In their everquest for new eyeballs, advertisers have jumped on the latest bandwagon…following Google’s pay per click model into the relatively new world of Tweets and Twits.

Berlin-based Rocket Rentals has launched Magpie.  Through their “global initiative”, Twitter users can sign up and earn cash based on the number of Twitter followers and the “hotness” of their tweets.

There are several ways to get paid, but my personal favorite:

“Pay-per-View: You get paid a base amount for allowing a tweet to be placed in your stream – this amount depends on the number of your followers and the hotness of your tweets.”

And, pray tell…how much can you earn?   What is the price they think you’re willing to sell your friends eyeballs for?    With Magpie’s handy profit calculator, you can find out!

For example, I put in Wil Wheaton’s Twitter name, Wilw.   They say the leech balls kid from “Stand By Me”’s Twitter base is worth up to 28,944.39 Euros…a month.

That’s $38,174.89.

Clerks Director and film geek Kevin Smith:  $6,469/month

“Like A Surgeon” parodist Weird Al Yankovic:  $10,957/month

And who’s paying for these eyeballs?   Apple.  Skype.  Cisco.

Yep.

How to Sell Your Soul on Twitter and Who’s Buying – ReadWriteWeb.