Monday, January 24, 2011

Twitter will earn $150 million in 2011

Twitter will earn $150 million in 2011, more than three times the $45 million it earned in 2010, according to the firm’s estimates. In 2012, Twitter’s revenue could reach $250 million, eMarketer said.

The fast-growing revenue projections suggest that Twitter has the potential to be a real moneymaker, not just a nifty communications service. Ever since Twitter was founded nearly five years ago, critics have questioned the company’s ability to generate significant revenues, especially because has been wary of plastering ads on the site lest it alienate its hardcore users.

“If Twitter can grow its user base and convince marketers of its value as a go-to secondary player to Facebook, it will succeed in gaining revenue,” said Debra Aho Williamson, eMarketer principal analyst. “In 2011 it must work overtime to give its early advertisers a positive experience.”

Williamson predicts that Twitter’s revenue growth will be driven by its Promoted Tweets and Promoted Trends products, which allow advertisers to pay for prominent placement on the service. She also said that Twitter would launch a self-service ad system like the one Facebook has deployed with much success.

In a sign of the diverging fortunes of Twitter and MySpace, the micro-blogging service will pass the troubled social networking pioneer in revenues by 2012, eMarketer predicts.

Last month, Twitter received a $200 million infusion led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, one of the premier venture capital firms in the world, that valued the company at $3.7 billion.

WIRED

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Tunisia's Twitter Revolution

From National Post Blog:

Tunisia’s so-called Twitter Revolution is different than the Iranian and Moldovan ones that preceded it: Some say Twitter saved lives in Tunisia. There were tweets warning of sniper locations, tweets asking for blood donation, and tweets organizing protests. At least one man, known on Twitter as BulletSkan, says he is still breathing because of the social network. Indeed, in some ways, Twitter was used as a way to navigate the tumult on the ground. Here, the National Post’s Kathryn Blaze Carlson offers some examples:


“Twitter saved my life” — BulletSkan’s experience
Bullet skan@BulletSkan
Bullet skan
Aucun numéro de l'armée répond ! des gens armée dans le jardin de notre maison !!! ON A BESOIN D'aide !!!!!! WARDEYA 1

January 15, 2011 4:14 pm via TweetDeckRetweetReply

Translation: The army is not responding to calls! There are armed men in our yard! We need help!
Bullet skan@BulletSkan
Bullet skan
Passez le message svp je dois sortire ! des gens armée dans le jardin de notre maison 72 avenue 3 Aout ! RT PLZZ

January 15, 2011 4:15 pm via TweetDeckRetweetReply

Translation: Spread the word! I must escape! There are armed men in our yard at 72 Avenue 3 Aout!
Bullet skan@BulletSkan
Bullet skan
BulletSkan sur TF1 : Tunisie : "Twitter a sauvé ma vie" http://bit.ly/i7KM93

January 17, 2011 7:24 pm via webRetweetReply

Translation: Twitter saved my life.

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Snipers/safety
Sarah El Sirgany@Ssirgany
Sarah El Sirgany
#tunisia #sidibouzid RT @hadeelalsh: http://twitpic.com/3rom2q – If u look v closely u can see a police sniper on top of the int minoistry

January 20, 2011 6:08 am via TweetDeckRetweetReply
Slim Amamou@slim404
Slim Amamou
.@Astrubaal @nawaat @Selim_ @yassayari flics autour de la maison hier et chez un ami ce mat, coup de fil au bureau ce mat

January 6, 2011 6:13 am via twiccaRetweetReply
TninTn@TninTn2011
TninTn
#tunisia #sidibouzid #Lac2 #USembassy #USA snipers gunfire near BAD reT

January 16, 2011 3:46 pm via Twitter for iPhoneRetweetReply
Sou Hammamet@hammametsou
Sou Hammamet
From sources in hammamet. people are looting "le magazin general". you can smell burning from town centre… #tunisia #sidibouzid

