Comments on: Business models and acquisition thoughts on Twitter

By: Jonathan Trenn

Jonathan Trenn — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:04:47 +0000

Tris

First of all, congrats on this new gig. Very happy for you. And yes, I agree with your prediction that you may be syndicated some day.

Regarding Jason’s predictions on advertising on Twitter. I don’t know…I can’t see every 20th or every 200th tweet. As a potential media buyer, I’d think, what am I buying? Will this person see the ad if they’re online but on another site? How can I target? Can Twitter teach me out the person before I send them an ad? Frequency? I think Chris Brogan gets about a dozen tweets a minute. Others may get a dozen every three hours.

Now if the registration process was a bit more structured, and ads could be delivered on a more localized basis, it may be a bit different.

I’m betting by the time Twitter moves in this direction, they will have made some necessary changes to meet these challenges.

Google buying Skype? You think so? They’re certainly established. Right now I’m doing some work for http://www.oovoo.com. Great service and easier to use. You can have six people at once, all on video.

Frankly, I see Twitter creating a pay-for-play type service for some group setting that could include video. If you’re going to start charging people or change revenue model in some way, it’s best to add something extra. My two cents.

By: allen

allen — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:46:03 +0000

i started it off :) jason followed me :) thanks for spelling my name right and welcome back!

By: Ben Tremblay

Ben Tremblay — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:35:24 +0000

I’m not carnivorous … that’s the wrong image. With tech_docs I say it’s “eye of an eagle” along with the manners of a pit-bull. But with business … the analogy that comes to mind is too personal to share in a blog. Let’s just say I watch and am patient.

I was very disappointed when blogspot went to google; I think Ev could have had some more inspired support. But that’s our times.

What came to mind just now, reading your post, was “How come companies like SixApart doesn’t show some real pizzaz?” Obvious enough to buy LJ. (I said from the start that Vox was right pretty … and I go there maybe 4 times a year.) And also obvious to sell it … but more painfully.

Who would do Twitter right? No, not “Whose gonna give the creators 7 figures in the bank?” but who has the gut-feel for it?

I have PowWow as part of my personal experience; I don’t just know how good community comms can be (I worked for TELCO and have had a ham licence for over 30 years … free resource is nothing new to me.) but what happened to that lovely platform informs me of how quickly things can turn black and die.

may ‘08 be a year of “outrageously brilliant glory!”

cheers
ben