5 ways content creators can make money

 There has been much discussion about how influencers and content producers don't feel respected or acknowledged by businesses. Some have now called out companies who approach them with modest offers or freebies as being "cheap."

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But I don't think that really captures the situation. You see, many content producers have established their names, strong foundations, and transformed from individuals who produce fashionable videos for social media into fully-fledged enterprises. As corporations approach them with offers that suit their stature and they can negotiate better arrangements for themselves, people who have made that shift may earn extremely well-paying salaries.

Because they have diversified their revenue sources and utilize their notoriety to drive their other projects, when you ask some of the top Caribbean innovators how they make money, you soon realize a minimal amount comes from brand partnerships.

Because they only know one method to earn money as an influencer—through commercial deals—content producers sometimes believe they have been underpaid or get lower compensation than others.

This starts the never-ending quest to work with as many businesses as you can in an effort to earn compensated or get goods and services for free. When this occurs, you start to lose your ability to persuade your audience to take a certain action because they realize you would advocate anything and anything to them and you thus lack credibility in your suggestions.

It's a money race to the bottom once a company views you as someone they can only hire for "awareness" campaigns as it is one of the lowest KPIs for a marketing team. Since awareness doesn't translate into real purchases, more firms have been collaborating with micro-influencers over the last two years since they are specialized and more in-touch with their consumers.

Instead of listing brand partnerships, I'd want to provide content producers with five other methods to monetize their work.

1.Affiliate marketing is one

2. Revenue from YouTube

3. Online classes

4. Market goods

5. Seminars

Affiliate promotion:

Do some research on all the different websites or companies that provide affiliate marketing. The biggest affiliate network in the world is Amazon.

Consider all the goods, publications, outfits, and tools you use often and are questioned about.

Create an Amazon Associates account and utilize the product links provided so that others may purchase any of the items or equipment you use or discuss.

You get payment from Amazon through postal check in US dollars or by direct deposit into your local bank account via a service like Wise.

YouTube revenue generation:

In the Caribbean, YouTube is still the only available platform that will pay you for your material if you want to be paid for it.

Encourage your followers on Instagram or TikTok to watch your videos on YouTube so you may be paid via the network there. To be eligible for payment, you must have 1,000 followers and 4,000 watch hours during the previous 365 days.

Online Programs:

If you are an expert in cosmetics, culinary, graphic design, video editing, or content creation, start considering how you may organize your skills into a digital course. Your admirers probably ask you how you produce such fantastic stuff. Create a digital course out of it and let others take lessons from you. It is possible to grow it internationally using digital courses.

Selling Goods:

As a beginning tech blogger, I discussed cellphones and showed people how to utilize them.

I was often asked for smartphone suggestions, which prompted me to locate sources and start selling the devices. When I started a business then closed it, I sold every item on my e-commerce website.

Look for items you can offer under your brand.

Workshops:

Workshops are a fantastic method for your audience to learn from you about a subject and get to know you personally. People love to interact with other people. Make a workshop in person out of your expertise on a subject.

Soon, other businesses could contact you about leading the session in conjunction with them.

If you want to work as a full-time creator who is never taken advantage of, you must master the business of content.

As one of the finest lecturers demonstrating to content producers how to convert this into a company, I highly suggest reading Joe Pulizzi's book Content INC (get it on Amazon).

If you don't make the change, you'll constantly be forced to rely only on brand partnerships as a source of revenue. You won't ever be able to earn the money that is available for people who have made the change at that moment.

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Digital strategist Keron Rose helps Caribbean business owners develop their online identities and monetize their platforms. Visit KeronRose.com for additional information or listen to the Digipreneur FM podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or Google Podcast.