Instagram is a platform known as a photo and short video sharing platform but it’s a platform where you can make money if you know what you’re doing.
This blog post will show you different methods and ways you can make money on this great platform. Let’s dive into it:
1. Sponsored Post
Influencers are those known to be cashing out big with this method. Because all they need to do is create engaging content around a product.
However, you can still make money with this method if you have a good following of around 20,000 followers and above. With this number of following you’re still much more valuable to brands.
The brand(s) want to be sure that your followers do engage with your content by liking, commenting, and sharing it. So, if your content is heavily engaging then you’re on the path of making money through a sponsored post.
2. Become a Brand Ambassador
Becoming a brand ambassador means that regularly promotes the brand and its products with the sole intention of creating more brand awareness and driving more sales. You can do this with photos, videos, memes, articles, etc.
The major difference between brand ambassadors and sponsored posts is that brand ambassadors regularly speak the brand’s product, while sponsored posts can only be done once or within a short while.
You can attract brands to yourself by putting out different types of content on a particular niche consistently, with time you’ll build your followers, increase your engagements. When brands see that they will start knowing for you to promote their products for them.
3. Promote Affiliate Links
Affiliate marketing has become a popular way to make money online, and it’s very easy to join an affiliate network.
Follow the following steps to get started:
• First, identify a program to promote as an affiliate.
• Next, register with the affiliate program. This will make you their affiliate partner and you have your affiliate link.
• Start promoting the product and include your link with the post.
Understand that including your affiliate link is not enough but you need to talk about why you love the product and the benefits of the products.
4. Sell Your Products
As an entrepreneur or a creator, who wants to grow and promote your brand and products. Then Instagram is a great platform for you to use. All you need to do is set up an Instagram business account for it.
You have to be creative with the way you sell your physical product on Instagram, that’s why you need to know how to use some tools like canva, to create amazing photos, videos to market your products.
Creating the buѕіnеѕѕ ассоunt hаѕ hеlрful fеаturеѕ like product tags, in-app check-out, ѕhор buttоn, etc makes it much easier for people to buy your products.
However, it’s very for very easy for you to аdvеrtіѕе аnd ѕеll your products on Inѕtаgrаm, but it’s very difficult to drive sales on the platform.
Big companies often create their online shops on Shopify and use Instagram for promoting their products. This method does work amazingly well because of the millions and millions of active users on the platform.
5. Create Visual Content For Sale
Research has shown that more than 100 million videos and photos daily. Creating visual content on Instagram to sell it will make sense. But what kind of visual content do you create?
The simple answer is UGC, which means user-generated content. This is used to get the customers’ attention who are always bombarded with images and that’s where UGC is needed.
Understand that UGC can be videos, text, reviews, images created by users instead of the brands themselves.
“#RеdCuрCоntеѕt” is an example of UGC by Stаrbuсks. They do this every Dесеmbеr by encouraging their customers to take pictures of their product (coffee) for a price.
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