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Meet 'Leroy Stick,' BP's Biggest Social Networking Rival
2:30PM 6/08/2010
Energy, Technology, People, Media, BP
The Twitter account known as @BPGlobalPR has more than 135,000 followers and has raised thousands of dollars for cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico. But more importantly for founder "Leroy Stick," it's a place for people to creatively express their anger.
Ad.ly shows Twitter how to make money on Twitter: Targeted advertising
11:00AM 10/22/2009
It's no secret that Twitter still hasn't found a way to do much with money other than spend it. The company is pulling back on its plan not to run ads on the site, and continues to say that paid corporate accounts will likely be its ultimate revenue source. While the white-hot microblogging...
Unless you've been living in a cave, you've heard of Twitter. What you probably haven't heard is how the company plans to make money -- not even reporters covering the company have heard an coherent explanation for that. But now, with the completion of two deals, Twitter looks poised to see the...
Reality check: Twitter is not worth $1 billion
11:00AM 9/26/2009
So the venture capitalists have finally settled on a proper valuation for Twitter of $1 billion. This is based on a product with zero revenue and a history of struggles in figuring out how to generate revenue. I attribute this in part to the historic ambivalence of company founder and chief tech...
Does shilling on Twitter make you cash -- or simply a twit?
1:00PM 6/15/2009
Last month, fellow WalletPop blogger Aaron Crowe interviewed the CEO of Izea on how he pays bloggers to tout the wares of advertisers. Now Izea plans to move its controversial marketing onto Twitter. It will soon unveil a new program called Sponsored Tweets, which will pay Twitter users to promote...
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