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In-stream ads are already out there. Buy Adipex Without A Prescription, Some people are already making large sums of purportedly easy money by promoting products and services they know little or nothing about. I'm not so worried about their credibility - their followers will decide whether or not they should continue listening.
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I think Twitter’s going to make money in how they “open up” to the world access to their data beyond the APIs (that is, they really limit how far back you can go, etc.). I think in-stream advertising won’t be a big enough draw in comparison, but a subscription to that data stream? Yum.
You’ve raised some interesting points here Ross. I agree – I think Twitter will severely suffer if they sell out by allowing anyone to post tweets with the motive of making a quick buck.
On the other hand, you made the point of Google keeping AdWords clearly separated from organic search results, what if Twitter were to introduce a form of advertising system akin to the implementation of ads within Tweetie on the Mac and Twitterrific on iPhone where every 50 or so tweets is broken by a targeted ad placement? What if Twitter were to implement a similar strategy to earn revenue for themselves, perhaps ignoring (for now) the need for users to monetize their stream?
I’m in the mind that this may not be the best strategy right now – despite Twitter’s rapid expansion into the mainstream, is everyone going to put up with ads in their stream regardless of where they consume it?
The obvious opportunity that would evolve from this would be for Twitter to charge for “Pro” accounts of some form which would allow for users to opt out of receiving ads.
Perhaps these aren’t the best ideas for Twitter’s future right now though – I can see the backlash they would cause already, but they’re gonna need to bring some revenue in some day.
Having seen in-stream advertising and what it looks like on services like Digg? I have absolutely no problem with this what so ever. Just call it out as an ad and everyone will be happy.
Twitter needs a business model. This sort of gets them 1/4 of the way there.
Russ and Stuart – I’m not certain that in-stream advertising, at least as currently implemented by companies like Ad.ly, is a monetization strategy for Twitter. At the moment, Twitter makes NO money from those services. Twitter could turn around and require those services to share revenue, or pay fees to Twitter, but that hasn’t happened and it’s unclear whether it will.
Stuart – what does in-stream advertising look like on DIGG? Is it in the comments or in the stream of the posts that people vote on? Would you say the user experience on DIGG is an analog to that on Twitter? That’s where I’d focus and I see the experience on the two networks (and the people who use them), vastly different.
James – I agree that Twitter ultimately needs a revenue model. Clearly, they’ve decided for the moment to focus on growth and not revenue (history will tell whether they made the right choice. Google did the same thing at one point).
It’s all about expectations. I’ve always been surprised that Twitter didn’t charge for API access to its data. I believe that would ‘thin the herd’ of useless applications that are burying Twitter in API calls.
If Twitter is able to set an expectation with a client on whether or not an ad arises, it will probably educate the user to ignore it and impact might plummet. I’d rather see Twitter build a very robust monitoring and response engine… perhaps buying Radian6… so that companies can be alerted and can respond when their companies, products, services or people are mentioned.
Douglas – I agree that expectations are important. I’m not sure that it makes sense for Twitter to charge for API access until users of Twitter’s API are able to monetize their own activities. Of course, as is true of in-stream ads, that already appears to be happening so nothing stops Twitter from requiring revenue sharing (if they allowed such practices to continue).
Interesting thoughts about analytics. Radian6 is a broad product – I wonder if such a purchase would cause Twitter to lose focus – they’ve done a pretty good job patiently keeping their eyes on the road.
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