American Express and Twitter struck a deal yesterday to allow consumers to buy select products without leaving the Twitter stream. But Chirpify has been doing that for a year.
Does AmEx’s Deal to Sell on Twitter Eat Chirpify’s Worm?
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We're kicking off our upcoming Social Media Marketing Boot Camp with a special keynote presentation by Ella Chick (left), the digital producer at Anderson Cooper 360°. She'll discuss how the network uses social media for breaking news and leverages social media to draw attention to organizations and causes. Learn more about our program and register here. Author Uses Chirpify to Sell His New Book In-Stream on Twitter
Sci-Fi author William Gibson once said that while Facebook is like the mall, Twitter is like the street. If that’s the case, an in-stream payment service called Chirpify is setting up a virtual hot dog stand on Twitter as we speak. Make that a moving library. Today, Wired contributing editor David Wolman is conducting a 4-day “experiment in barrier smashing” to see if his new book, The End Of Money, can sell on Twitter.
