Twitter Goes Mainstream

Dan C. Rinnert · 04-17-2009, 01:54 PM

Get ready for a deluge of new people on Twitter. Today's Oprah is all about Twitter. She joined today and already has well over 100,000 followers.

While Ashton Kutcher beating CNN to 1,000,000 was the big news of the day, news of Oprah joining Twitter has pretty much dominated the remainder of the day.

So, if you've been holding off on joining Twitter, now might be a good time to get in there, especially if you have products or services that may be appealing to the Oprah crowd.

bombdiggity · 04-17-2009, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert

So, if you've been holding off on joining Twitter, now might be a good time to get in there, especially if you have products or services that may be appealing to the Oprah crowd.

Tragic novels and acai berries?

JayXtreme · 04-17-2009, 02:05 PM

Meanwhile... it appears Mikeyy has created a new worm... check your stream now Dan... you'll see him soon enough..

Wonder how long it will take them to get rid of him this time.

Peace

Jay

Dan C. Rinnert · 04-17-2009, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by JayXtreme

Meanwhile... it appears Mikeyy has created a new worm... check your stream now Dan... you'll see him soon enough..

Yep. A ton of them. Worm + flood of new users = very very bad news!

wbnetwork · 04-17-2009, 02:17 PM

Twitter is predicted to be bigger than facebook. Who knows how much google will offer to buy them for the advertising space.

J Elizabeth Dize · 04-17-2009, 02:17 PM

Our own Stanley Tang got a shoutout from Ashton Kutcher! Pretty cool:

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MarkWrites · 04-17-2009, 02:19 PM

Is there no escape from that woman?

Robertas · 04-17-2009, 02:21 PM

Oprah is going to CRUSH IT.
My guess is that she'll break 1 million followers mark in less than a month

Tip for smart affiliates : follow her, because she'll "help" you out to pick popular offers in CPA networks

AmyKay · 04-17-2009, 02:29 PM

Wow, Oprah, great. I won't be following.

Dan C. Rinnert · 04-17-2009, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Robertas

Oprah is going to CRUSH IT.
My guess is that she'll break 1 million followers mark in less than a month

Maybe a week. LOL!

Nathan Hangen · 04-17-2009, 04:34 PM

Sad, sad day...thank god we have the choice on whom to follow.

I don't really follow celebrities because I don't find any value in following them, but if it expands Twitter, then so be it.

Jerry Mcvictor · 04-17-2009, 04:55 PM

She won't be needing my WSO

stayfocused · 04-17-2009, 05:25 PM

Want to have some fun and see how explosive Twitter is:

Go to this link: Oprah Winfrey (Oprah) on Twitter

Now just keep hitting refresh and see how many people are following Oprah every single second.

It is mind blowing. Everytime I hit refresh there are at least 10 new followers.

Nathan Hangen · 04-17-2009, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stayfocused

Want to have some fun and see how explosive Twitter is:

Go to this link: Oprah Winfrey (Oprah) on Twitter

Now just keep hitting refresh and see how many people are following Oprah every single second.

It is mind blowing. Everytime I hit refresh there are at least 10 new followers.

Wow, it was jumping by a hundred or so...crazy.

MarkWrites · 04-17-2009, 05:39 PM

I would hate to work internet tech support when an ISP goes down and all of a sudden 3000 middle aged women start calling because they can't "send any of those tweet things out".

superstylefactor · 04-17-2009, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Razer Rage

Yep. There's been a lot of news about Twitter lately. All the old people are starting to join it. Which means it is outdated by teen standards. :P

LMAO!!! that was a good one!

Loco.m · 04-17-2009, 05:54 PM

It isn't "just going mainstream"
it's been a big deal for a while, altho lately we've been hearing a lot more celebrities getting on twitter.

superstylefactor · 04-17-2009, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stayfocused

Want to have some fun and see how explosive Twitter is:

Go to this link: Oprah Winfrey (Oprah) on Twitter

Now just keep hitting refresh and see how many people are following Oprah every single second.

It is mind blowing. Everytime I hit refresh there are at least 10 new followers.

jeez... if oprah tried to sell some WSO on her twitter page, she'd probably be richer than bill gates in less than a month! just the traffic alone is mind boggling! imagine what twitter is earning from all those clicks!

raspoutine00 · 04-17-2009, 06:14 PM

Twitter is predicted to be bigger than facebook. Who knows how much google will offer to buy them for the advertising space.

captivereef · 04-17-2009, 06:16 PM

who is this oprah person?

