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7 ways to make money from your Instagram photography addiction

Are you guilty of spending a little bit too much time scrolling Instagram and spending all day styling and crafting the perfect post? Well it's time to turn your favourite hobby into some pocket money with our list of top ways you can flatlay and get paid!

Sell your images as Stock photos

There are loads of different websites for selling your photography earning you anywhere from 25c up to hundreds of dollars per download. While some of these website are exclusive others allow you to list your photos across multiple platforms to increase their exposure.

Petapixel has a complete guide to how much you can make selling your photos at the different stock image sites

Print your images onto items to sell

Sites like Redbubble (pictured), Zazzle and Society 6 make it effortless to print your photos onto almost anything. Want to make a gorgeous calendar or even a cushion cover? When you sell a product, they will produce it, package it and ship it for you, so that you can focus on making more art!

Affiliate marketing

Affiliate marketing is basically when you promote a product and get paid per sale. Brand partners will provide you with an affiliate URL or discount code so they can track how many of your friends and fans purchase after seeing your post. You’ll often see bloggers doing this with sponsored or product inspired posts and it works much the same way with Instagram and other social platforms.

Check to see if your favourite brand has an affiliate marketing program or build your own using sites like Referboard.

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Become a brand rep or ambassador

Brands love to partner with talented creatives to help promote their products. If you are crushing on a brand keep your eye out to see if they run any brand rep programs, you likely won’t get paid but will usually get some free stuff in exchange for your posts.

Check out Instagram hashtags like #brandrepsearch or #brandambassadorsearch to explore current options

Enter photo competitions

There are lots of other creative photo competitions you can enter to win prizes. Not only do you have the chance to snag fab prizes or thousands of dollars in cash but competitions are a great way to test the limits of your creativity and improve your technical skills.

Check out Photo Contest Insider for a full list of competitions to enter

Try your hand at influencer marketing

There are loads of influencer marketing agencies and apps out there like Tribe, Hypetap and Scrunch. Usually you'll need to have a minimum of 5,000 followers to participate, high engagement and be regularly producing quality content. The only catch with some of these apps like Tribe is you’ll need to create the content first and pitch for the work with no guarantee you’ll get paid!

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How to Make Money as a Photographer on Instagram? - Pixobo

Entering photography was tough 10 or 15 years ago. From the costs of the cameras and equipment up to the print publication, photography wasn’t simply accessible to the average person. However, with the emergence of smartphones and social media, especially with the photo-sharing social network Instagram, photographic work can now reach a much larger audience.

With a user base reaching 1 billion active users (as of June 2018), Instagram is a huge platform for professional photographers where they can show their work to the world. Even just amateurs and photography enthusiasts are taking advantage of what is virtually a free photo exhibit. With this in mind, lots of Instagram users out there (also known as Instagrammers) are also using this platform to make money.

You might ask, is it really possible to make money off of Instagram? Just to give you an idea, Kim Kardashian actually netted $500,000 off only one Instagram post in 2015, which is more than the monthly salary of the US president!

You might say, “But I’m no Kim Kardashian! I’m not popular nor mainstream! I’m just an ordinary butt-ugly guy who loves shooting breath-taking photos and posting them on Instagram. How can I make money off that?”

Of course, you won’t make $500,000 off one Instagram post right away. It takes hard work if you want to be successful at anything, and the same goes for making money out of your Instagram photos.

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How Much Money Can a Photographer Make Through Instagram?

Before we go on further, just how much money can a photographer make through Instagram?

According to Business Insider, depending on the number of followers and their engagement, a single sponsored Instagram post can net between $500 to $1500 for an account with a little over 100,000 followers.

For accounts with over 1 million followers, they can make six-figure incomes and as much as $9000 per post.

For those with a smaller following, the figure varies. Tribe, which is a tech company providing an online marketplace for brands looking for popular Instagram accounts has shared these figures in relation to the number of followers:

So whether you’re a seasoned professional photographer or an enthusiast who do photography as a hobby and wants to make a living out the photos and selfies that you’re shooting from your smartphone, I’m gonna show you the ways you can make money as a photographer in Instagram and how you can attract more followers.

How to Make Money as a Photographer on Instagram?

1. Selling Your Photographs

Yes, this can actually work on Instagram because your photos are limited to 1080px by 1080px on the social media platform. And if your photos are truly captivating and inspirational, people would want the high-resolution versions of those.

