Let Twitter Pay Your Bills
• Financials
• User Growth
• Monetization
• Twitter Spaces
• Investing in the Stock
• Earning Income from Twitter
Let’s look at how to
‘Earn Income from your cellphone’
(Thread) 👇🏽
• Introduction
Twitter is a microblogging and social networking service, and the man at the helm of the ship is no other than; @jack
For years, $TWTR has lagged other social media giants, some would even argue they’ve fallen asleep at the wheel-with regards to revenue growth
• Twitter Revenue
In 2020, Twitter earned $3.72billion in revenue.
It may seem impressive, but they lost over $1billion in 2020 - Tax liability.
Their user base grew, but ad revenue declined, mainly because of the pandemic, which created a dislocation between the 2.
• 2020 key metrics
• Debt= $4.4bill
• EPS= (-1.34)
• Current Ratio= (4.4)
*They need to invest capital wisely
Looking ahead, they need to unlock new avenues of income for their business and for their users too - they have to, or risk failing as a business.
• Q1 2021
Saw 28% improvement in total revenue compared to Q1 2020
Total income : $1billion
Their international market grew by 41% compared to Q1 last year. - showing strong recovery since the onset of pandemic.
So what’s the Bull case? 👇🏽
• What’s New?
Twitter is slowly running out new features to try to grow revenue and attract more users.
You may have already seen the new tab ‘monetization’ appear on your menu bar. 👇🏽
What exactly is it?
• Twitter Spaces
Announced in 2020 and launched as a beta a month later for a select few accounts.
Since then, Twitter spaces has become ubiquitous, and is now planning to offer users the chance to monetize their spaces by selling tickets to their followers.
#twitterspaces
• Twitter Spaces (2)
“Imagine getting paid for doing what you love”.
Sidenote:
You no longer need to rely just on your economy to earn income, especially when you have the internet and platforms like Twitter that will slowly offer more and more Monetization avenues.
• Monetization of Twitter Spaces
It’s as easy as ABC
1. Schedule a Space
2. Start selling Tickets
3. Make Money
• Twitter Spaces (3)
IMO- This will be the start of many new features. The more users who can monetize their personal accounts, the more income for Twitter too.
• 199million active daily accounts
Moving away from the reliance of ads and focusing on users could = success.
• Examples
New exciting opportunities will be popping up regularly. Check this tweet 👇🏽
• Who is eligible?
There are 3 prerequisites that need to be met before one can apply for the opportunity to sell tickets for your Twitter spaces 👇🏽
This will also only be available to a few select accounts in certain regions, but if successful should roll out ubiquitously
• Many ways to skin a cat
Even if you aren’t eligible yet to qualify to monetize your account. There are a few other ways to earn income from Twitter:
• Paid promotions
• Affiliate marketing
• Investing in the stock
Check this thread below to see what I mean. 👇🏽
• Investing in $TWTR
Twitter currently sells for $68.97 a share
The reason I mention this is because you can simply benefit from those that are monetizing their accounts.
The more accounts that are able to monetize and generate income, undoubtedly boosts $TWTR income too.
• Price and Value
If you believe in the success of $TWTR -then this is a stock to put on your watchlist
The company has been struggling and the stock price has been rising - possibly because stocks are forward looking - you are paying for the success already.
Take a look 👇🏽
$TWTR
Twitter has returned 94% over the last year. Even outpacing its rival #Facebook in that time.
There could be an opportunity for the long term here, especially if Twitter looks for new creative ways to increase revenue.
But monitoring their success is key here.
• Management
How successful will they be in their mission to increase revenue? Can leadership help @jack steer the ship to ⬆️ levels
@nedsegal
@leslieberland
@boo
@jenchristiehr
@kayvz
This all remains unseen, but creates opportunities for users, investors + speculators
• Earning income
Twitter is literally a gold mine if used correctly.
There are numerous ways to earn income from Twitter:
• Investing in the Stock
• Sponsored Tweets
• Affiliate Marketing
• Selling products
Check out this thread on how to earn passive income 👇🏽
• Closing Thoughts
#twitter is a great platform, but even great company’s fail
It’s going to require flawless execution+ innovative ways to boost income. You could easily benefit here from Twitter rediscovering themselves
IMO - the stock isn’t a buy now, but worth watching.
• Youtube
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• Shoutout for making it to the end
Growing income online shouldn’t be looked at, as this impossible task. It will become more and more attainable as more features role out.
Unlocking the platforms potential is up to Twitter, boosting your income is up to YOU
Thank you.
• Read some insights here
You can check out some more FAQ below 👇🏽
help.twitter.com/en/using-twitt…
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