afraid Twitter wasn’t going to label them. But i would assume privacy information would make them label as an ad, so that you can tell the difference. Everyone has to grow. I am interested to see how it works out for Twitter.
.-= Money Funk´s last blog ..Sunday Brunch with Christine =-.

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scheng1 April 19, 2010 at 11:35 am

While this is a good way for Twitter to generate cash, I doubt this is a sustainable business model. I think spammed tweets will increase.
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Wilson Mcnelly July 15, 2010 at 9:44 pm

Thanks for taking the time on this, I was searching everywhere for something similar, though this has proven to be just as helpful.

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