11 Ways to Make Money on Instagram
If you’re already familiar with Instagram and looking for a fun entrepreneurial venture that you can base around something you’re passionate about, then this article is for you! In this post I will show you the 11 best ways to make money on Instagram!
Why Instagram?
Instagram is a massive social media platform that has over 500 million users with 300 million of them being active daily users.
The reason I love Instagram so much is because the engagement is higher than any other social media platform. Also, Instagram has been making many positive changes to ensure a great user experience as well as maintain it’s status as a marketing platform for businesses. For more on the new Instagram updates read our article, 9 New Instagram Updates You Should Know About in 2017.
It’s the easiest platform out there to build an audience from scratch for free, it just requires a bit of hard work.
If you’re willing to put in the work Instagram is a great place to start an entrepreneurial venture, especially if you’re young and already familiar with the platform.
Another reason I love Instagram is that you can start your entrepreneurial journey around something you’re passionate about such as fitness, health, food, travel, animals, beauty, technology, and so on!
If this sounds exciting to you just keep reading and learn which opportunity is best for you!
11 Ways To Make Money On Instagram
NOTE: If making money on Instagram interests you make sure you download our FREE Instagram Success Guide in order to make one of these ways work for you!
There are so many opportunities available for everyone on Instagram, whether you already have a business or not.
Instagram is a massive social media platform that you can use to your advantage to either grow your business or start one.
Here are 11 ways to make money on Instagram:
1. Increase brand awareness and sales for businesses
If you already have a business Instagram is a great marketing platform that can be used to grow your business.
2. Promoting products through affiliate marketing
If you don’t have a product yet, affiliate marketing is the best place to start. What you need to do is choose your niche and then find affiliate offers within that niche that you’d like to promote. You can use Instagram to build up your own audience or you can also use the audience of another account and pay for a shoutout on their niche page. Just make sure that you keep things all within the same niche. You can also use email marketing to continually promote to people on your list.
3. Book more clients for service-based businesses and raise your rates
If you provide a service to clients or want to in the future such has a hairdresser you can use Instagram to market yourself and book more clients.
4. Build an audience and become an influencer in a certain niche
If you’re passionate about a certain topic and believe you can become an influencer in that space, Instagram is a great platform for this. Influencers can then make brand deals and get paid by companies related to their niche.
5. Increase credibility and awareness for your personal brand
If you’re a coach or speaker and looking to build your personal brand having an epic Instagram always helps. If you sell products you can use the platform for marketing and to build up your credibility at the same time.
6. Grow an email list and audience for your blog
Bloggers should always look to build themselves up as an influencer in their niche but Instagram can also be used to grow an email list. You can promote your articles and lead magnets on your account to build your blog.
7. Start a niche Instagram account then form it into a business
If you know you want to start a business in a certain niche in the future you can simply start with an Instagram account and focus on building a community around a certain topic and then when you have a product or service you already have people to sell it to.
8. Showcase your skills to level up your career and get a better job
If you already have a career and just want to continue to level up, you can showcase your skills on Instagram and leverage it to network with people in order to get your dream job.
9. Create and grow a niche account and use it to make money through paid shoutouts
This is a very simple concept and great if you want your business to fully be on Instagram. All you have to do is grow a large Instagram account around a certain niche or topic and then you can sell shoutouts on your page to other businesses in your niche. You can also work out brand deals when your account gets bigger which pays more. Choose something that you’re passionate about and then build an awesome Instagram all about it. This takes time and hard work so don’t think this is some get rich quick idea.
10. Raise awareness about a certain issue or cause
If you’re passionate about a certain issue or cause Instagram is a great platform to raise awareness about it. If your account gains enough traction you can form it into a non-profit or take donations via link in your bio to raise money so you can work on that cause.
11. Learn Instagram marketing and then get paid by businesses to run their account or consult them
If you learn all the skills that are involved in Instagram marketing and build up a couple accounts you can then consult businesses or manage their account for them.
There you have it, 11 ways to make money on Instagram.
Pretty cool huh? It’s amazing what’s possible on this platform!
In order to make one of these work, you’ll need to understand everything there is to know about how to create and grow a successful Instagram account.
If one of these ways interests you just download our FREE 6 Step Instagram Success Guide!
FYI: This article was originally published on our website (Bender Media).
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