Solution: Cheap Tweet lets you discover deals on everything from LCD TVs to Nintendo Wiis on Twitter
Twitter is a really great way to stay up-to-date with what your friends are doing, but unless your best buds lead particularly glamorous lives it may get a teeny weeny bit dull after a while.
For example, a particularly dynamic Twitter friend of mine might have the following list of posts:
10am. Woke Up. Getting Breakfast. Tired
1pm. Lunch Time. Bagel or Sandwich? What are you all having for lunch?
4pm. On the train home. Tired again.
10pm. Going to bed. Laters
Not exactly riveting stuff. But the beauty of Twitter is that it gives us a way to communicate instantly with large groups of people, and that ability is something that's being exploited by retailers and big brands.
Dell is a prime example. If you Follow Dell on Twitter you will receive a steady stream of discount sales prices and product deals that are exclusive to Twitter users. The hook is simple - Follow our brand on Twitter and we'll give you a whole range of ways to buy merchandise from us.
The same is true for 3rd-party e-commerce sites. I Follow a Twitter account called Sunshine Rewards which sends out a steady stream of offers and sales. Just recently I received a Twitter alert that Amazon.com had limited stock of the Nintendo Wii with a link to the product page, something that would have been very useful for somebody in the market for one of these limited supply consoles.
Expect more of this in the future. As Twitter continues to gain momentum more and more brands will be looking at ways they can tap-in to the e-commerce potential that the Twitter platform offers. The communication is more instant than email, plus the character limit means the message has to be short, sweet and to the point. Compare that with emails that clog your inbox, are overly long and generally take a long-time to trawl through.
Check out my video review above for a walk-through of Cheap Tweet.
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