Comments on: Do You Want Fries With That?

By: Cory O'Brien

Cory O'Brien — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:15:08 +0000

At least when you go to a burger joint and they ask you if you want fries, you're the one that went to the burger joint. Magpie would be like if you were walking around with your friends, and one of your friends that's allergic to potatoes said “Let's go get some fries!” every five minutes.

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By: lfamous

lfamous — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:00:09 +0000

I think companies should create their own twitter profile to post news/tips and information on their product as coming from them.

Then, they should find people who like/use their product and have posted positively about it, and ask if they’ll be a twitter spokesperson.

They’d publicly welcome them as a spokesperson and that person would announce that they’re promoting that product. The # of tweets over a given period would be arranged by them, but I would expect no more than once/day.

If there was a product I loved and used, I’d be glad to talk about it. But it would have to be something I believe in.

By: Cheryl Smith

Cheryl Smith — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:47:13 +0000

Sort of like, can’t throw a stick in twitter without hitting at least one marketing type? ;-)

By: Rick Wolff

Rick Wolff — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:15:03 +0000

Here’s the thing about Twitter right now. And I must admit, all I have is my own experience to use anecdotally here, and my own selection of followees (?). No matter what your use of it, you can’t help but follow a lot of marketing type folk. By injecting marketing tweets into the stream, you’re forcing your followers to weigh their personal annoyance against a general desire to support the trade, and by extension a fellow practitioner. I think this might be an even bigger imposition than for a casual user who’s just come over from Facebook.

By: Cheryl Smith

Cheryl Smith — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:12:39 +0000

Great comments – some funny (Cory). No one weighing in yet on the “yes.”

Christopher – interesting idea for Twitter to monetize. Wonder what sort of push back they’d get if they tried it.

btw, only one of the people I’m following is trying it. Through search.twitter.com (htt://www.summize.com) I’ve seen others who have signed up. Check out #magpie to see what’s being offered up.

By: Julie Walraven

Julie Walraven — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:35:01 +0000

Hi Cheryl,

I agree that “Twitter is about conversation, first and foremost, not about push advertising.”

I’ve only been using Twitter for about 3 weeks, but I prefer to follow people who have some conversation going, than people who push a product without first engaging me.

I have built my business on trust and word of mouth referrals. I see that totally different from the #magpie concept.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:45:18 +0000

I think that this would make me stop following others who participated.

Due to the low cost for the advertiser I am sure this would be loaded with ads for viagra, video poker and you won a free iPhone.

I know that when my circle of twitter recommends a product or service there is a level of trust. I think this would be a violation of trust and really end up being excess noise. That being said.. Twitter itself on the other hand if they wanted subsidize their free service operating costs with a mandatory Twitter Corporate follow that tossed an ad here and there in our streams would be something I would support.

By: Nannette Saunders

Nannette Saunders — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:38:14 +0000

A Great Big No #IDon’tLikeIt here. I think that it is cool that folks who are big hitters could get paid but I’m sure I’d unfollow because of a bunch of advertising. If I was a big hitter I don’t think I would do it. Conversation and relationships mean much more to me than a few xtra bucks.

By: Cory O'Brien

Cory O'Brien — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:55:59 +0000

At least when you go to a burger joint and they ask you if you want fries, you’re the one that went to the burger joint. Magpie would be like if you were walking around with your friends, and one of your friends that’s allergic to potatoes said “Let’s go get some fries!” every five minutes.

http://thefutureofads.com/2008/11/03/magpie-tries-to-make-twitter-an-ad-network-fails/