4 Ways to Make Money as a Content Creator
No one knows how to hustle harder than a content creator. From cementing brand deals to ensuring payments, checking the boxes of securing income is exhausting. It can feel overwhelming. Especially in times of financial instability. Like ahem, now.
We sat down and brainstormed some passive ways to guarantee a steady trickle of cash flow as a content creator. You work on securing the partnership of your dreams, and we’ll deal with the rest to back your ventures. Below are several sure fire ways to engage your community in a lucrative manner without turning the mundane of money making into your new 9-5.
Affiliate Marketing
When you strip a content creator down to their very core, they are a natural oversharer. It’s okay--don’t be ashamed. Social media is the ideal cocoon for this identity. Whether you have a tendency to share your weekly outfit links, or the restaurants you frequent, there exists a space where you can profit off of these recommendations. Whether you directly communicate with the other party or sign up for affiliate marketing platforms like Emcee, it's an easy way to monetize the content you're already making and sharing with your audience.
Tiered Memberships
You know when you’re playing hard to get and your mom tells you not to flash all your cards on the table-the same can be said for influencers! Reward your most loyal and engaged followers with exclusive access to premium content. Newsletters have started instilling tiered systems, paying a monthly or annual fee for unlimited access to content and recommendations.
Web series
Gamers, crafters, and tinkerers of truly any kind are constantly educating their audiences. Converting passive tips into intentional instruction is more attainable and valuable than one might think. Even if its a three time lesson walking your followers through increasing engagement or how you conquered a particular level of a game with how-to’s and tips, gated content is not the future it is the reality. Consider yourself a virtual tutor.
Subscriptions
Hulu revolutionized the streaming service experience with ads. Audiences can opt for ad-free viewership at a price - the same can be done for content creation! While Instagram is still experimenting with this concept, take advantage of platforms such as Youtube and Patreon that have really nailed it down. We recommend being creative with where you can place ads, think about Instagram Stories and the potential for sponsorless content. Day in my life? Do you want that experience for .50 cents no spon-con. The possibilities are endless.
Social media truly boils down to an endless abyss of free content. Taking ownership of your ideas is an obvious and fair way to see some more $$. Implementing a few of the above strategies will get you more bang for your buck than you’d expect, trust us. Step 1? Apply to Emcee and open a showroom today to start monetizing yur content.