Daniel Arnold, a Brooklyn-based photographer made $15,000 in one day selling his collection of photographs he took while walking the streets with an iPhone. And this was 2014 when he only had his email to send his stock pictures.

Now you can post your photographs on Instagram and use mediums in which you can upload and sell your stock photos like Twenty20, 500px, and Foap. Depending on the platform and size of the photo, you can sell each photo for $5 to $10. And because the people buying your photographs are not buying the rights to your photos, you can sell the same photo over and over again.

Related: 17 Best Websites To Sell Your Photography (With Tips On Most Profitable Photos To Sell!)

You can also sell your photos as prints on another product using services such as Printful and Teelaunch which lets you put your photos on phone cases, posters, pillows, and more.

Another method you can try is to post some of your photos on Instagram to tease your followers and put a link to your Patreon account where they can pay a fee to become a “patron” in order to view your entire collection. The fee for being a patron starts at $5 and will vary depending on the levels of membership and the amount of gated content that you’ll provide.

Related: Profitable Photography: Selling Stock Photos For Beginners

2. Offer a Paid Service

Are you a professional photographer offering services on special occasions like weddings or anniversaries?

Instagram is your best pick for boosting your photography business. Finding prospective clients can be hard but you can leverage Instagram to promote your business and spread the word to your local area.

Post your best shots that you got from covering events and make sure to use the right hashtags and geotags (more on that later) so clients in your local area or the vicinity where you do your photo coverage will definitely notice you and will consider booking with you.

Once you’ve built a good amount of followers, it’s time for the next step…

Related: 7 Tips On How To Promote A Photography Business On Instagram

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Be an Influencer

This is the next step and the most important one in making six-figure income through the social media platform. With the staggering amount of users browsing Instagram every day, it’s no wonder that brands are seeing Instagram as a powerful advertising tool.

Investing in Instagram marketing actually guarantees more sales compared to traditional advertising on TV or in print. That’s where you come in.

Basically, an influencer is anyone who’s built a large following and an online reputation by creating great content and sharing them on different social networking mediums like Youtube and Instagram, thus having the reach and influence.

Brands are struggling to do this so they partner with influencers instead to spread awareness about their products. The thing is, you don’t need to have a massive amount of followers in order to land sponsorship from a brand and become an influencer.

Remember, having hundreds of thousands or even millions of followers doesn’t always equate to more money from being an influencer (because 100,000 fake followers won’t amount to much). It’s your followers’ loyalty and engagement (the number of likes, comments, and shares) to your content that counts.

Neil Patel says: “If you have 1000 followers who are engaged, the potential to make money is there. The sweet spot is between 3000 to 5000 followers so you would want to build up to this amount before you engage in influencing.”

The influencer industry could be set to explode. It was worth $1 billion in 2017 but could soar as high as $10 billion by 2020. Also, 80% of influencers prefer Instagram for brand collaboration, so no wonder there are 8 million business profiles on the social media platform.

As you can see, the influencer industry is a billion-dollar business. If you have a modest following of a few thousand (coined as a micro-influencer), small startup brands will enlist you to advertise their products usually for between $5 and $20 a post.

However, once you acquire a large number of engaged followers, the amount that you can earn can rack up real quick. Top influencers can actually charge brands $500 to $30,000 per post.

Once your reputation as a photographer on Instagram has grown big enough, the bigger and more popular brands will likely find you. But you can also reach out to them directly by enlisting yourself on influencer marketplaces like Shoutcart, Tribe, Fohr Card, or Grapevine.

However, as a photographer, you have to be careful of finding the balance between posting your content and sponsored posts. People follow you because they are interested and want to keep seeing your quality content. You’ll most likely turn off prospective followers if they only start to see sponsored posts.

4. Affiliate Marketing on Instagram

This is very similar to being an influencer, however, the Instagrammer is more focused on making sales for the brands in exchange for a commission rather than just spreading awareness for the brand. This can be done by adding a tracked link to the bio section of your profile or in the caption of each post.

There are marketplaces that offer affiliate programs like Amazon and ClickBank, so consider visiting these sites if you’re interested.

All of these money-making methods on Instagram are good and all, but they’d all be in vain if you don’t have a good photo-shooting device and a good amount of followers.

The DSLR vs. Smartphone Debate: What Device Should You Use to Take Photos?

