25 January 2010 ~ 32 Comments

Review: MyLikes, Scam Or Twitter Money Maker?

MyLikes is a brand new Twitter Advertising Network. Again, with all advertising networks, some tend to be scams.

Here’s a quick overview of MyLikes:

MyLikes makes it extremely easy for you to earn money from Twitter ads, regardless of how big or small your number of followers figure is. I understand that the other networks that I have introduced in the past may be more suited to people with large number of followers (e.g. Sponsored Tweetsad.ly) where they pay you per tweet. With MyLikes (like RevTwt), they pay you per click. And it’s not just $0.001 per click or something ridiculously low. They pay a whopping $0.5 a click. Two clicks could buy you a McDonald’s burger already.

Here’s something about MyLikes that’s also unheard of in the Twitter Advertising Industry: A $2 minimum payout. Some networks have higher payout rates, which means smaller publishers may have to wait a long time before being able to cash out. That’s not the case with MyLikes.

How do I know it’s not another scam? Well here’s why:
1. I have personally received payment from MyLikes.  Here’s a screenshot of my PayPal payments from MyLikes:

So far I have made $165.97 just from MyLikes ads, from my followers clicking on the links.

This Is NOT a scam.

2. The company MyLikes is actually founded by two ex-Googlers,  the former tech lead for AdSense, Arvind Sundararajan and his wife Bindu Reddy, the former head of product management for Google Apps. That’s right. I told you their names. You could knock on their door demanding your money :)

3. Discloses are compulsory. MyLikes won’t be a company that the FTC will be chasing anything soon for its non-compliance of its rules.

4. Their system only allows you to tweet up to one ad per day. This will cut the chances of you spamming your followers, as well as allowing your account to be potentially suspended by Twitter.

If you sign up for a MyLikes account, you’ll get a chance to win an iPad every month. Sign Up below:

Sign Up for MyLikes


How’s your earnings amount? Tell me in the comments below.

32 Responses to “Review: MyLikes, Scam Or Twitter Money Maker?”

  1. Susan Kishner 25 January 2010 at 11:55 pm Permalink

    I just stopped by your blog and thought I would say hello. I like your site design. Looking forward to reading more down the road.

  2. Shirley 29 January 2010 at 10:32 am Permalink

    Very cool program indeed, Josh. I just checked out their site and I must say that their program has a totally different twist from the others. I think it’s going to be very attractive to many people and thus bring them loads of members in return.

    Great program indeed :D .
    Shirley´s last blog post ..Review: The Lateral Action Guide To Becoming A Creative Entrepreneur

  3. Voyage Montreal 7 February 2010 at 7:07 am Permalink

    Thanks for the note on the opportunity

  4. Martha Grossberg 7 February 2010 at 1:36 pm Permalink

    Glad to see that this site works well on my iPhone , everything I want to do is functional. Thanks for keeping it up to date with the latest.

    • Josh Lam 24 February 2010 at 12:01 am Permalink

      Wow. I’ll be updating the mobile site. I thought no one uses it :)

  5. Norbert 8 February 2010 at 11:20 pm Permalink

    Ich finde das iPad wirklich cool, ich freue mich schon sehr darauf wenn es auf den Markt kommt. Ich denke Apple schafft hiermit einen weiteren gro

  6. Lauralee Blanchfield 9 February 2010 at 9:20 am Permalink

    Hey it’s me again, do you remember me? I sent you an e-mail not too long ago, maybe it get caught in spam for some reason.

  7. Karleen Brindle 11 February 2010 at 4:42 pm Permalink

    Good blog entry.

    What’s your take of the iPad?

    I couldn’t believe my lack of excitement this thing could have been insane instead they settled for a cheap device.

  8. Apple Ipad 12 February 2010 at 1:17 pm Permalink

    Aw, this is a really great post. In theory I’d like to write like this also – taking time and real effort to make a good article… but what can I say… I procrastinate alot and never seem to get anything done.

  9. April Wilcutt 13 February 2010 at 2:32 pm Permalink

    The Apple iPad looks unbelievable. I will definitely be buying one. I am just not decided whether to get the wifi or the 3g and which size to get.

