Breaking all the barriers, Instagram is the only platform that grows by multiplying its user base every year. Instagram is reaching to every corner of the world. With the functionalities and entertainment that it is providing to the people, it does not have any other competition in the market right now. People are only using it to entertain themselves, whereas they can earn some stupendous amount of money from it. ‘Influencer’, now a days, this word is at its peak. We are hearing it from too many people in too many places. But not everyone is aware of that term. What is an influencer or who are influencers and what do they do? How do they earn money? So, in the journey of influencers, Instagram played a very important role. Or you can say that, because of Instagram only they became what they are now. We will also discuss about influencers in this article because only after getting the tag of influencer, you will start making money out of Instagram. Let’s begin with how to start with Instagram.
How to start with Instagram?
So, let’s clear the myth first that Instagram does not pay you money like YouTube does. The earning model of Instagram is totally different from YouTube. Or you can also say that Instagram does not have it’s own earning model. You have to create your base on Instagram to earn money from it then. It is like opening a shop in the market and now it’s up to your product and performance and how many people you can attract to your shop. Similarly, Instagram is a marketplace on which you are opening your shop by creating your account on Instagram. Once your account is created, now it’s up to you how many followers you can attract by posting some unique and cool stuff that people either find useful, relatable, or funny.
So, the very first thing to start with is to create your account on Instagram. Choose your genre or niche. To choose your genre focus on the things you like most to do. Because what you love to do the most you can never get bored of it easily. After creating your account, write some interesting bio that attracts the audience to your account. The setup is done then. Now start posting your stuff or content on your account. Try to be as active as you can. Because the more active you are regarding your account, the more Instagram’s algorithm makes your account in features. Features is a section in Instagram in which the Instagram algorithm chooses some reels or posts and features them into that feature option. Try to become familiar with the memes, trends, and all the latest stuff that is currently going on in the market. Because once you understand the trend of the market and start creating your posts based on these trends then it does not take much time to go viral through this post. Following the same thing, people are going viral overnight. You must have heard that the fortune of people changed overnight, it is because of that only. Overnight people gained millions of followers. That changed their life.
Earn money from Instagram!
So, like I said earlier, Instagram does not have it’s own earning model. You have to perceive this as a base. I already discussed on how you can start with Instagram. Now, we will talk about money. How you can make money out of it? So, before heading somewhere you have to clear in your mind that you have to be consistent in your content. Do not get bored doing the same thing every day. Because doing the same thing every day will pay you big on someday.
Firstly, try to be more active. Interact with your audience. Be nice to them always as they are your earning source so never disrespect them. Involve or be a part of some pages. Start with posting their content on your account or page. Follow the daily trends or hashtags. Always add some humor in your content. I am not giving you words but if you are going right then what other people are not able to achieve in a month you can achieve that overnight. Your first milestone should be reaching 100K followers. And from there your influencer journey starts. Now you can make money. I will talk about this by taking an example.
Suppose you are in the body-building field. And your content is around bodybuilding only. Then after reaching 100K followers. You can collab with some protein brand or brand that works in the bodybuilding line and be their brand ambassador. You do not need to approach them. Just be active and they will only approach you. So, by becoming their brand ambassador, your work is to post content or stories about their product. Which-ever latest product they are launching in the market. Some specifications about that product or whatever they ask you to post. They have a yearly contract with you. That you will be one of the brand ambassadors for the next 1 year or 2 years or whatever the contract is. After that the contract renews. This is the one way of earning.
The second source is posting about someone other’s product. Some companies will contact you and ask you to post about their product from your account and in return of they will pay you money. Always try to give more whether it is the audience or these sponsors. If they ask you to post one story then post two stories. If they ask you to post one reel then post one reel and one story. This will help you to build your image in the market.
The third way of earning from it is to go for public appearances. When you are a well-known face in the market then people will call you for events or inauguration of their shops or for any other events. Then they will pay you for your guest appearance.
Now the businessmen are accepting this publicly that they have not earned this much money from their business as how much they are earning as an influencer using social media.
So, go for it without giving even a second thought. Once you start, then the world is yours!
All the best.