Tweeting surely does increase your advertising views. In order for this to work you must have amassed a number of Twitter followers. Twitter, like many other social networks, is for just that - networking socially. If you go into Twitter marketing with the prime objective of tweeting your affiliate links, you are sadly mistakened. Focus on building up a following first before committing to those incentive based tweeting via your affiliate programs. Build relationships there and follow folks of like minds. Sure, you earn points, but how much will it matter if it is getting tweeted to just a handful of followers. The benefit is two fold as you stand a much greater chance of getting retweeted...especially if you yourself have hundreds of followers.