Sunday, September 30, 2012

The Next Generation Ad Opportunity? Your Twitter Wallpaper!


This week, People StyleWatch, the fashion and shopping spinoff of People magazine, redesigned the background wallpaper of its Twitter page into an ad for Jergens Daily Moisture. This is a relatively new development given that media brands on Twitter usually utilize the background to promote themselves, or in other cases, nothing at all.

This was the first time People StyleWatch has used its Twitter profile page in this manner. The Jergens ad was part of a larger deal with the brand that included print, web and social components.

Commenting on this new development, Twitter said its users are permitted to transform their profile pages into revenue generating ad venues. "The space is the user's to customize, and we encourage them to be clear if they are promoting something there, for money or other consideration," a spokesman said in an email. 

Source: http://adage.com/article/media/people-stylewatch-turns-twitter-wallpaper-ad-space/237506/


Maybe we should start turning our own facebook pages into ad venues? Kill the cover photo and stick an ad in there?


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