How to Make $500,000 a Year on Twitter & Other Social Networks
Get Paid to Post Random Facts
The internet is a funny thing. You can use it either to pass the time, or to help others pass the time – and Twitter addict Kris Sanchez chose the latter.
Oh, yeah – and he’s making $500,000 a year from it, too.
When this guy joined Twitter in 2009, he really wasn’t expecting much from it. It was just a platform to follow celebrities and stay in touch with people.
“I really started my Twitter account because I wanted to follow Britney Spears,” he had previously told Business Insider.
Like many of us, Kris realized he didn’t have a whole lot to tweet about on a daily basis. That’s when he came up with a simple idea and started tweeting random facts.
By 2011, his Twitter account had picked up some steam and he was (understandably) spending more time tweeting as a result. In fact, he was posting a new update every 15 minutes.
As more people fell in love with his random fun facts, Kris realized he was actually on to something.
That’s when he decided to brand his account and take it much more seriously, which is now known as UberFacts.
Then Things Got Way More Interesting…
By 2012, this digital genius had around 200,000 Twitter followers, all anxious to learn the next random fact.
In addition, several big names also became loyal followers – including Khloe Kardashian and Paris Hilton.
Who would have thought that a simple, mindless hobby would generate so much attention?
Money Talks
Before long, ChaCha’s advertising network, known as Social Reactor, reached out to Kris and helped him monetize his followers.
He said: “They helped me see how I could actually make money off of UberFacts, by building galleries and tweeting links.”
Suddenly, a steady income stream was born and Kris was officially making money with twitter.
“I was getting checks of $600 or $800 a week, and I couldn’t believe it.”
As of this writing, his account has roughly 13.5 million active and very loyal Twitter followers. His Facebook page, meanwhile, has gained over 4 million Likes while his Instagram account has around 1.3 million fans.
And all for posting random facts.
Today, Kris makes $500,000 a year posting tweets and other updates through all social networks combined.
But Wait, There’s More…
As if that wasn’t enough, this Uber genius recently launched an accompanying app which he estimates will bring $60,000 a week. The app enables you to comment and share facts with others.
Despite the job being relatively fun, it is still hard work due to the consistency and research required. This prompted Kris to hire two people to help him look up random facts and schedule them every day.
On average, UberFacts posts between two and four facts each hour.
In short: Kris is posting sponsored updates and links to make money through Twitter and other social networks.
Can You Make Money Posting Random Facts?
The short answer is ‘yes, you can.’ The actual process, as you might already know, isn’t so simple (but very doable).
So, assuming you’re motivated enough to follow suit with your own business, consider these basic but effective tips to make money on Twitter and other networks.
- First, keep this in mind: Just because someone is already doing something, it doesn’t mean you can’t replicate it. It won’t make you “original,” but nothing ever is anymore.
- Come up with highly catchy, shareable facts.
- Consider going niche, perhaps tweeting facts about the universe, celebrities, or animals. This may limit your audience, but it will be much more targeted. This means that a niche company would pay you much more to post an update.
- Set a budget to grow your social media accounts through paid advertising. This budget doesn’t have to be huge (consider buying less pizza and investing into this instead).
- Be consistent, otherwise you will lose many people’s attention. Tools like HootSuite allow you to schedule posts throughout the day, effectively creating a set-and-forget system.
- Consider more than one social network, such as YouTube. Creating slide-based facts with “a happy tune” works wonders, similar to PowerPoint presentations.
- Using several social networks is great, but don’t spread yourself too thin. Put your energy into the ones that are most effective to your niche, audience, and/or subject.
- Want to make money with Twitter and other networks long-term? Be sure to double-check your facts before posting them.
Your Turn
Sure, you could spend some time writing for TextBroker and many other sites. On the other hand, you can try something entirely new and see how it all goes. This is how you, too, can make money posting fun facts.
Again, don’t think it will be easy, as this article was simply written to inspire “the creative” in you. Now what cha gonna do about it?!
Have fun,
Elvis Michael
August 17, 2016 @ 6:54 am
Hi Elvis, I used to do okay with Sponsored Tweets but they got too nichy and it wasn’t related to my topics. I’d love to find something else similiar to that. That is amazing what Kris has done. Love it! Thanks for sharing the story with us and inspiring us to do something creative.
August 27, 2016 @ 5:45 pm
Sorry to hear they got overly niche on you. Kris’ following seems pretty diverse, but I guess people are still paying him due to the millions upon millions of people he has at this point — including several celebrities.
Thankfully there’s plenty of interesting topics out there, especially if give them a “fun” factor (think infographics or interesting statistics, for instance).
Best of luck!
Elvis
August 17, 2016 @ 10:33 pm
Interesting article. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on making money on Twitter.
September 11, 2016 @ 10:09 am
Hi Elvis,
The power of specializing your tweets, right? This is a call to get more niche specific for me, if only to hyper target my travel blogging following a wee bit more.
500K is nothing to sneeze at. He grew that number by not caring about money until his following expanded quickly and it was targeted too.
Neat share.
Ryan
September 14, 2016 @ 3:44 pm
Absolutely. Twitter was nothing more than a hobby to this guy at first. Little did he know this “hobby” would make him a millionaire in just a few short years.
Always good to hear from you, bud. Hope things are well down there with the monkeys and the birds :p
Elvis
September 26, 2016 @ 7:29 pm
I’m honestly finding all these articles and responses more and more intriguing. I’m grateful to be part of the community, in a way I suppose, but there’s always two sides to money making. Sometimes there’s thousands of sides to it.
My assessment so far has been countless hours, stress, research, anxiety, fear and more often than not painstaking effort with no promise of reward. Like twitter, I’ve followed a great deal of Youtube names that have made it big, and some that have not at all, there’s no guarantee, no easy quick access to large sums of money.
All that said though, I always did wonder how and why these “random facts” trends started, looks like this guy was an early pioneer, and was Lucky enough to make it big whilst doing so.
-RyanW
March 21, 2017 @ 12:31 pm
HI Elvis,
Stumbled upon this article and gosh what a great piece of information you have posted. This is simply just very inspiring as it shows that if a task is done with dedication then something great is on the way.
Very useful way of keeping audience engaged with really interesting random facts.
Thanks for sharing !!
May 10, 2017 @ 5:32 pm
I am very impress with this informative piece.I have discovered a lot of facts from it which I will start applying them.
Thanks for this lovely piece Elvis.
May 11, 2017 @ 5:00 pm
Nice Post and thanks for sharing the interesting information with us. I would love to try your method and it’s quite interesting one.
June 13, 2017 @ 5:55 am
That is a great piece of information Elvis. I will definitely try my hands on the ideas that you have given. It would be great to earn through social networks 🙂
BTW your style of writing is too good and keeps the reader engaged throughout the read. Kudos!!!
June 17, 2017 @ 8:27 pm
You’re too kind 🙂
Thank you so much for reading!
Now go kick some ass,
Elvis
August 24, 2017 @ 1:50 am
Hi Elvis
Very Very inspiring and eye opening article, I didn’t know the facts behind the UbderFacts though I spend a lot of time on twitter promoting my profile/company by liking, retweeting and commenting on other useful tweets.
I’m an SEO consultant with decent client base but after going through this article, I’d definitely try my hands on becoming the next Uberfacts.
Thanks again Elvis. Have a good Day!
August 25, 2017 @ 10:50 am
Pretty inspiring, isn’t it? And it feels like he’s having quite a bit of fun in the process, too.
It may be much harder to replicate his success these days, but it doesn’t matter; this only makes you think of other uncovered ideas. “What else can I start sharing?”
Best of luck and thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Elvis