There’s a saying that your best camera is the one you always have with you. The beauty of having a smartphone is it’s very quick to take out your phone to shoot those rare picture-perfect moments that you can post on Instagram.

However, no matter how good your smartphone camera is, it is still significantly inferior to the quality of images a DSLR or mirrorless camera can produce. With DSLRs, you can manipulate aperture, depth of field, focus, and even change your lenses depending on the situation.

They also produce RAW pictures that have much more detail than JPEGs and are much more capable of producing good shots under low lighting. So if you have the funds to invest on a DSLR camera, please do so.

Related: Is Buying A DSLR Worth It?

The smartphone crowd might argue that cameras on smartphones are improving rapidly as more high-end smartphones are introduced every year.

However, the technology behind DSLR camera sensors is also improving massively. This means even if the smartphone camera improves to a point of taking the same quality of pictures that a DSLRs can shoot today, the camera sensor technology of a DSLR or a mirrorless camera would have improved relatively so the former will always be inferior to the latter.

That’s not to say that smartphones are not capable of producing high-quality professional shots. If you’re not willing to spend some money on a DSLR camera, your smartphone camera should be sufficient when it comes to the quality of the images.

Related: 5 Reasons Why Some Phone Cameras Are Better Than A DSLR Camera

However, don’t just use any smartphone camera. An average person can discern the difference between a beautiful, well-composed photograph and a grainy, pixelated picture of your flower pot in your backyard.

Though the latest flagships of iPhone or Samsung might seem pricey, there are much more affordable high-quality shooters out there like the OnePlus 6 and Huawei Honor 10.

Check out this list of the best smartphones that can be used for photography.

Related: Sony A6400: Best Camera For Vloggers?

How to Promote Your Photography Profile on Instagram and Increase Your Followers

Over 95 million photos are shared daily on Instagram but 70% of these posts don’t get seen. And if your posts don’t get seen, you’re unlikely to attract new followers and brands will never find you.

So you want to take photography seriously, take it to a whole new level and make money as a photographer on Instagram?

The first step is to attract loyal and engaged followers. Sure you can use hacks and tricks to build your follower count to a value that might look attractive to brands. That doesn’t mean anything if you have very few likes, comments, and shares on your content. So here are the tips on how to build your follower count:

1. Create a Proper Profile

Put on a really good profile image that looks professional. Or a good photo of your main subject matter that defines your photography niche. Use a “logo” that is easy to memorize and remember. Put on a description that will draw the attention of prospective followers. Provide a link back to your other social media channels, website or blog.

Related: Instagram Photography Names Step by Step Tutorial for Photographers

2. Focus on a Particular Niche

Your niche will define your particular brand of photography. Your followers will expect you to maintain a particular subject matter when you post your photos. It’s not wrong to delve into other niches but as much as possible concentrate on a specific type such as travel, landscapes, food, fashion, or a particular type of photography.

Related: What Is The Most Profitable Photography Niche?

3. Post Your Best Photographs

Be selective on the images that you’ll upload. Pick the most stunning and compelling images from your collection. It doesn’t matter what type of gimmick you’re gonna use to drive traffic to your Instagram profile. You’re not gonna do well if your photographs are not awesome.

Choose the ones that are relevant to your niche and you know are valuable to your followers. You don’t want to turn them off with irrelevant content.

Related: 13 Most Popular Types Of Instagram Photos That Will Get You More Likes And Followers

4. Be Personal to a Certain Extent

You can post your personal photos like your day-to-day life, important life moments, or behind the scene shots but keep it to a minimum. Generally, follow the 80/20 rule: 80% of your posts for your brand of photography while the remaining 20% for your personal and behind the scene posts.

5. Post Consistently but Do Not Overdo It

1 to 2 quality posts per day is much better than 5 “nothing special” posts. Keep your audience interested by posting regularly but not too much as to annoy them. Schedule your posts and stick to it. Generally, the best times to post on Instagram are in the morning at around 10 am and another one at night after dinner.

6. Use #Hashtags and Geotags

Once you tap the search bar on the Instagram app, you can search in different categories such as the Top posts, People, Tags, and Places. Hashtags always start with a # sign, and they’re a great way for others to easily find photos on Instagram with a specific theme or content.

If you can use hashtags cleverly, you can definitely attract new followers this way. The general rule is to keep your hashtags from 5 to 10 per post. You can add more, but it will look spammy and cheap.

