If you’ve been here before, I wrote an awesome post before comparing all the Twitter Advertising networks. Here’s a few tips on how you can earn even more with these networks. I have personally received over $1200 from these networks, so I can assure you that these aren’t scams.
1. Gotta join ’em all!
That’s right. I suggest that you should sign up for all 13 of the networks, even if you don’t consider tweeting ads from all of them. Why? Sometimes, great opportunities are usually only available from an advertiser to one network only. If you can’t be bothered to sign up for all of them, just sign up for Ad.ly, Sponsored Tweets & MyLikes. These are the top networks.
2. Fill her up!
When joining these networks, make sure you fully enter in all your profile details, especially when choosing your Categories in MyLikes and Ad.ly, and entering the tags in Sponsored Tweets. This is important as many advertisers look for tweeters by searching for keywords and categories.
Applicable to: All
3. Sound like yourself!
“Yo homies check out this rad app!” might not get you many clicks if you usually tweet in a formal tone & manner. Only some networks allow you to customize the message before posting it. Also you can encourage more clicks by using vocabulary such as “Click here:” or “Check it out:” before the link.
Applicable to: Sponsored Tweets, MyLikes
4. Keep it in the family!
Keep the ads related to your account CPC. When creating accounts, keep different accounts focused on one central topic. For example, an account called @realabsfitness will generally be about fitness and exercise, and not the latest iPods. This way, you’ll get more targeted ads and therefore, more clicks.
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5. We no speak Americano!
The majority of twitter users are from the United States. Unsurprisingly, most ads target and cater to users in the U.S. You can check where the majority of your followers are located using Ad.ly Analytics‘ Location Overlay map. If the majority of your followers are from the United States, that’s great. If not, you should check on indivdual offers as some offers may only count clicks from United States.
Applicable to: Sponsored Tweets, MyLikes
6. Pick the ads with the highest CPC rate
This is obvious. You should always pick the adverts with the highest Cost Per Click (CPC) rate. For example, I get paid up to $0. 48 per click on MyLikes because I choose the right advertisers. You can do the same. With 2 clicks from my followers, I can already buy a burger from McDonald’s.
Applicable to: Sponsored Tweets, MyLikes
7. Check your email often!
Ad.ly and MyLikes will notify you of new opportunites via email. For Ad.ly, these are often time limited to 24 hours. So stick close to your phone or computer! You could be missing out on opportunities!
Applicable to: Ad.ly, MyLikes
8. Accept all (cost per tweet) offers
I’ve received offers ranging from $20 to $300 per tweet. I’ve accepted all of them. This only applies to Cost Per Tweet ads (Ad.ly, Sponsored Tweets) as you typically earn more than Cost Per Click ads (MyLikes).
Applicable to: Sponsored Tweets, Ad.ly
9. What time is it?
If possble, try to tweet at 1PM Eastern Standard Time, or at least within 11AM to 3PM EST. According to Sysmos, this is when the most Twitter activity happens during the day. You can get more clicks when there are more people on twitter at one time. Only MyLikes allows you to specific what time to post the ads.
Twitter is most active on Tuesdays & Wednesdays, and the least active on on the weekends. If every tweets while at work, I wonder if the productivity level has decreased 🙂
Applicable to: MyLikes
10. Multiple accounts
If you’re planning to have multiple accounts to tweet more ads, make sure you differentiate into different topics to maximize your earnings. Don’t just have 10 different accounts about Apple, and remember, don’t spam.
Applicable to: All
11. Repeition is the key to success
In Sponsored Tweets, you should enable ClickWatch to maximise the number of clicks. ClickWatch enables under performing ads to be retweeted up to a maximum of three times. Also, with MyLikes, You can schedule your ads to appear at a certain time and date with a third-party service. By repeating your ad, you can receive more clicks, and therefore bigger earnings. I personally use Twaitter, but their are other services.
Applicable to: MyLikes, Sponsored Tweets
12. Finally,
Go Above and Beyond Twitter!
Above and Beyond’s music is awesome. Anyways, back to the point. Ad.ly allows you to tweet ads to your MySpace account too, while MyLikes allows you to post your ads to Twitter, Facebook profile, Facebook Fan Page, YouTube, Blogger, WordPress, Friendfeed, Tumblr and more. Personally, I only tweet ads on Twitter and no where else. Why? Because I don’t like trying to make money off my friends. But if you have a large audience on your Blogger blog, this could be a huge earner.
I like to compare followers/fans/friends as Tensile strength of a structure. Why? If you post too many ads, your followers will reach what I like to compare to the Ultimate Tensile Strength before reaching the Fracture Point. There is a certain balance to between your tweets and ads. If you post too many ads, your followers will stand it up to a certain point (the Ultimate Tensile Strength) until they decide to unfollow / block you (the so-called Fracture Point). So, don’t over-post ads!
If you follow all these steps, you can easily earn $20-$250 a month.
Any problems? Leave a comment below and I’ll personally email/reply you back.
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I tried it too but I didn’t earn much money that way…
Interesting stuff. I never really thought about using Twitter to make dough since I figured it would be ridiculously hard. Maybe I’ll give these options a look.
Tell me how it goes! 🙂
Great Article as always josh, I have learned a lot about twitter advertising from you…
Thanks! 🙂
For about 250$ a month i´d rather save that time and go out with friends 😉
Nice article. Quick question – what add are you running that pays you 48cents per click?
None currently. But the DirecTV ad is close to $0.48 with $0.42 per click.
I really liked this, its helpful to know which are legitimate and which aren’t…also I’m interested in starting up a new website….please email me I could use your advice
Thanks!
Sure, if you have any questions, feel free to email me at the contact me button on top. I’ll reply you by email.
nice share…Your article is very helpful for me.
Thanks
Great article! I agree. I made money from Sponsored Tweets too.. I havent had any luck with ad.ly but I’ve had luck with be-a-magpie.com … Check out my progress when you get a chance
http://yobigbrotha.com/2010/08/gettin-paid-to-tweet/