Comments on: Twitter Premium Hoax Really a Bad Idea?

By: Barbara Duplesis

Barbara Duplesis — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:21:27 +0000

Howdy. pleasant job. I really would definitely not foresee this excellent website on a sun.

By: Ellis Toussier

Ellis Toussier — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:21:56 +0000

It costs several million dollars in salaries and expenses to run a place like Twitter. I am all for them earning a few extra billion dollars because it wouldn’t come out of my hide, or not all of it would come out of my hide.

They are giving us something that is valuable, and they deserve to earn a profit, if we decide to pay them for their service.

If I would decide to stay free, I would stay free… If I would decide to upgrade, I would upgrade… why should anybody else complain if I (or somebody else) would decide to pay? I think I would not upgrade (if the upgrade existed… which it doesn’t, yet…) but I might if I would want to.

- Ellis2ca (The Incredible Dirty Old Man Who Does Not Grow Older…)

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:53:06 +0000

So all this Twitter stuff is real interesting – but I have a question, why is it that no mater where I click on the “Claim Your FREE Copy of Twitter List-Building by Clicking Here” links on you page at http://www.bluebirdlistbuilding.com/ I get taken to a shopping cart that asks me to pay $97.

Maybe I have a different definition of “free”.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Sat, 09 May 2009 12:38:50 +0000

This is very typical of the internet marketing community to be so positive about wanting to monetize something as successful Twitter or Facebook by charging a fee.

There is no way that these sites would be as successful as they are if they charged a fee. It seems its always a typical internet marketers response to want to charge for everything. It really goes to show how uneducated and one dimensional when it comes to business a lot of you are.

By: Speed-Investing

Speed-Investing — Sat, 02 May 2009 07:16:00 +0000

Hey Ryan,

Thanks for sharing this story today at the SuperConference. You kicked ass up on stage and loved every minute.

By: Kayla

Kayla — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:44:46 +0000

I agree that would be a good idea, despite that it was originally just a hoax. Twitter is such a big thing for advertisers today, it would be very beneficial.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:42:57 +0000

I am 100% in agreement. I’m sure it would make a lot of Twitter faithfuls a bit more comfortable knowing their favorite past-time is financially stable.

One feature I would add to the Premium is the ability to embed an image (no bigger than a profile image)!

By: Domain Superstar

Domain Superstar — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:53:22 +0000

Interesting idea. The million (billion) dollar question: “How do you best monetize Twitter?”

By: Clint

Clint — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:37:51 +0000

I would pay that premium for sure. I would think there is definitely ways to monetize twitter.

By: Jack Humphrey

Jack Humphrey — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:51:32 +0000

I have found that you can say some pretty outrageous things that, to you, seem enough of a joke that everyone will get it and not take it seriously. I couldn’t believe how many people tweeted about that as if it was real.

If you read it, it is clearly tongue in cheek, but I guess most people really do scan – just like copywriters are always telling us.

In the joke, though, is probably a good idea. I’d sign up for premium service without even seeing what was included.