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The Marketing Power of Twitter (proof)

Discussion in 'Twitter' started by Li Weng, Dec 28, 2008.

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    http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/15/twitter-has-made-dell-1-million-in-revenue/

    Twitter has made Dell $1 million in revenue

    Above is the original blog post.


    $1 million in revenue in the last 1 and
    a half years just from twitter is not
    bad at all.

    All they did was put out discount sales
    updates to their followers.

    I checked them out on twitter. Although
    Dell has a few different Twitter accounts
    for different divisions, all their updates
    are only in the hundreds. Most profiles
    less than 500 updates.

    Okay, it's true that Dell leveraged existing
    brand power, but Twitter is also a great
    way for branding and build credibility by itself.
     
    Li Weng, Dec 28, 2008 IP
  2. anouar

    anouar Peon

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    #2
    Good Info Weng,
    I believe that Twitter is one of the most powerfull tool in IM, Especially Buzz/viral Marketing.
     
    anouar, Dec 29, 2008 IP
  3. TheHappyInternetMan

    TheHappyInternetMan Banned

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    #3
    Absolutely.

    One of the key aspects of twitter is that of someone typing that message minutes or even seconds ago!

    People love when stuff is live, and this is very close to live.
     
    TheHappyInternetMan, Dec 29, 2008 IP
  4. M3rC

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    #4
    Excellent find Weng,
    Interesting read too 'cause recently I've written about Twitter and it can be manipulated as a great marketing tool.

    There's a reported 4-5 million twitter accounts!!!!! With another 5k-10k made new everyday!
    It's really a gold mine for marketers and waiting to be exploited sooner or later ;)
     
    M3rC, Dec 29, 2008 IP
  5. bobchrist

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    Tweetbay.com has launched classified site that integrate with twitter, I think it will make twitter a nice platform for Buying & Selling products among social circle.
     
    bobchrist, Dec 29, 2008 IP
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    itrush07 Well-Known Member

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    #6
    Cool, looks like I'm missing a lot here.. thanks for sharing this info guys..
     
    itrush07, Dec 29, 2008 IP
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    #7
    It's powerful but also very dependent on the specific situation
     
    MagicShovels, Dec 29, 2008 IP
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    #8
    does anyone have good tips on getting twitter followers?
     
    runnerunner, Dec 29, 2008 IP
  9. vijay420

    vijay420 Guest

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    #9
    twitter is very powerful few years ago only techie people or webmaster would go on it and now everyone goes on it.
     
    vijay420, Dec 29, 2008 IP
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    #10
    whoever thought up the concept of twitter is genius
     
    otbelite1, Dec 29, 2008 IP
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    #11
    This thread inspires me to study twitter again :cool:
     
    pumalean, Dec 29, 2008 IP
  12. Game Producer

    Game Producer Well-Known Member

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    #12
    Umm... where exactly Dell says this?
     
    Game Producer, Dec 29, 2008 IP
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    #13
    wow, it is great to hear. i recently joined twitter, i want to work more on that.
     
    asholar, Dec 30, 2008 IP
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    #14
    Yeah, the people who I see using the site as intended seem to be having great results with it. The spammers will get banned or ignored and complain that it doesn't work.:)
     
    Hagen, Dec 30, 2008 IP
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    #15
    Good find, but I don't think most people are quite that lucky. I'm going to give Twitter a shot since there has been so much discussion here lately. I setup my account af ew minutes ago. Unless you have a large following, I just don't think you'll recieve much traffic from this thing.
     
    PHPGator, Dec 30, 2008 IP
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    #16
    Joined twitter today and I'm addicted!!! I had a myspace page but pulled that down a year ago, I may go back and put one up. Twitter is another great way to promote your site!

    I'm using it for my site comedyworld - though my site is a niche site with in a larger market (concert tickets). I'm going to use it to get in contact with others I know and spread the word on my site!
     
    CWorld, Dec 30, 2008 IP