It’s been a while since Twitter Promoted Tweets were announced and launched so I decided to take a quick look and see what the original advertisers are doing right now. While there are differing levels of activity and reach it seems that most are still testing the waters. None seem to be going “whole hog” and buying ads on all of their targeted terms like they might with paid search. Some are definitely targeting outside of just their branded terms but nobody is attempting to cover more than a select few terms or concepts. I expect that to change as advertisers become more comfortable with the platform and more competition jumps on board.
Best Buy is the early leader
Best Buy seemed to be the most advanced as they targeted their brand names along with some generic terms and even had Promoted Tweets focused on their electronics recycling campaign. I conducted some additional searches around other popular Best Buy products and services but they left a large portion un-promoted. That leaves a lot of room for improvement but they were the clear leaders when compared to the other advertisers I looked at.
Best Buy Branded Promoted Tweet
Best Buy HDTV Promoted Tweet
Best Buy Recycling Promoted Tweet
Virgin America doing OK
Virgin Airlines Branded Promoted Tweet
Virgin America Energy Drink Promoted Tweet
No Promoted Tweet for Airlines
Starbucks captures the bronze
Starbucks had branded Promoted Tweets and another ad targeting their cup summit to advance recycling efforts. The funny thing about this is that they were not buying recycling Promoted Tweets. This is actually how I found the Best Buy recycling ad. They are also not purchasing coffee ads. Obviously Starbucks does not have the same deep paid search background that Best Buy and other advertisers do but they will need to step up their game to make their efforts worthwhile.
Starbucks Branded Promoted Tweet
Starbucks Cup Summit Promoted Tweet
Starbucks not buying Coffee Promoted Tweets
Bravo & Sony Pictures are invisible
To be fair I’m not sure if they simply have not run any Promoted Tweets or if they were not being displayed due to a low resonance score or if they just suck. In any case I could not find any ads for either of these advertisers. I conducted brand searches as well as searches for popular Bravo TV shows like the Real Housewives or upcoming Sony movies like The Karate Kid. Neither appeared for anything but again it may just be because they are not advertising yet.
Sony Pictures No Ad
No Promoted Tweet for Karate Kid
No Promoted Tweet for Bravo Network
No Promoted Tweet for The Real Housewives
Watch it grow
I am going to continue to watch Promoted Tweets to see not only the growth but how advertisers are utilizing the space. I have a feeling that there will be some awesome implementations along with some epic failures. If anyone other there has some examples that they can share please let me know. I look forward to seeing the evolution and growth as Promoted Tweets moves forward.
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