Make Money with Sponsored Tweets on Twitter

I recently signed up with Sponsored Tweets, a new Twitter advertising platform from Izea that provides a market for advertisers and Tweeters to connect.

The program has been out for a little over a month now and today has rolled out some new and much needed features, that should make it even easier for advertisers and Tweeters to connect.

The concept of Sponsored Tweets is simply to provide a marketplace for advertisers to leverage the millions of Tweeters out there and at the same time allow Tweeters to make money from their tweets. As you can see, the concept is simple and so is the process.

Sponsored Tweets is not the first service to dip its toes into the paying Tweeter pool, but it is the best funded and backed by a proven company, which helps to guarantee a great deal more success. Add in a bunch of celebrities and big name Web stars and you have a product that has a lot more legitimacy.

How Sponsored Tweets Works

Setting up an account with Sponsored Tweets is very simple, you just create your account, and login automatically on the SponsoredTweets site with your Twitter account. You can see how simple the account setup is in the image of the setup screen below.

You can choose to be notified of advertiser offers by Direct Message or email. Once an offer comes in, you login to your Sponsored Tweets account and approve or deny the tweet. The advertiser has the choice of writing what they want you to tweet, but the majority I have had, leave it up to you to tweet. When you write the tweet, it is sent to the advertiser for approval. Once approved and tweeted, the money is deposited into your account.

You can choose to charge per click, or charge per tweet. How much you charge is entirely up to you, but Sponsored Tweets will give you a suggested price, but you are not goverened to use this amount. Several factors are involved in estimating hos much you can charge for a tweet, but generally, the more followers you have, the more you can charge.

Is This Sanctioned By Twitter?

To dispel any concerns about this being allowed by Twitter, the answer is YES. Twitter has no problem with Sponsored Tweets or Tweeters using the service.

The question of ethics is also covered, with each tweet having full disclosure about it being an advertised, or sponsored tweet.

Can You Make Money With Sponsored Tweets?

Now the question you are all probably interested in, is whether you can actually make money with Sponsored Tweets. The answer is a definite YES. I have already made money from the service and many others are doing the same as well. The good thing is that it really doesn’t take long to earn the money, you spend a couple of minutes writing the tweet and the rest is automatic. Easy money.

I am still doing some testing with the service, regarding price settings and I will pass on my findings once I have more data. Until then, why not go and sign up yourself  with Sponsored Tweets and make some extra money while you tweet.