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IZEA Insider: First Look at Sponsored Tweets

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No doubt you have been hearing about Sponsored Tweets all over Twitter. Danny Brown event ponders whether this is the future of Twitter. Maybe it’s just me who is because I stalk Ted Murphy and anything said about him and IZEA using TweetDeck. I kid, not about the stalking, I’ve seen talk of Sponsored Tweets everywhere. It kicked off big time about a month ago when the story came out well before the site was ready and before anyone was using the service. Since that time I’ve had the privilege of being one of the first people to use Sponsored Tweets.

As with PayPerPost v4.0 (link is #spon) it is a really stripped down stream lined process. Tweeters sign in to Sponsored Tweets and they are authenticated by Oauth so you don’t need to leave your twitter ID and password.

When a Tweeter sets up their account they have a few choices to make.

What will they charge per tweet or per click. Will you write your own Twitter or will the advertiser? How do I wanted to be notified, via e-mail or a DM on Twitter. And what type of content will I tweet content suitable for Everyone, for Mature Audiences or Adult. I’m not thrilled with the adult option on this or PayPerPost v4.0. The Tweeter must also choose their category and provide some keywords to help advertisers pick the correct people for their messages. The screen looks like this.

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So you can see that the interface is pretty simple and it should be. You want to be able to go in, update your information and see what opportunities you have available. This now brings us to the second tab and that is the Opportunities tab. This is where you see the opportunities that advertisers have for you. You can see what ones are being offered, which ones are pending and the ones that you have completed. I completed two opportunities from advertiser IZEA.

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Now, I don’t know the exact date when this is going to be available to the general public but it is going to be soon so you want to be ready. To make sure that you know as soon as the doors open you need to sign up at http://app.sponsoredtweets.com.

Photo-A-Day, Transformers

Meeting of the Minds

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Meeting of the Minds
Photo-A-Day #1538

Tonight after work I went to see Transformers in IMAX at Jordan’s in Natick. Before heading to the movie I caught up with Lenny from My Secret Project. Lenny is one of the members of the “I’m not A Famous Blogger” Crew. Lenny also brought his nephew Tyler along as well. The two of them are a trip and a half. Each time we hang out it is not nearly long enough to talk. We did start talking about putting together a local blogger meetup. We need to find a good location where people can talk and they have free wi-fi.

I then went to the movie. The Jordan’s IMAX is amazing because they have the seats connected to speakers so when the action happens on the screen you feel it. They call the seats “Butt Kicker” seats and they are aptly named. Seeing Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen again and this time in IMAX was incredible. I know that it is getting tons of negative press because of the language, Skids and Mudflap and many other offensive things. For the most part I maintain the review that I wrote the other day. I read a bunch of reviews today and I think it tainted my view of the movie today or maybe it was because I already saw the movie. The things that bothered me the first time around bothered me more this time as well. The movie has no real character development and it assaults your senses the entire time so if you get emotional at any point more power to you because I was unable to feel anything for any characters even Prime, and I love Prime.

Prior to the movie I was only able to get through issues 1 and 2 of the Transformers Defiance Prequel Comic Books on my iPod. It is a really cool way to read a comic too.

On the way home I picked up tequila, margarita mix, and a few other things for tomorrow’s Jimmy Buffett concert. All the while I was on a conference call with Ted Murphy and the IZEA Insiders. I was on mute and unable to see everything that everyone else was seeing but I got the gist of it. More information about this on “I’m Not A Famous Blogger” Blog tomorrow.

Cheeseburgers in Paradise

When I got home I made some Cheeseburgers in Paradise for Jimmy Buffett tomorrow. Nilla Wafers as the buns, Keebler Fudge filled chocolate covered cookies as the burgers. I covered them with cheese (yellow frosting) Ketchup (red frosting) Pickles (green frosting) and Onions (coconut). Allison brushed the top with a sugar water and sesame seeds. Tomorrow is going to be fun and we were able to sell all of our tickets!!!