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Lower Minimum Cash Out.
Why is the withdraw limit $50? There are few requests from advertisers and it takes a while to even to get 50. I don't think there should a limit. that is just so useless.
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4Hi Everyone,
I am VERY happy to announce that you can now cash out early in Sponsored Tweets by paying a $2.00 fee. We do still plan to revisit the cash out amount in the future, but in the meantime, you will now have the means to get your funds out of the system before reaching the current $50 minimum.
You can read more about this and a few more site improvements on the Sponsored Tweets Blog.
All the Best,
Carri
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4First I agree the payout limit should be less, but I'm also starting to feel more and more like Sheree, namely, this whole thing is useless! Seemed promising at first, but now it makes no sense. Of the 10 opps I received since joining, from big name advertisers (LG, Volvo, Lifetime Channel, etc.) most came in the beginning when I had fewer followers. Now I have a whole lot more followers and my ratio and scores are much better, but I get no offers, despite cutting my asking price to half of what is suggested!
And the icing on the cake, the other day I accepted a 2 cent CPC offer, and my tweet was rejected. I know I can write a good tweet and I was a bit insulted, and a lot pissed off that I spent any time at all following the advertiser's instructions and writing a good tweet under 140 for the "chance" of earning a lousy 2 pennies. I bet I can walk to the grocery store and find 2 cents in the street on the way, and even if I don't, it's not a total loss of valuable time, because at least I'll get some shopping done. Upon further investigation I find the reason my tweet was rejected was because the "Advertiser ended this opportunity". To me this sounds like Sponsored Tweets dropping the ball. If the opp ended, why was it still listed and offered to me, with a 100% advertiser approval rating at that!
Furthermore I totally agree with The Model Channel about us regular folk who aren't celebrities seeing some reward for our work. At the same time I'd like to re-open the "raising the minimum CPC offer from advertisers" issue. At 2 cents per click it's worse than slave labor, for at least slaves are fed by their masters!
I'm just curious, how many 2 cent offers did Holly Madison accept this month? :-)
To sum up, I guess by the time I get to cash out at $50, it will be just in time to help my family pay for my casket! -
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16I've had a look at MyLikes - their payout threshold is just $2 and is automatically done every Friday. I have over 9100 followers and never seem to get any real offers so I have to use the pay per click. To get to $50 on PPC is going to take me past retirement age!
Why not set the payout limit at $5 instead - it can be once a month rather than every week but at least publishers who aren't celebrities, and therefore who need the money, can actually see some reward for their efforts. -
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dean dyer July 20, 2010 15:22yes it would feel better to see your results. Money can really motivate you.EditDeleteRemove
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16I've had a look at MyLikes - their payout threshold is just $2 and is automatically done every Friday. I have over 9100 followers and never seem to get any real offers so I have to use the pay per click. To get to $50 on PPC is going to take me past retirement age!
Why not set the payout limit at $5 instead - it can be once a month rather than every week but at least publishers who aren't celebrities, and therefore who need the money, can actually see some reward for their efforts.- view 6 more comments
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This is the point. If a company has 10,000 people with an average of $25 in "accounts receivable" they have A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS of OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY that they are holding on to for NO REASON! ...other than the fact that - with so much to invest - they can find investments wherein they can get a 100% return within as little as a couple of months!
I'm still working on my affiliate review site - dedicated to exposing the injustices that hard-working affiliates endure in the pursuit of a buck. Sponsored Tweets isn't likely to get a positive review for the very issue discussed here. -
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Info on the difference between MyLikes and Sponsored Tweets can be found HERE
VERY INFORMATIVE and HELPFUL -
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worried that this might not be attended to!
yes! This is something one should look into. $50 will be tough, with so less followers and so less ads in a day! Either you tweet or you post ads. Your tweets will hide the ads and none will click on those! how bad is that?
It will take ages to get to $50. The time I spent everyday is not worth, I guess!
