Affiliate Marketing on Twitter – Part III

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I wanted to share a twitter conversation I had with a random stranger, to add to the question of 'Is affiliate marketing on Twitter wrong?" posed by Scott Jangro. (Part 1 and Part 2).

hawkinsw I am looking to buy about 10 folding cots. Does anyone have a clue where to buy?

adamviener: @hawkinsw Is this the kind of folding cot you are looking for? http://cli.gs/folding-cot

adamviener: @hawkinsw Unless you are looking to buy the beds for a hotel, I have found the Aero Beds to be better – http://tinyurl.com/aero-bed

hawkinsw @adamviener Thanks for the links. Those are exactly the kind of cots I am looking for. Too bad they are more expensive than I hoped. 🙂

adamviener: @hawkinsw How much are you looking to spend per cot?

hawkinsw: @adamviener I was hoping something under $50.

adamviener: @hawkinsw Try this folding cot for under $50 – http://cli.gs/coleman-cot

hawkinsw: @adamviener That is exactly what I wanted. Thanks!

People have gone back and forth on the topic of using Twitter for affiliate marketing, honestly, I think those who are strongly against it are living in the past. Sure there is a right way and a wrong way of using any communications medium for marketing, In my opinion, as long as you are providing a real solution to a real problem, that is good marketing. If someone puts out a message on Twitter saying they are looking to buy something, I think that providing a link to the customer is a valued service, saves them time and has the opportunity to make you and your clients some money. Win-Win-Win!

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5 responses to “Affiliate Marketing on Twitter – Part III”

March 24, 2009

BDR

I don’t see the harm in it. As long as the tweet is not unsolicited why not?

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April 20, 2009

ASN

Seems awful labor intensive; how do you financially overcome the burden of providing pertinent information?

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April 20, 2009

Adam Viener

At this point it is all just testing and playing around to see if the process is viable, if it is, then getting more specific for responding to querries of top converting products and links would be the way to go, and then utilizing automated tools via the twitter api.
Adam

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April 23, 2009

Ron Givens

Yes, it seems very useful as long as you are tweeting relevant information to your followers that isn’t “twitterspam”.
Normally people voluntarily follow you for a reason. It should come as no surprise that you will tweet about your chosen profession or passion.
Great post
-Ron

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June 18, 2009

http://internet-pro-tools.com/doubleus-marketing

I have tried twitter and I find that in order to really succeed in it you must spend time with the people you communicate with and connect with them as though you are trying to help them solve a problem and you have the solution.

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