Monetizing Twitter – a Do or a Don’t?

Although some users would not instantaneously like the idea of monetizing Twitter and becoming a “sell-out”, that won’t change the fact that it’s happening at large in the Twitter community today. I was never against it though. A lot of people were against it when some people started monetizing blogs too. But I guess it’s perfectly OK today; With most of us – at least.

I’ve seen account with 4000+ followers generally going for around $1000+, when listed on eBay. You can get a round figure on what’ it’s worth from WhatsYourTweetWorth. But, unless something convinces you to get rid of your Twitter Account, that’s not likely to happen right?

So, the obvious monetization moves would be to get your profile sponsored. You know, throw in a small banner in the background, send a promo tweet once every 30th Tweet, and so on. And obviously, “how much” would depend on how popular you’re on Twitter. That is, how many followers you are having and so on.

Of course, trying to find advertisers can prove to be a hassle. Doing it on eBay should be relatively easy, but you’re not guaranteed of an advertiser. And this is an instance where you can make use of services like Twittad. Not everyone would want to sell their profiles through a 3rd party, but it’s really convenient provided that you don’t want to search for advertisers yourself.

The idea of monetizing a Twitter Account still is a relatively alien idea to most of the people. But with the exponential growth of Twitter, I guess it won’t be that much of a big idea when more and more people start doing it. Nevertheless, an extra few bucks couldn’t possibly hurt, yeah?

8 Responses to “Monetizing Twitter – a Do or a Don’t?”

1. IngaOz says:

   February 12, 2009 at 3:03 am

   Very interesting post! Was really fun to check out that my twitter worths about 63c/mth LOL and I didn’t know yet that now we can monetize it…
2. Nishadha says:

   February 12, 2009 at 9:36 am

   I like the idea of a sponsored tweet every 30 tweets or so , but getting in the profile background isn’t that worthy. Hardly anyone visits there profiles anymore with lots of external tools like TweetDeck , Twhirl etc
3. Nadeesha Cabral says:

   February 12, 2009 at 5:11 pm

   Don’t worry. I guess it’ll increase over time I guess Thanks for commenting!
4. Nadeesha Cabral says:

   February 12, 2009 at 5:13 pm

   Yeah I guess you’re right. But the thing is there’s some money to be made there so, it’s worth a shot I guess?
5. Girish says:

   February 13, 2009 at 12:24 pm

   hi,
   nice article do write more on this.
   You can see one article at dotgiri.com about twitter tips
   thanks
   Girish
6. FLIR B60 Infrared Thermal Camera says:

   February 18, 2009 at 6:20 am

   Interesting write up Nadeesha. twitter has always been a really useful tool for me. Thank you
7. Nitesh Kothari says:

   March 1, 2009 at 10:26 am

   the day i saw this post.. i logged on to twittad..but till date i havnt yet got any advertiser… i hope someone comes and advertise at my profile… there is no harm in advertising at twitter profile……
8. kevin says:

   August 26, 2009 at 8:55 pm

   woo mines worth 166 per month wouldnt do it tho you’d just lose all your followers