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Should Twitter Collect More User Data?

Should Twitter Collect More User Data?

Twitter’s ad platform is based on its resonance metric. A resonance score is computed with various factors in mind, like number of retweets, favorites, impressions and clicks. Simply put, Twitter measures and only shows ads that resonate well with users. That’s not all. Users are targeted based on what they search on Twitter. For example, a user who searches for ‘coffee’ tweets may see a Starbucks promoted tweet. Twitter’s resonance metric does help to make ads better for the community. But I wonder if it is helping advertisers to target the right ...

Are Marketers Interested in Twitter Promoted Products?

Are Marketers Interested in Twitter Promoted Products?

According to early adopters like Virgin America, Bravo TV and Red Bull, Twitter’s Promoted Products are highly effective. Virgin America reported that Promoted Tweets helped the airline record its fifth-highest sales day in the entire airline’s history. But that was back in April-May, when Promoted Tweets was launched. A huge proportion of the clicks was due to novelty of the ad product. Everyone wanted to know what Promoted Tweet was at that time. So, after nearly 8 months, we wonder if marketers are willing to invest in Twitter’s Promoted Products. TWTRCON and ...

Twitter’s Highly Admirable Ad Platform

Twitter’s Highly Admirable Ad Platform

We’re glad. Twitter said no to big and ugly display ads. Instead, it has smartly incorporated ads with its search and tweets. Its resonance metric, which the micro-blogging site didn’t explicitly state on how it works, also acts as a gatekeeper to ensure ads are relevant to users. We admire Twitter’s approach toward monetization but questioned its effectiveness when it was first announced. It wasn’t too long before our questions were convincingly answered. Early adopters are chirping the new advertising platform’s praises. Virgin America, enjoyed huge success. After it’s Promoted Tweets campaign went ...

Twitter绝好的广告平台

Twitter绝好的广告平台

我们很高兴。Twitter向巨大丑陋的显示广告说不。相反,它聪明地将广告纳入到它的搜索引擎与Tweets之中。 它的“共鸣度”(resonance metric),虽然没有被这个微型博客网站明确说明如何运作,却充当了确保广告对于用户相关性的看门人角色。 我们赞赏Twitter的币值化方式,虽然当这种方式一开始被宣布出来时,我们曾质疑其有效性。 不久之后我们的质疑很快得到了具有说服力的答案。早期做广告者现正不断赞扬这个广告平台。维珍美国航空享受了巨大的成功。当它在Twitter广告平台Promoted Tweets上的广告活动开始之后,这个航空公司创下了有史以来第五高的单天销售记录。这真是太神奇了。 在与美国广告交易周刊Adweek的一次采访中,Twitter首席运营官Dick Costolo说:“它们(显示广告)只能有这么大,且只能占据这么点空间。” Costolo谈论了最近给予品牌更多网页空间的努力。他说,初创企业往往匆忙采取现有广告模式,这一点也在同一天早些时候被风险资本家及Twitter赞助人Fred Wilson提及。 “他们将短期收入最大化,却牺牲了这个平台的长期健康“,Costolo说。 根据Twitter所掌握的信息,广告平台Promoted Trends使围绕某一个话题的对话数增长了300%至500%。对于在另一个广告平台Promoted Tweets上做广告的产品来说,Twitter报告了平均5%的参与率(定义为对于某一链接的一次点击、一个回复,或重新发出的一条Tweet)。 “即使你将这个数字的50%归因于这个网路平台的新颖奇特,这样的参与率也已经很高了”,Costolo说。根据Costolo所说,到目前为止,已经有大约40个品牌在Twitter上进行广告活动,广告合约更新率为80%。 在推出了两个广告平台Promoted Tweets与Promoted Trends之后(《灵动:鬼影实录2》是最新的广告客户),Twitter计划推出Promoted Account新功能来与现行的账号建议功能形成互补。

Twitter Has 24 Billion Search Queries Per Month

Twitter Has 24 Billion Search Queries Per Month

Search engine has taken a new form, where results are shown in nuggets of information kept within 140 characters each. Yes, that’s Twitter! According to its co-founder, Biz Stone, the micro-blogging site has reached over 800 million search queries. That's over 24 billion searches per month, more than Bing (4.1 billion) and Yahoo (9.4 billion) combined. From Fast Company: "While Stone's company is still a long way off from Google, which supports around 88 billion search queries per month, Twitter is quickly catching up. Since last April, Twitter searches are up 33%. To ...

Twitter Got Its Promoted Trends Right For Now

Twitter Got Its Promoted Trends Right For Now

Twitter has gotten it right, for now. From what we have learnt from Mashable, some parts of the Promoted Trends are as what we have initially thought. So, here’s how it works. The ad link is placed at the bottom of the trend list, stating that it’s a paid ad. Clicking on the link will bring a user to a real-time search result page (Toy Story 3 for this example). Users don’t get fed with intrusive and controlled ad messages. Instead the so-called ad messages are generated by Twitter users themselves, which makes ...

Thoughts On Twitter’s Promoted Trends

Thoughts On Twitter’s Promoted Trends

After tasting the initial success of its Promoted Tweets, Twitter’s ambition grew. Now, it plans to place advertisements on its prime asset – its trending topic leader board, dubbed as Promoted Trends. Of course, without much information, it is hard to debate whether it would attract dollars from businesses. But judging from the success Twitter has enjoyed through its tweet-like ads, there are several key pointers, whereby the micro-blogging site can learn from to maximize Promoted Trends’ success rate. System Twitter’s Promoted Trends algorithm has to create a win-win system for all stakeholders – ...

Early Adopters Of Twitter Promoted Tweets Claim ROI Success

Early Adopters Of Twitter Promoted Tweets Claim ROI Success

Promoted Tweets early adopters are chirping the new advertising platform's praises. Brandweek reported that big brands like Virgin America, Bravo TV and Red Bull are extremely pleased with the impact and ROI brought forth by Twitter's advertising platform. Among them, Virgin seems to be the brand that is enjoying the most success so far. On the day when Virgin's Promoted Tweets campaign went live, the airline recorded its fifth-highest sales day in the entire airline’s history. It was said that Twitter's viral retweeting culture and having the Virgin brand associated with the ...

3 Reasons Why Twitter’s Promoted Tweets Must Improve

3 Reasons Why Twitter’s Promoted Tweets Must Improve

Twitter’s Promoted Tweets ad platform has gone live, and several major corporations, like Starbucks and Sony Pictures have dived straight in to test its effectiveness. Promoted Tweets, since it first came into the scene, has promised much to both businesses and users. Users will, for a start, be exposed only to relevant Promoted Tweets (a.k.a ads) and  ads in Twitter’s search results. Also, Promoted Tweets that don’t perform well under Twitter’s resonance metrics will be automatically removed. Businesses, on the other hand, can promote not only to their own followers, but also to ...

How Twitter Promoted Tweets Can Benefit Businesses

How Twitter Promoted Tweets Can Benefit Businesses

Finally! Twitter is going to launch its advertising platform on Tuesday, according to The New York Times. As expected, Twitter would be rolling out phases of the platform. The first phase of the Promoted Tweets platform is already supported by advertising partners like Best Buy, Bravo, Red Bull, Sony Pictures, Starbucks, and Virgin America. The tweets would appear on top of Twitter search results, but limited to one per page. To provide a targeted audience and help advertising partners track ad performance, Twitter has a "resonance" metric that takes into account number ...

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