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Marketing Pilgrim: Revenue Coming for Twitter: Why They Said “No” to Facebook

  • Brandon · 1 year ago
    I don't blame them for resisting Facebook's offer. Stock options wouldn't be enough for me either. Well, okay, maybe $500 million, but still, if I had already gained 6 million followers and had some thoughts about how to monetize, I would see my dream in terms of "the sky is the limit." Selling now would be premature. And... I'd love to see groups as well!

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  • KUWRITER · 1 year ago
    I agree--I think it's a little too early in the process for Twitter to start thinking about mobilization with the giant Facebook. With a 600% increase in users over last year, I think they definitely have all sorts of potential in the near future. I think it's wise to move forward with the company's own ideas and innovation before thinking about any sort of other offers.
  • Saad Kamal · 1 year ago
    Twitter made the right choice by not going along with the Facebook. Facebook can't even monetize their own site properly..Twitter is better on their own...i hope @ev's plans works out.

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  • iphone · 1 year ago
    Yeah I think staying away from Facebook for now at least was a good move, the offer will no doubt get bigger with time
  • Ken @ Money From Home Blog · 1 year ago
    If they don't figure out a way to monetize itself the offer may not get bigger. Kindof like what happened with Yahoo. They had a chance to make out big, but in the end they aren't getting anything. I think they can resist the offer for a little while, but I wouldn't put it on the back burner totally.
  • BarbaraKB · 1 year ago
    "Revenues that are product based" means charging corporations for Twitter accounts (ie. @Zappos @GECapital @NYTimes @andybeal. But it could get dicey: what is the definition of a product?
  • PS3 · 1 year ago
    Whichever way you dress it up $500 million is a staggering amount of money. Twitter must be confident going forward to resist that.
  • George Nobles · 1 year ago
    Twitter now they can do much better for future that's why.
  • Matt Helphrey · 1 year ago
    I think they should have taken the deal. I dont know but I think their value is going to slowly drop over the next year or so. $500 million is quite a lot to turn down

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  • Goran Web Design · 1 year ago
    Just like matt, I too feel that they should have taken the deal, I just don't believe they'll see an offer like that again... Their value is going to slowly fall and they might end up regreting turning it down.. But then again, maybe the "Twits" will surprise us all
  • Kevin@Boston eMarketing Soluti · 1 year ago
    It's indeed very narrow-minded to think Twitter should have accepted this deal. Twitter is on a roll, and they have no place to go but up. As one other post above said, Facebook can't even monetize their own product, what do they expect to do with Twitter. I think Facebook sees a serious threat from Twitter and that is their current motivation.