Does twitter make real money?

13 years ago

If you have a huge amount of followers, targeted to a specific niche it still can be profitable.
Also having those software that sends Private Messages on it after following can help.

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Steven Miranda

13 years ago

I think it is possible if you have a very large following.

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YasirYar

13 years ago

I actually have around 23k followers and I have made a grand total of USD 10 on Twitter. My opinion is, if you are using twitter just to make money, dont bother.

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13 years ago

Originally Posted by YasirYar

I actually have around 23k followers and I have made a grand total of USD 10 on Twitter. My opinion is, if you are using twitter just to make money, dont bother.

Could not agree more. I use it as a traffic and list building tool, but have had problems with it lately. Don't know if there is something wrong with my account but I'm at the point where I don't really care anymore because the time invested in using Twitter doesn't really end up being a good investment.

Other people may use it differently and have differing levels of success.

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13 years ago

Originally Posted by YasirYar

I actually have around 23k followers and I have made a grand total of USD 10 on Twitter. My opinion is, if you are using twitter just to make money, dont bother.

Yea, it is pretty much a lost cause if you are trying solely to use twitter. The only real way that can become lucrative is if a couple of factors are met. One: you have to have a lot of followers, and as mentioned above, that sometimes doesn't even get the job done on its own. Second, you have to have some kind of action based theme, because updated through a tweet, even campaigns, isn't going to do anything, your followers have to be motivated and trustworthy. Pretty much an impossible task to only focus on twitter and be successful, so I concur with the statement above.

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LawrenceTam

13 years ago

Originally Posted by YasirYar

I actually have around 23k followers and I have made a grand total of USD 10 on Twitter. My opinion is, if you are using twitter just to make money, dont bother.

same as yasir, 4k followers in a tight niche.... if someone is banking using twitter I would like to see how without spamming. The invention of the auto add tools killed twitter as a means to really connect.

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13 years ago

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BVogel3

13 years ago

I think it really depends on what you are marketing and how you are targeting your followers. If you are just adding random people from twiends and the like sites your really not going to make any money. Basically everyone on twiends wants the same thing Fast folllowers + the ratio of followers drops like crazy with twiends.

But back to the topic, you really have to target your audience, send a PM to each new follower, and filter, filter, filter your followers.

Like ZaneZenMaster said "Also having those software that sends Private Messages on it after following can help."

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kellyburdes

13 years ago

You can make TONS of money off Twitter, it's simple. Get an autofollow bot setup and gather up tens of thousands of (non)followers, then sell a course on how you have created a massive following on Twitter.

Twitter's not as hot as it used to be, so it might not work as well now as it used too though.

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Derek Soto

13 years ago

There are better ways my friend, there are better ways!

But wait, there always are, so here's some good stuff to get you rolling...

1./ don't follow everyone back that follows you, it actually looks good when you follow fewer people
2./ interact with your followers and talk with them
3./ NEVER AUTOMATE TWITTER
4./ make sure to be "controversial" for example, use phrased like "earth shattering, ball crushing mind f**k" just kidding, well sort of, you have to really stand out and have personality!
5./ treat your twitter like your own show, bring the newest news to your followers and train them to look to you as the expert and the newsbringer
6./ oh yea, don't take anyone's sh*t, if they say negative stuff all the time, drop them like third period french.
7./ talk from authority, because you ARE the authority, but don't be an as*hol* about it, you promise?

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13 years ago

Originally Posted by Derek Soto

There are better ways my friend, there are better ways!

But wait, there always are, so here's some good stuff to get you rolling...

1./ don't follow everyone back that follows you, it actually looks good when you follow fewer people
2./ interact with your followers and talk with them
3./ NEVER AUTOMATE TWITTER
4./ make sure to be "controversial" for example, use phrased like "earth shattering, ball crushing mind f**k" just kidding, well sort of, you have to really stand out and have personality!
5./ treat your twitter like your own show, bring the newest news to your followers and train them to look to you as the expert and the newsbringer
6./ oh yea, don't take anyone's sh*t, if they say negative stuff all the time, drop them like third period french.
7./ talk from authority, because you ARE the authority, but don't be an as*hol* about it, you promise?

Great advice. I'd also like to add that it's a lot easier to get targeted followers then most people think, it just takes time, patience and commitment.