  10. Wariner 17 February 2010 at 3:46 pm Permalink

    Hey! Awesome site! I will definatley be coming back in the near future =)

  11. M'Ballz Es'Hari 25 February 2010 at 7:00 am Permalink

    This is interesting I could use this information for my website. Many thanks :)

  12. Adam Arnold 2 March 2010 at 5:10 pm Permalink

    Just signed up, looks great!
    Adam Arnold´s last blog post ..No better time to get Firefox – Internet Explorer crumbles hard!

  13. infopediaonlinehere 11 March 2010 at 4:24 am Permalink

    this sounds very interesting…I happened to stopby your blog and its great..site dessign is simple and apealing..keeep up the good job dude
    infopediaonlinehere´s last blog post ..Google App Engine technologies, Google App Engine SDK, Google cloud computing google app engine

  14. scraper 29 May 2010 at 11:19 pm Permalink

    Hey, Admin, I am starting my own blog, I was wondering which blog platform you are using? Sorry for the noob question and thanks for you help in advance :)

  15. David Bannon 2 June 2010 at 8:16 am Permalink

    What’s the deal with all these “I like your blog” comments?
    This post is one big advertisement for your REFERRAL link to mylikes. Ironic really when you write about disclosure being one of mylikes great features.

    :not amused: (T_T)

    • David Bannon 2 June 2010 at 8:21 am Permalink

      Nice disclaimer though lol
      “I try to make money on every link, tweet, ad and product. If I didn’t, it was an oversight.”

    • Josh Lam 2 June 2010 at 12:16 pm Permalink

      Hey, what’s wrong with referral links? I’m just a student trying to pay for food. Nothing’s wrong with that, right?

      • David Bannon 2 June 2010 at 9:48 pm Permalink

        Oh I’m not saying theres a problem with referral links, it just irks me that it’s not disclosed and you don’t offer a direct link or even a normal referral link anywhere in the post instead opting to have all mentions of the site go through a redirect.

        Also the number of approved comments heavily praising your site that are clearly spam (see their urls) is misleading to a new visitor.

        That said I’m a student myself and you gotta do what you gotta do to put noodles on the table :P

        • Josh Lam 2 June 2010 at 11:53 pm Permalink

          Sorry, I’ll make sure referral links are better disclosed next time. I don’t understand why I should use “normal” referral links though, it’s better cloaked as it simply looks tidier.

          Thanks, no idea how those got through the spam filter, I’ve removed some :)
          Josh Lam´s last blog post ..8 Essential iPhone Apps For Internet Entrepreneurs

  16. Horace Winterrowd 3 June 2010 at 6:16 pm Permalink

    fantastic advice and sharing,I will buy one beautiful apple for me .thanks,Joe

  17. Marc 23 June 2010 at 1:51 pm Permalink

    Hi. I signed up for MyLike but it says I have no active campaigns…I couldn’t find a beginners tutorial. How do I start? Can’t I earn if I’ve got no active campaigns? Thanks.

  18. Smiley 5 July 2010 at 3:19 am Permalink

    this is a great info bro. thanks for sharing this information although I wanted to know if you just have to tweet the sponsored links from one twitter account or you can tweet on one account and also retweet it with your other accounts if they don’t allow more than one account.
    Smiley´s last blog post ..What Was This Guy Thinking Playing with A Hippo

    • Josh Lam 5 July 2010 at 6:02 pm Permalink

      Yes you can. The link is exactly the same for every tweet for advertiser, so you can copy the link from one account to another and the clicks will still be counted.

  19. Rob 28 July 2010 at 1:01 pm Permalink

    They don’t even have a phone number and they use Domain By Proxy to hide their information…very unprofessional. I don’t care if they did work with Google. They have no way for large corporations to contact them by phone. I wouldn’t spend a dime with this company. I don’t see any proof of who are really are! Just another company trying to capitalize off of YouTube Partners success. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

  20. Raven 31 August 2010 at 8:00 pm Permalink

    Although I am using MyLikes, I’m still a bit skeptical about it, and also with what you’ve posted above, you said mylikes has a $2 payout which is absolutely negative to now, they only let you cash out when you reach $400 (you can check it), so how could you possibly do that? it even takes almost 2 days for them to verify the clicks that have made on the campaign you have liked.

    But on the contrary, this post was made on January 2010, and maybe a lot of things happened to Mylike.com system.
    Raven´s last blog post ..Foating Bookmark This! Widget


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