How to Make Money with Twitter

Twitter came onto our scenes in 2006 and already is providing to be a powerful networking tool with a 5 million members and growing on a daily basis. Soon Twitter will overtake Facebook and Myspace and be the most visited and most used social network. Twitterers keep up to date with their following by posting short updates about their daily activities. On Twitter you can also upload a picture and add information about yourself such as your interests and your website.

As with most social networks Twitter provides the ability to earn some dollars. You can earn directly and indirectly by using twitter.

Directly

You can become what is known as a magpie. A magpie is someone who publishes advertisements on behalf of companies and businesses in order to promote their services. It is relatively easy to get a magpie account, you simply sign up using your twitter username and password at be-a-magpie.com. This site is responsible for posting the advertisements as shortened URLs on your twitter page. These advertisements will appear in a similar format to your tweets. You can set the advertisements to appear once every 1 -10 tweets you do. If someone clicks on one of the advertisements your be-a-magpie account will be credited with some cash. The site pays through Paypal when you reach 50 Euros. Those who tweet more and those with a greater following will generally earn more as they will receive more advertisements as well as greater chance of someone clicking on the advertisements.

Indirectly

Twitterers can also earn indirectly through acquiring readers to their websites, blogs and articles. If you are an affiliate marketer gaining several thousand followers on Twitter can only be a good thing. Imagine you are promoting an ebook, it could be your own or one you are acting as an affiliate for on clickbank, if you have 10 000 people checking out your website then the chances are you may get some sales. Additionally you may earn some adsense revenue. Freelance writers who post their articles, will gain page views, and an increase in earnings. If you were to write 100 two page articles a month and had 50000 followers of which 5000 checked out all your articles, you would gain 1 million page views. On Associated Content this amounts to an of amount of $1500, and that is not counting other viewers. Perhaps you may be promoting MLM programs where you need to grow your down line to increase your earnings; Twitter provides a good opportunity to get those sign ups you need.

Twitter is one of the best social networking tools too date. As it grows month after month there will be many more opportunities for those wishing to earn through both direct and indirect means.