1. Affiliate marketing
Affiliate marketing may not be a direct monetization gig on Twitter but since the platform allows you to post affiliate links/codes, it is regarded as a viable way to make money on the platform. You can earn money by way of affiliate commissions if you tweet about specific products/services with affiliate links/codes in your content. You can conveniently insert affiliate links/codes from reputable affiliate marketing programs like Strong Future International, SFI, in your tweets. If anyone clicks on these links and makes a purchase, you earn a commission on the sale. If you have a very large following on Twitter, you can earn good money from affiliate marketing on the platform just like many social media influencers and bloggers.
2. Amplify Pre-Roll
On Twitter platform proper, you can earn money by amplifying “Pre-Roll” which is an opt-in advertising program that runs ads on the video content you share on Twitter. On the platform, “Pre-roll” is the term used for advertisements that run before the content starts. So if you are a Twitter user and you have a good following, you can partner with the platform’s Amplify Publisher Program. This program chooses which videos will have pre-roll and what brands/businesses can advertise. Twitter charges ads fees for this service and makes payouts monthly to video publishers on the platform.
3. Enable Tips
If you enable tips on your Twitter account, it lets your followers reward you for your content by sending you a tip. However, before you can receive these tips, you’ll have to link your Twitter account with a third-party payment service like Cash App, Venmo, Patreon, Chipper, or Strike. The good news here is that whatever you make in Tips is all yours 100%. Twitter doesn’t take a cut. It is one cool way to make money on Twitter if you have a large following. What you need do is to simply use your “Edit Profile” option on the platform to turn Tips on so that it clearly shows on your Twitter profile. Anyone wanting to tip you for your good content or for any other reason can simply click the link and give their tips. Simple!
4. Twitter Subscriptions
With Subscriptions, Twitter content creators can charge followers monthly fees for exclusive content that only subscribers can see. Such fees range from between $2.99 and $9.99 per month. Again, you’ll earn more through subscriptions if you have a large following on Twitter. But, to get paid through Twitter Subscriptions, you’ll need to have a Stripe account. With Subscriptions, content creators can form a deeper connection with their followers and even share voice Tweets readily.
5. Amplify Sponsorships
There is also another credible way to earn money on Twitter that is part of Twitter’s Amplify Publisher Program. It is called “Amplify Sponsorships.” Amplify Sponsorships enable creators to partner with a single brand, event, or theme to market their products/services. As a content creator, you can develop a content package for a specific purpose and Twitter matches you with an advertising partner as your sponsor based on the content you have created. You get paid by your sponsor for consistently creating content that matches their needs. If for example you can consistently create content for collegiate athletics meets, Twitter can match you with an athletics shoes manufacturing company as sponsor. You earn money by creating the type of content that helps the shoe manufacturer to sell more shoes. The more shoes they sell, they more they’ll be willing to sponsor your content.
