Best Monetization Idea From Twitter Yet: “Follow This” Fashion!
by Kara Swisher
Posted on July 8, 2009 at 7:45 AM PT
BoomTown always enjoys trying to come up with monetization ideas for Twitter, especially since the boys over at the hot San Francisco-based microblogging service seem so charmingly uninterested in it.
Some of my brainstorms: Charging media pundits a microfee every time they say Twitter; Snuggie-Tweet, a wearable Twitter-branded device and fleece blanket outfit that vibrates every time you get tweeted; a twit-on-twit-off light switch called the Tweeter; and, of course, the Chia-Twit.
I have obviously inspired Dustin Diaz, a Twitter user interface engineer, who tweeted this fine idea yesterday:
“idea: Twitter Juicy Couture pants that say ‘follow this’ across the butt.”
Genius! It could be a whole fashion line, which could then move into a broad range of “follow this” accessories.
Here’s an image of the said Diaz tweet (click on it to make it larger):
