My presence in different social media platforms is a pointer to the fact that I want to be and I can handle the responsibilities that come with such a task. I know that being an influencer is a great deal of task. Some year's back, when ebuddy, 2go and Facebook were the only social.media platforms in our country, I took the opportunity to cause a lot of traffic to my post during group conversation. You need to see how the group members start flocking to my DM to seek advice or request for one service or the other.
I would like to state here that in our time, being a social media influencer is a great job that comes with a lot of opportunities and with huge payment when the influencer knows how to find his or her way around clients.
About a year ago, one of my students came to visit me at the office. He has become a social media influencer and makes 700 USDT weekly. His job was to promote a betting site on X (formerly Twitter). He exposed me to the nitty gritty of being an influencer and how to gain client's around social media platforms. I never knew that being an influencer could be that rewarding.
I am still working on being an influencer.
MANY REWARDS FOR INFLUENCERS
One of the benefits of being an influencer is that one will gain exposure and visibility to a wide range of audience. As such one must be able to help out with different requests that may possibly be posed towards him.
As an influencer, you can grow your personal brand and make it known around the world. For instance, one of neighbours has an account on X where she started promoting her hair-bond business. She became known after a talent hunt game for teenagers in our church around the globe and since then, her hair-bond business has become booming. The article is cheap but it has been requested by a lot of ladies, some of whom are not even in Nigeria.
When you are known as an influencer in your niche gives you the opportunity to be famous in the industry, giving you the needed space to make impacts.
Another thing is that you will be open to collaborations and partnerships with companies for sponsored content for monetary rewards. Seriously, from the confines of your bedroom, you will be able to settle deals that amount to thousands of dollars.
Influencers are usually allowed access to certain events. This makes such events go viral and attract a large number of social media users. Hence, they gain easy entrance to events.
Work Ethics For Influencers
There are simple laws or ethics that guide the job of an influencer. Among these rules I will mention some.
Privacy: an influencer should draw a line between business and pleasure with client's.
Transparent: When bargaining with a client, an influencer must be straightforward.
Original: Influencers have been told over time that they should ensure to know the history of a product before they embark on it.
Respect: Treating your audience with respect is what is expected of an influencer. Engaging is hearsay or spreading rumour can tarnish an influencer credibility.
Versatille: Engaging in different content can help an influencer to gain a high level of reputation and audience.
Plagiarism: ethics is one area where many influencers have been thrown overboard. There are too many copy-and-paste content creators who don't respect the rule of being original. It is important that while creating content, one must be distinct and never attempt to use another's intellectual property with due consultation or procedure.
You too may try to be a social media analyst, influencer and promoter. This will help in exposing you to a large audience for popularity and monetary rewards.