Twitter is being used for all kinds of things, from the posting basic micro-blogging comments, to posting pictures, searching, marketing, contest giveaways, event announcements, and even to serve as a medium for fundraising. Tweet to Beat is a great promotion of @tferriss, but at the same time, a great fundraiser for US Public Schools. @tferriss, author of the 4-Hour Work Week, has started a promotion in which for every follower he gains on Twitter, he will donate $3 ($1 himself, $2 from an anonymous person) to needy public schools to help promote literacy. He threw in some prizes (round trip plane ticket to anywhere and a Mac Book Pro) but regardless of prizes, you’re helping out a cause, which should be a prize all on its own. His cap right now (although he states that he is willing to adjust) is 50,000 more followers. I’ve been a follower for awhile, otherwise, I’d join in now. For all those out there who aren’t already, get on following @tferriss!
Read the full promotion here: The Tweet to Beat: Paying $3 Per Twitter Follower
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