Geotag is a link to the specific location of your post. If you enable “Add Location” to your Instagram settings, it will be added automatically, or you can add it manually. This way your posts will appear when another Instagrammer searches for a specific location on Places category.

So what’s a clever way of using hashtags so your posts can appear on top of searches more often?

For example, you took a beautiful photo of cherry blossom trees in Kyoto, Japan. Before you post your photo, make a little hashtag research first on Instagram. Searching for #cherryblossom reveals 5.3 million posts which means using this hashtag alone will not generate views for your photo.

The hashtag #cherryblossomtree has 70.1K posts, which is a lot smaller but still a large pool of posts. If you make your search a little more specific like say #kyotocherryblossoms or #kyotosakura, this will reveal a couple of hundred to a few thousand posts.

You would want to use a mixture of hugely popular hashtags and small ones to your posts to make sure you have a wide range of people seeing them.

Then finally, add a hashtag that is unique to your brand of photography like say #<your name or your brand’s name>photography.

Also, a word of advice: consider adding a #sponsored hashtag when you post sponsored content to respect your followers’ trust.

Related: Best Instagram Photography Hashtags To Use As A Photographer

7. Use Filters

Especially if you’re using a smartphone. Ditch the Instagram filters and use app-specific filters to your photos before posting them. There are several filter apps out there but one of the more popular ones is VSCO. If you’re well-versed in using Adobe CC products like Lightroom, you can use that to make your photos look more amazing.

Related: Do Photographers Edit Their Photos?

8. Be Creative on Your Captions

Captions are your chance to elicit an emotional response to your followers. This will keep your audience engaged and people will most likely follow you if you have compelling captions.

Try to do storytelling on your posts. If you’re doing wedding photography for an instance, you can write down a short story about how the groom proposed to her bride. Use open-ended questions to trigger a discussion from your followers in the comments section.

9. Get Your Followers Involved

Interact with them. Reply to their comments. A great technique that some Instagrammers use is to run a giveaway. Create a contest with the prize being a signed print of one of your best stock photographs or a product with a print of your images. This is a great way of attracting more followers.

10. Build a Relationship with Other Photographers

Find and follow other Instagrammers within your niche. Compliment their work. They will most likely respond and follow you back and this will also increase your exposure as well.

Follow these tips and most likely, you’ll build a good amount of following on Instagram. And this way, you’ll be more visible to other brands and they will likely collaborate with you to create sponsored posts so you can make money as a photographer on Instagram.

As with other money-generating businesses, success doesn’t come overnight unless you go viral which is very hard to do. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication.

Patience is key. Don’t be discouraged if you don’t get much traction from other people. Just stick to what you do best, slowly build your audience over time so you’ll eventually – and hopefully – make money.

And the most important thing is you gotta love what you do. Passion is what drives most people to success.

Related: Instagram Rules And Regulations For Photographers

How to monetize an Instagram account in 2022

Almost every one of us has an Instagram account, but not everyone knows how to benefit from this for themselves and their wallet. The most common mistake is that people think they only pay bloggers with millions of followers. In fact, everyone can monetize Instagram. And this guide will tell you how to do it.

Is it possible to monetize an Instagram account


Yes! Instagram has long been no longer solely a platform for entertainment and photo sharing. nine0003

Millions of people around the world cannot imagine their day without Instagram, and it is natural that access to such a huge audience opens up tremendous opportunities for business and earnings of any format.

In recent years, Instagram has become a huge platform through which you can promote everything from your expertise to your own products. The most common way to monetize Instagram is through advertising. But this is far from the only way to make a profit from your account. Rest assured that there is a suitable monetization option for everyone. nine0003

Who it's for

Of course, it's not so simple - the money will not fall on you immediately after creating an account. You will have to work hard before you can get the first profit. A lot of time will need to be spent on learning the features of Instagram. But in the end, you have the opportunity to get a remote job that brings not only a good income, but also pleasure.

To successfully monetize an account, it must match three basic requirements :

  • have popularity;
  • be of high quality and thematically designed;
  • have at least 1000 subscribers.

Compliance with these requirements is possible only with certain knowledge and skills . In particular, those who want to make money on Instagram will need:

  • to learn how to create professional pictures and videos;
  • be able to generate interesting and useful content;
  • learn the basics of SMM in order to successfully promote your profile; nine0023
  • be able to write engaging texts;
  • feel your audience.

