Search Marketing Communications

With Twitter continuing to make inroads into the consciousness of both the mobile and web communities, questions persist about how Twitter will make money.

Companies like Twittad.com have already begun trying to monetize Twitter traffic.

Twittad.com

From Twitaps.com:

Twittad allows users to monetize their Twitter profile by serving a ad on the background of their profile page. With over 54 million page views on Twitter.com, and 50%+ of Tweets coming from the web advertisers are willing to pay for that space. Twittad allows the transaction to occur.

How Twittad works:

Twitter Users

For Twittad Advertisers:

Twittad Advertisers

From Twittad.com:

TwittAd is not affiliated with Twitter.com. TwittAd was built using the Twitter open API.

It will be interesting to learn whether Twitter or another company discovers first how to capitalize and then monetize Twitter’s traffic.

Tags: Twittad, Twitter

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