July 22nd, 2010 | By Dave Tesh
Kim Kardashian and Soulja Boy can send
out one little tweet and get paid $10,000.
While their 140 character messages may take little effort,
advertisers are willing to pay up to get a piece to get the
attention of their millions of followers.
Start-ups like
Ad.ly are connecting brands and celebrity Twitterers and with
more than
50 million Twitter messages are tweeted each day, imagine how
those updates can add up!
See how much celebrities and sports stars are making off
their tweets >
Kim Kardashian: $10,000+
Kim Kardashian, who has more than 3,210,865 followers, makes up to
$10,000 per sponsored tweet, according to
SFGate.
Soulja Boy: $10,000+
The Grammy-nominated artists tweets several times a day to his
2,113,311 followers. His price per tweet is unknown, but with
millions of followers, it is sure to be close to Kim
Kardashian’s.
Khloe Kardashian: $1,359.60
E! reality show star and wife of LA Laker Lamar Odom, Khloe
Kardashian is tweeting for money just like her big sis. This
Kardashian has 1,069,105 followers, which turns into only $1,359.60
per sponsored tweet, according to SponsoredTweets.com.
Audrina Patridge: $2,353
Audrina Patridge, the star of the MTV reality hit, The Hills, has
757,769 followers. Tweets such as “Another premium
member prize giveaway www.yobi.tv You could win
a trip to Hollywood! XO” earn her $2,353, according to SponsoredTweets.com.
Kendra Wilkinson: $11,765
Ex-Playmate and E! reality star Kendra Wilkinson tweets daily to
556,485 followers. Every time she tweets to her half a
million followers, Wilkinson rakes in $11,765, SponsoredTweets.com
reports.
Nick Mangold: $1,764.75
The center for the New York Jets is followed by only 15,048 people
on Twitter, but every time he tweets a post for a sponsor such as
Tony’s Pizza he earns $1,764.75, SponsoredTweets.com
reports.
Jon Brockman: $411
Jon Brockman of the Sacramento Kings has 319,195 followers on
Twitter. Tweeting “Has anyone seen the new Volvo C30?
There are tons of features on this thing! Check it
out…http://spn.tw/5q81 #ad” earns
him around $411, SponsoredTweets.com
reports.
Samantha Ronson: Charity money!
When DJ Samantha Ronson (Lindsay Lohan’s ex-girl) tweets to
more than 1.5 million followers, she gives all of her income to
charity, Ad.ly reports.
Bethenny Frankel: $2,941.25
Bethenny Frankel, who is a natural health food chef and star of
Bravo’s Real Housewives of NYC, gets $2,941.25 when she tweets
a sponsored message to her 110,086 followers, according to SponsoredTweets.com.
Champ Bailey: $352.95
Denver Bronco’s cornerback Champ Bailey gets $352.95 when he
tweets a sponsor message such as “Check out Tony’s Pizza
and their Crispy Crust Pizzas” to his 29,843 followers,
according to SponsoredTweets.com.
Want to find out how much you can make off a tweet?
Go to Ad.ly and they will calculate how much you can actually make!