January 12, 2011 12:46 pm via webRetweetReply
Kristen@tunisiadotcom
Kristen
curfew in Bizerte gunfights bab mateur and hospital. Dont go outside/try and drive as fighting reported near bridge. #tunisia

January 17, 2011 8:29 am via webRetweetReply
ann@kindw
ann
in Tunis free shooters these places @MarieNeigeG Snipers à Gafsa: Sidi Ben Yaakoub/GardeNationale/Tunisiana /el Maamoun

January 15, 2011 10:03 am via webRetweetReply
melanie@bsm3134
melanie
RT @nawaat #sidibouzid Lyon street (Tunis) police snipers killing citiziens in Tunis [video] 15H30 13.01.11 في�… http://post.ly/1UH0Q

January 15, 2011 9:57 am via PosterousRetweetReply
Erik@LaMarsaexpat
Erik
Things are heating up again downtown. Gunshots heard on Mohammad V boulevard. Big protest in progress. #tunisia #tunis

January 20, 2011 6:15 am via webRetweetReply
Marie Neige Guérin@MarieNeigeG
Marie Neige Guérin
Snipers à Gafsa: mosquée Sidi Ben Yaakoub / bâtiment de la Garde Nationale/Tunisiana (ammara Karoui) /Hôtel el Maamoun #SidiBouzid

January 13, 2011 1:51 pm via webRetweetReply
Bouazizi Mohamed@Bouazizi_II
Bouazizi Mohamed
RT @LiberateTunisia: PLZ RT, STATE TERRORISM: Ben Ali Militia Snipers Firing on Unarmed Crowd in Bizerte, 17 01 2011. #Tunisia #SidiBo …

January 19, 2011 5:04 am via webRetweetReply

Hospitals/health
boneshaker@Boneshaker_tn
boneshaker
l'hopital elyasminet à ben arous appelle aux JEUNES DE YASSMINET A SE DEPLACER SUR LES LIEUX POUR LEUR PRETER MAINS FORTES #Tunis

January 15, 2011 11:10 am via webRetweetReply
Yasmine Ayari@MimicheTN
Yasmine Ayari
RT @CherifaBM: Le comité SCORP de l'ASSOCIAMED organise une collecte de produits alimentaires de base, dons en nature aussi acceptés ! C …

January 18, 2011 8:35 am via Twitter for iPhoneRetweetReply
sana ben said@SanaBenSaid
sana ben said
Toute personne prête à être bénévole en hôpital à Tunis, prend contact avec Monique Vassart au 23 437 999 RT SVP #sidibouzid

January 17, 2011 8:05 am via webRetweetReply
david dietz@davidpdietz
david dietz
all hell has broken lose – reports are coming in that hospitals are overwhelmed with the injured

January 13, 2011 2:22 pm via webRetweetReply
Dima Khatib أنا ديمة@Dima_Khatib
Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
RT @yasmineey URGENT HOSPITALS NEED BLOOD THEY HAVE RECIEVED MANY INJURED PEOPLE MANY HOSPITALS HAVE RAN OUT PLEASE DONATE #tunisie #tunisia

January 15, 2011 10:42 am via webRetweetReply

Protests
souıuɯoɔ xǝlɐ@alexcomninos
souıuɯoɔ xǝlɐ
RT @alihabibi1: #Tunisia: SMS messages confirm there will be protests every day at 11AM until the RCD is demolished! #SidiBouzid

January 20, 2011 10:46 am via webRetweetReply
Dima Khatib أنا ديمة@Dima_Khatib
Dima Khatib أنا ديمة
Protesters have just broken into the RCD (ex ruling party) building downtown Tunis #sidibouzid

January 20, 2011 11:22 am via Twitter for BlackBerry®RetweetReply
Ben Karim@karim2k
Ben Karim
Tomorrow: 1 million Tunisian will strike peacefully in av Habib Bourguiba downtown #Sidibouzid

Read more: http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/01/21/tunisias-revolution-twitter-saved-my-life/#ixzz1Bpj86r5v