MicrostockGroup

Here's the deal.

I have an advertising budget for Microstockgroup and I could just spend it all in Google Adwords or somthing, but I saw the Charity Water campaign last year some time, I liked it but never did anything about it.  I recently stumbled upon it again and thought to put something into action.

Here is a bit about the charity

charity: water promo featuring "Time Bomb" by Beck

So anyhow here's how it'll work.  I'll donate $1.00 to CharityWater for every time someone tweets on twitter with the hash tag #tweetwater and usertag @microstockgroup.  I have $1,000 to spend and am hoping to use everything on this campaign.  I have until Dec. 31 to get this done.  Your tweet could look something like this


Here is the MicrostockGroup charitywater page
http://mycharitywater.org/microstockgroup

And here is the tweet water page
http://mycharitywater.org/tweetwater

If you want to make a donation there yourself, feel free to do so - it is really a great cause and 100% of the donations go to building wells.  But at the least send a tweet and make ME pay

here's another video

The story of charity: water - The 2009 September Campaign Trailer

I'll keep this thread posted on the progress.  

Great campaign, Tyler.
I'm going to shout it out and make my donation :-)
No idea for counting tweets... when I've done a twitter contest, I used the search tool but probably there is something more sophisticated.
Ciao,
       R.

The one time I tried to do something like this, any searching for my tag got me about 3 results and then "older tweets not available".  At that point, I figured twitter was pretty useless.

I found a couple.. none that REALLY do what I am looking for but I think they might be able to track the stats...

Here are the links, for me to remember as much as anything...

http://hashtags.org/tweetwater
http://www.hashtracking.com/fast-report/?hashtag=tweetwater

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Thanks, guys, but don't expect many news from me. I had to get my little note book (paper I mean) to see what was my password at Twitter.   

Great Idea Tyler. I just did it.

My Pleasure, Tyler.
I will post an update on December, just to remind the campaign.

If I ask non-photo friends to twit that, does it count?

A friend has just sent a tweet, how long will it take to show one more in that stats page?

That is a really nice thing to do. I am hugely impressed by such kindness. "APPLAUSE"

I've just bought a pair of great shoes which is linked to the same charity. If I buy a pair they donate a pair and they are really cool.
http://www.toms.com/charity-water-earthwise-men-s-classics

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@madelaide.  ahh ok, glad you figured it out.  I haven't been using that page very much.  I have been looking at this page to track results
http://www.hashtracking.com/fast-report/?hashtag=tweetwater
It only counts for 24 hours though so I have to check in every day at the same time to get the new count.