Can you tweet the ads more than a couple of times? May be when I am away, and not tweeting? May be the moment an ad is tweeted, the amount should be credited. $50 is a far away dream here!! -
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4First I agree the payout limit should be less, but I'm also starting to feel more and more like Sheree, namely, this whole thing is useless! Seemed promising at first, but now it makes no sense. Of the 10 opps I received since joining, from big name advertisers (LG, Volvo, Lifetime Channel, etc.) most came in the beginning when I had fewer followers. Now I have a whole lot more followers and my ratio and scores are much better, but I get no offers, despite cutting my asking price to half of what is suggested!
And the icing on the cake, the other day I accepted a 2 cent CPC offer, and my tweet was rejected. I know I can write a good tweet and I was a bit insulted, and a lot pissed off that I spent any time at all following the advertiser's instructions and writing a good tweet under 140 for the "chance" of earning a lousy 2 pennies. I bet I can walk to the grocery store and find 2 cents in the street on the way, and even if I don't, it's not a total loss of valuable time, because at least I'll get some shopping done. Upon further investigation I find the reason my tweet was rejected was because the "Advertiser ended this opportunity". To me this sounds like Sponsored Tweets dropping the ball. If the opp ended, why was it still listed and offered to me, with a 100% advertiser approval rating at that!
Furthermore I totally agree with The Model Channel about us regular folk who aren't celebrities seeing some reward for our work. At the same time I'd like to re-open the "raising the minimum CPC offer from advertisers" issue. At 2 cents per click it's worse than slave labor, for at least slaves are fed by their masters!
I'm just curious, how many 2 cent offers did Holly Madison accept this month? :-)
To sum up, I guess by the time I get to cash out at $50, it will be just in time to help my family pay for my casket!- view 1 more comment
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I Feel ExaCTLY THE sAME Way!!!!! & I am a Struggling Actor tryin Everything I can to Meke ends Meet
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1Yeah it was really promising when it all started but now it is next to useless i think... These PPC offers are useless, especially after waiting for one whole month to actually get payed for a 2cents opp! Also despite having more than 8000 followers, my flat rate opportunities have dropped miserably n i have received only two for about 4 or 5 months now!
And $50 is too much! Previously Spontwt did not have many rivals so no one could ask them to lower it, but now there are rivals who payout for a lot less! I wonder how many ppl have already switched to mylikes.com! -
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I was wondering if anyone might be thinking about changing the amount or just paying weekly in our paypal. I love the idea of making money on twitter. -
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1Thus far, I'm having no issues but I am new. I sincerely hope that this doesn't happen to me however just look at it. When your tweets are great and you're getting paid but guess what, others are coming on board and their prices may be set lower in the beginning in order to impress and demand a higher rate just like we did. So, it's almost just like people who come in and do the same job at a lower price - this is probably what takes place over time... the advertiser says to themselves why should I pay more when I could quite possibly get more for less? It's unfortunately called competition and there's a lot out there. IDK if this is happening but it could be the case. Don't know if there's much we can do about it if this is the case, I do like idea of getting paid each week and lowering payout.
I do also think that you have to tweet out the lower priced offers as well in order to get the advertiser to get to know you. Once they do and start to like your tweets, then you can demand your price. The more advertisers who like you, the more they will eventually pay. The advertisers that have utilized and paid you at the higher price, started off at a lower price. And they still will use you I'm sure, just not as much due to competition as I stated. I think that it all get reciprocal in the end. Patience is key and I'm sure that the new advertisers that once they get to know you, they will pay your price. It'll get dry, then tweet out the lower priced ones again, and it all gets reciprocated, I believe.
And I love Sponstweets!- view 2 more comments
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Yeah i get ya. There is one thing that bothers me is when you accept cpc or ppc and you tweet and you have a few clicks on there already ST pulls it and says this sponsor doesn't have enough funds or getting low on funds lol. I get a kick out of it. I have had 9 do that this week alone.
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Gina I like your attitude and views.
