Sponsor My Twitter Profile/Feed! (Updated)
OK folks. Here's an experiment.
I'm auctioning off sponsorship of my Twitter profile and feed. No in-line ads like @scobleizer. This is full graphical integration.
Check out the ebay auction here.
Here's the text of the listing:
This is an auction for a one-month sponsorship of my Twitter feed and page that lives at http://www.twitter.com/ischafer. I've got hundreds followers, many of whom are amongst the interactive advertising industry elite, including numerous journalists.
This one-month sponsorship includes replacing of the existing background image with the image(s) of your choice, as well as replacement of my handsome photo with another image of your choice (ie. brand logo).
I average about 8-10 outbound 'tweets' a day, and your brand would be represented in each.
I'll be blogging this experience at http://www.ianschafer.com.
Lets experiment together.
Any questions? Ask in the comments below.
Someone's got to figure out some kind of business model with Twitter. And I'd rather be part of the solution.
**UPDATE: The amount paid by the winning bidder will go as a donation to The David Wright Foundation.
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Facebook comments:
good to see another experiment in twitter user initiated monetization. Andrew baron of rocketboom considered selling his twitter account not long ago -
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/12/twitter-account-followers-for-sale-on-ebay/
He then reconsidered and shut down the auction.
Still, it was good for conversation and get people thinking about these alternative ideas that introduce sponsors to lifestreams/datastreams.
“I average about 8-10 outbound
I’m referring to the photo only. I do not want to insert sponsor tweets. I’ll let someone else do that
Just haven’t seen it done the way I’m proposing yet…
Thanks!