Twitter will offer companies the ability to have ‘Promoted Tweets’, which are sponsored tweets that will be pinned to the top of search results. But don’t expect anything fancy. Other than staying on top of the search stream, they’ll be just like any other tweets. Twitter already has a few companies lined up to promote their tweets, including Best Buy, Bravo, Starbucks and Virgin America.
Twitter has thus far stepped carefully in adding revenue to the site, especially in the form of advertisements. Knowing that the ease of use and the quick passing of information without much intrusion is the key to Twitter’s success, any obnoxious advertising scheme could have a huge negative effect on the company. Promoted tweets will mimic any other message and, initially, only show up in search results, though this could expand if the program in successful.
The interesting twist is that Twitter will monitor the promoted tweets. Those that don’t prove successful in the form of being retweeted around the network will see less display time in the search results to the point of being dropped completely. This means the sponsored messages must appeal to Twitter users in a way that makes them want to interact and pass along the message. So don’t expect to see “Drink Starbucks coffee because it tastes good.” Instead, we’ll be seeing tweets like “1/2 off Chai Lattes all day long.”
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While checking on my blog traffic, I noticed that the majority of the search was on Airasia Promotion. At first, I was wondering why then it occurred to me that Chinese New Year is coming soon – It’s traveling time for the Chinese scattered around the world!
I don’t mean to discourage you but to buy tickets for the Chinese New Year period around this time is close to impossible. Even if you managed to get one, the fare would be as much as what you would pay for taking MAS.
Well, I can only hope that there will still be Airasia tickets available for those of you who had not gotten your ticket yet. In my own experience, you have to make an advance purchase which typically 6 months ahead if you want to fly somewhere around the Chinese New Year period.
Anyway, don’t give up. Keep on checking, if you are lucky enough, you might just get your tickets to get home during the Chinese New Year.
Good Luck!
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