How to make money on Instagram is usually a question asked by app users in different parts of the world. The app over the years has proven to be one of the ones to look out for and comes with different icons, one of which is a red Instagram icon.
An individual’s status among young ladies is often measured by how many activities or followers one can pull on the social lifestyle app. This makes the app stand out and is ever-growing. Instagram was founded in 2010 by a duo, Kevin System and Mike Krieger, but was later ceded to Facebook.
The app was first created for video, photo, and social networking before the Insta activities were upgraded with so many fun-filled, action-packed activities, together with a red Instagram icon after the Facebook takeover.
The hashtags and the ability to edit uploaded photos on the app gave users the audacity to cling to the app’s usage over a period of time. You can easily find users with the same interests as you by the use of tags and/or location, and as well, you can make your posts public and viral with the proper use of hashtags.
The benefits of using Instagram go on and on as users can easily lock their profile, unlike with other apps where whatever you upload is accessible to everyone and can be downloaded at will.
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MONEY ON RED INSTAGRAM ICON
Younger adults are known to be very hardworking people who always look for ways to make ends meet. Social media apps have raised lots of Teens from zero to millionaires and still counting.
This is no doubt true because most apps and even Google have recognized Nigerians as internet people. This shows how much time the young people surveyed in this count invest online, creating content to keep fellow app users busy all day long.
Instagram, interestingly, is one of those apps that has given users the opportunity to earn a living using the app. There are ways to earn on this app. They include but are not limited to:
- Sell products on the app: One of the ways to earn money on Instagram is to sell products on the app. The products may be yours or those of others (affiliate marketing). There are millions of people using the app, and this brings traffic to whatever product you sample on your page. People are ready to buy products these days, especially if it’s a product that can’t be seen regularly in the open markets. This is even possible when you have a red Instagram icon.
- Become an influencer: Today’s influencers earn significantly more than some white-collar workers. An influencer is an app user with so many followers who posts regularly on trending issues and can be able to come up with ideas on how to sell products. An influencer must have the power to command his followers and persuade them to do certain tasks. Company owners use influencers to sell their products too. This implies that an influencer can serve as a mini-company ambassador. This comes with a fatty bank account.
- You can help bloggers direct traffic when you have a good number of followers. You can help bloggers direct traffic to their sites and get paid. This is very simple to do; get the link to their post, make a little description of the post’s content, and ask your followers to go check the full content on the site for more information. There is no fixed price as to how much the bloggers have to pay. It depends on your ability to bargain well.
- Some people have thousands of followers on Instagram but are not active. If you are one of these people, you can actually earn lots of money by selling it to another user who wants a grown account. This is very simple; advertise the account with a screenshot showing the number of followers. The higher the number of followers, the bigger your money gets. Make sure you confirm payment before you send the login details to the buyer.
- Instablog: if you are a writer and you enjoy Instagram, then congratulations, as I have good news for you. You can now write and own a blog on Instagram, where you can write and earn a huge amount of money. Once you log in to your account, simply search for Instablog, and then follow the steps. The steps are simple and easy.