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They really should lower the payout or do the same thing that PayPerPost does. You can get your money sooner but you have to pay two dollars to get it. Right now I'm at $23 with another $1.87 pending so it will be a while before I'd reach fifty. I've been taking advantage of the per click ones and I'm at MyLikes too. -
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I like Barbara's suggestion - pay to get paid. I'm all for a lower payout but one thing some people may be overlooking is that Izea appears to have a stable of programs that one could participate in. There's going to be lots of opportunities. No need to whine. At the end of the day, we're all spamming. Check out http://paymentproof.info .- view 1 more comment
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Any IZEA Employee on these threads will be clearly marked as such. Please be careful when making assumptions. Although we may not be able to make every change or accede to every request our users make, we put forth every effort to listen to what you have to say respectfully and any actual employee who resorted to name calling would have to deal with me... and they don't want that.
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I surely ain't no izea employee and Joe, you are whining. I can see why I have fewer ad opportunities lately. It's because I haven't tweeted that much. Re followers, I like to think I have quality followers. I don't need 1000s.
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I agree: to reach $50 is going to take ages: it should be $ 5 and should be paid on a weekly basis. -
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trying to be helpful (but still wondering why Sponsored Tweets doesn't drop the $50 limit)
I use both Sponsored Tweets and My Likes - my reasons (and a review of another not mentioned here - Magpie - the original) are here: http://bit.ly/ce4lVr People have said they find this very useful.
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wanting to move on from this (but still hoping Sponsored Tweets lowers the limit for people)
2Seriously, guys, this keeps being brought up. I wish they'd do something about it but it doesn't look as if they will. Maybe, instead of opening yet another thread on this, you could just 'like' this one. I recommend reading the post in the last comment ( http://bit.ly/ce4lVr ) It's balanced and an honest account. But, regardless of any one else's advice, it's your life and your money at the end of the day and I'd advise against making snap decisions.
If you leave a Sponsored Tweets account with $20 for the possibility of $2 elsewhere, how does that get you nearer to $50 here? You're just spreading yourself thin. For some people, that will be the right choice. For others, closing and cashing out their account here and moving to somewhere else will make more sense. Others need to stay put and not dart about anywhere. Do the research ( http://bit.ly/ce4lVr ) and make the right choice for you.
Before you leave, though, look at the parrot. Just look at it. Do you want to make it sad? Do you? It cost time and effort to build what you have here but...
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It has been interesting to follow this discussion. I'd prefer the $30 payouts like others -- I have two accounts and I each is over $30 and under $50. However, as long as I check in on this little nook of the world every day and see if anything's there for me -- the idea of putting a 2 cent cpc tweet in my stream makes me sick -- it really does. I'm like to express my thoughts, I like to swim in the stream, and whatever I put in my stream better work.
I just rejected my first offer. It was from a baby formula sold at a big chain store. I don't know anything about this formula and I am a huge believer in breast-feeding. However in certain cases infants can't nurse & they MUST get liquid intake, but you've got to do your research and make sure you aren't hawking garbage you wouldn't want your family to use. Integrity is important to me.
So one last thing is patience -- just relax, don't take the two penny b.s. offers, let the people who actually can USE those have them (seriously, since our economies are so different and those two pennies make a big difference in another country for god's sake why not just step aside?) Relax, this is just a tiny source for most of us -- I don't know what's happened to the SEASONED VETS out there (anybody want to tell us?) -- but learn another internet marketing tool now, and use it -- don't rely on this -- it's impossible with the new restrictions twitter has put on this form of advertising.
Oh, and for ST -- great people from what I can tell -- but times have changed, even within the sub-genre of Twitter -- they have placed limits on what can be done. It would seem reasonable to me to acknowledge how much more difficult it seems to be for people to get opps -- my level hasn't changed, too much - but I've never gotten more than a few a week. I still like doing it, but I wouldn't try to feed a cat on it.
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pleased that I'm still getting ANY offers!
PS: full disclosure -- my accounts: julieandpatrick=3254 followers and juliebryant has 1414 -- a total of about 4600 followers -- and quite frankly I have found statistically that about 75% of them aren't even "engaged" -- you have got to take all those factors into account. For Gina -- honey, with the locked account and a few followers -- oh my dear, this isn't how it works -- I recommend focussed study on twitter -- it's interesting and you can learn how to build your list. You need to expand, not to contract. I have myself so much to learn. But here's the best of luck to you all on this fine day!
