Follow me on twitter & I will donate $1 to Rescue a Million.
Last March Tim Ferriss launched a social experiment he called The “Tweet to Beat“. The purpose, to give away $150,000 to benefit U.S. public school students.
I am taking the example. Donating to Rescue a Million. A program that simultaneously saves two of the earth’s most precious resources – children and the environment.
Right now I have twenty-ish twitter followers making this easy to track… Let’s just call it zero. I will give a dollar for up to 50,000 followers, simply put, up to $50,000 donated to Rescue a Million.
What To Do
- Follow Me on Twitter.
- Spread the Word! Retweet and share… “Paying $1 per Follower: Rescue a Million – http://bit.ly/8QrRqe”
Mr. Ferriss writes about the benefit of twitter as a platform:
…Twitter is the perfect laboratory for a new-and-improved approach (at least with a few variables).
It’s public and therefore accountable, it’s trackable, it allows exclusive communication with followers when needed (“protect my updates” under settings), and it’s current media popularity makes it the ideal PR vehicle for this campaign. Last but not least, though this experiment has no victims, produces no spam, nor violates the Twitter Terms of Service, this alternative use will get some purists hot and bothered.
Follow me on twitter: www.twitter.com/webrobert
Link this post: /?p=37 Same url shortened: http://bit.ly/8QrRqe
UPDATES
02/15/2009 – I spoke with Rescue a Million today. They are talking about a campaign to fulfill my offer for followers. Something about Hero’s for Haiti. Stay tuned!
01/01/2011 – This donation model is closed.