In addition, the platform is constantly being upgraded and improved. Only those who can adapt quickly will be able to stay afloat here. Earnings on Instagram are also not suitable for those who hope to make a quick profit, are ready to manipulate the number of followers and attract cheats.

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Monetization options

Instagram's standard monetization option is to collect an audience and place ads on the page. But you can make money on Instagram in many other ways. And many of them can be successfully combined with each other. nine0003

1. Collaboration with advertisers

Instagram influencers are not only trendsetters and role models, but an advertising engine for many brands. Native advertising from bloggers has already been adopted by both small private business owners and large corporations. Which is not surprising, because 70% of people admit that they take into account the recommendations of influential people when buying a particular product.

Moreover, if earlier only bloggers with an audience of many thousands and even millions could make money on advertising, today advertisers are showing more and more interest in nano-, micro- and macro-influencers who have closer contact with their audience. nine0003

This is an "old school" account monetization option, which is as follows:

  1. The blogger actively maintains his page on Instagram;
  2. Gathers an audience of followers who trust his opinion;
  3. Looking for brands to collaborate with and advertise their products/services to their subscribers.

This monetization option can be called simple. After all, advertising in an account can go out several times a week, and advertisers themselves often contact influencers and offer them cooperation. The minimum bid per ad post is $10, but according to surveys of influencers, they average $200-$400 per post. nine0003

Naturally, in this case, everything depends on the number of the audience and its quality, which is determined by quite clear metrics, such as the rate of growth of subscribers and a set of likes, account activity and many other factors. The trendHERO analytics service allows you to check this data. It even shows you the followers you have, which you will never find in the built-in Instagram statistics.

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2. Become a Brand Ambassador

A brand ambassador is an affiliated representative of a company who promotes its products and services. This is an unofficial representative of the brand, a person who actively uses the services of the company and promotes it to the masses.

Ambassadorship differs from the previous version in that the influencer does not place direct ads with calls to buy a specific product. He simply demonstrates his love for the brand by frequently posting content on the company's various products and even attending company events. nine0003

Just having a promoted account is no longer enough in this case. Ambassadors are people who profess the same values ​​as the brand, and are really its active supporters. Therefore, if you have a favorite brand, you can send a direct message to company representatives, explaining why you can be its ambassador and offering your services.

Conditions for brand ambassadors are individual. In many ways, they depend on the scale of the brand and the popularity of the influencer. It can be a contract with an agreed payment, a personal discount, or an affiliate discount that allows you to receive a percentage of sales. nine0003

3. Earnings on affiliate programs

Many companies and online stores have affiliate programs that allow you to earn certain percentages for the purchases of attracted users. Usually, to participate in an affiliate program, you need to apply on the official website of the company or join an affiliate network such as Admitad and get your referral link or personal promo code.

Instagram account in this case acts as a platform for placing a link. Here you can review various partner products, inform customers about discounts and promotional offers, demonstrate products in action, showing your purchases, and thus motivate them to buy. For each purchase made through an affiliate link or promotional code, you will receive the reward provided for by the program. nine0003

Success depends on how well the affiliate program was chosen. It is important that the audience of your account is really interested in the company's products.

Carefully study the conditions of the programs. Real money is not always offered as a reward, which, for example, can be withdrawn to a card. Sometimes affiliate programs offer bonuses that can only be spent within the framework of the service.

4. Sale of own goods

Instagram makes it easy for everyone to start their own e-commerce business. You can easily turn your account into a small online store for selling anything - soaps, candles and handmade jewelry, gift boxes, cups and T-shirts with your own prints. Any of your hobbies and passions can be monetized with an Instagram account. There are no restrictions.

5. Creating a community

You can create not a personal account on Instagram, but a thematic community or an interest group. Promotion of such an account is a laborious process, but if everything works out, you will be able to receive a stable income by using many ways of monetization at once - advertising posts, affiliate programs, selling webinars, master classes, goods. nine0003

6. Monetization through dropshipping

Dropshipping is a form of sales in which you do not need to purchase goods, store or ship them. The seller only collects orders and payments, and the manufacturing company independently ships the goods to customers. Dropshippers earn on the difference between the cost of the goods that the supplier offers them and the selling price.