Start by following users that already follow someone that's popular in your niche
make sure that you have content on your account before you begin following others
interact with your followers
give them something of value and they'll stay with you
Tweet about things that are likely to be retweeted, this will make your tweet go viral and get more people to follow you.
wait until you have a large follower base before you start trying to sell them things.
Don't go overboard and publish 200 tweet per day, this could get very annoying for your followers.

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Victoria Gates

13 years ago

Not really unless you have super-targeted followers.

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brentb 13 years ago

CTR is about 0.5% in general across the board for Twitter... for some its higher, some its lower... but just in general...

Yes there is money in Twitter... I plan on launching a new Twitter service soon so I hope there is!!!!!
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francischan35 13 years ago

Social media like micro blogging can give more money if your doing it the right way so you can get more traffic to your site.
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RobCopywriter

13 years ago

As in twitter itself, they make quite a bit of money, but for you and I we'd need a bunch of followers. Otherwise you wont get anywhere by using twitter.

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jimmel196 13 years ago

You definitely have to have targeted followers and even then its uncertain.
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digitalmoolah

13 years ago

Yes it can, but it does tak some work.

How about a free Twitter Traffic Course?

It's a pdf I made. You will need to have the adobe acrobat reader program to view this course. The videos play within the pdf on windows pc. they should also for mac but I am not sure. You can get the adobe acrobat program free from adobe.com

You can get the course from http://www.digitalmoolah.com/twitter_traffic.pdf

Hope this helps.

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paigelee

13 years ago

It is if you have a large number of followers and I think there are special tool or software that would help you out with twitter marketing

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13 years ago

Originally Posted by solomprince

Does twitter make real money?for any one here..wt is the best course for twitter marketing?

Twitter works, use it for targeted list building. Direct marketing doesn't work well with Twitter.

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Fazal Mayar

13 years ago

Obviously, you can monetize it with sponsored tweets if you have a large account for example.

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Peter Gehr

13 years ago

If you spend time maximizing Twitter and have come up with a large following, and I mean in the tens of thousands, you may have a chance of making some money.

However, I find that there's a lot of automation going on with Twitter, and unless you are a celeb or have developed a kick ass persona, then chances are you'd be struggling if you quit your day job to survive off Twitter related income.

There's a lot of activity going on in Twitter that is one automation communicating with another, and therefore you're not really connecting with buyers or potential prospects.

I personally don't see much opportunity with Twitter.

Having said that, you may want to find someone who has a successful Twitter strategy and pick their brain about it.

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Robert X

13 years ago

I tried it for a while and even though you may get a lot of followers,, they're all just trying to sell you stuff too. So,, i never sold anything to any folowers

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Chris Dolan

13 years ago

Twitter is micro blogging, think about how you monetize blogs, and you should find ways to monetize twitter.

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pratap295 13 years ago

Basically twitter has presented itself as a micro-blogging platform where a user can shout out anything they want to his 'followers' within the limit of 140 characters.
For those of you who don't remember the April announcement about Promoted Tweets, basically, they're ad-based tweets that Twitter promised to promote more prominently on the top of relevant Twitter results pages--rather like Google's sponsored search results. The big, and I thought crazy, caveat was that Twitter would pull "Promoted Tweets" that weren't performing. This was something new in advertising.
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lustique

13 years ago

Sponsored tweets is a good one. But not many offers

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warrich

13 years ago

It matters if you have large followers and you have the idea of writing words, I mean tweets, you can make lots of money.

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Willie Crawford

13 years ago

I do :-)

I think that part of the key is to be consistent so
that you followers know what to expect from you,
and then don't be afraid to tell them about things
that you want to share with you.

I do use automation to pre-schedule some tweets.

You do want to engage in 2-way conversations, but
I do now find that I spend much more time on Facebook
where I'm not restricted to 140 character soundbites!

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Why9999

13 years ago

Originally Posted by solomprince

Does twitter make real money?for any one here..wt is the best course for twitter marketing?

Twitter has made it much harder to use them to make money. They have really clamped down on the follow/unfollow rules and now strongly enforce the 1 hour api limit. You could definitely use it to make money and it's a great way to start a blog or site from scratch. But it's a hellacious amount of work once you get started...

But I owe a lot to twitter: I think it's how my blog got off the ground.

I want to use twitter down the road, but only when I can pay someone to handle the follow/unfollow part of it. I just don't have time now to manage that or program it and your account can get suspended very easily with third party apps.

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Damian Kitchen

13 years ago

just starting out in the IM world and i have heard ripples about social media traffic as a good earner.

i wonder myself if twitter really is a good money spinner im not so sure

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Eve Foss

13 years ago

I played around a bit with Twitter, but it seemed like it was far more work with lower returns than other avenues, such as Facebook.

