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Monday, November 30, 2009

Celebrities hawking products through tweets

Just when you thought celebrity Twitter accounts were vapid enough, the entertainers could actually be advertising stuff to you:

Kim Kardashian, Joel McHale, Dr. Drew, Nicole Richie and husband Joel Madden and Audrina Patridge from "The Hills" are just a few of the names who have endorsement deals for their Twitter accounts.

The celebs are signing onto a new viral marketing strategy set up by the Los Angeles-based ad agency Ad.ly, which brokers relationships with the advertisers.

Currently, Ad.ly has lined up international companies such as Sony Pictures, NBC, Universal, Microsoft and Nestle for the new platform. READ MORE

Don't think you can't ride the gravy train too! You can sign up with Ad.ly to hawk crap on your Twitter account!

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