Have you ever wished if you could also be like the influencers, and have a real German Instagram follower base of your own?
Have you ever wondered if you also could earn from Instagram?
Wouldn’t it be great if you could transform your means of entertainment into your source of income?
If the answers to the above questions are yes, then you would love to know how many followers you need to start earning money.
Well, the answer is really relative, not that you need to understand the theory of Einstein for it, but it is nonetheless a bit complicated and depends on certain elements:
- Niche: For starters, you need to choose a genre you are passionate about to coat your content with your creative juices and create a positive impression in front of your followers. At the end of the day, an honest effort with good execution has a greater reach!
- Content and hashtags: Concepts like travel, beauty, clothing, fashion, health, and lifestyle can earn you a massive following if your content is creative enough. Also, you have to use the correct hashtags. The hashtags need to be pertinent to the content you have just posted.
- The number of followers: You do not need millions following you to get paid well on Instagram. The influencers can earn money based on their follower count (nano having less than 10,000 followers, micro up to 100,000 followers, and macro 100k and above). The brands generally pay a fixed amount per thousand followers based on the above categories.
- Rate of engagement: More than simply having a considerable number of followers, you need engaged followers who can resonate well with your posts and interact actively with those through their likes or comments. They might even want to share and save your content. If the engagement rate is good, well-known or even local brands might want to sell their products through you to your followers, and if they find credibility in your content, they will be willing to invest in you monetarily or through free products.
- Your status as a content creator: Along with the above, your reputation on other social platforms will make your presence felt, which in turn, will induce a sense of trust and loyalty in your followers. This can prompt them to buy products/services from the brand that offered your sponsorship. Pay attention to building a sense of community to boost the engagement rate. In fact, you can earn through brand-sponsored posts, Instagram shopping (selling/cultivating business on Insta), promoting products of different brands, and being an influencer. For this, you do not need millions of followers.
In conclusion, you need to focus on the quality of your content (for example: posting high-quality photos, correct hashtags, and being creative), having a sizeable social media presence that will garner you enough loyal followers (aim around 10K), and then you can sell your services as an influencer and make decent money from Instagram. Also, who knows, with time, maybe one day you can become one of the biggest influencers with millions waiting for your posts!
