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  • Telemill says
    You are the money making GOD waynesutton! You go boy!
  • herb says
    and quickly lose your followers?
  • Myriam ★彡 says
    ok waynesutton let's make a contract, i will do it for you :-) not on my private account but on my @ speedenglish account :-)
  • waynesutton says
    if most of your conversation is still the same they won't mind 5 tweets a day
  • waynesutton says
    beside you'll be surprised how many are doing it already.....
  • AmberCadabra
    I think you're going to get some people who stop trusting your tweets as sharing vs. pimping
  • AmberCadabra
    Tweeting something and sharing it because you like/hate/believe/want discussion is one thing
  • AmberCadabra
    but being paid to tweet...I dunno about that.
  • herb says
    perhaps, Wayne... but I remain skeptical
  • LidiaAnain says
    I still think it sucks!!!
  • AmberCadabra
    I follow people because they interest me and contribute to the dialogue. If someone started "sponsoring" their tweets i'd unfollow them.
  • AmberCadabra
    The companies that tweet do so to engage and talk with people on a human basis, not to pimp their company or brand.
  • Myriam ★彡 says
    5 time a day for a sponsor ? or you are clever to hide it with humor, or you lost your followers
  • AmberCadabra
    It's about building trust and relationships, not direct selling IMO
  • Myriam ★彡 says
    or they don't read your twitts and you loose your sponsor
  • MackCollier says
    So for $20 a week, you are going to potentially erode your brand and trust with others? You are selling yourself WAY too cheaply my man.
  • Myriam ★彡 says
    you can do this 2or 3 time a week with product placement and must be very careful
  • MackCollier says
    and the problem with this is, as Amber alludes to, it says that 'everything I say is for sale'. Again, that kills trust
  • AmberCadabra
    not everything has to be monetized, and this just make people think that you can be bought.
  • LidiaAnain says
    put the ads on your personal blogs, web sites and don't turn people who actually think you are half decent into a number
  • Myriam ★彡 says
    allthough US culture and approch is very different than European one
  • LidiaAnain says
    AmberCadabra a lot of people can be be bought and a lot of people value MONEY more than actual connections
  • AmberCadabra
    you're right Lidia. i'm sure some people woudl do this in a heartbeat, but I would never compromise my brand that way.
  • waynesutton says
    I NOT SAYING I DO that but if you look at the web people are gaming us!
  • LidiaAnain says
    and that is EXACTLY why mySpace failed and why many socnets will go the way of mySpace
  • AmberCadabra
    so that means we need to game in return? no thanks.
  • waynesutton says
    good point everyone but whats the difference between ads on your twitter & ads on your blog?
  • AmberCadabra
    personally, i don't do ads for the same reason.
  • LidiaAnain thinks
    the difference is that on blogs we expect it because they could help pay for your hosting bandwidth we eat up by visiting your site
  • MackCollier says
    Wayne I dont do ads on my blog for the same reason, they would give little/no value to my readers
  • MackCollier says
    any successful monetization of your content needs to also provide VALUE for people that are interacting with your content. Period.
  • kbodnar32 says
    I love that you re not talking about this on twitter :-D
  • waynesutton says
    plurk has it's advantages for conversation over twitter...yes I said it
  • thefencepost asks
    whats wrong with being a pimp every now and then
  • thefencepost asks
    i can't tell you how many blogs are out there promoting products and aren't even getting paid for it
  • thefencepost asks
    look at your own blog people, what do you write about, ever mention any products it it?
  • Myriam ★彡 says
    there's a difference if you put ads on the bckground and if you twitt content as ads
  • waynesutton says
    so true people pimp promote things they love.. Apple/iPhone prime example
  • MackCollier says
    Pimping and monetizing are two completely diff things, both can be done, but need to be done smartly
  • kbodnar32 says
    Wayne this had been a brilliant move to boost you plurk karma. Bravo.
  • thefencepost asks
    agreed, we are not talking spammers right
  • Jalapeno says
    twitter is SO SPAM Scared i don't know it would work. Spammer, Spammer, block, block, block.. lighten up. don't like their tweets unfollow
  • thefencepost asks
    who cares about karma, this is real conversation
  • MackCollier says
    Fence define 'spam'. Your def might be diff than mine.
  • thefencepost says
    if someone wants to pay me to put ads relevant to my personal products, I'd do it
  • thefencepost says
    people that are following 3000, and only have 2 followers usually is my first hint
  • thefencepost says
    their only tweets are spamming there get rich quick scheme
  • MackCollier says
    Fence I say that's not that bad, because you are already evangelizing that product, and your readers would likely be fine with it
  • LidiaAnain says
    u all can pimp all day but I will not turn tricks for ya! I would unfollow the minute I smell spam!
  • thefencepost says
    have to say, this has been a good topic whether you agree with it or not!
  • gwfrink3
    LidiaAnain hits it right on the nose for a lot of people. Ad=unfollow. I would appreciate a couple of live examples, waynesutton.
  • clayn asks
    don't you think that has diminishing value, as people move to third party apps like Twhirl?
  • waynesutton says
    interesting topic, I'm going to make the background & share it & see if people use it
  • waynesutton says
    either way I must say thanks for the conversation and I'm not going to spam or try to sell u anything but social media
  • gwfrink3
    Good point clayn. Third-party apps/interfaces are proliferating.
  • waynesutton
    clayn yes but look at what twitteriffic did, an add if not for the pro-version & most people don't mind it
  • gwfrink3
    most people don't mind as the price of the application waynesutton. I think the perceived economies are important.
  • PatriciaMuller says
    I haven't read all replies, but I just want to say that if lots of people follow Wayne, it's because he provide value.
  • PatriciaMuller says
    If he ever chooses to do that (ads), he'll continue to provide value. Same way ads work on blogs.
  • PatriciaMuller says
    I don't see how this is any different.
  • herb says
    it's the signal to noise ratio... If the noise becomes too great (people have different tolerances), he would lose followers.
  • gwfrink3
    ads work, PatriciaMuller, and also have side-effects which vary based on many factors. They're undeniable and real.

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