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13 years ago

If you engage audience on twitter, sure you can make money from them. Make sure you providing quality content that's create value and they will buy from you when you suggest a product!

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Ryan Butz

13 years ago

Does anyone think there is money in getting high referrals on Sponsored Tweets? If it does end up taking off very well 10% of all tweets from your referrals really can add up if you get some big accounts. It's something I have been thinking about.

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WebPen

13 years ago

Seems to me like there are better ways to make money with social stuff.

Facebook allows you to get laser-targetted people, the overall format is much easier to read, etc.

OR be one of the first people to figure out how to really bank in with Google+

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Damian Kitchen 13 years ago

i know this started out as a twitter thread but i noticed more and more people mentioning facebook for advertising.

are people referring to advertising through paid facebook ads or are warriors making sales through facebook without paying for ads ???

im intrigued as i have only just started in IM business world, but i dont use facebook as of yet and wonder if i need to start???

i dont have the budget yet for facebook ads if thats what people are referring to
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celente

13 years ago

Twitter is just another way to get a list of people looking at you.

I think its full of spam these days, but still if you give your readers good stuff you can make money there.

content
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plug something
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Something like that will probably increase your chances.

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ebusinesstutor

13 years ago

Twitter is about building relationships. If you use it for that, it is a useful tool. If you are good with turning relationships into win-win profit situations, then you can make money from the relationships you built via Twitter.

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13 years ago

I have a 3-Day Twitter Mastery Boot-Camp in my signature that show's how I began accumulating TONS of like-minded followers and making money on Twitter!

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michaelcorvin

13 years ago

My opinion is no. If you can focus on building a tight niche following and offer free content in order to build a list and then use software to get them to take it viral...that is what has worked well for me. Which translates into cash flow. BUT if you are build a twitter following to send them Clickbank offers...good luck :-)

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Targeted Traffic

13 years ago

You can if you have a huge number of followers and that you are able to build real relationship with them. Twitter is a fantastic platform to build relationships, drive traffic and make sales. But, you need to do it really in that order. Before you can expect to make any money on twitter you need to take the time to build relationships.

The more you interact on twitter the better your response will be. If you build a loyal following on twitter your followers will be more likely to visit your sites and eventually purchase for you.

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bestrevenueshare

13 years ago

My experience with twitter is not so good, they are not targeted traffic, and the click through rate is so poor.

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Agz21 13 years ago

Originally Posted by bestrevenueshare

My experience with twitter is not so good, they are not targeted traffic, and the click through rate is so poor.

very very similar experience...twitter is just another planet...

Though I've had a good CTR ; conversions were horrible...

like 536 clicks and 0 conversions...

same campaign on fb 536 clicks 80+ conversions...!
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dagaul101

13 years ago

Twitter marketing seems to be good if you are a celeb with millions of followers, heard 50cent made a few million encouraging his followers to buy stock he had a vested interest in

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StevenJones

13 years ago

Make sure you convert your traffic on your website and don't send people directly to an offer. Horrible conversion trust me.

Further more Twitter needs an innovative approach when it comes to making money. Target the top 3 trends in your tweets. If you see a trend that corresponds with your website or a CPA offer your know of, then do jump the bandwagon and post tweets to the trends and you surely make some cash.

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BabyMama

13 years ago

Yes you can make money on Twitter! Its great for adsense marketing I find but takes a while to build up followers and tweets.
If you have the time and patience to build it up then yes you can make money from it.
There area also a handful of very effective software solutions avaliable that can speed up the process.
I would use Twitter as a marketing tool not just to make money.
It can be a great traffic tool and can be good for building a list too.

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fernandoraymundo

13 years ago

Definitely yes. Twitter can make money specially if you have a lot of followers. I've read an article before about celebrities making a huge amount of money per tweet on their Twitter account. For normal people we just needed to have a lot of followers with similar interest or niche.

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sonic74 13 years ago

It is a great traffic tool if you drive traffic to your adsense sites and you have niche targetted followers !

I agree with the above posters
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ItsChrissy

13 years ago

I'm no expert, but at the end of the day Twitter and Facebook are Social Platforms first and foremost. So if you don't build a relationship with your followers and provide useful, interesting info, engage them, make them laugh even, give then a real reason to follow you and like you (the old like, know, trust scenario), then you are unlikely to make money for sure.

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