Earning Money On Social Media: 5 Easy Ways

Earning Money On Social Media

Looking forward to earning money on social media? In this article, you will learn 5 easy ways how to make money using social media. Depending upon your interest areas, you can choose single or multiple ways to make money.

Social Media Usage is at an all-time high right now in World and still growing. India just became the number one country for Facebook in the world in terms of monthly active users!

You can see from this slide from 2017 Digital Yearbook by ‘We Are Social’ that the active social media users worldwide are already about to touch 3 billion users! Just imagine how big the market is out there. All you need to do is to effectively tap this market.

Top 7 social earning sites that pay content creators.

Remember one thing, the primary purpose of Social Media is to build social connections but that does not mean that you cannot use it to earn money on social media.

You can easily earn money from Twitter & Facebook.

In fact, the social media ads like Facebook Ads, Twitter Ads, or LinkedIn Ads are meant for leads/sales generation only. So it makes sense to not spam your users with promotional offers.

Mixing informational posts with promotional posts is the right way to build audience and business together on social media.

So, how to earn money via social media? Here are 5 ways to earn money via social media:

1. Earning Money On Social Media By Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate Marketing is one of the best ways to make money online. Affiliate marketing, in a nutshell, is a way to make money by promoting products of other companies (like Amazon.com, etc.) using your unique affiliate links, which you get after signing up with them.

Apart from Amazon (which doles out 4% to 10% of commission per sale), there are many other networks like ClickBank (for Digital Products), Rakuten, CJ Affiliate, Booking.com (for Travel) etc., which offer lucrative affiliate commissions.

If you are good at building social media communities and can promote affiliate products using social media ads (just remember to keep your ad costs less than the money you earn) then you can earn a handsome amount of money.

Just remember that it is always a good practice to add a disclosure about your affiliate links to your social media audience. This builds up trust with them.

Secondly, don’t spam your social media communities with affiliate links as this puts off people. Always have a healthy ratio of generic informational posts (which are of interest to your audience) to promotional posts (with your affiliate links).

Here is a detailed post on how you can learn Affiliate Marketing and start earning money on social media and other digital mediums.

2. How To Earn On Social Media Via Your Own Products

You can also create your own products digital and physical. Though I would recommend beginning with Digital products (like eBooks, courses, etc.) because they are easier to create and promote and take less amount of money in the beginning to develop the products.

For instance, you can list your eBook on Amazon Kindle or ClickBank and then promote the link of your eBook on different social media channels.

And once the sales start rolling, you have to do nothing but collect the payment (being a digital product, you can sell it N number of times!).

Physical products, on the other hand, require larger capital in the development stage and one should go for them only once you have validated the product idea and have sufficient capital to invest in its development.

That said, physical products like designer jewelry, crafts, and other homes/living products are relatively easier to develop and sell online (for such product categories you can visit Etsy.com).

So, once you have decided on your product (digital or physical), you can sell it directly on different social media channels like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, etc., or you can sell it through websites like Etsy or any other e-commerce stores which allow such selling.

If you decided to sell directly on social media on your own, then you will have to take care of shipping, customer care, logistics, etc., while other e-commerce stores, take care of these aspects.

3. How To Earn Money From Social Media Using YouTube

Building a successful YouTube channel is not a cakewalk, in fact, nothing on social media or digital media marketing is a cakewalk anymore. It requires a lot of planning, persistence, hard work, and creativity to build a successful YouTube channel.

Once you have at least 10,000 public views of your channel videos, you are deemed eligible to apply for the YouTube Partner program.

You can visit  youtube.com/account_monetization to check your channel’s total view count. Apart from this, your channel should adhere to YouTube’s Partner Program Policies to get approved.

Here are the steps listed by Google to apply for YouTube Partner Program:

• Sign in to your YouTube account.
• In the top right, select your account icon > Creator Studio.
• In the left menu, select Channel > Status and features.
• Under “Monetization,” click Enable.
• Follow the on-screen steps to accept the YouTube Partner Program Terms.

Promote your videos as much as you can using organic outreach on social media and by running social media ads on Facebook. This way you will get additional views on your videos. And in the process, you will make money from the Ads which get displayed on your videos by Google.

Here is a detailed post about YouTube AdSense earnings.

4. Earning Money On Social Media By Starting A Coaching Business

If you have some skills which you feel you can teach someone online, then you can start a coaching business. You can conduct online sessions using video calls on Skype, Google Hangouts, or Facebook Messenger.

One way to do that is first of all to build your personal brand.

For example, if you are an expert in business coaching, then you should start building your personal brand on channels like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

You should create a social media strategy and should have a content calendar handy, to create engaging content and build community.

Once you have a sufficient number of fans and followers on different channels, you should start promoting and selling your online coaching service.

Your coaching service can be offline too but that entirely depends upon your business goals. But it is much easier to do online coaching as it does not involve overheads like a classroom and other conference equipment.

You just need an internet connection on your laptop, to begin with!

5. Earning Money On Social Media By Providing Freelance SMM Services

You can also provide freelance social media marketing services to your potential clients. You can provide services like social media auditing,

Facebook page management, social media content creation, social media advertisements (PPC Ads on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.), running social media contests, etc.

You can start your freelance social media marketing business by creating your own personal brand on social media to attract leads and inquiries.

You can do that by writing guest blog posts on social media marketing on popular digital marketing-related blogs.

You can also create your own website or blog to create your own brand and share your blog posts on different social media channels to bring in traffic.

If you can create and share quality content (which is actually helpful to your target audience) on a regular basis, you will soon start getting inquiries from potential clients to handle their social media marketing. And once you do a quality job, you will start getting word-of-mouth references too.

You can also ask your friends or others acquaintances in your professional circles for any social media relating projects in case they are looking for someone to handle the same.

Another way to search for Freelance social media marketing jobs is via Freelance sites like Freelancer.com, Upwork.com, Guru.com, PeoplePerHour.com, etc. Just create an account on any of these sites. Add your complete professional details and work samples and you are good to go.

You can also get such inquiries by being on top of different social media job groups on Facebook and LinkedIn as lots of clients look for freelancers on such groups.

NOTE: You can also opt for full-time social media marketing jobs in different companies. One advantage of a full-time job is relative job security and a sustainable source of income as long as you perform well as per the requirement of your employer.

In case you are a fresher and looking for some courses to prepare yourself for social media marketing jobs then you can check the course offered by Digital Vidya.

Conclusion

I am sure this article will help you earn money on social media way.

If you have any queries regarding earning money on social media, please ask in the comments section below and I will try to address your query as early as possible.

Image Credits: We Are Social,  Amazon.com, Freelancer.com

FAQS

1. How many views do you need on social media to get paid?

Based on average industry standards, your video will need around half a million views to earn $1,000 in AdSense money. That works out to be about $2 per 1,000 views (CPM).

2. Do Instagrammers earn money?

Yes, Instagrammers do earn money. If you have established yourself as a creator on Instagram, then there are various ways in which you can monetize your presence. Instagram allows you to earn money with the help of-

• IGTV Ads
• Branded Content
• Badges
• Shopping
• Affiliate Marketing.

3. How much do 1k views earn?

Based on the location of viewers and the target audience, YouTube monetization for 1000 views (also known as CPM – Cost Per Mille) ranges from 0.5 to 6 USD.

4. How much does Instagram pay for 1m followers?

An influencer with 1 million Instagram followers will make $10,000 per post.

5. How do you get paid from reels?

You can monetize your Instagram Reels either by sharing an affiliate link or by getting a brand sponsorship. Alternatively, you may also be qualified to earn a Play Bonus through your Reels.