Let’s #tweetshop @twitter
Unless you’ve been living underground, you probably know the phenomena that is Twitter so we won’t go into much detail. Twitter describes itself on it’s home page as a place to “Share and discover what’s happening right now, anywhere in the world.” Plus, people do so in 140 characters or less.
Imagine an online Twitter mini shopping centre, where consumers can find the best deals, cool products and Publishers can even make money. With more than 50 million live Twitter accounts, the online community represents a consumer base eager for information from people they trust – what to buy, where to buy it, how to find the best deals, etc. Just today eMarketer came out with a report on how social shopping is becoming more important to retailers.
We’re excited to announce a new Bento Box feature called the #tweetshop tool. It enables Publishers to find products to recommend from their Advertisers, and send them to their Twitter followers – all from a single interface.
Using the #tweetshop tool is easy -
1. Input your LinkShare token (what’s this?)
2. Enter your Twitter user name and password
3. Search for products. You can search within a single Advertisers or across all your partners.
4. Choose a product and shorten the link
5. Customise the tweet and send it!
Additionally, Twitter users can filter posts that contain the #tweetshop hash tag to see products that people have recommended. We hope that the community embraces this hash tag and works together to build a virtual Twitter shopping centre!
Here is a quick demo video to show you how #tweetshop works:
Ian Rosenwach, Product Manager
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