As I write this post, Khloe Kardashian is just a whisker away from reaching 5,000,000 followers on Twitter. Her older sis Kim is pushing 11 million. Which is probably why the reality TV siblings charge thousands of dollars for a simple tweet.
The relatively new trend of paid celebrity product endorsements on Twitter involves some eye-watering sums. Charlie Sheen will charge $9,500 per tweet, jailbird Lindsay Lohan requests $3,500, and $8,235 will buy you a mention from Khloe Kardashian, who recently bigged up Old Navy jeans :
Want to know how Old Navy makes your butt look scary good? Ask a Kardashian ? http://bit.ly/cU2GLX (Ad)
Kim Kardashian is rumored to be the priciest option at $10,000; that’s $71 per character on a 140-character tweet. Easy money or what? As SponsoredTweets.com reveals, there are cheaper options:
Ray J – $2,300 per tweet [627,000 followers] Snooki – $7,800 [3,620,000 followers] Audrina Partidge – $1,765 [1,718,000 followers] Mike Tyson – $3,250.00 [1,179,628 followers] Heidi Montag – $2,941.25 [1,235,000 followers]
And so forth. The likes of P Diddy and Nick Cannon are also available, though their prices are only available to enquiring advertisers. Question is, is it worth it?
Well, it could be. Associated Press reports that Internships.com received 95,000 clicks in an hour when Sheen tweeted about the site – though his tweets went live right at the time he was getting fired from Two and a Half Men . Timing, it would seem, is vital – if a sleb’s stock is high at that moment, it can pay big.
And now seems like a good time to reveal I will charge a bargain $0.50 to advertise YOUR product to er, *checks Twitter for first time in a month* 21 people. Get it while its hot, peeps!
