This far most of my posts have mostly been about how I make money with niche sites and now it is time for me to mention a few methods on how to make money with Twitter, which is still an relatively unexplored market.
Sponsored Tweets is not the first service to allow you as a user to make money through your tweets but with my knowledge it is probably the one trying to make the best of it with Playmate Holly Madison and internet celebrities like Shoemoney and John Chow.
Sponsored Tweets Basics
Signing up for Sponsored Tweets is extremely easy. Just click the “click here to sign up” button and you are basically done. Sponsored Tweets will now send you forward to Twitter where you approve the connection and are being sent back to the service to add your account details.
Account Details
Charge per tweet and click are probably the most important and also difficult settings to set. Personally I started out with $1 per tweet simply to see how it worked and then raised it every time I got a new advertiser.
As soon as you have registered it is time for you to find a offer.
Offer from Advertiser
To be visible in searches to advertisers your Twitter account must be at least 120 days old and have at least 200 followers. If you qualify for this you will hopefully get a offer from one of the advertisers.
Receive Payment
If you accept an offer your account will be credited within 24 hours of your Tweet. When your account reaches $50 you can cash out.
As a Tweeter you will receive all of these money since Sponsored Tweets got their cut directly from the advertiser.
Is Sponsored Tweets Allowed by Twitter?
As long as you clarify the connection between tweeter and advertiser you are fully allowed to post advertising on Twitter. Sponsored Tweets worked together with Twitter during the development to make sure they followed all of their rules and this is what they say on their website:
We comply with FTC regulations that state, “When there exists a connection between the endorser and the seller of the advertised product which might materially affect the weight or credibility of the endorsement (i.e., the connection is not reasonably expected by the audience) such connection must be fully disclosed.”
When making a new tweet you will choose between several different prefix as my sponsor and #ad.
Become Sponsored Tweets Affiliate
As a Tweeter it recently also become possible to be an affiliate. By doing so you will receive 10% of Sponsored Tweets cut. This means that neither the advertiser or the Tweeter lose anything by being referred.
Unfortunately I do not know how much their cut is but I would appreciate if anyone of you could enlighten me.
Sponsored Tweets Celebrities
As I mentioned above this service has a great advantage by being promoted by several popular celebrates as Kendra Wilkinson and Chris Pirillo.
Personally I think this is something that will help SponsoredTweets in the long run since everyone will promote them instead of their competitors.
Will Sponsored Tweets Ruin Twitter?
A lot of people complain this will ruin Twitter in the long term since most of the tweets will become advertising. This is what SponsoredTweets says:
Sponsored Tweets Guidance for Tweeters
It’s up to you, the Tweeter, to pick the Opportunities and Advertisers that best suit you and your Twitter followers. If it doesn’t feel right, if you don’t own the product, or if you feel you can’t be 100% honest we ask you to pass on the Opportunity. We strongly encourage you to only take opportunities that relate to you and to alert us if an Advertiser ever suggests that you be dishonest in any way.
I truly hate bad advertising on products I am not interested in, but if you as a Tweeter can choose the right opportunities I do not really see a problem.
My Conclusion of Sponsored Tweets
If you want to make money by selling tweets I am sure this is the service you should be using simply because they have the chance to attract interesting advertisers thanks to their celebrities.
As a service I do not see this method to make money as a problem, but you do have to think twice before choosing an advertiser.
What is your thoughts on making money with Sponsored Tweets?
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I signed up – under your link. It said “ducedo” in the referral blank so hopefully you’ll be getting a % of some big $$$$ soon!
Since the advertisers are targeting us based on those keywords we select for ourselves, I’m very hopeful that they won’t be spammy looking things that will cause our followers to turn away.
Thank you Christie, it’s highly appreciated. Looking forward to see you making some money.
I don’t know how to the third party I mean Sponsored Tweets make money from our tweets ? I’m not know through that working
As a Tweeter you decide how much a single tweet should cost and then Sponsored Tweets add a small amount to this price before showing it for their advertisers. Since I am no advertiser I do not know how much their cut is, but this is how it works.
Well the bad news is, the account need to be 120 days old and plus you need 200+ followers…
I mentioned this in the post above, but I do not think this is necessarily a bad thing. By doing this most of the newly created accounts that never reach up to 200 posts will never be showed, which is a good thing for us who keep our accounts active.