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to tell the truth I like to see my money grow in sponsored tweets n I like to cash out early with my likes. I am thankful to have both. please follow me at twitter.com/plusdavina -
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1I have read through these comments and agree with the general sentiments.
A lower payout would be better for everyone, except for Izea who probably make interest sitting on the money we've earned. You can get a lot of interest on a large number of $49 amounts!
The point to remember here, and Izea should realise this too, is that the money we earn is OUR money - we've done the work posting the sponsored tweets and therefore Izea has a responsibility to pay us as quickly as possible.
I manager a number of affiliate schemes for various people in my spare time and I payout on the same day every month as long the affiliate has a balance of $1 or more due. I think that this is just fair and if my clients don't agree to it then I won't accept them as a client!
There is one positive thing - at least it's not like Yakburst. They simply don't pay you so I would recommend that you give them a wide berth!
Best of luck and happy earning to you all.-
As an addendum to my comment, I just found this on Carri's profile (sorry Carri, I was being nosey!):-
"We are happy to announce that you can now cash out below the $50 minimum in Sponzai. Please remember that all cashouts below the minimum will be subject to a $2.00 fee."
For those that don't know (and I didn't), Sponzai is an Izea company and is basically like SponsoredTweets for blogs!
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The silence from Izea on my point about Sponzai members being able to cashout at lower rate is quite frankly deafening!
Come on Izea - why is it that Sponzai members can cash out at a lower rate than Sponsored Tweet members? As somebody says below, we have tweeted these messages and we have done the work, isn't it time you changed the system so we can get paid for the work we do? -
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lower payouts is a cool idea - if my agent told me i had to reach a certain amount before he paid i would kick him right in the family tax credits
what do you do with 365 used condoms? recycle them into a tyre and call it a goodyear.
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angry with 50$ minimal cashout!!!
I think that many people quit using that great site because of the high payout. I have 2000 followers and I tweet almost everything ST offers and i have reached for 3 months only 10$. When I agitate my friends to join the site they refuse when they hear my statistics.
With that rate of earning I have to be 100% loyal to the site for 15 months if I want to receive my first payment. And this is a lot to ask from the ordinary users!
It is much better to lower the minimal payment. In that case many people will join and earn a dollar or two and will be stimulated to earn better and will try to do so.
In the current situation with the sites' scam rate it is impossible to gain more active members with minimal cash-out of 50$
The psychology of the ordinary money-making-internet-user is to find something that have potential of earning money and he will give it a try for day or two or a week...but when he makes the calculation that he must stay in that site for 1 year to actually check the site.....he will immediately quit and will start to look for something else. -
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Obviously the point of the $50 payout is that most people will give up before they ever get there. If they don't have to payout the money, that's more money for them. I'm starting to wonder why I do this at all, but if I don't let it grow to $50 and withdraw then they just get to keep what was supposed to be my money too...
Things are always tough when a company has all the power and they know it.-
All part of the ST's plan ? ;)
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1I Agree 100% !!!! I been tweeting #ads for like the past 3 weeks or longer! I am Frustrated! How can we ever get to $50 Dollars when too, the Advertisers are low on funds & Never replenish their accts to pay us!!!! I have over (19) ads Pending & Pending cuz Lack of funds to pay us for typing the Ad!! I havent even reached $24.00, in all this time as the days go by!!!
There needs to be more consideration placed to us tweeters & Appreciation for our time spent doing these #ads! after all we cannot work for free Nor Can we wait & Wait !!! the Payout should be changed to a lower amount! How about $10 instead !!? Anybody else feel the way I do? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !!!!!!!!-
I think that all of the users feel that way. Only Sponsored Tweets don't :)
Someone wrote that ST have all the power to do what they want....I don't agree. When users are not satisfied and we stop tweeting, ST will have to change the rules or shut down the site.
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Yes, I would have to say as time goes by and the real offers have dwindled, I have become disenchanted.
It has taken me months to reach $30+ on 2 different accounts that they won't combine -- that's another sore point with me because if they would let us combine our twitter accounts it would help us raise more money.
