Twitter verification is useless...and this is coming from someone who can do it now. Took a lot of probing and leg work to get here...and I bashed people claiming to be able to offer it in the past (because they were full of shit and asked for $$$ upfront)...anyway, I have analyzed dozens of twitter accounts that I have gotten verified...and guess what...???
Not a SINGLE one saw an increase in followers, retweets, etc. Nothing. 100% worthless.
It is for ego maniacs....nothing more. Take the $$$ you would spend for this and use it to grow your business. You could take a couple grand and use it on twitter ads and make money....verification? Useless. Branding? Ok....but think...do you buy a product because the company is verified on a social network? Fucking worthless.
There are 101 better things to do with the money that will help your business.
Any verification goes through the SAME channel/department...anyone saying they have some blackhat trick to get it done is 100% lying. It is all about relationships...and no matter how good the relationship they won't verify a shitty worthless account. Again, save your money. Worthless. I've ripped into more data than I should have....just to prove to myself it is 100% worthless and has ZERO value other than a personal ego stroke.