What Do Tweeters Think of Sponsored Tweets?

Guess John decided to go with the sponsored Tweets. Just got my first one from him... Good luck with that... /unfollow

Have been off Twitter for a week (yikes!) I was wondering about the spike in ad -sounding tweets! This of course explains it. And like most unwanted ads, I delete them as soon as they appear. I can see it being a good source of income however for those who do it correctly.

Personally that kinda thing is tempting... but in the end I don't think I'd do it.

I use Twitter to connect with people and share information.

There are several accounts that I "follow" that I'm strongly considering "un-following" just because mostly everything they post is links....

A sponsored tweet to something useful every now and then... yeah, I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

But it adds to the potential to seriously water down Twitter's usefulness... that's my opinion.

I think it just takes away from what social media is. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it, if you don't like it or don't agree with it then don't do it. But pretty soon a lot of people are just going to try and gain mass followers.

Twitter can be powerful tool for making money. Hoping i too can make money through twitter

I believe it is not the way to use social media. Just like one of your followers said: it's a great reason to unfollow someone...

Thanks for sharing, there are many ways to make money with Twitter which I learn from a book at makemoneytwitter.net. Yes, Twitter is a good money maker.

twitter is cool and most powerful tool for getting traffic......
But the problem is how to increase the followers .....

I received $5 something for a sponsored tweet. I haven't received anymore. I think it is a great idea, but How many twitter users is their going to be in the network and do they have enough sponsored tweets to go around. Greg Ellison

I don't use Izea's sponsored tweets but I tried their affiliate programs wherein I could promote the products through Twitter. I followed their instruction to put the #spon after the tweet but all the clicks from Twitter were considered invalid. Any idea as to why this happened? Please let me know. I would really appreciate it.

I already did on offer for 2.90 which is not much at all but I read shomoney charged 250$ for the same tweet :P

Also missing my tweet in your article :P

If I start getting lots of ad tweets, I'l be doing some unfollowing for sure.

i wish that i be earning gud money thru it....

Got my first offer today, but it wasn't even remotely relevant to my niche. Hoping they work harder to keep the Sponsored Tweets topical.

John with your audience of course the majority are going to be in favour. Anything that helps them make money right? The trouble is that Twitter has been readily adopted far outside this niche and it's the regular users that are soon going to get fed up of seeing sponsored tweets flying left right and centre. Like any form of spam give it long enough and it will be left with internet marketers marketing only to other internet marketers.

Well, Sponsored Tweets sounds to be interesting, but I didn't have a chance to use it yet

Well, I'm really thinking about using the Sponsored Tweets, but as I removed most of spammy follower I am afraid my little number of follower won't satisfy advertisers. Maybe the price only depends on your amount of followers, in this case, it would be interesting to use it.

I've been using it for a couple weeks now and I love their service. Getting paid $20/tweet is awesome!

It does seem more professional than RevTwt. I like the fact that it's from IZEA, someone you can definitely trust. I'm just testing around it though. The interface is great, but I gues what matters will be the opp.

Got 2 offers today... i think i'm undercharging though.

I think it's great for twitter user to monetize their twitter account, but monetization is another thing, don't forget the main purpose of using twitter, it's to socialize with friends and build community. Instead of monetizing your twitter, you need to communicate with your followers well too. Otherwise they will leave you.

It's my 2 cents.

Regards,
Lee

As always I expect that some people will be annoyed but most will accept and ignore advertising like they do everywhere else.

this is great , i made 27 dollar already

I got my first offer with $3.05 ^_^ Really cool, vote for SponsoredTweets :)

Yeah, I don't know. To a point I sort of feel like who cares what the clickers think?

Sponsored Tweets is pretty cool. I've already made $10 from it and I expect to get a few more offers soon. When you think about it, getting paid to tweet? Sounds pretty good to me!

I wish I could get into the program, but it looks like Twitter's server is so bog down that SponseredTweets can't connect.

