Kim Kardashian tweets with one hand and collects cash with the other.
Reports have surfaced that the celebutant-turned-“Keeping Up with the Kardashians” star is being paid as much as $10,000 to spread the word about products through her tweets.
Apparently her nearly 2.7 million followers on Twitter make her a prime candidate for pushing the hottest new thing — even if it’s as mundane as a salad.
As a recent Twitter post of hers reads: “The Carl’s Jr grilled chicken salads came out yesterday!! I’m on my way to Carl’s Jr for lunch now . . . have you tried them yet?”
The curvaceous reality star cashes in thanks to a deal with the “in-stream advertising” company Ad.ly, which also counts “The Hills” star Lauren Conrad, Stephen Colbert and Dr. Drew as “publishers” — the term used to describe celebrity tweeters.
As it turns out, Carl’s Jr. isn’t an Ad.ly campaign client — Kardashian merely signed on the dotted line to endorse the fast food chain’s salads — but that doesn’t mean that she can’t “command” as much as $10,000 per tweet, Ad.ly co-founder Derek Rey told PRNewser.
But, Rey points out, Karsashian and the other celebs on his roster are limited to one paid tweet per day to avoid turning her audience off with obvious product placements. “We’re not a polluter,” Rey said, adding that if she’s tweeting-for-cash, she has to disclose it.