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Kalshi influencer marketing: $1,000/month for 12 quote-tweets on X
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November 30, 2025
Kalshi influencer marketing: $1,000/month for 12 quote-tweets on X
Leaked messages reveal the aggressive Kalshi influencer marketing strategy is simpler than you expect.
Most brands burn cash on agencies and complex contracts. Kalshi just slides into the X DMs of influencers.
Kalshi influencer marketing DM offer for $1,000 per month
These guys know how to hijack the X algorithm and go repeatedly viral.
How to buy a X influencer army for peanuts
The pitch is incredibly straightforward.
"Can pay u $1,000 a month." The ask is 12 quote-tweets.
That breaks down to roughly $83 per tweet. For a major US influencer, that is an insult. But for a tech influencer in a developing nation, it is a significant salary often covering more than rent money.
This is a masterclass in geo-arbitrage. Kalshi is leveraging Purchasing Power Parity (PPP).
They pay a localized rate for a global asset. X timeline has global reach, regardless of where the user sits. By targeting specific demographics where the dollar is strong, they lower their Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) drastically.
They build a "universal" army of promoters at a steep discount. Look at the badges next to their blue tick.
Kalshi's X influencer army
When authentic voices become billboards
The switch is immediate.
Monday the account posts coding tips. Tuesday they post about "generational wealth" on prediction markets promoting Kalshi to their followers.
The influencers secure the bag and the platforms buy trust at scale.
Amrit promoting Kalshi platform
The reality of paid promotion networks
This is not an isolated incident. It is a manufactured network effect.
Suddenly everyone is discussing the same platform. To the algorithm, it looks like a trend. To the user, it looks like social proof. In reality, they are bought on a payroll.
Aditya promoting Kalshi platform
But the business logic is sound and the strategy works because the product is gambling.
Gambling is a universal human behavior. If you don't gamble, you are in the minority. The desire to wager on outcomes is hardwired into our psychology.
As long as the Lifetime Value (LTV) of a gambling user exceeds the $83 cost of the tweet, the math holds up.
The DMs will keep coming and Kalshi will keep growing.
Top Tweets of the day
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Lots of influencers out there that you follow but aren't real.
You can get this done with ~$1-$3 per image or video now. Mostly re-runs and variations since its rarely one-shot. Only cheaper from here on out. No better time to become a social media influencer.
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Useful example of how Claude Opus 4.5 differs from Codex.
TL;DR Codex is literal with implementation steps. Opus thinks on its own and questions your implementation if its incorrect.
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Node-based UIs are extremely popular with professionals.
It is one of the best ways to visualize text, images, and videos on an infinite canvas and look at them from a birds-eye view.
The UGC video is bonkers.
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