Twitter Gave Me A Griffin Reader Dock For My iPhone/iTouch

By Chris Stirling On August 10, 2009 Under Affiliate Marketing, Internet Marketing, Twitter

There is a lot people out there telling you there is money to be made from Twitter. They say all you need is a targeted list of Twitter followers and creative tweets to send your followers to links that make you commissions.

Well since I have over 2400 Twitter followers I decided to give this a test.

Here is the test:

Affiliate Classroom 2.0 is launching this week and as a reward to their affiliates they have put together a list of prizes they will give their affiliates for a set number of leads they generate. I figured this was a simple test – I will send out a tweet to the Affiliate Classroom 2.0 landing page and see how many people sign up for the free information they are giving away (by the way the free reports and video case studies are better than reports I have paid for but that is for a different post).

/> My goal was to get 50 leads in 2 days and qualify for the Griffin Reader Dock for my iTouch. So day 1 I put out one Tweet that read: Day 1 I sent out a tweet that read:

Message to my newsletter subscribers: “go download this report” – http://budurl.com/wb7m“

I then “tweeted” out the same message in the morning of day 2.

I did not promote that offer any other place other than those 2 tweets on Twitter.

The result – in 2 days I received 262 clicks on my affiliate link (about 10% of my twitter followers) and 60 leads or 23% of those that landed on the Affiliate Classroom 2.0 page.

Why did this work?

Well there are a couple of reasons.

First: my list of followers on Twitter are targeted to people interested in making money online and/or working from home.

Second: the Affiliate Classroom 2.0 program fits what my Twitter followers are looking for – information to help them make money online.

Third: the Affiliate Classroom 2.0 landing page and free offer was very strong and tested to convert well (hey these guys know what they are doing)

Fourth: My followers know I have a reputation of only recommending high quality offers or products so there is a built in trust factor.

Fifth: the message sent out on Twitter was worded as if I was sharing information that only my follower or subscribers were privy to.

Finally: I don’t spam my Twitter account with offers every day. Most of my tweets are information based such as links to articles on making money from home, or online. I put in personal tweets to let my followers get to know me. So when I send a tweet for a solid offer my followers take action.

This was just a small test of the power of Twitter, but it is proof that when done right your Twitter account can generate income for you.

Are you on Twitter Yet? If so Follow me http://www.twitter.com/stirls (I’ll follow you back – I promise)