Instagram, mainly a mobile social media network allows its members to edit and share images and videos. This platform has more than one billion users and at least 80% of them are active. The interesting fact is that most of them share images and videos but do you think all of them share these posts merely for fun?
Yes, most of them do it for fun but a substantial number of users do it for a purpose, to earn money. If you are thinking in terms of earning money from Instagram posting you will have to set your profile with a short but interesting bio having few catchy lines and a clickable link (use#) to the website where you want to redirect your visitors.
We often listen to media experts that tell you that famous influencers on fashion brands earn most money from posting on Instagram that could fetch them in the range of $7000-10000 per post. So, you can in case, you have a great following on Instagram but you know nothing about how to contact sponsors. No worries, there are certain ways you can attract them.
Selling your products on Instagram
Let’s accept the fact that social media has become one of the leading platform for selling products directly as well indirectly so having good following you could well be one of the perfect brand ambassadors the interested companies are looking for.
Let’s discuss about selling your products directly by posting good quality images of your products and you’re good to go. But if you have no products to sell but still want to make money. You can make money by promoting others’ products as an influencer that attracts followers to their posts by posting interesting stuff.
The fact remains that promotion is the key of selling for every business model and there is no alternative of promoting your work. In case you are promoting your own business or products you will have to be lot more creative than simply placing your product on the net. You will have to work on your strategies constantly to bring buyers.
Selling is an art with tireless efforts and making the experiments. If you have budget, you can use influencers and paid advertising to promote your business. You can ask your friends to share your business on their account which is another good way of promotion.
Earning for fun
This is for creative users with no interest in promoting others’ products or having any business of their own. You can still earn money by selling anything that you don’t need any more. You can sell images, videos, paintings or whatever you can think of.
Conclusion
You have three different ways of earning from Instagram- Photos, affiliate links and earning revenue by sponsored links using hash tags.
You should try different apps by searching Google to check the ones that will be beneficial for your kind of business/influencer program. Luckily the internet is full of such programs that help you to find one good for you and your business.