Make Money From Your Twitter Account
There have been numerous discussions on how Twitter can make money; There have been just as many concerning the wisdom of paid tweets. But now there’s another way to monetize your Twitter account- with much less controversy.
TwittAds is an advertising liason between twits and advertisers. I found out about them through one of ProBlogger’s tweets. What they do is sell advertising for your Twitter profile background.
As someone who has only just figured out how to set up my background, I think it’s a smashing idea. After all, my background isn’t doing anything for me, and it’s completely non-obtrusive.
What you’re allowing the advertiser to do is rent out your Twitter background for a specified period of time- either a day, week, 15 days, 1 month, or 3 months at a time. You can start out at a day just to see what you think of the program, or jump right in at a month, as I did.
You also set your own price. There are no guidelines for this, and I saw prices ranging all over the place, none of which seemed to be based on any specific numbers.
You set the price, the length you’re willing to advertise, and advertisers pick the twits they want to advertise with. I seem to have set my price a little low ($25 for the month), but it’s a number that I’m happy with as payout is at $20. And if I change my mind before someone purchases the advertising (which you can turn down if you choose), it’s changed with just a few clicks of the mouse.
TwittAd home page
I think it’s an interesting idea, potentially a good money maker, and shouldn’t upset too many potential followers. Use your own judgement of course, but for now, I’m game!
So far I haven’t found an affiliate program for TwittAds, though, so I’m sorry about that. Perhaps if the service proves lucrative for them one will be offered.
