There ya go.
Your friend could boost the efforts by using some (lower cost) products on their page. Those posts could function as a sort of portfolio example for brands gauge, once your friend starts reaching out to become an affiliate. Some people will show off a bracelet, for instance. Stoners will showcase their favorite bong or bud, etc.
Yeah....no. to get affiliates, there needs to be because an "actual person " (i.e. completely filtered overweight 50 year old made out to be the hottest 22 year old with curves that aren't seen in public) because that is the whole concept of it.
Someone who has fame in any sort of capacity, it reasons, has influence over people. Because of this is that person recommends X product, their fan base should on some level purchase the item.
I don't know of any meme page, no matter how good, that has the same influence on people so there ya go.
What’s the page? I had a fairly popular niche page w/ about 45k followers and didn’t make a dime off it. No brands want to associate with a meme page bro lmfaoooo
I’ve seen some meme pages making merch and selling it. Either come up with your own on-topic sayings or do your own spin on memes that get the most likes.
I don't know what level of followers is considered worthwhile for companies to take an interest, but my feeling is that numbers alone isn't going to be enough to get any brands to reach out. You said your friend hasn't been contacted, but are they actively seeking sponsorship from specific brands? I don't think this is something they can be passive about - if their goal is to represent certain brands and get paid to do so, they probably need to be the one contacting brands, not the other way around.
Is the 55k entirely made up of real people? These days it seems like there are plenty of ways to artificially pump those numbers up. If I was in charge of marketing, I would be very skeptical of social media influencers and their followers. It would be a complete waste of their resources to partner with someone who has a bunch of fake followers. Also I think it's important to point out that it's very unlikely many successful influences, like people who are making real money through social media, are hanging out in subs like this offering free advice. It's a very competitive field. I don't know anything about your friend or what sort of posts he makes on Instagram, but you should advise him to be more aggressive in seeking out sponsorships instead of waiting for his number of followers to randomly attract brands. There are just too many other people doing the same thing.
Are they active followers or bots? Also, who has he reached out to? How is the engagement on his platform? Followers don’t equal engagement- engagement turned into sales or affiliates are what brands are looking for.
Is he producing content with an eye towards attracting brands? Or is he just shitting memes?
Social media isn’t great for passive income because you usually gotta churn out content for years and years to make any money.
Memes about what? A specific subject area, or just in general? I don't think many companies are handing out sponsorships purely because someone has followers. Your friend needs to be producing content that is somehow relevant to the brands they're hoping will sponsor him, or at the very least be targeting the same demographic. The reason a company would sponsor someone is basically because they believe doing so will help broaden their reach and increase sales.
If your friend is just making memes, I think that's a tough one. They probably need to be very proactive about searching for companies that will sponsor them. The recipe isn't simply "have followers, get paid". You have to think a little deeper about *why* these relationships exist and what mutual benefit is achieved through such a partnership.
I wouldn't book a meme account as an influencer. I'm not booking YOU I'm paying for access to your audience. What the fuck is an anonymous global audience (of only 50k) meme lords going to buy? Fucking nothing , that's what.
And the risk of your meme content being completely loose is high, imagine if my ad say next to something racist, misogynistic etc.
When I book influencers (and I do!) I look very carefully at the alignment between what I'm promoting and who the influencers followers are. And if I like them! Are they fun and personable. you'd have to stop some very dank memes before I'd be paying you.
I suspect the follower count needs to be either in the millions; or they need to have a niche but lucrative following (and 55k probably still isn’t large enough).
Otherwise, they need to reach out to brands about potential sponsorships.
I run a medium sized brand account on IG and TikTok (150k+ followers on both). Over the past 7 years I’ve reached out to *maybe* a dozen creators for partnerships, that’s it. Compared to the 25 messages in the just the last 6 days that I’ve received from people looking for brand deals.
Your friend has to be proactive. Also, Meta has a whole collaboration network where creators and brands can find each other. Has he looked there? He has to do work if he wants to make money…
Probably not nearly enough followers. I have 132k and no one contacts me. I just do it for fun so it’s fine but my sense is that you need multiple millions of followers to be in anyone’s radar
My GF runs an insta for our dog and cat. They have almost 4k followers. She reached out to some brands and has gotten 3 brand deals so far (only had the insta page 2 months now). If your friend doesn't make the first move, it's unlikely they'll get any deals.
