There is a lot of speculation on whether twitter is making any money or how it can make money.
I can see multiple revenue models for twitter:
Search advertising - Twitter is realtime search engine. It can develop the equivalent of adwords for realtime search. This is a no brainer and twitter will do this.
Commercial accounts - Charge companies for commerical use of twitter. An example would be brands wanting to engage with their customers and prospects.
Premium accounts - Charge power users such as politicians and musicians that would like to engage their constituents and fans.
Sell business intelligence - Twitter is a treasure trove of business intelligence that they can sell to companies. They can also provide tools that companies can use to perform tasks such as realtime market studies, focus group polls etc.
[...] too much of a dent in twitter’s growth. I would like to see twitter stay independent and figure out its business model and continue to [...]
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