I'm interested in staying on here, but I would never recommend it to anyone who was serious about doing anything but having a rather poor learning experience.
But honestly, I feel for the peeps at ST. Remember, this wasn't ST's fault -- TWITTER changed their policies, and now these poor guys have to figure out yet another NetBiz model that works for everybody.
The only thing about ST that they COULD do that would make me happier is to change Ted's picture -- looking at his tongue is intolerable to me personally -- just a matter of oh I don't even know why, I've just had enough! White furry tongues are an indicator of body imbalance and I can't stand looking at them! oh god why?????????????? and yes, you can call this a whine, I would agree. Just don't, okay, cause I already know.
Back to business: if a bank refused to let you withdraw your money for months at a time you wouldn't use them, as you would know they were interested in -- the interest they can earn on your money. I believe that ST should realize and factor in how this looks to all of us -- it looks like a calculated business move that will leave them with all the unearned money left by disappointed tweeters, and all the interest on the funds held for MONTHS by them instead of paying their tweeters -- looks bad, and I wouldn't recommend it. The very fact that many of us would no longer even try to recommend this service to either tweeter or advertiser speaks volumes, at a high frequency. Don't mean to be negative -- I could use those dollars, all $66 of 'em. And I really did have high hopes, check my offers often, and do my best.
Also, I would really like Twitter itself to come to its senses and realize that it IS a place for advertising as well as other things -- just like everything else on the Net, and stop making it rough on businesses like ST that are trying to hack out a way through the jungle of requirements, restrictions and redemption problems everywhere on the Internet. yahoo, internet freedom. Said with sarcasm.
But still and all, a lovely day to you. I've finally got my retail site up (I sell Herbalife -- and if I have broken any rules by saying this to you god knows I am sorry) -- look for me on twitter as juliebryant! -
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1...... As is // @Spontwts does not regulate the advertisers to remain on top of their accts to keep sufficient amount of monies in them, Furthermore, @Spontwts doesnt Keep us tweeters supplied with Sufficient amount of #ads. I tweeted over 61 ads for @Spontwts yet I have not gotten a single ad NEW from them in more than a few days! Mind you , I Have Zero Complaints regarding the Quality of my #ads. there are insufficient grounds, suffisive to Say that The Pay Should remain at $50.00 Dollar limit before cashout.
Tweeters can Unite All we want... But until certain factors are Rectified Either we will remain unpaid for our Services Rendered. Or sit there with 20 SOME #ads untweeted because Advertisers refuse to Replenish $$ Money in their accts so WE can be paid!!!
I Insist that the amount be lowered to where a cashout is obtainable at the mark of 10 - 15 Dollars! there is another site that pays up to 50 or 60 cents per click on Ads. #Their Payout is Set at $20.00 Dollars!! The Limit for Cashout, Here Must be Revised to a Lower amount!! Who Else Agrees? Any Comments? -
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I like the idea of a lower payout. When I started it took a bit then 2000 flushes and tony's pizza paid me a $1 each. The past couple of weeks I've been getting offers like crazy. I've only earn a few bucks but I was getting upset that the offers weren't coming. It's like they read my mind and now I just hope I can keep making more and more. I've been getting .04, .06 and .10 ppc offers. not many .02 but seems the higher ppc are paying off. -
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Well I am fairly new too but I would really like a REALISTIC payout. $50 on infrequent opps that are $6 or .02 or .04 cents are not going to add up to $50 very quickly. I think that Izea and Sponsored Tweets should rethink payout parameters.
My thought was too, like someone mentioned, that Izea would be able to skirt around the actual paying out of monies earned because the tweeters run out of endless patience and would desert long before they got near $50. I think it's wonderful some are at $30 and I feel they should be paid.
Payout should be a REALISTIC $25 and not any higher. With LOW paying opps it takes a LONG time to add up.
I hope to receive regular opps. I have a quality following that reads and retweets me. :-)
And as Rebecca mentioned above, the parrot is awfully cute. :-) Also Rebecca's write up is helpful for newbies. I also did not like Magpie and could not ever bring myself to even do one ad tweet for them!
