Magpie
I have been watching and reading about Magpie. I’ve tried to be thoughtful about it but I have to tell you, I don’t think it’s something I would want to do.
Do I want money? Sure I do. Advertise your butt off here if you are so inclined.
However, the idea that some of us have taken small steps to garner some credibility in the blogosphere and on Twitter makes me wonder about Magpie. Yeah, there is a hashtag on it but I still just don’t think this would go with what I do here. It seems a bit disingenious for me to be tweeting about Mabel or democrats in Tennessee and then shilling Colon cleanser or the like.
I am not one of the big boys by any stretch of the imagination, but my Twitterverse is mine. Yes, I do link to my blog on Twitter. However, those of you who know me know what you are getting into because we have that relationship.
Advertisers pay on a cost-per-thousand-impression basis, and the ads are promised to be delivered to relevant audiences based on keywords. That means Be-A-Magpie will analyze the content of your Twitter messages to see if there is a match to particular advertisers.
The TechCrunch Twitter account
, with 31,000 followers, can earn a whopping €14,410.51 per month, it says.
The service auto-determines the number of ads to insert per legitimate Twitter message – the default is one ad for every five Tweets. The service inserts the ads automatically by storing your Twitter credentials. As for disclosure – well, there really isn’t any. A #magpie hashtag is added to each Tweet, but that’s it.
Advertising. It’s necessary. And the advertising world is changing so quickly that it’s a full-time job just trying to keep up. If you want to really get a feel for what is happening, go to Kurt Varner’s this very second who links to a must read for those of us in advertising. I also know it’s evolving before our very eyes.
Whether you campers know it or not, I’m old school trying to learn new school. As for Magpie, I just don’t think it would work for me as this blog is a labor of love. Twitter has opened an entirely new world to myself and others like me.
To throw the advertising into something very personal of Twitter is just not something I would be comfortable doing.
And you wonder why I’m a poor, starving writer.
I’m a raging capitalist, but I draw the line at Twitter. I agree–tweets are mine, even though I don’t have enough followers to make money anyway. If anything, it’s a marketing tool to get people to actually read your blog. Also not a bad place to sort out what you want to write an actual post about.
I’m on the fence on this one. Like sadcox, tweets are mine. And I feel like it’s my ONE place where I can still have control of what is thrown at me. I get follower requests all the time. And I look closely to see what the person requesting to follow me is about. If I sniff the slightest of advertising or that they’re trying to sell me something, forget it.
I like twitter for the sense of community it gives. I like that I can hear about news from around town from the Nashville locals, and the breaking stuff from CNN and the NYT. For me, it’s like somebody whispering in my ear with tidbits of information throughout the day. Luckily, I’m able to exact some power and control over what is being whispered to me.
I get marketing — that’s part of what I do. But to take away one of the final frontiers from me where I can have some peace and quiet from being sold to? no thanks.
That said, I enjoy people linking their blogs – like you – but I read you anyway, so no need to sell something I’ve already bought into.
Entertaining and thoughtful writing sells itself.
But wouldn’t this mean that Ginger could make money off I-24 traffic? How could that be bad?
I hadn’t considered that. Yup, there is a market, indeed there is.
LOL…that would be the one and only advantage to the infamous “I-24=parking lot” Tweets that are the bane of my existence!
i’m looking into it for advertising for my jewelry site. i am stuck on this one, twitter is both personal and professional for me, so i am torn.
i sure could use the advertising, though. hmmm
ok, so i am giving magpie 3 days after signing up last night, and so far, i think i like it. professionally, anyway. yesterday i had 102 hits on my site, this morning (after magpie) i had over 300. i lost 1 follower, but gained 4.
how do i feel about it personally? i’ll let you know…
Keep us posted. That looks pretty good and for your business, I think this might be a groovy thing.
P.S. I’d follow you to the moon.
i be lovin’ you, too, my friend
hope you and SQ can have beer friday