Twitter serves as a great tool for companies trying to bridge the gap between their employees and potential customers; TweetAFlight is the perfect example of the social media's application for businesses. Using Chirpify and Paypal, TweetAFlight allows followers to buy airline tickets via Twitter. All a customer needs to do is register with TweetAFlight and then reply to specific tweets with the command 'buy,' if that is in fact what they are prepared to do. TweetAFlight passes it along to an airline ticket system where payment is immediately processed.
Founded by Steven Frischling of The Travel Strategist, TweetAFlight transforms real-time tweets into instant transactions for airlines and travel companies, effectively monetizing social media follower. TweetAFlight will be launched in a few months.
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TweetAFlight Allows Instant Social Media Travel Transactions
Trend Themes
1. Social Media Commerce - The trend of using social media platforms as a tool for commerce and financial transactions opens up disruptive opportunities in the fintech and e-commerce industries.
2. Real-time Sales - The trend of turning tweets into instant transactions could disrupt traditional sales channels and create new opportunities for real-time sales in the travel and aviation industries.
3. Mobile Payment Integration - The trend of integrating mobile payments into social media platforms could disrupt traditional payment systems and open up opportunities for innovation in the mobile payment industry.
Industry Implications
1. Fintech - The integration of social media platforms for financial transactions could disrupt traditional banking systems and create opportunities for fintech startups.
2. E-commerce - The trend of using social media for commerce could create new opportunities for e-commerce businesses to engage with customers in real-time and expand their sales channels.
3. Travel and Aviation - The real-time sales trend enabled by TweetAFlight could disrupt the traditional airline ticket sales industry and create new opportunities for innovation in the travel and aviation industry.