Turn on YouTube and you’ll find scores of videos where people claim to have become a millionaire working on social platforms and making the bulk of the money it looks so far from real but is it a fantasy to make such money sitting at a place with a laptop without putting in any physical labor, without manufacturing anything without opening an outlet/shop or without a 9 t 5 job? and when you see the glowing faces saying things with so much confidence you are confused as to what is fact and what is fiction.
But as soon as you get engaged with the process and start implementing what you hear/learn and be consistent in what you are doing without expecting results overnight you find that no one is lying what they are telling is a reality, it’s just a process that counts.
With millions of people now on the internet how can it be without monetization, it has to be, and that it is, let’s discuss some of the platforms and see how people make money from them
Influence marketing
Do you really have to be a Filmstar a Sportsman a business tycoon or a Big celebrity to make an impact on people, influence them to promote your stuff ,the answer is Yes you have to be someone whom the people looks upon as their idol and starts imitating but then you still won’t be any of the above and become a hit in influence marketing and here comes the role of Social networks.
You can start anything on social platforms in which you have an expertise or skill to provide value to people and then you’ll find people just start following you and you become a big influencer yourself.
This Follows with advertisers approaching you to promote their stuff, On platforms like Instagram you can charge for “stories,”reels”, “videos” etc, just putting a link of some manufacturers and companies can get you big money, even people charge thousands of dollars to just unwrap a product on their channel, so by becoming an influencer can be rich.
Selling your Own Products
Social platforms can be your Groccerystore/Fashion store/Jewelry showroom/handicraft market/art material shop or anything, all you have to do is start your page and start promoting your stuff, On Instagram and Facebook you can have a page designed especially for promoting and selling your things.
Affiliate marketing/Organic/ Paid ads
Selling products of other people and making a commission by selling them is very easy on social platforms, you have two ways of doing it either by providing value(Organic) drawing followers, and then promoting products through affiliate links, or by paid marketing by placing an ad of the product and by targeting the right audience and making good commissions selling products.