Sponsored Tweets – The next best thing?
I’ve heard a lot of chatter about Izea’s new Sponsored Tweets platform and I wanted to toss in my opinion from a few different view points:
Publisher Perspective:
If you have a lot of followers and are in a lucrative niche (i.e. Internet Marketing) you can make some good money. The one concern that some publishers may have (and again this depends on your niche) is the requirement of full disclosure. In the internet marketing niche most people probably don’t even care if you post sponsored tweets because everyone is just out to make money and if someone you’re following is doing it – congrats! But when it comes to websites that aren’t focused on making money (or at least the readers don’t think the site is focused on making money) the sponsored tweets requirement of full disclosure may cause some publishers to rethink their strategy in using them. You don’t want loyal readers / followers to unsubscribe because they see you trying to make some extra dough on the side.
Advertiser Perspective:
There are way too many fake Twitter accounts and followers and this is compounded by the fact that so many people do the (annoying) practice of following everyone which effectively ruins the purpose of Twitter. So you can bet that if I’m looking to pay for some sponsored tweets towards any of my websites I’m going to look at the number of followers as well as the number of people being followed before jumping in too hasty. I do believe there is a lot of potential here especially in an emerging market where many people just getting into it may undervalue their follower base and you can get some under priced traffic.
Follower Perspective:
As an internet marketer I don’t really care if people are using sponsored tweets because I know that I have to make a buck somehow and so do they. But I do believe there should be a line drawn as to how many sponsored tweets can go through someones account before I just get fed up and unsubscribe. Then again, people are lazy and Twitter is a very easy / lazy way of communicating so there is a good chance that although people may be irritated by the numerous sponsored tweets they may not actually take the effort to unfollow you.
What do you think of Sponsored Tweets? Either way I know they’re here to stay and I’m planning on taking full advantage. I just signed up on one of my other websites and will share some of my experiences later. Obviously I can’t do it here as no one seems to follow me 
Ted your thoughts on my perspectives?
Tagged: sponsored tweets, twitter
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I’m already following you. I signed up to them a couple of weeks ago and a couple of payments have come through already. It is a quick and easy no brainer process. Now I am just waiting to see just how far it will take me.
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Twitter is working hard to shut down accounts that are blatantly advertising in their Twit space. I would find it hard to believe that IZEA, the kings of failed ideas, could pull through and have a good showing here.
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Well, Twitter is endorsing this one (or is at least complying with it) because they have worked with them to show when a tweet is sponsored.
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I don’t think this will work.
Reason #1: CTR
I don’t think Click Through Rate will be too high. In fact, it will be very less than PPC and advertisers will not be much interested in it!
Reason #2: Will Publishers Be Interested?
I don’t think many top followed people will be interested. Many people like Darren Rowse have already said in past that they will not use such methods.
Reason #3: As The Net Fool said!
Simply, IZEA is not very good at executing such good ideas!
However, these are my personal views. Only time will tel if this idea can really pick up!
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Hi,
I would say that the most advantageous situation should not necessitate overdoing it or else you are not gonna be followed. However, I would want to count on being beneficial to followers as a priority to few bucks.
Btw, while sharing the details of results, do share the facts & numbers to see how well it is working for you & it’s profitability would attract more loyal readers to your blog as well.
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Congratulations, I really hope you achieve your goals of $10k a month real soon!!
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