Terry Crim · 04-17-2009, 06:17 PM

Twitter has been main stream for awhile. City governments use it to update people on goings on, city council meetings etc.. Weather Alert uses it to alert for bad weather.
State Troopers use it to alert of accidents and hwy closings, construction etc...

Celebrities have been using it for awhile but the main stream news has been actively promoting for last few months I noticed, more than usual...

Twitter is going to have a lot of growing pains for sure. I bet they are getting hammered with buy out offers right now too.

- Terry

Dan C. Rinnert · 04-17-2009, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stayfocused

Want to have some fun and see how explosive Twitter is:

Go to this link: Oprah Winfrey (Oprah) on Twitter

Now just keep hitting refresh and see how many people are following Oprah every single second.

It is mind blowing. Everytime I hit refresh there are at least 10 new followers.

She was at around 120,000 just a few hours ago, and now she's close to 220,000. I saw people making predictions that by November or December of this year, she'd have a million followers. Some predicted by May 1st. I think there's a good chance she hits that within a week.

And, everyone is talking about it too. I did a blog post today on it, and I tried to link to other posts and articles covering Oprah on Twitter, and it too was mind-boggling. I ended up linking to over 30 different articles before I went offline earlier today.

You could pick out the smart marketers, though. If you look through my list of links, I think you'll be able to spot the one by a clever marketer. They mentioned Oprah, but quickly turned it into their message, which was a completely different topic!

adroure · 04-17-2009, 09:33 PM

200K in a couple of hours is amazing!

Dan C. Rinnert · 04-17-2009, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by adroure

200K in a couple of hours is amazing!

Not really that impressive when you're getting a push from someone with 1,000,000+ followers, plus you have your own TV show, plus you get coverage online, on Twitter and in the news.

Brad Callen · 04-17-2009, 10:52 PM

haha... I waited 30 seconds and hit refresh on her page and she went up 300+ followers. Must be nice :-)

She'll probably have 1 million in 24 hours from now.

Brad

Fabian Tan · 04-17-2009, 11:45 PM

5 people are following her every second.

Fabian

Suthan M · 04-18-2009, 01:01 AM

Crap, i was keeping an eye on her subscribers..

She took just 11minutes to gain an extra 1000. She will hit 1mill by the 1 weeks time from the looks of it.

Alex Sol · 04-18-2009, 02:34 AM

and I thought I was the Rock Star with my 5,000 followers...
pfffffff....

Chris Kent · 04-18-2009, 02:51 AM

Endorsed by Oprah? Oh dear, I'm staying well away now.

artwebster · 04-18-2009, 04:47 AM

I agree - Oprah who promotes anything that might sound good like battery mobile phone chargers, circular letters, ponzi schemes. . . . . When I see those words "As seen on Oprah" I just know there is a good chance it is a con.

Ah, well - there goes the neighbourhood.

Traffic-Bug · 04-18-2009, 05:16 AM

It makes the news, thats what the publicisits want

Fabian Tan · 04-18-2009, 09:14 AM

She's getting approx 18,000 new followers per hour. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's about 432,000 new followers every 24 hours, at least in the next few days when the iron is still hot.

Fabian

MrMike · 04-18-2009, 09:31 AM

Now that Oprah is on twitter, we need to start networking with all those middle age pre hormonal women and start selling them empowering women products.

WilliamLinde · 04-18-2009, 09:48 AM

I'm really curious to see what’s next, after Twitter?? And after Oprah???

talfighel · 04-18-2009, 10:03 AM

I can guarantee you that Oprah will get to 1,000,000 in a few weeks.

Look at Ellen Degeneres, she is about to hit that 1,000,000. She now has 919,000,000

Look at the creators of Twitter. Someone like Google will come to them and buy them for a whole lot of money.

I heard there are like 3 guys who "own" it and 25 people who work for them but they are not making any money from this YET.

Tal

romeoicq · 04-18-2009, 04:07 PM

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Jill Carpenter · 04-18-2009, 04:15 PM

Yes, I discovered early this morning the rate of followers. I decided to go follow some of her new followers and discovered not only are the majority new to twitter, but that I could not "keep up."

I took video of my findings, and would post what happened that had me cracking up - but the video is too self promotional. You can click on my youtube link on the left if you are interested.

For someone with a free twitter guide and who is promoting a video series on how to use twitter this was a good audience for me to consider.

Am I actually following Oprah? No. I don't think she needs my help.

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