If you are just like me, the doubting Thomases who can’t dive into something until you get real proof that it works, this article is for you regarding social media marketing.
There are success stories of social media marketers almost everywhere on the internet; YouTube, Facebook, twitter name them.
Most of these people claim to be making hundreds if not thousands of dollars a day, but at the end of the video or their pages, they always try to sell you something. YouTube alone has over a hundred videos of people explaining how they make money through social media.
However:
The questions majority of people ask themselves is, “are these people really making such amount of money and can you make such?”
Social media has been in existence for more than a decade now, and in such a short period, it has completely revolutionised the way marketing is done.
Most companies nowadays do most of their advertising through social media influencers and paid advertisements in order to reach potential customers.
Consequently, anyone who has a significant following on the major social media networks can make passive income by charging businesses for posting ads on their pages.
So, it is true that you can make tons of money from social media marketing and below are examples of people who have earned huge loads of cash from doing so.
Ryan’s ToyReview
Well, you might have guessed I would start with a superstar and, you might just be right. Let’s begin with a famous 7-year-old kid Ryan who made $11 million in revenue in 2017 from his YouTube channel Ryan’s ToyReview.
The account was launched in 2015 when Ryan was 4 years old but hit the popularity list in July 2015 after the release of a video that got close to 800 million views. The channel currently reviews toys and kids’ food products through Ryan with the help of his parents.
According to numerous reports, the channel currently has 17 million subscribers and makes about one million dollars a month from advertisements alone.
This example acts as a challenge and an eye-opener of the infinite sums of money that lies on the social media sites just waiting for you to collect them. But, since you might say this is just a lucky kid, below are examples of other people who have made it big in the social media world.
Selena Gomez
We start with the highest paid ‘Instagrammer’ of the year 2017 Selena Gomez. According to data that was collected by Hopper HQ, Selena Gomez had 122 million followers and was paid a whopping $550,000 per every post she made. Unbelievable!
Well, I am not trying to suggest you be like her as it will be overwhelmingly stressful and difficult trying to get there if you ever manage at all.
However, this is proof that if you have a surmountable number of followers on Instagram, you can get paid to post advertisements on your Instagram account just like Gomez. The number of followers we are talking about is maybe at least twenty thousand niche targeted followers.
All you to do is start by taking a few bucks from small businesses and raise your pay as your account continues to grow. Who knows, you might in the top 10 highest paid list in the next few years.
Nash Grier
Okay, down to a more inspiring example. Nash Grier is a Vine, Instagram, Twitter and Youtuber who has been in the spotlight for only two years.
At just around 17 years of age, Grier has managed to acquire around 12 million followers on Vine, 8 million followers on Instagram, 4.8 million followers on Twitter, and 4.4 million YouTube subscribers.
With such huge followings, he is able to earn around $25,000 to $100,000 per
To give you an idea of how well things are working for him, he now lives in Beverly Hills, California. A quick piece of advice from this fantastic story is, do not limit yourself to only a single social media account or network.
Get your name known across almost all the social media networks and you will reap incredible results. The best thing with having multiple accounts in multiple social media networks is you gain different subscribers and followers from posting the same content on all networks. Think about it.
Chiara Ferragni
Another amazing example is Chiara Ferragni, a blogger and Instagram superstar from Italy. She started with a blog back in 2009 called The Blonde Salad that currently receives over 110,000 visits every day. She then transitioned to Instagram and makes tons of money from her partnerships with fashion brands.
Final Words
The thing is, social media is not restricted to only a few ways of making money.
There are numerous ways you can earn money from social media as long as you have a high number of followers. It will definitely take time to gather the right number of followers or subscribers, but I guarantee you the effort is worthied.
Once you generate a reasonable number of followers, your account will start growing naturally, and you will start receiving more followers every single day without any efforts.
You need to start today.