Comments on: Is Paying People to Tweet About Your Brand Going Too Far? http://spinsucks.com/social-media/is-paying-people-to-tweet-about-your-brand-going-too-far/ Professional Development for PR and Marketing Pros Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:17:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Gabriella http://spinsucks.com/social-media/is-paying-people-to-tweet-about-your-brand-going-too-far/#comment-1654 Gabriella Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:43:58 +0000 http://www.spinsucks.com/?p=1013#comment-1654 I read this post a couple of days ago and have been thinking about it ever since, as well as discussing it and engaging co-workers about the whole idea of paying people to tweet about a brand. Personally, I’m on the fence about it because it’s part of our services. My question is this: do you get mad at companies for putting ads on T.V.? Yeah, sometimes they’re irritating – especially during your favorite shows – but does it anger you? Paying people to Twitter about your brand is no different. Either way, it’s up to you, as a consumer, to believe or disbelieve what is being said about any particular product or service, whether on Twitter, radio, T.V., newspapers or any other form of media.

]]> By: Starr http://spinsucks.com/social-media/is-paying-people-to-tweet-about-your-brand-going-too-far/#comment-1653 Starr Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:44:26 +0000 http://www.spinsucks.com/?p=1013#comment-1653 Patti just introduced me to your blog. She’s the best, and isn’t paying me to say so (you know that already). This whole issue brings to mind the idea behind PR in the old days when we didn’t have the Internet…editorial coverage wasn’t guaranteed but it had the news value endorsement of unbiased media you couldn’t get with an ad. The sponsored tweets and posts lose that implied credibility, just as more and more on the traditional media side I’m finding editorial space opening up to advertisers in a way that was unheard of before. It saddens me greatly.

]]> By: joannehernon (Joanne Hernon) http://spinsucks.com/social-media/is-paying-people-to-tweet-about-your-brand-going-too-far/#comment-1655 joannehernon (Joanne Hernon) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:47:12 +0000 http://www.spinsucks.com/?p=1013#comment-1655 RT @TimNagle @ginidietrich BTW :) Great article today! http://tinyurl.com/cno74t

]]> By: Jill http://spinsucks.com/social-media/is-paying-people-to-tweet-about-your-brand-going-too-far/#comment-1652 Jill Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:10:10 +0000 http://www.spinsucks.com/?p=1013#comment-1652 Here’s a question to everyone on here: Did you PERSONALLY see a Land Rover tweet sponsored by Twittad in YOUR stream? I’m taking a wild guess that the answer is no. So how can you judge something that you weren’t a part of? The tweets were merely links to a youtube video and a sign up to receive more information. No false sentiments included. I personally do not care if someone merely sends out a link to a product. I know people will say “I’m fundamentally against it”. So give me an example of a real experience that made you feel that way and I’ll respect you. Otherwise you’re really just a nay sayer with no basis.

]]> By: James Eliason http://spinsucks.com/social-media/is-paying-people-to-tweet-about-your-brand-going-too-far/#comment-1651 James Eliason Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:34:38 +0000 http://www.spinsucks.com/?p=1013#comment-1651 Paul Dawson: Look on the web version of http://www.twitter.com. And in your stream of Tweets, you will see “From Web”, “From Tweetie”, “From TweetDeck”, etc at the end of each Tweet? This is where we insert “From Twittad” clearly stating that this is a tweet sent from our technology.

]]> By: Joanne Hernon http://spinsucks.com/social-media/is-paying-people-to-tweet-about-your-brand-going-too-far/#comment-1650 Joanne Hernon Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:45:33 +0000 http://www.spinsucks.com/?p=1013#comment-1650 This is a very interesting discussion from all angles. It seems like big business is struggling to figure out how to utilize a vehicle that, by it’s very nature, is about personal connections that then enable people to not only reach out but can even help people build their businesses.

I always thought that it was only a matter of time before Twitter would become flooded with spammers so I am glad I have the choice to unfollow.

I wonder now how Range Rover feels about their “campaign” and if it helped their brand or hurt it. I imagine there will be more of these attempts from other big businesses out there as they try to monetize on social networking.

Gini, thank you for opening the discussion.

]]> By: At Home Money Girl http://spinsucks.com/social-media/is-paying-people-to-tweet-about-your-brand-going-too-far/#comment-1649 At Home Money Girl Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:54:54 +0000 http://www.spinsucks.com/?p=1013#comment-1649 Everyone is going twitter crazy. People have even found ways to get paid using twitter. For this site to only allow 140 letters w/ spaces, it’s really big. Now website is just bit more popular because of it. http://tinyurl.com/bjkucx Twitter moves so fast and everyone puts every little part of their lives on it, even stuff I didn’t care to know! But I’m on their too! http://tinyurl.com/dchmkf lol.

]]> By: TimNagle (TimNagle) http://spinsucks.com/social-media/is-paying-people-to-tweet-about-your-brand-going-too-far/#comment-1656 TimNagle (TimNagle) Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:30:41 +0000 http://www.spinsucks.com/?p=1013#comment-1656 @ginidietrich BTW :) Great article today! http://tinyurl.com/cno74t

]]> By: Ryan Johnson http://spinsucks.com/social-media/is-paying-people-to-tweet-about-your-brand-going-too-far/#comment-1648 Ryan Johnson Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:41:59 +0000 http://www.spinsucks.com/?p=1013#comment-1648 Read every post here and most are intelligible gibberish. Twitter has changed; it jumped the shark, it’s mainstream and it will be soon brought to you by a brand near you. How long do you think that this service will be provided to you for free? Nothing is free? Everything is paid for by advertising or you pay for itl one way or another. Do you think that Scott Monty is a rat? Why not? He’s paid by Ford to Tweet for them? How is he any different than TwittAd? Why isn’t there a backlash about him? Ford is paying him to Tweet for them? Do you really think that he likes their cars? Do you think that he would have bought one? Nope, he’s on the company teet; just like everyone else. If you’re not used to it yet, you will be soon or else you won’t be on Twitter. Sorry to to be the bearer of bad news to all you early adopters, but Twitter has gone mainstream. You first clue should have been Ashton, Briney and Oprah! It’s gone, baby, gone- as you remember it.

]]> By: tim nagle http://spinsucks.com/social-media/is-paying-people-to-tweet-about-your-brand-going-too-far/#comment-1647 tim nagle Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:26:50 +0000 http://www.spinsucks.com/?p=1013#comment-1647 Bottom line is it is spam and a poor branding technique that could be very damaging.

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