ITVoice News: A 23-year old Brooklyn-based boy, Kris Sanchez, made millions out of just tweeting the facts to his seven million followers. He made approx $500,000 in a year. The twitter handle ‘@UberFacts’ owner made bucks by tweeting sponsored links. According to the Fast company, these links, when accessed by his followers, made him earn between $0.01 and $0.03 per click.
A company named as Social Reactor, which serves as a link between social media influencers and advertisers, provides Sanchez with galleries or other web pages which he links to in his tweets. He told the Fast Company that, “I joined Twitter to follow Britney Spears. But I did not have anything to tweet about. So I figured, hey, tweeting these facts would be a really good idea. It was just so I could feel like I was closer to her.” Twitter profile of the UberFacts, reads “The most unimportant things you’ll never need to know.”
Sanchez gets paid for every single click on those pages received via his handle. A simple tweet from his handle accompanied with a link and a hashtag, pulls in thousands of dollars, with respect to his branded deals with companies like Ford and Paramount.
Sanchez has also made an app for iOS user, named as UberFacts, which brings in the ad revenue of almost $60,000 a week. Up till now, the app has already been downloaded by 1.5 million users. Its description states, “Ever been bored? Join the world of UberFacts and discover thousands of ferociously fun new facts that will transform you from socially awkward to mildly interesting!”