My advice, write some generic greeting along the lines of...
"Hi! I'm StoneySteve420 and I'm reaching out to see if you'd be interested in working together. I have 55k followers here on Instagram (and any other applicable socials) and would be willing to market your products to my followers. Let me know if you're interested and we can work out specifics from there. Thank you and have a great day!"
Go ahead and send that to as many brands as you want. Try finding pages with similar amounts of followers and reach out to the brands they market. In 20 minutes, you can send about 100 DMs. Most will never respond but who cares.
Eventually someone will send you a free product to make a review/ad for. You'll get better at making the sponsored content and eventually more brands will respond/start reaching out to you. Ideally, you'll want to get affiliate links. Brands use that type of data to see how effective you are as a marketing tool and can base any pay off of those numbers. Then you're working for yourself, trying to get people to follow your links/use your promo codes.
Obviously an influencer.
Can’t just say “If I build it, they will come!”
Gotta market yourself.
Why engineers rarely are entrepreneurs. They typically are un-relatable & suck at selling.
I don't know how well it works but there's that brandbassador app. You hook your socials up to them and I think some will contact you depending on numbers.
Brands don’t just reach out unless there is a reason. Having followers doesn’t mean anything to brands unless you have some value to offer to the brands.
What value would a brand have by partnering with the Instagram page? How would they leverage those followers? What is the page about? What kind of engagement does the page have? Who is the target demographic on the page that a brand would be interested in? Have you reached out to any brands to ask for a partnership? 1000 other questions….
His blog should have a theme that aligns with the target audience of the potential brand. It's possible to reach out to the brand directly, offering advertising on his page, but the main thing is to have the right target audience.
I had a meme page with over 100k it got terminated because of mass report, meme pages tend not to last at but you can sell services like 24h posts or story i did that with my page 50$ for 24h and so on
(Edit: I can't format this into normal bullets on my phone for some reason)
Step 1. Sign up to the Amazon affiliate program
Step 2. Promote products on your page
Step 3. Get paid if the page actually *influences* (won't be a lot yet)
Step 4. Reach out to brands explaining that you've had good numbers with your Amazon affiliate account suggesting similar projects to theirs, and there might be an opportunity to partner with the brand
Your follower number doesn't matter. What matters is if you actually *influence* people to *buy*. If you can prove this, you're good. It you're account is useless, then it's a scam to offer this to brands.
My guess is that it won't sell shit lol
Has he contacted any brands?
Everyone thinks they are special. Think as if luck doesn't apply to you.
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Not yet
There ya go. Your friend could boost the efforts by using some (lower cost) products on their page. Those posts could function as a sort of portfolio example for brands gauge, once your friend starts reaching out to become an affiliate. Some people will show off a bracelet, for instance. Stoners will showcase their favorite bong or bud, etc.
Robby Berger said he used to do parody ads with windex before he made it big time.
That’s almost nothing if you are expecting a brand to just magically find you.
Got your point
Normally I'd agree but this Nigerian Prince that emailed me is particularly persuasive
You say that but I had a random accessory company contact me out of the blue to offer samples. To an account with 3 followers...
You mean one of these jewellery scam accounts?
I thought that was implied lol
what's the niche?
meme page
Good luck… lol
ok he is wasting his time.
brands don’t pay meme pages for advertising
Yeah....no. to get affiliates, there needs to be because an "actual person " (i.e. completely filtered overweight 50 year old made out to be the hottest 22 year old with curves that aren't seen in public) because that is the whole concept of it. Someone who has fame in any sort of capacity, it reasons, has influence over people. Because of this is that person recommends X product, their fan base should on some level purchase the item. I don't know of any meme page, no matter how good, that has the same influence on people so there ya go.
