Making money with Twitter - is that even possible?

Because of the way it works, Twitter has been able to establish itself in the social media world over the long term. And as the platform grew, so did its commercial importance. Read how to make money with Twitter.

No reach, no earnings: on Twitter, too, you first have to be seen.

The Internet is a source of income for many millions of people. An ever-increasing number use social media platforms like Twitter to earn money.

This is how you can make money with Twitter - at least in theory

Basically, there are several ways to monetize on Twitter:

• Advertisements are a classic way to make money in the online world, and Twitter is no exception. Called Twitter Ads, you can post and run ads; you earn money by having other users click on these ads.
• Also not new are affiliate links that you can post in your tweets. Here, if a user follows the link and spends money at the destination URL, you receive a commission.
• Through so-called paid tweets, you are paid directly for tweeting a certain content. It is consequently sponsored tweets, which are also marked as such.
• In addition, there is the possibility to use Twitter, for example, to draw attention to an online store, a monetized blog or other Internet products. Twitter serves here as a marketing tool, since you do not earn the money there directly.

So the options are many, but logically also applies: a large reach is the prerequisite for earning significant amounts. In the first step, it is therefore indispensable to build a following and to expand it constantly.