Why I De-activated My Sponsored Tweets Account

By Brandon Cox, December 7, 2009 | 20 Comments

spontwtsI’ve sent out over 20,000 tweets since getting started on Twitter. Exactly three of them have been sponsored (via Sponsored Tweets). Each carried a disclosure of some kind and I earned a total of $23 from those tweets. But some feelings kept nagging me, so I erred on the side of caution and de-activated my account… and I’d like to tell you why (whether you care or not).

First, I don’t think you should avoid sponsored tweets solely on the basis of what I say. There’s a good, healthy debate going on within the Twitter community and that debate should probably continue. Therefore, I’m actually going to state some points to the contrary of where I’m really going with my thoughts.

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We Blog Better’s Best of October

By Brandon Cox, October 31, 2009 | 1 Comment

2008.11.12 - The letterIt’s been a very, very fun month as I’ve kicked this blog off. Actually, it’s just over two weeks old at this point, so i think we’ve made tremendous progress. I’ve managed to average blogging several times per day about all kinds of issues related to blogging, and I’ve also managed to plug some really good resources and connect with some other awesome bloggers along the way.

It’s possible that you slept a few hours this month and didn’t get to read everything available about how to blog a little better. So I thought I’d summarize the month of October here at We Blog Better. Here are some things I talked about that I think might be of value…

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