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Twitter Much? You Could Get Paid for It.

by Warren Riddle on May 24, 2009 at 01:31 PM



Despite its raging popularity, Twitter often receives criticism for being the realm of the narcissistic and self-indulgent. Combine that with a proliferation of celebrities and extreme overexposure in the media, and it's easy to see why a hard-working, everyday American might dismiss the site as totally worthless.

Before you judge too quickly, the New York Times earlier this week reported that a variety of corporations are trying to hop on the Twitter bandwagon. This means potential jobs for proven Twitterers.


One particular company, the Murphy-Goode Winery of California, is currently looking for a social-networking maven to tweet, blog, and send Facebook updates about the vineyard and its fermented libations. The job -- which some people gladly do for free -- pays a whopping $10,000 a month, and amazingly provides free accommodations. So far, over 500 people have applied.

Murphy-Goode isn't the first company to explore hiring "social media specialists." Dunkin' Donuts, Southwest Airlines, and several other major corporations already pay an employee to tweet, and we're sure many more will follow suit. Only time will tell, though, if these new positions will have a lasting impact. We also wonder if the companies might grow bored and quit after a month, like 60-percent of Twitter's other first time users. [From: The New York Times]

Tags: facebook, jobs, microblogging, recession, top, twitter, workplace

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