You will be surprised, but not only clothes, cosmetics and any hand-made, but also business goods, tours, cars are successfully sold through Instagram today. Therefore, many dropshippers use Instagram accounts as their main source of sales. nine0003

The functionality of the platform makes it easy to turn a page into a colorful catalog. In addition, here you can establish a close connection with the audience, which also contributes to sales. But you can’t do without high-quality pictures here, because there is nothing worse than poor-quality pictures in an account designed to sell.

7. Selling your knowledge

In today's world, useful information costs the most. If you are an expert in any field, have valuable knowledge and skills, you can teach others how to make money on it by turning your Instagram account into a powerful marketing tool. nine0003

This could be anything from a Skype math lesson to a webinar on paying taxes or choosing a handbag. Given the huge audience of Instagram, you can be sure that a person with certain competencies and skills will be able to find someone who needs them here. Some even manage to submit checklists.

Monetization is possible through the sale of books, access to webinars, consulting, coaching, tutoring, and more. In this case, the Instagram page can serve not only as a platform for sales, but as a tool for building the reputation of an expert. nine0003

8. Earnings on services

Every year, thousands of new commercial accounts are registered on Instagram. And many of these companies are in search of an intelligent specialist who can help them properly draw up and promote their profile.

If you have been blogging for a long time, you know well how Instagram algorithms work, and what you need to do to become successful, you can turn your profile into a business card and sell your promotion services.

Typically, companies want to find a SMM specialist who provides a full range of services:

  • page design;
  • drawing up a content plan;
  • SEO optimization;
  • creating quality content;
  • attracting subscribers.

But there is also demand for specific services. For example, creating templates for Instagram, profile design, creating AR masks and much more.

9. Facebook and Instagram monetization

You probably know that Meta, formerly Facebook, owns the social networks Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp. This allows you to use the same tools to manage your advertising campaigns. nine0003

This is exactly where Instagram can pay you. But there is a nuance.

The following monetization options are currently available:

  • Paid Online Events
  • Branded content
  • In-stream Ads for On Demand Content
  • Fan Subscriptions
  • InStream Ads
    • for live broadcasts.

The caveat is that most of these monetization methods are not available in countries other than the US. And most likely you will receive an inscription: “Your account does not meet the requirements for monetization.” nine0003

You can check which monetization methods are available to you in Creation Studio, in the Monetization menu:

And also in Instagram: Settings - Business or Author - Branded content.

This way you can check what type of monetization from the social platform itself is available to you and its status.

How to monetize Instagram

Instagram monetization is available in many ways, and each of them has its own characteristics. But the strategy for reaching the first profit is the same for everyone. nine0003

Step 1: create an account

Create an account on the most popular social network and get it right. Choose a nickname that will reflect the theme of your page, choose a bright and memorable avatar, fill out a biography.

It is important that the first time users see your profile, they understand what value it brings. If you wish, you can transfer your page to a business account. This will unlock several additional features.

Step 2: Choose Your Niche

Choose a topic for your account according to your knowledge and passions. For example, if you often travel, you can become a travel blogger, and if you are well versed in the intricacies of personal care or applying makeup, you can become a beauty blogger. There are many options:

  • beauty and health;
  • fashion;
  • cooking;
  • art;
  • sport;
  • lifestyle;
  • business and entrepreneurship;
  • family and children; nine0023
  • humor.

To decide on a niche, think about what you can do well, what you can tell useful and what people will be willing to pay you for.

Step 3: Create Quality Content

A blank page cannot be monetized. Create high-quality, unique and useful content for your target audience. Regular posting plays a crucial role in promoting Instagram, so be sure to make a content plan for a few weeks / months in advance. nine0003

Post 1-2 times a day. Use various content formats - posts in the feed, stories, live broadcasts. Experiment with content until you figure out what your audience likes the most.

Step 4: Promote your account

To quickly build an audience, you need to use various promotion methods. Among the most common are:

  • mass liking and mass following;
  • mutual PR;
  • holding contests and lotteries; nine0023
  • advertising with influencers.

Coming to the Instagram business, you must understand that account promotion will become your constant need. Ultimately, how many subscribers you have and how they interact with your audience will determine how much you will earn.

