Comments on: TwittAd launches ad marketplace for Twitter pages that no one sees

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Social Media Posts That Are Igniting In August — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:59:32 +0000

[...] out. I picked this post because it best explains how Twittad works, but Anthony Ha’s post, Twittad launches ad marketplace for Twitter pages that no one sees, is a great critique of the structure of the system. One worry of mine not pointed out in this [...]

By: Twittertise – Another Tool for Brand Management on Twitter | IT News Online

Twittertise – Another Tool for Brand Management on Twitter | IT News Online — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:38:12 +0000

[...] to sell any ads and provide any value to advertisers at all. Anthony Ha over at VentureBeat even argued that these ads will hardly be visible at all and I tend to agree with him [...]

By: James Eliason

James Eliason — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:31:17 +0000

Svetlana,

We are working on finding your email account in the database, I just sent you a message on Twitter if you could follow up on that we can get the confirmation email sent.

Also, when someone clicks on a user to send a Direct Message through Twitter, they see the ad background of the person they are sending the message to. So the ad background is being shown on more than just the front profile page.

Regards,
James Eliason
President CEO Twittad.com

By: Svetlana Gladkova

Svetlana Gladkova — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:44:05 +0000

Anthony, perfect explanation of how people rarely visit profiles on Twitter. I also visit everyone once I get a follower notification – but that's about it. Besides, in addition to hardly getting any views, the ads also lack any clicking functionality – thus I don't see any value for an advertiser at all.
But anyway it'll be interesting to see if our skepticism is valid when my one-month experiment with TwittAd is completed (Still waiting for my confirmation email, BTW.)

By: Twittertise – Another Tool for Brand Management on Twitter | Profy | Internet news and commentary

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:15:05 +0000

[...] to sell any ads and provide any value to advertisers at all. Anthony Ha over at VentureBeat even argued that these ads will hardly be visible at all and I tend to agree with him [...]

By: jonsteinberg

jonsteinberg — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:41:14 +0000

Anthony –
Check out my site twittertise.com…just alpha-launched softly over weekend…let me know if you have questions

By: Anthony Ha

Anthony Ha — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:48:56 +0000

Thanks for commenting, James. I'm definitely interested to see what else you guys come up with.

By: James Eliason

James Eliason — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:44:32 +0000

Point well taken, however there are a lot of site stats that we..meaning the general public, dont have access to. Your point is dead on though, just how many people view the profile pages? Well today Twittad has had 25 new followers...and I went to every single one of their profile pages and checked out everyones blog links. Am I along on this? Maybe.

However, lets think of Twitter on a much larger scale. Imagine more spruced up profile pages, allowing users to actually link more than 2-3 web addresses, pictures and other applications. If Twitter produces that model, site views and the amount of time users spend on the Twitter website will go up. And so will advertising prices.

We are working on increasing the scope of Twittad.com everyday, stay tuned because we have some pretty cool stuff going on.

Regards,
James Eliason
Twittad President/CEO