Let's set a collective focused intention for a $25 payout from ST and maybe it will happen! -
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I have over 13,000 followers, growing at a rate of about 50 a day. Many are engaged and I usually get a hit rate of 30 per tweet. EXCEPT for any paid tweets, where the hit rate is 0 - 5.
I haven't had any sponsored tweets for ages. I think 2 since they brought in the CPC ads. I am insulted that I am paid 2 cents (which is about 2.5 cents in my currency). I think it's a waste of my time to be paid 10 cents or less to spam my followers. And most of the CPC offers are totally inappropriate for my niche.
I also have another account, a very specific niche and it's even more rare that an appropriate offer will be made.
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I am fairly new and can see right away the limits and no value in doing the CPC ads. I feel the same as you, inappropriate for my followers and too low pay for them. I hadn't realized the CPC ads were new. I thought they'd been here always. Unfortunately many advertisers will favor them because they only have to pay per click as opposed to buying a sponsored tweet.
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1I completely agree. Make the minimum at least $10. Since you brought in CPC ads, I have seen no sponsored offers. -
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They say misery loves company, but in this case, that's far from the truth. It's saddening to see so many join this thread, many with worse situations than my scenario. By the way, Luxury, remember, one man's "whine" is another man's suggestion for improvement!
I also agree with Rebecca that some of the offers you get are inappropriate for your niche, but I work them anyway, provided I actually get an offer from a real advertiser, not these 2 cent cheapos.
I mean, why can't ST get us more quality advertisers willing to pay a fair rate? Think about it, what other medium could advertisers use to get out their message to so many people for such a low cost? Certainly not TV, Radio, nor Print. And I choose to participate in ClickWatch, which I don't mind as long as the advertiser eventually pays my asking rate, but what other medium offers such guarantees? If you paid for a 30 second radio spot, and saw no increase in business, would the radio station re-write the spot and run it again because the original didn't get enough "clicks"? You could take out a newspaper classified ad and if it doesn't bring in more customers (who reads the classifieds anyway), will the newspaper refund your money? I guess the difference is those other mediums require advertiser payment up-front. Unlike ST where it's like, you do the work first, and regarding payment for services, "we'll see how it goes". Ironic considering most creative business deals of this sort where there's an agreed set price, the service provider requires a 50% payment up front before any work gets started.
But why has the ST advertiser well dried up so drastically? It's mentioned on this thread that Twitter has new rules, but it's not explained what rules changed nor how it changed the way ST does business online. Sounds like passing the buck! -
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I've been only able to find one worthwhile advertisement that relates to the blog and brand I'm trying to build. $50 is way too much. $10 is more reasonable. -
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Don' t know what u are talking about. It is not connected at all with ST. Can't see how it would change the ST payout at all! U are just promoting another $ making opportunity.
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Since Sponsored Tweets is a company by Izea, why not consolidate the income of your member from all services. I know many of us here are also members of either one of their many programs like Social Spark, PayPerPost, Sponzai, etc. -
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Pissed.
Fun that the employees step in when it's something like combining accounts, but when people are upset because they're making sure people can't get paid the employees don't feel the need to comment.
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pi**ed off!
We have been talking to a few people - if Izea doesn't sort this out we're thinking of setting up a rival system that will ensure payouts are monthly regardless of amount.
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We did add a comment stating that someone was prepared to set up a rival system and a link to a poll to find out if you, wanted them to do that. This was removed because Izea say ""No links to competition or even possible competition are allowed. "
All I can say to Izea in reply to this that is: GET THIS SORTED OUT THEN. It must be apparent that there is dissatisfaction amongst your publishers. Removing that link will not prevent any competition from becoming widely known if such a program is set up. Please just sort it out! -
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I believe that the cash out is set high for one reason. So, people won't make the cash out and lose their money. What are your thoughts? -
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1I fully agree that the pay-out amount should be lowered. I greatly like the idea of $5 being the cut off amount. I agree wholeheartedly for several reasons, the largest being that if you are displeased with the outcome and choose not to waste your time with doing sponsored tweets, will they pay you the paltry amount that you have earned if you close your account or will they pocket the funds.
