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Carl’s Jr. Tweets Amazon Should Buy It
Partnerships / Acquisitions // October 10, 2017

President Donald Trump isn’t the only one trying to get a message across via Twitter. Apparently, fast food franchise Carl’s Jr. is also using the medium to get Amazon to acquire the company. According to a news report in TheStreet, Inc., Carl’s Jr. posted a...

Twitter Tests Subscription Service To Promote Tweets
Merchant Innovation // July 31, 2017

Aiming to boost revenue after showing no user growth in its recently reported quarterly earnings, social media mogul Twitter has launched a beta version of a new subscription service that enables automatic promotions of tweets. On its website, the microblogging company noted with the new program,...

Amazon’s Alexa Reads You Your Twitter Activity
Amazon // September 12, 2016

Amazon’s voice platform, Alexa, is no one-trick pony. In fact, she just added new skills to her repertoire: She can now order you food or an Uber, and she can even find your lost phone. She can help you pay your mortgage on time, too, and...

Add Now, Buy Later using Twitter with #AmazonCart
Merchant Innovation // May 05, 2014

Amazon shoppers can now buy items from within Twitter.

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Why Charging Twitter Users Per Tweet to Deter Bots Is DOA

November 02, 2022
How much would you pay to be allowed to make a post on Twitter? That is a question that was raised, somewhat indirectly, by the chief strategy officer of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, which kicked in $500 million to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s buyout of the social media platform. It came at the confluence […]

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Carl’s Jr. Tweets Amazon Should Buy It

October 10, 2017
President Donald Trump isn’t the only one trying to get a message across via Twitter. Apparently, fast food franchise Carl’s Jr. is also using the medium to get Amazon to acquire the company. According to a news report in TheStreet, Inc., Carl’s Jr. posted a series of “facetious” tweets Monday (Oct. 9), in which it […]

Twitter Tests Subscription Service To Promote Tweets

July 31, 2017
Aiming to boost revenue after showing no user growth in its recently reported quarterly earnings, social media mogul Twitter has launched a beta version of a new subscription service that...