Forget Acting, Charlie Sheen's Tweets Could Make Him Millions

By Jo Piazza Posted Mar 3rd 2011 06:00PM

Charlie Sheen is going to be the richest unemployed winner in Hollywood. The actor has accepted a gig with Ad.ly to start tweeting endorsements. The company already pays around 1,000 celebrities to tweet about brands.

Ad.ly CEO Arnie Gullov-Singh told The Hollywood Reporter that Sheen could become the company's most valuable asset, a title currently held by reality starlet Kim Kardashian.

The Ad.ly model works by paying celebrities between $200 and $25,000 to tweet on behalf of advertisers. The brands in turn get the exposure from a celebrity's wide-ranging feed of followers as well as the cache of being associated with someone famous.

It was Sheen's record-setting Twitter bull run that really got Singh's attention. The out-of-work actor gained more than 1 million followers in the first day he was on the social media site.

That's a nice base to be sure, but Ad.ly and Sheen might not want to start swimming in their hundred dollar bills just yet.

In order for this money-making scheme to work, brands need to want to be associated with Sheen. Granted there are certain brands that will have no problem aligning themselves with the bad boy just for the exposure it will bring them. But Ad.ly's big dog clients -- Sony, Microsoft, Lionsgate and Old Navy to name a few -- may think twice before opting to co-brand with the mad man who is flaunting his polyamorous relationship all over the media and bragging about banging back 7-gram rocks of cocaine.

We actually can't wait to see who and what hops aboard the Sheen gravy train.

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Thursday 03 March

By DogBoy

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He was more endearing and entertaining when he was just plain crazy. Turning his trainwreck lifestyle into an money-generating enterprise is kinda pathetic.

By Ravenal

Why is everyone so worried how much Charlie will make?
He ain't gonna be around to spend it!!

By ml

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Anyone, or any organization, attempting to capitalize on Charlie Sheen at this particular tragic time in his life will be equal contributors to his demise as the drugs and alcohol. For Shame.

By Kat2988

OMG that Jimmy Fallon thing was so funny, Winning Cologne, LMAO!!!!!!!!

By judejaded

just like the bloody media to put a dollar sign on insanity, pain and tragedy.

By JAY

Didn't think those crack dealers advertised. Might be a good way of getting arrested!

By msamuels

"Dead men don't Tweet" thus a very short career if he remains in denial about his addictions.

By Green Eyed Monster

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Charlie will twitter all the way to the bank.
LOL.

By shirleyA