Make money from social media

By Tiffany Tift 
ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - As social media has evolved, so has its purpose. Sites like Facebook and Twitter are now for more than just staying connected. They can also help you make a pretty profit.
“Café Annie is directly across the street from IZEA and they're giving away 50 points, or 50 cents, because each point is worth a penny to do a specific task,” explains Ryan Schram, chief marketing officer at IZEA.
Welcome to the world of IZEA, where making money off of social media is the name of the game, and you're the one that gets paid.
“You can earn real cash for taking a picture of you having a sandwich at Annie’s across the street,” Schram says.
Here's how it works: IZEA has an app that finds restaurants, retailers, and brands near you, and gives you the platform to market their products.
The app's called WeReward , and right now hundreds of thousands of people across the country are posting pics, checking in, and making money.
“Here's someone checking in at McDonald’s right now with some sweet tea in what looks like Scottsdale,” Schram shows Fox 35.
It's like couponing with a modern day twist. How much you earn depends on the size of your social network and your influence on your audience.
“You can make 50 cents, a couple of bucks, but as you grow and grow that can become hundreds of thousands of dollars,” Schram says.
The money goes right to your pay pal account.
You can even earn a pretty penny to tweet on SponsoredTweets.com . All you need is a Twitter account, and you can start sharing sponsored messages with your followers.
“We have celebrities who have learned that balance and they'll pay tens of thousands of dollars off of just one tweet,” Schram says.
For us regular people, we're not going to make tens of thousands off a single tweet, but we can off a blog. If you like to blog, you can bring home the bacon on SocialSpark.com . The website hooks you up with sponsors who pay to advertise on your site. All you do is submit your blog and begin accepting ad opportunities. From there, it's up to you to make the money.
“We have many bloggers in our network that literally make their livelihood off of social media sponsorship, but the average everyday person can still earn good money in the process and maybe pay down those holiday bills too,” Schram says.