Kim Kardashian's Very Lucrative 30th Birthday

By Jo Piazza Posted Oct 26th 2010 05:00PM

Turning 30 really paid off for Kim Kardashian. The reality starlet's birthday raked in more than a finance scion's bar mitzvah.

According to event experts, the birthday week probably netted the Kardashian clan around half a million dollars in paid appearances and endorsements, not to mention priceless publicity opportunities that will doubtlessly translate into more sales for various other Kardashian business pursuits.

Kim was a nightclub regular this week, having parties at Tao and the Venetian in Las Vegas and Glo in New York City. But the rub is that Kim isn't a nightclub kind of girl. In fact, she only makes those kinds of appearances, even on special occasions, when she is being paid quite well to grace an event with her presence.

"The appearances are good moneymakers," she once told Cosmopolitan magazine. "And they're also a great way for me to connect with people in places like Oklahoma, where I never would go otherwise. Those girls going to the clubs will be buying my perfume."

Our sources estimate that Kim was paid at least $100,000 for each of the appearances she made last week, with the other Kardashians (Khloe, Kourney, Bruce and Kris) paid in the $25,000 range.

In addition to appearance fees, she generated at least $1 million worth of publicity for her brand, which includes Quick Trim diet supplements, Dash clothing stores and Kim's rent-a-shoe business, Shoe Dazzle.

All of this birthday party publicity is akin to free advertising. Stretching the birthday over several weeks, Kim was able to win birthday spreads in not one but two cycles of the six celebrity weeklies. If ads average around $25,000 per page and Kim was in all six for two weeks in a row, that's $300,000 worth of brand Kim advertising right there.

Add in the time devoted to Kim's many birthdays on E!, 'Access Hollywood,' 'The Insider' and TMZ, and we're talking at least $1 million worth of exposure in the past 10 days alone.

As brand Kardashian proceeds, it wants to make sure that it is positioned to appeal to women of all ages, particularly the big spending thirtysomethings. With her many birthday parties, Kim was able to scream, "I'm one of you," without ever saying a word.

"It is extremely wise brand management to strategically adjust her image for her thirties," says Matt Rich, founder of Planet PR, a public relations firm that deals with celebrity marketing. "Kim was successful at announcing her age transition without ever saying a word. In fact, she never announced which birthday it was."

While this birthday overexposure probably boded well for Kim, she needs to be careful about continued stunts of this ilk because, after awhile, they do start to smell like Paris Hilton.

"There's a fine line between increasing brand equity and overt brand saturation. Kim Kardashian has become overly-publicized for the same old, same old. An example of this is what seems to be a world tour of her 30th birthday in every time zone, ultimately damaging her brand. If she wants to raise her profile the right way, she's going to have to differentiate and develop a more sustainable plan than Paris Part Two," says Peter Madden, founder and president of the branding and public relations agency AgileCat.

For 31, can we suggest dinner and a movie -- unless Kim's seriously strapped for cash.

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Kim Kardashian's 30th Birthday Celebrations

Kim Kardashian blows out the candles on a cake in celebration of her 30th Birthday at the 10th Anniversary of TAO restaurant in New York, early Sunday Oct. 17, 2010. Her actual birthday is on October 21.

Charles Sykes, AP

Kim Kardashians 30th Birthday Celebrations

(L-R) Khloe Kardashian, Kim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian attends TAO Bistro at the Venetian on October 15, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Kim Kardashians 30th Birthday Celebrations

(L-R) Rob Kardashian, Kim Dsrdashian and Khloe Kardashian as NEW VEGAS Celebrates Kim Kardashian's 30th Birthday At TAO At The Venetian on October 15, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Kim Kardashians 30th Birthday Celebrations

Jonathan Cheban, Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian celebrate Kim Kardashian's birthday at TAO Nightclub at the Venetian on October 15, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Kim Kardashians 30th Birthday Celebrations

Kim Kardashian celebrates her 30th birthday with family and friends at Tao nightclub inside The Venetian Resort Casino.

Kim Kardashians 30th Birthday Celebrations

Kim Kardashian opens up her birthday gifts TAO Bistro at the Venetian on October 15, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Kim Kardashians 30th Birthday Celebrations

Singer Ciara and Kim Kardashian attend the 10th anniversary party of TAO New York at TAO on October 16, 2010 in New York City.

Kim Kardashians 30th Birthday Celebrations

Kim Kardashian blows out the candles on a cake in celebration of her 30th Birthday at the 10th Anniversary of TAO restaurant in New York, early Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010.

Kim Kardashians 30th Birthday Celebrations

Kim Kardashian promoting "Fusion Beauty" while celebrating her 30th Birthday at the Sherway Gardens on October 19, 2010 in Toronto, Canada.

Kim Kardashians 30th Birthday Celebrations

Kim Kardashian spotted with family and friends arriving to board a large yacht to set sail for her 30th birthday cruise in New York City.

Kim Kardashians 30th Birthday Celebrations

Flowers being delivered to Kim Kardashian's hotel in Manhattan on October 21, 2010 in New York City.

Kim Kardashians 30th Birthday Celebrations

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Tuesday 26 October

By maya

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Kim and her family definitely have to right management behind them for their business deals. I think it is about time her and family stopped doing their reality show. It is very scripted and people realize that. Also, Kim being linked to every man that she speaks to or takes a picture with has gotten old. She is 30 years old now and she needs to stop appealing to teenagers and 20 year olds. I don't think Kim realizes her fanbase.

By Renee

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Fanbase?? What exactly is her "fanbase"? And for what reason are they "fans"?? Give me a break. She only got famous in the first place because of a sex tape and she's been using that notoriety ever since to keep herself around posing naked and selling garbage on tv. She's very lucky it doesn't take actual talent to be rich and famous these days.

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By daniolive7

They are nasty and will "open their legs to anything".

By icdou007

That is not a job, reality TV and paid to party. It is a joke, and we as a society have to stop feeding into nothing. I wonder which one of these family memebers will go sour first.

By keyingatmach5

Each one trys to out do the other, you got married, I want to get married, you got a rolls, I get a rolls, just a show off look at me car anyway, Kim seems to really love the attention like Paris, and yes that is the Kardashians, it is me, me, me, Bruce Jenner if he stay's with his wife it would be amazing with the way she carries on with the girls.

By turbogtrmstr

Some of us really do real work for our money, that is something to be proud of. They are starting to get annoying.

By hitch

She love those black boys. Womanizing Ray J. -Yuck!

Wednesday 27 October

By xxwikkeddbishxx

Actually, the nightclub GLO they're referring to is on Long Island not NYC. I wish people would get their reporting "facts" straight!!!

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