Why people have to be so clueless in this world? Advertising is a common way to make money. I can't believe that people would get upset just by a receiving a simple ad on 1 of 100 or 500 or 1000 tweets. I bet you that they don't shut the tv when commercials come up.

I like the general idea like I said in my tweet. The problem with this is if it becomes SPAM. I have never really had a problem with advertising as long as it doesn't cause extra noise in my life. I like to be informed of cool new things and advertising is usually the way I am informed. If this becomes SPAM then it is a major failure, if it becomes a good way to inform people about new and interesting products and pocket a couple of bucks for doing so then it'll be great.

tried to sign up but the app is saying its having probs connecting to Twitter atm, perhaps something to do with the DOS earlier today on Twitter. This program does sound interesting but I'm not sure if I would want to be inundated by all my followers tweeting ads all day (yes, each might do it once or twice a week, but when you have thousands of followers, it really will equate to a daily waste of msgs).

I believe too much monetization can be a bad thing, and is a bit like "overdoing it." Twitter and sites like Facebook was designed to bring people together to interact, not to become a sales pitch to attract buyers with continuous sponsor listings.

since I didn't see the original question on Twitter

from @michaelmindes

@johnchow Sponsored Tweets will work for people who add value. People selling tweets for less than $50 will be devastated by unfollows

I know that is more than 140 characters, but fortunately.... I am not on Twitter!

I lost a few (under ten) followers as I joined be-a-magpie, but none of my "real" twitter friends minds if I tweet from time to time a sponsored tweet, as long as it carries a disclaimer. Lets see how the earning possibilities are with this one, until now they didn't offered me one single tweet. SY

Ads are everywhere. They are on blogs, websites, forums, myspace and messages boards so why not on Twitter? As a web surfer I am use to it. I also ignore most ads which is what advertisers don't like but I think most of us do the same as I do.

I read about this on your blog and signed up to check it out. Being in Social Media I had to see what was up on the inside because this is a big deal whether it's a good thing or not. I knew this was coming, it's only natural.

I was talking to someone about it (won't mention her name though she probably wouldn't mind, I'll let her do that) yesterday. Sent her links to articles about it and links to the site and to sign up (she is also into SM and I figured she'd wanna know about it too - whether she used it or not).

She mentioned that many people will likely unfollow those Tweeting these ads - a thought that certainly crossed my mind and that I agree with. I 'think' you might be able to get away with a couple of really good ones/particularly that are relative to whatever you Tweet about BUT unless you're very well respected by your followers you are certainly going to lose some by using this (and may still lose some regardless).

It's a sticky situation. I like to promote things that I like and never promote things I think are garbage not only to get a few dollars if I'm an affiliate for it (or getting paid one way or the other) but also because I think that whatever it is is a useful product or tool for people.

IF I decide to Tweet an ad through here, I will be very selective in only choosing ones that fit my niche and that I think people would really enjoy - and that may never happen, we'll just have to see. Yeah money is always nice but it's not always that serious. You have to weigh everything out carefully and be aware of the risks involved.

So, in deciding whether or not to use this I would weigh my decisions carefully because, again, you are certain to lose followers when you do (particularly pending your status) but people may eventually be more acceptable to it as it evolves and as other advertisers utilize these types of platforms - it's inevitable.

We also have to realize that people are going to use spam accounts to get paid anyway. People are going to start building Twitter accounts with massive followers (or use ones they already have) just to get paid using this method. There's going to be a lot to come from this and it will be very interesting to watch it all unfold.

Thanks for keeping me updated on this John. The comments were very interesting.

Karen J.@areaK
on Twitter

My comment/tweet is missing! :( But I really like Sponsored Tweets. I got $10 for a single tweet from them (Beta tester here!! :D) which is awesome ;-) What about you John? How much would charge for a single tweet? :P

Hey John, I got my 1st offer which is $2.25. Much much lower than yours. Envy~