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Twitter Quote of the Day

“We wanted to show people that we’re here to stay and here we are making money.” - Twitter co-founder Biz Stone at the 140: Twitter Conference in Los Angeles. That said, Stone also proclaimed Twitter does not plan to put ads on the service this year, which could lead one to believe ads could be [...]
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What Does Twitter Do With $50 Million?

According to TechCrunch, Twitter is poised to raise another $50-million – a move that will give it a $1-billion valuation. Given Twitter still has about $30-million in the bank and about 50 employees, why does Twitter need another $50-million othen than giving itself another five years of burn. Here are some ideas: 1. It’s going [...]
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Will Businesses Pay for Twitter?

Last week, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone disclosed that Twitter plans to launch a “commercial layer” later this year in which it will provide premium services to companies that will include statistics and analytics. On the surface, this seems like a good idea given there’s growing demand among business for insight and information about social media [...]
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Here’s How Twitter is Going to Make Money…Really!

Are you tired yet about how Twitter, the fast-growing microblogging service, is going to make money? Well, the wait may soon be over. According to co-founder Biz Stone, Twitter is going to have corporate customers such as Dell, Whole Foods and Starbucks pay it to provide valued-added services such as account verification, analytics and multiple [...]
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Twitter: Masters of the Media Spotlight

If you’re at all interested in Twitter, Danny Sullivan’s blog post and video clips of an interview done with Biz Stone are a must-read and must-watch. While there’s room for plenty of commentary about Stone’s views on real-time search, SMS and advertising, what struck me is how Twitter has done such an impressive job of [...]
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It’s a Conference-Palooza

As Twitterrati noted a month ago and TechCrunch shines the spotlight on, the number of Twitter conferences continues to grow by leaps and bounds. If Twitter continues to establish itself as a major communications platform, there’s a huge opportunity for someone to become the conference – much like Jeff Pulver did for VoIP and Tim [...]
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