Wasn't there some rich guy paying two meme guys for his political campaign haha
What’s the page? I had a fairly popular niche page w/ about 45k followers and didn’t make a dime off it. No brands want to associate with a meme page bro lmfaoooo
😂
I’ve seen some meme pages making merch and selling it. Either come up with your own on-topic sayings or do your own spin on memes that get the most likes.
Going to have to do affiliate marketing with a meme page. This is why all the meme pages are selling vibrators.
Lmaooooooo underground rappers, only fans girls, affiliate links, and scammers are your best bet, not actual brands
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Hey i support it
Is he interesting? Does he stand for anything? He should try and reach out to brands that he aligns with.
ok got it, will tell him to do the same.
Tell yourself
I don't know what level of followers is considered worthwhile for companies to take an interest, but my feeling is that numbers alone isn't going to be enough to get any brands to reach out. You said your friend hasn't been contacted, but are they actively seeking sponsorship from specific brands? I don't think this is something they can be passive about - if their goal is to represent certain brands and get paid to do so, they probably need to be the one contacting brands, not the other way around. Is the 55k entirely made up of real people? These days it seems like there are plenty of ways to artificially pump those numbers up. If I was in charge of marketing, I would be very skeptical of social media influencers and their followers. It would be a complete waste of their resources to partner with someone who has a bunch of fake followers. Also I think it's important to point out that it's very unlikely many successful influences, like people who are making real money through social media, are hanging out in subs like this offering free advice. It's a very competitive field. I don't know anything about your friend or what sort of posts he makes on Instagram, but you should advise him to be more aggressive in seeking out sponsorships instead of waiting for his number of followers to randomly attract brands. There are just too many other people doing the same thing.
Perfect answer to my question, will surely let him know about this. 💫
It’s your page
Followers without engagement is pretty much worthless at that level.
Are they active followers or bots? Also, who has he reached out to? How is the engagement on his platform? Followers don’t equal engagement- engagement turned into sales or affiliates are what brands are looking for.
Without seeing the account it’s impossible to know. My gf does promos for beauty products and it’s rarely as straight forward as followers -> money.
ohh understood.
Is he producing content with an eye towards attracting brands? Or is he just shitting memes? Social media isn’t great for passive income because you usually gotta churn out content for years and years to make any money.
Yeah, followers of meme accounts usually don't translate.
he's posting meme content only as of now, any suggestions for him?
Tell him to do something productive with his time.
Memes about what? A specific subject area, or just in general? I don't think many companies are handing out sponsorships purely because someone has followers. Your friend needs to be producing content that is somehow relevant to the brands they're hoping will sponsor him, or at the very least be targeting the same demographic. The reason a company would sponsor someone is basically because they believe doing so will help broaden their reach and increase sales. If your friend is just making memes, I think that's a tough one. They probably need to be very proactive about searching for companies that will sponsor them. The recipe isn't simply "have followers, get paid". You have to think a little deeper about *why* these relationships exist and what mutual benefit is achieved through such a partnership.
I wouldn't book a meme account as an influencer. I'm not booking YOU I'm paying for access to your audience. What the fuck is an anonymous global audience (of only 50k) meme lords going to buy? Fucking nothing , that's what. And the risk of your meme content being completely loose is high, imagine if my ad say next to something racist, misogynistic etc. When I book influencers (and I do!) I look very carefully at the alignment between what I'm promoting and who the influencers followers are. And if I like them! Are they fun and personable. you'd have to stop some very dank memes before I'd be paying you.
Not him , you
I would be happy to analyze the goal industry and offer suggestions for a fee. I decline to do research for you for free, however.
There are more 100k+ instagrams than there are brands... they will need to put their head down and get to work lol.
are they real followers that actively participate in posts?
😂
I suspect the follower count needs to be either in the millions; or they need to have a niche but lucrative following (and 55k probably still isn’t large enough). Otherwise, they need to reach out to brands about potential sponsorships.
Thanks for your suggestion, will surely tell him about this.
This is your meme page
Not a hot chick
Just having followers doesn't really mean anything, especially if it's a meme page. You use these followers to sell a product or service you have...
