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Influencer 101: How to Set Your Rates as a Micro-Influencer
As the influencer marketing industry continues to grow and become recognized as a legitimate form of employment, there are more exciting paid opportunities than ever for content creators who want to pursue this profession both part-time or full-time. While social media trend reports for 2022 state that many brands will be increasing their budget for social media campaigns, many influencers are still underpaid when they sign contracts for paid partnerships.
Why I’m Starting an Instagram Mentorship
When I began my journey as a full-time content creator in January 2021, I knew that I would face a lot of skepticism about whether I could make a viable income from this new career path in the very new industry of influencer marketing. In fact, coming from a typical conservative Asian-Canadian family, I held back from telling my parents about my decision until I started making a decent living. Despite the odds and the naysayers, I had a strange sense of intuition and faith in myself that things would work out— that I was on the right path.
How I’ve Increased Engagement on My IG Content in 2021
Since becoming a full time content creator, it’s become a bigger priority for me to increase engagement on the various forms of content I post on Instagram. However, on this often fickle and never-transparent social media platform, the matter of engagement is a constant source of speculation, experimentation, and rollercoaster-like progress.
Getting Paid: Negotiating Brand Collaborations for Instagram Influencers
As an Instagram influencer, the ability to obtain regular paid collaborations is a sign that you have become confident in your branding and skills as a content creator.
How To Gain An Engaged Following on Instagram
When I connect with newer content creators on Instagram, I often am asked the question: “What are your tips for growing my platform?” While I believe that this is a great question, I believe that newer bloggers also should be asking themselves: “How do I grow my platform and who should I be growing it for?”
How To Create An Aesthetic Theme
Creating an aesthetic Instagram feed is a necessary task for influencers who are seeking to attract quality brand partnerships and engaged followers. Just like how we judge books by their covers (even though we pretend not to), a beautiful theme is integral in setting your Instagram page apart from the rest of the pack.
Why I Quit My Corporate Job (And What’s Next For Me)
After working hard on my Instagram platform for the past three years, I have been blessed enough to have built an amazing community of over 19,000 followers, create connections with amazing people in the blogging community, and receive many wonderful sponsorship opportunities.
While the aforementioned things were wonderful to achieve, I previously would never have entertained the thought of quitting without another job lined up. So then, what were the exact factors that encouraged me to take the leap of faith into the unknown?
How to Win Quality Sponsorships
In order to lure brands into an attractive web of sponsorships (especially paid ones), you should try your best to nail down several key aspects of content creation: quality content, quality engagement, and a clear niche.
How To Grow Authentic Engagement on Instagram (a.k.a. How I Get So Many Comments)
Within this post, I wanted to specifically address the topic of authentic engagement— which may manifest as high engagement with posts in terms of likes, comments, and saves. After getting a ton of DMs asking how I manage to get so many genuine comments on my Instagram posts, I thought that I would write a more detailed blog post on the matter.
Meet The Bloggers: Part II - From Online to IRL
Think of it as online dating for Instagram Influencers.
Meet the Bloggers: Part I - The World of Engagement Groups
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Meet them all in Blogger Engagement Groups.
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