Make Money Online From Instagram As A College Student | Instagram Business

Instagram is a wonderful social media platform with over 500+ million people use the platform every day and hence it is one of the recommended platforms for business and social media marketing.

Instagram is a huge money-making opportunity in 2020 and it's not going away anytime soon. It will undoubtedly grow even more in the coming years.

Instagram seems to have an increase of 26.9 million users by 2020 according to eMarkter's research, which is approximately double the projected growth of other social sites.

Instagram Business is nothing, but building a business on Instagram. You can make money from Instagram by posting sponsored content, doing affiliate marketing and selling your own products. 

Many influencers with a high number of followers are earning a lot of money by just publishing one post.

How much can you make on Instagram through sponsored posts?

Generally, if you have 100K+ followers, then you can get $700-$900 per post and if you have 500K+ followers, then you can get $2000-$3000 per photo.

You can also earn a good amount of money by affiliate marketing and selling your own products on Instagram which doesn't depend on your followers instead it depends on the engaged audience.

How many followers are needed to start making money?

You would not make money directly by having large following. There are different ways to monetize your page. If your page has followers anywhere from 1000 to 1 million, you can make money easily by affiliate marketing or selling your own products. It is not the number of followers, it is the engagement of the audience with your posts and page which matters the most to earn money.

Why you should have to start Instagram Business?

Since Instagram has a large user base and you can easily target the audience of your business niche. So, you can easily get costumers from social media.

And if you are a college student and have a blog, then you can get traffic from Instagram which would also make you a good amount of money.

Steps to become an Instagram influencer and building your business:

Step#1: Choose your business niche or topic

Identifying your niche on which you would make Instagram page is the first stepping stone towards building an Instagram business.

You should choose a niche for which you are passionate and can post content consistently.

Many beginners do this mistake only. They choose the wrong niche for them and can't publish posts consistently and they run out of the content ideas. And then they fall back.

You have to first explore what niche can you choose. That can be anything, animals, lifestyle, health & fitness, education, travel, business, finance and many more.

Give yourself time to discover. Don't get too hurry and choose the wrong niche for yourself because it is only the ultimate first step that should be done carefully.

Step#2: Create content and deliver consistently

After getting known on what topic your content would be, creating content is the second thing to do.

You have to create unique content and provide the thing that your audience is looking for.

The Apps that I use mostly to create content

1. Canva: To create posts
2. Paint 3D: To crop faces and logos and make icons.
3. Trello: To write down content ideas I come up with.
4. Google Chrome & YouTube: For research and new content ideas.

Creating content is a different thing and delivering it consistently is another thing. For getting results, you have to be consistent in publishing your posts.

For building trust among your audience, you should be active on your Instagram page.

Post at least one time per day and your page should always have a story, it would indicate your visitors that you are active on the page.

Step#3: Grow and engage our audience

Now it's time to grow your audience and increase your page following. Since at the beginning you have to follow accounts who are active in your niche and like to see posts of your niche. This will increase some following and give some likes to your post. 

And after that, it is most likely to get your post on the explore page and then you will get organic followers and likes. This will organically grow your page.

You should also engage your followers to make them loyal to your page. Always respond to direct messages that come to you and comment on your posts.  

Repeat this process and grow your page. And time will come when you can start earning through the page.

How to monetize your Instagram page

These are the major ways to make money from Instagram and almost every creator is earning through the following ways.

1. Affiliate Marketing:

Most of the creators are making money by selling other's products and getting a commission on that. It is a good source of passive income. 

2. Post sponsored content

Pages with a high number of engaged followers get content to post from brands and get paid off a good amount of money to publish one sponsored content. Your earnings will depend on your page popularity and the product you are selling.

3. Sell your own products

If you want to be an entrepreneur and make your business, then you can sell your own products on Instagram. It will also grow your business career. Most of the businessmen have most of the customers from this social media only. You can also sell any of your own products and make money online.

Don't you think Instagram is the best side hustle to grow as a college student? 

You can start any Instagram page about travel, fitness, motivation, finance, luxury, or gaming for example.

Work on it for 2-3 hours per day when you come home or hostel from college/school, create content, grow, network, learn, sell products/services and start making money in college. 

Give one year in it and you will see the results but you have to be dedicated and hard-working for that one year.

Conclusion

Instagram will be huge marketing and business platform in 2020, and it is the high time to build an Instagram business.

The best time to start a theme page on Instagram is right now! Quit your excuses and start now!

Go out there and become an Instagram influencer. How? These are the steps given above, follow these and be the master of Instagram.

If you have any suggestions or any doubts about this, please write in down in the comments.