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When to activate monetization


It all depends on which monetization option you have chosen. Some methods imply that you can start monetization right away. For example, if you are planning to sell your products or do dropshipping. But in most cases, you first need to collect a loyal audience on your page and build a trusting relationship with it. nine0003

You can move on to making money on affiliate programs, selling goods and services when you are sure that among your subscribers there are users who trust your opinion and are ready to follow you. Advertisers are primarily interested in bloggers with over 1,000 subscribers. For some, the minimum threshold for advertising is 10-100 thousand followers.

Before you offer someone advertising cooperation, be sure to check your account statistics. Today, one of the main criteria when choosing an influencer is the percentage of involvement. nine0003

How much you can earn

The amount of income directly depends on the chosen direction and the success of its implementation. For example, the cost of placing advertisements directly depends on the popularity of the blogger, the number of subscribers and the activity of the audience. On average, an account with 10-15 thousand followers is able to bring in about $ 200 per month for advertising.

But there may be more. For example, brands are willing to pay more for a clearly segmented active audience or long-term collaboration. It is also important what volume of services the blogger provides. Can he come up with and create high-quality content on his own? Will there be only an advertising post or also stories? nine0003

As for making money on sales, everything here decides how successful the actions of the account owner will be and what persuasion skills he has.

Instagram monetization is not easy. Before you can get the first profit, you will have to go through the thorny path of promoting your profile, thoroughly study the algorithms and basics of SMM, discover the makings of a photographer and editor in yourself. But this is a good option for creative individuals, for those who do not want to vegetate in the office and want to earn money with only a smartphone at hand. nine0003

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6 ways to make money on Instagram posting photos

Table of contents:

  • 1 Can I make money on Instagram posting photos?
  • 2 Ways to get paid for photos on Instagram
    • 2.1 Selling photos
    • 2.2 Creating content for other people
    • 2.3 Selling services
  • 3 Alternative ways to make money on Instagram for photographers
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      • 3.2 Affiliate programs
      • 3.3 Selling training courses
    • 4 Questions from our readers

    Who knew that the people we laughed at in 2008 would be in such demand today? Everyone remembers this boom, when half of the creative graduates rushed to enter the photographers and video editors. Do you remember how they laughed and said: “Well, where will you work? Filming weddings? Today, the picture has changed dramatically, specialists in this area have many opportunities to earn money via the Internet. Instagram has become one of the tools that opened the curtain on the world of photography. Let's talk about how to make money on Instagram by posting photos. nine0003

    Is it possible to make money on Instagram posting photos?

    There are many ways to make money in social networks: from completing penny tasks to entire online stores that operate exclusively on communication services. Such sites come in different directions: on VKontakte, for example, this is text, and on Instagram - photos and videos. Therefore, the question "How to make money on Instagram in the photo?" quite logical. The answer will please you: of course you can. And in what ways to do this, let's talk further. nine0003

    Ways to get money for photos on Instagram

    The very management of Instagram consists in uploading photos. But what are the specific ways? First of all, we will consider direct ways to earn money, and then indirect ones.

    Photos for sale

    The most obvious. You can make an entire portfolio by posting your own work. Place a watermark, name a price, and build your promotion to attract customers. Moreover, you must be aware of the latest news and be zealous about your work. Otherwise, the story will repeat itself with artists who simply steal other people's work and earn on them. nine0003

    Creating content for other people

    Instagram has a very high demand for quality images. Therefore, people who make cool content will not sell. Provided that they are promoted or collaborate with someone.

    Sale of services

    Photo shoots are now also in vogue. People want to put good pictures on the Internet. There are also retrogrades that collect real paper photo albums, in which you can’t invest anything.

    Alternative ways to make money on Instagram for photographers

    It cannot be that the income consists only in the ways already listed. Cunning and enterprise: these traits are common to all nations. And in terms of making money on Insta, people were able to find other ways.

    Advertising

    Collaboration with brands can provide you with a decent income. If you have a large and active audience, then advertising posts will sell like hot cakes. In general, good pictures are the key to success in a social network.

    Partner programs

    This is perhaps the most universal way to generate income. Good content will draw attention to the words that you have placed under it. And there may be an affiliate link, by clicking on which users will bring you some money.

    Sales of training courses

    Education courses are doing very well on Instagram. The typical Instagram user isn't just a TP who exclusively photographs food. One of the trends is self-education and obtaining skills for additional or even other basic income. Photography courses are a great option in this regard. nine0003

    How to make money on Instagram posting photos? This is a fairly general question, because all the activity on this site is precisely this.

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