How to Monetize Twitter

Preparing to Monetize Your Twitter Feed

Step 1Establish a habit of regularly posting informative and interesting content which your subscribers find interesting and at least periodically retweet.

Step 2Promote your Twitter feed through other media such as email, blogs, Facebook and other on- and off-line sites.

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Step 3Build your Twitter subscriber list to a healthy number in the thousands. One easy way to do this is to subscribe to a number of related Twitter feeds. Many other tweeters will reciprocally subscribe to anyone that subscribes to them.

Sell Ads and Access on your Twitter Feed

Step 1Create an account with a Twitter Advertising network like Twittad, Adly or Sponsored Tweets by going to their website and filling out their new account paperwork.

Step 2Use their website to indicate your advertising preferences so that they can send you offers.

Step 3Tweet the requested text or give the network access to your Twitter account to send out the advertising text when an advertiser comes up with a suitable message.

Step 4Be careful to maintain a healthy balance between valuable tweets that you write and advertising tweets to avoid alienating your subscribers.

Use Your Twitter Feed for Profitable Activities

Step 1Sign up for affiliate accounts with websites that sell products that relate to your site.

Step 2Periodically tweet out links to products that could be of interest to your Twitter followers. For example, if you run a travel website you could tweet a link to a travel guide that you think is particularly worthwhile. Make sure that the link that you tweet contains your affiliate code. If your followers buy the product as a result of your link you will receive a commission.

Step 3Tweet out reminders of sales or promotions, especially if your Twitter feed is related to a brick-and-mortar business, to help motivate prospects to come in and buy from you.

Step 4Consider signing up for a Twitter ecommerce solution like Chirpify. While these solutions typically require both you and your followers to sign up for accounts, they make it very easy for you to tweet out products and equally easy for your customers to buy from you.