Twitter reveals a business model by June 30, 2009?

David Kuan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:35:50 -0500

Judgment made on March 26, 2009: Twitter has started charging for advertising with ExecTweets and announced plans to charge for premium accounts. This prediction came true, which the community got right. -- The Standard

Twitter is the hottest startup in Silicon Valley. The microblogging site hasn't made a dime yet, but that hasn't stopped the company from raising $35 million in venture capital funding. (Twitter has raised $20 million in previous rounds.)

With the new round of cash, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said the company has "big plans" to "begin building revenue-generating products." A recent post by Advertising Age lists 9 ways the company can make money.

Charge for it
Advertising
Create a contextual ad engine
Charge for analytics
Enable Mobile Payments
Create subscription based groups
A Twitter Pro version
Merchandising
Sell the company

Prediction: Twitter reveals a way to make money. For a favorable judgment, Twiiter must implement at least one of the nine listed above or create a new model by June 30, 2009.

Image: Ronin691/Flickr

Twitter reveals a business model by June 30, 2009?

David Kuan — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:35:50 -0500

Charge for it
Advertising
Create a contextual ad engine
Charge for analytics
Enable Mobile Payments
Create subscription based groups
A Twitter Pro version
Merchandising
Sell the company

Prediction: Twitter reveals a way to make money. For a favorable judgment, Twiiter must implement at least one of the nine listed above or create a new model by June 30, 2009.

Image: Ronin691/Flickr