Another reason is that I personally have lost several followers due to the tweeting of the sponsored tweets. I have had to make several apologies to folks for the tweets to try to regain their trust. Trust is priceless in this world today, and other causes I am involved in with them have suffered due to their discomfort. I, personally, don't have the time to do mop-up for a lousy .2cents pay. If I take the time to sweep my floor instead of wasting it on writing the tweet, I am sure that I'll find 2 pennies. LOL
Also, I sincerely question the validity of any positive comments here, as I do work for, and get paid by, another company to write this type of positive hype. I have the option to choose to write articles for blogs that seem like they're coming from the blogger when they're not. I can also write comments similar to the one's above that contain statements that they are new to sponsored tweets or that they just love sponsored tweets. There are many folks who can write, but, even more who cannot, and those who can't pay those of us who can. If those who can't are smart, which I'm sure sponsored tweets is, they contract out to companies that have writers employed to write... and they pay well to get someone to write positive prose in their favor.
People who take the time to write a good tweet for money are not here to do this out of the kindness of their hearts. They are, for the most part, trying to make a little extra cash. Some may need the extra income to pay a bill or buy some necessity...like food. We do seriously have to think about whether or not the pittance we are paid is worth the time, the loss of friends, and any damage to our reputations as this is a form of spam. Sponsored Tweets needs to think about this, as well, for without us tweeting for them, who else is going to do it. There are more of us regular folks than celebrities and most celebs I know have better things to do with their time than sponsored tweets. Besides, us regular people need the extra income...celebs don't.
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B.F., I don't think an apology to other tweeps is needed! After all, they willfully follow you on Twitter and can't blame you for wanting to make a few bucks. That type of follower isn't that precious anyway. But I do know what you mean, somewhat. I'm kind of embarrassed to tweet these cheapo offers. I have to think to myself, "If my followers only knew at what rate and aggravation I'm doing this for, they'd think it's laughable!" Besides, it's so much harder to write a good tweet knowing the advertiser is only willing to pay me a couple pennies. If I don't have much respect for the advertiser, I feel like I'm not in earnest trying to convince my followers that they should buy the product. I guess, though, if they made it more worthwhile, I could put my integrity on hold :-)
But you do have a point, B.F. Some people will unfollow. In fact, the other day in my stream someone commented, "If you're paid for sponsored tweets, do I gt a cut for reading it?" Let's see, 25% of 2 cents is? LOL
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You know it seems rather obvious to me that if you feel that the CPC offers are not going to appeal to your following and the money is 2 cents that you make the decision NOT to tweet it.
Really I don't see why you are. Your followers are valuable and the time may come when you have an affiliate link for a high ticket product or service or your own product or service you want to tweet about. If they have left or tuned you out because you are constantly tweeting offers that make you only a few cents (which they don't know) you have literally taken potential good money right out of your pocket.
I personally do not tweet anything that I feel my followers would not be interested in and that doesn't make it worth my while to put an 'ad' in my stream. I want eager and responsive followers, not a bunch of tuned out and turned off ones.
You always have a choice here, no one is forcing you to tweet the very low offers that are not a match for your tweeps. If no one keeps tweeting these Sponsored Tweets will be forced to present better (less spammy) offers at better rates. -
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I wasn't aware of this. I haven't made any money yet. I'm trying to find out how "I set my own price"-
You can adjust the price per tweet by clicking the 'my account' tab at the top right of your Sponsored Tweets account.
Keep in mind that this amount will only apply to CPT (Cost per Tweet) opportunities that you are offered directly by advertisers. CPC Opps that are available on the homepage of your account are paid the price indicated per valid click.
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I'm frustrated...please make the payouts cheaper..that's not fair to the publishers who have to flood their twitter accounts with thousands of ptc ads that only ad up to $5.00. Really getting tired of this. -
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these guys r fooling us with 50$ as payout....they don't even reply to their users...it's a shame -
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Hi Everyone,
You can follow this thread for more discussion including updates from the company.
All the Best,
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Great, thread. It's a wonderful "F-You!" to everyone here.