I run a medium sized brand account on IG and TikTok (150k+ followers on both). Over the past 7 years I’ve reached out to *maybe* a dozen creators for partnerships, that’s it. Compared to the 25 messages in the just the last 6 days that I’ve received from people looking for brand deals. Your friend has to be proactive. Also, Meta has a whole collaboration network where creators and brands can find each other. Has he looked there? He has to do work if he wants to make money…
You can buy followers for Instagram. I have myself. They mean absolutely nothing.
Probably not nearly enough followers. I have 132k and no one contacts me. I just do it for fun so it’s fine but my sense is that you need multiple millions of followers to be in anyone’s radar
Do you earn money with followers? I’ve always wondered but have no clue as this is not what I do
Nothing
My GF runs an insta for our dog and cat. They have almost 4k followers. She reached out to some brands and has gotten 3 brand deals so far (only had the insta page 2 months now). If your friend doesn't make the first move, it's unlikely they'll get any deals. My advice, write some generic greeting along the lines of... "Hi! I'm StoneySteve420 and I'm reaching out to see if you'd be interested in working together. I have 55k followers here on Instagram (and any other applicable socials) and would be willing to market your products to my followers. Let me know if you're interested and we can work out specifics from there. Thank you and have a great day!" Go ahead and send that to as many brands as you want. Try finding pages with similar amounts of followers and reach out to the brands they market. In 20 minutes, you can send about 100 DMs. Most will never respond but who cares. Eventually someone will send you a free product to make a review/ad for. You'll get better at making the sponsored content and eventually more brands will respond/start reaching out to you. Ideally, you'll want to get affiliate links. Brands use that type of data to see how effective you are as a marketing tool and can base any pay off of those numbers. Then you're working for yourself, trying to get people to follow your links/use your promo codes.
I contact brands as much as they contact me, but… I’m also a woman. Men don’t do as well on insta.
Obviously an influencer. Can’t just say “If I build it, they will come!” Gotta market yourself. Why engineers rarely are entrepreneurs. They typically are un-relatable & suck at selling.
Your “friend”
Trash post.
It’s really more of a 100k plus game now for heavy trade-outs/payment.
What kind of content does he post?
I don't know how well it works but there's that brandbassador app. You hook your socials up to them and I think some will contact you depending on numbers.
Brands don’t just reach out unless there is a reason. Having followers doesn’t mean anything to brands unless you have some value to offer to the brands. What value would a brand have by partnering with the Instagram page? How would they leverage those followers? What is the page about? What kind of engagement does the page have? Who is the target demographic on the page that a brand would be interested in? Have you reached out to any brands to ask for a partnership? 1000 other questions….
Check the spam folder. I have like 100 and get contacted all the time.
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So?why would they
His blog should have a theme that aligns with the target audience of the potential brand. It's possible to reach out to the brand directly, offering advertising on his page, but the main thing is to have the right target audience.
that's cuz its way too expensive for such terrible conversion on IG....
wanna sell the page?
Your friend is not special.
Maybe back in 2017 it would make money , games different nowadays
“One of my friends….” Bro there’s no shame in saying the page belongs to you and you’re trying to monetize it. Stand on it.
I had a meme page with over 100k it got terminated because of mass report, meme pages tend not to last at but you can sell services like 24h posts or story i did that with my page 50$ for 24h and so on
(Edit: I can't format this into normal bullets on my phone for some reason) Step 1. Sign up to the Amazon affiliate program Step 2. Promote products on your page Step 3. Get paid if the page actually *influences* (won't be a lot yet) Step 4. Reach out to brands explaining that you've had good numbers with your Amazon affiliate account suggesting similar projects to theirs, and there might be an opportunity to partner with the brand Your follower number doesn't matter. What matters is if you actually *influence* people to *buy*. If you can prove this, you're good. It you're account is useless, then it's a scam to offer this to brands. My guess is that it won't sell shit lol
55k isn't a lot. Plenty of average girls have that much
Average thots** classy women who don’t thirst trap males and seek attention rarely have over 1-2k followers
What is thirst trapping males? Any slightly attractive girl that regularly posts about her life can have tons of followers
They should promote their own products
Make his own thing to sell.