So last night I was watching Larry King, (unusual for me), and Ashton Kutchner was on celebrating beating CNN to 1,000,000 Twitter followers. I have been registered on Twitter for a while, but not really used it. Are people REALLY interested in what I am doing or thinking? I do though subscribe to some of Kutchner's thoughts from the show last night...it is impressive to have a social network tool that can make one individual more powerful, (in that one arena) than an established global TV network.
I have ramped up my tweets today, just to see if it's my bag of nuts. I must say it's nice that certain people want to see my tweets, just as it is nice people read this drivel I write out here on my blog. Are we humans naturally social network beings? It is somewhat addictive. I subscribed to Mr. Kutchner's tweets to see what's going on and it is very interesting. As fellow Larry King guest P. Puffy Sean John Diddy Combs, (I think I have them all in there did I miss any?) said, when an artist or star issues a website, or blog it's usually an assistant, record company or film company doing it...when you see tweets it's actually from the celeb on his/her cell phone. Just now Ashton, (I'm now referring to him as Ashton as we've traded tweets and so now he must be a friend no?), posted a photo from his car showing the external temp where he is driving to be 102ºf, which is bloody hot! It is also, a direct way for celeb to keep in touch with their fans. Ashton has well over 1,000,000 fans following him, and they all got that photo. What happens when Ashton's new film comes out and he starts promoting it on his tweets?
So how do you make money on this Twitter thing? Well today I got a tweet ad from "Mailchimp", which showed up, not on my main Twitter web page, but on my app on my cell phone "Twitterific". So "Twitterific" is selling ads, but so far nothing on Twitter itself? Listen, together Ashton and I have 1,258,921 people following us, now that's an audience?! Now admittedly most of those people are following Ashton, I only have 8 people so far, but it's a start!
Hi Mal,
ReplyDeleteI've had the same questions about Twitter, too. Like you, I signed up but barely use it. A year ago, I "tweeted" that I was on my way to Starbucks and then I sort of forgot about it. To my horror, I found that some people were actually following me ... so about six months later, I tweeted that I had finally made it to Starbucks and I guess I've been there ever since. It's hard enough juggling a blog and keeping up w/Facebook let alone adding daily tweets into the mix ...
Best,
Marty
Wow someone followed you to Starbucks off Twitter, that's a little bit freaky lol.
ReplyDeleteMal,
ReplyDeleteIt's shaking out that the whole 1,000,000 users thing is some kidn of sad scam. The funny thing is Ashton Kutcher is a person of unique traits - rich, influential, access to media outlets , etc the average Twitter user- not so much.
Check it http://tinyurl.com/c9nn55
As for making money ... release yourself form the cahins of conventional revenue draws (cpm, etc) think brand integration, think product placement - I've already taken a few brands down that route with solid results.
http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/04/south-of-norths-easter-shoe-hunt-april.html
http://southofthenorth.blogspot.com/2009/04/easter-shoe-hunt-2009-recap.html
Very cool Jonny!!
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