By karmick_admin
Have you heard about Zach King or Bhuvan Bam? Both are popular YouTube stars with millions of subscribers. Both are earning money with their talent, content, and social media marketing skills. So, why can’t you?
There are ways to earn money with social media marketing (SMM) skills which are not tough to master. If you have excellent communication and creative skills, you are indeed blessed! Make sure to focus on how to curate content. Also, gain knowledge about SMM tactics from a IT training institute. So, let’s have a look at the five unexpected ways you can earn money with your SMM skills.
Run an online shop on Instagram
Since its inception in 2010, Instagram has evolved a lot. With the new shopping feature, you can run an online shop on this popular platform. The in-app checkout feature lets the users buy stuff from Instagram shops. Try to create a shop selling niche items to increase the chances of sales. Remember, 80% of Instagram users are following a business. Not familiar with social media marketing skills? Start today!
Monetize a YouTube channel
You can become a sort of celebrity on social media by creating engaging content on your YouTube channel. However, to start earning, you must have 1000 subscribers and 4000 hours of overall watch time. This is a feat if you have no prior experience of shooting and editing quality videos. Many people across the globe have developed a large number of followers by publishing videos weekly or biweekly.
For 10,000 views, you can earn approximately between 200-1500 INR. However, if you are looking for a steady income, you have to work hard. There are several YouTube personalities such as Ashish Chanchlani, Sandeep Maheshwari, and Nisha Madhulika who have successfully monetized their YouTube channel.
Become an affiliate marketer
You purchase your favorite products from Amazon, now earn through the same platform! Yes, you can join Amazon’s Affiliate Program by which you can earn money.
You can also join any other affiliate program of a platform or company. Promote their products on your social media pages with affiliate links and attractive images. Whenever there are any sales from your affiliate link, you will get a small percentage. So, if you have hundreds of followers on your social media page or your blog, you can easily earn a handsome commission.
Make sure to find your niche and evaluate whether it is oversaturated or not. Polish your SMM skills so that you can earn even when you are sleeping! Look around carefully. You will find more than a dozen companies offering affiliate marketing programs. Some of these are Amazon, Flipkart, MakeMyTrip, and so on.
Do content marketing
If you have impressive writing skills, put them in use for making money on social media. Create engaging and informative posts on your Facebook or any other social media profile pages. Gradually, your targeted audience will know about you and will trust you. This is an excellent way to create a sales funnel after which you can offer them your services or products which they are most likely to buy from you. Your services or products can be a coaching program, a recipe book, perfume, handmade bags or anything. Many businesses also do content marketing to drive sales.
Brand partnership & collaboration
Now, this way is undoubtedly for those who have gained a status of social media influencers because of their massive number of followers on their various social media channels. Recently, Bhuvan Bam has been collaborated and partnered with eyewear brand Lenskart. With billions of people having an active presence on social media, one day reputed brands may approach you to seek opportunities about having a successful collaboration. So, work hard.
Having the right knowledge of social media marketing skills and its hands-on experience is necessary to make the use of social media. The platform is more than making comments, liking posts, and sharing the same. You can earn a living too!