1. Tantalize Customers With Your Product On Pinterest
Small
businesses can benefit in big ways from getting users to “pin” photos of their
items on to their Pinterest boards. Create an account, engage in the community
by pinning other people’s photos and upload photos that entice people to buy
your product.
2. Run An Online
Instagram Shop
If you have
items that would be attractive to Instagram users, it’s relatively pain-free to
set up a shop by connecting your account to the service inSelly.
3. Copywriting
Twitter and
Facebook can be great ways to show off your language and grammar skills. Prove
yourself to be adept in the language of your choice to get yourself hired to
write for a living.
4. Editing
Editors in
particular have found success marketing themselves on social media, since
services like Twitter and Facebook are great proofs of concept for their skills
with the written word
5. Manage Social Media
There are a
lot of companies seeking someone to handle their social media presence. Sadly a
fair share of those positions are internships, but there are also many paid
opportunities out there. Search “social media” on job boards to find results in
your area.
Advertising
6. Comedy Writing
A lot of new
comedians birthed their career on Twitter. 140 character jokes or funny
insights can gain you a lot of attention, so if you’re a particularly clever
wordsmith consider giving comedy a shot to make money with social media.
7. Creative Writing
Fantasy
author Neil Gaiman broke ground with A Calendar of Tales,
for which he asked his large Twitter following to submit questions and turned
some of their answers into short stories. You can do something similar that
involves interacting with your audience, or even serialize a whole novel or
short story over many posts.
8. Airbnb
Anyone can
become a renter via Airbnb, which gives users a chance to rent places to stay
in 190 different countries. Fast Company has a great write-up on how someone made a
six-figure income through Airbnb.
9. Monetize A YouTube Channel
Not only can
you make money with social media, you can turn yourself into a phenomenon. Just
ask Grace Helbig, who’s developed a large audience
through the hilarious videos she posts every week. She makes a significant sum
just off ad revenue from her YouTube channel.
10. Become An Amazon Affiliate
When you
join Amazon’s Affiliate Program,
any sales made from a link you provide to Amazon will net you a small
percentage. Cultivate a following and promote specific items on your blog, then
include an affiliate link to the item on Amazon so that when a follower
purchases something you’ll get paid.
11. Promote Posts
Get your
sales pitches in front of more eyeballs with promoted posts, available through
almost any social media service. It’ll cost you a little cash, sure, but it
could net you huge rewards.
Advertising
12. Sell Your Art
Tumblr and
Instagram (Tumblr especially) are great places to post original artwork and get
a lot of responses and shares. If your art starts going viral, you can turn
that interest into income by selling prints and other merchandise through an
online store like Etsy or Big
Cartel.
13. Sell Rights To Your Photos
If you take
good enough photos, people will pay you to use them! Flickr is a popular place
to view photos, and this WikiHow explains how
to sell the photos you’ve posted there. You can also license them under Creative Commons, which won’t net you any money
but will expose your photographs to a wider audience.
14. Demonstrate Your Musical Abilities On SoundCloud
SoundCloud is
one of the best places to get your music noticed, and I’m not just talking
about the near-impossible goal of becoming a rock star. If you know how to come
up with a catchy jingle, you can post it on SoundCloud to get clients flocking
to you to create music for their commercials, radio ads, etc.
15. Innovate
These are
just the known ways to make money with social media. The field is so new that
many more avenues are likely to open up in the future. Consider how you can
utilize social media services to grow your career or even create a new one
altogether!
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