Stefan it’s nice to see you starting to include some of the other ways you make money online, I have been by before but never remembered to add your blog to my reader.
I just added so I hope you don’t mind me hanging around a while.
I’m glad to hear John. I have been by your blog as well and will also subscribe for it now.
I signed up using your link. I hope it will help you as well, this is my first honest try for making money online. Hope it works out
Thank you Ricky, it is appreciated. I’m sure it will work out well for you. If not, feel free to ask me for help. I would recommend you to promote your Twtitter account on your website. By doing so you will get more users resulting in more money.
Thank you for the suggestion. I still didn’t get any offer from they. Hey try magpie website, I got few tweets as well. Let me know if you are planning to join it, i will pass u my link.
Sure, just send it over through my contact form and I will register later today. Unfortunately it seems like you will only earn provision from advertisers though.
Someone was asking me about this type of thing a while ago and I could not say whether it was legit, having never heard of it and having no experience. If it is not abused, I could see how it could be a great advertising method.
My question – what is Twitter’s viewpoint on this, and how this align with their rules? Does one risk getting one’s account suspended, or not?
As long as you make sure everyone knows it is a sponsored tweet Twitter does not mind and Sponsored Tweets worked together with Twitter to make sure of this. This is why you always have to choose a prefix (my sponsor) or suffix (#ad) for every tweet. I updated the post with this information as I can imagine a lot of people are wondering this.
Is there any way in which they moderate the twitter account and pay them? It wont be possible to pay each one a dollar for tweeting!
I’m not sure if I follow you. Could you please clarify your question?
Is there any way in which they verify your twitter account to find that you are a true person or no? Else, people will start minting money by using twitter bots.
They are not, but the advertiser will check through your account before offering you the possibility to earn money from them. With that said it will most certainly be some advertisers not checking this. If you are famous for some reason you can verify your account on Twitter.
I just Tweeted about sponsored link and after your comment I realize you have written about it, even i’m going to write a review on Sponsored tweets after a week.. The best thing which I like about this ST is we can control which tweet we want to tweet and also we can customize our tweet….
I agree with you Harsh. Since we can both control who we want to work with and then also customize the tweet it doesn’t hurt your as much. Will you be using Sponsored Tweets in the future? Looking forward to read your review, since I’m sure you will give the service a new point of view.
I actually started using Sponsored Tweets a while ago, and it is effortless money. To anyone who isn’t using it at the moment, listen to Stefan and began ASAP. You’re missing out on really easy money.
Have your tried out their affiliate program? If yes, what are thoughts on it? I have heard a lot of people complaining since it is not currently possible to see how many and which users you are referring.
Wow, thanks for pointing this out Stefan!
I’ve signed up (using your link) and hope to be making money from it soon. I’ll leave a comment informing you of my progress soon! Thanks again!
I’m glad to hear Simon. Looking forward to hear a success-story from you later on.
Added you on Twitter as well.
ya this is a good news and also for the them want to make money by tweeting .well money making is now becoming a part of tweeting i see some of my followers tweet all day about affiliates i just unfollow this peoples.
Yes, you do have to be careful with how many tweets you should do every day. Have you ever tried Sponsored Tweets?
I heard about this and didn’t try it. But little bi confused with Twitter TOS. Thanks for clarifying that issue. Now I will be happy to join this program.
You’re welcome Karthik. Feel free to share your stats and information later on. Would be great to publish a post with stats on how much users generally make of it.
hey i already register with them few days ago,let’s see how much i earned through this,
I signed up recently after reading all you guys posts. I’m having 1100 followers, but i didn’t got single penny till now
May be i have to increase the count more
I’ve been using them for a bit and trying to mix my sponsored links with very legit tweets is easy if you get good advertisers and already tweet a bunch.
Thanks for more information.
Interesting to hear Seth. Have you made an money from it?
I joined sponsored tweets almost 2-3 weeks back but haven’t got any advertiser request even after having 8500 followers..
I think I should reduce the rate to see what happens.
Sounds interesting. What are you current rate?
This is the first time I hear about Sponsored Tweets. Sounds like easy money. Never thought such a legit business existed
How much money are you earning a month doing this? I would really like some details about the rates you’re using as well.
Thanks
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