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hey carri stop nonsense u r jus deviating the topic...this site gives you nothing....one thing is sure that u will loose ur followers becozz this spam...hey carri i hope that atleast u r getting paid :P
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1I agree, I joined this back in Sept and I am only up to $33. Lowering the payout would be helpful. -
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Here's where Carrie said something worthwhile: http://help.izea.com/izea/topics/canc...
That's how you get out. They'll steal $2 from you to do it, but it's better than wasting time with this for nothing. -
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Hi Everyone,
Just a quick note about decorum. I know that you are frustrated and would like the system to change. Believe it or not, I am here to help you in any way I can.
However, I do not run the company alone nor can I wave a magic wand and make things so. Your feedback is often very important in getting things to change in the system and we value it immensely.
Please keep in mind that while we are happy to let everyone have their say, attacking me personally is not a constructive way to reach your goal and, frankly, does not make me more inclined to help you achieve your aims.
All the Best,
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Aw! You know we appreciate you Carri. Don't let it get to you if people get snappy. Tough times for the global economy. When people have earned cash and they can't get to it, it tends to make them a little bit cross.
You know my thoughts on this. I'm hanging on and hoping for the best. Have about 9,300 followers and I get lots of offers. However, I only tweet things I think are really relevant for them, so it's taking a while to get to $50 as many offers are miles away from relevant, but this does suck for smaller accounts. It would be easy for me to keep my trap shut as I'm pretty sure I'll cash out soon, but I can't. It's not fair on chaps with only a few hundred followers. If you (the company) don't plan to lower the payout to, say, $15-$30, then you should consider putting up a suggested follower limit. If you warned people up front that an account with fewer than 5k followers would take a hella long time to cash out, they may not complain so much when that happened. Just a thought. Personally though... lower the limit. People will love you. We'll hold a street party in your honour. You may even get an international 'day'. We'll feed the parrot too.
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Aw! You know we appreciate you Carri. Don't let it get to you if people get snappy. Tough times for the global economy. When people have earned cash and they can't get to it, it tends to make them a little bit cross.
You know my thoughts on this. I'm hanging on and hoping for the best. Have about 9,300 followers and I get lots of offers. However, I only tweet things I think are really relevant for them, so it's taking a while to get to $50 as many offers are miles away from relevant, but this does suck for smaller accounts. It would be easy for me to keep my trap shut as I'm pretty sure I'll cash out soon, but I can't. It's not fair on chaps with only a few hundred followers. If you (the company) don't plan to lower the payout to, say, $15-$30, then you should consider putting up a suggested follower limit. If you warned people up front that an account with fewer than 5k followers would take a hella long time to cash out, they may not complain so much when that happened. Just a thought. Personally though... lower the limit. People will love you. We'll hold a street party in your honour. You may even get an international 'day'. We'll feed the parrot too.
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Perhaps if the threshold was lowered, to $20- $25 that might help. Seems the way the Tweets are tweeted, it may take a long time to reach your $50 deal -
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1CPC ads should let us tweet more than once... once a day for 1,7 or 30 days. That would allow more $ to be made and not make the $50 limit as much an issue.... At 33,000 followers, I figure I will cash out my $50 in 3 more years. Lol. So why care? I have to pretty bored before I bother to respond to a request to tweet. Sooo easy to make money on-line other ways than spamming up my tweeter account(s). You figure every ad you tweet and get 4-10 cents for probably costs you 10-1000 followers.
You would do better tweeting affiliate offers on your own blog. That would probably pay for domain. hosting, and email auto-responder AND closer to 400-2000 a month in revenue.
Fact is, sponsoring tweets is just screwing your account up anyway. NOT smart. (Even if you could get paid your pittance every week).
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Hi Mark,
we actually do provide the ability for advertisers to set up tweets to be sent out more than once over a period of days they specify. You will get notice of the ability to send a new tweet if they have done so. However, you are never under any obligation to send them again should you choose not to.
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maaf teman , saya anggota baru , yang belum mengerti apa-apa , tapi aku punya beberapa komentar tentang ini, saya pikir itu terlalu besar dan tua untuk $ 50, saya tidak setuju , terutama iklan yang menawarkan juga tidak ada -
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