I'm building a side-project app. One of the main features is that I send out some information on a weekly basis through Twilio. Ideally I'd like to find a way to offset the $0.03/SMS cost through in-SMS ads - and if I could make a buck or two in the process I wouldn't mind that either. Are there any SMS ad networks? Note that I am currently only support US numbers.<p>I'd also consider alternatives. For example, I considered the free email to SMS gateways via the US carriers, but they seem inconsistent.
There's <a href="http://ad.ly" rel="nofollow">http://ad.ly</a>. That's started by some former MySpace/Fox guys. But to offset $0.03 per message, you'd need to get $30/cpms. That's not impossible, but you could be sending your users ads for services they might not want. Ringtones and whatnot.<p>You're right that email gateways are risky. They're not consistent and they show up as from random consecutive numbers to your users.<p>I suppose it's not possible to utilize the Twitter API for this?