It high time you have to see the social media or to be specific Facebook more than just a way to keep up with trends, friends, share selfies, chat and follow pages and see it as a money making tool. So if you’re wondering, how you can earn money on Facebook, You can earn money online from Facebook in various ways. You just have to apply one or two of the ways you are about to read.
There’s more to social media than sharing selfies and chatting with people. These activities are not wrong but there is something many people have never given a thought and that is you can get paid for using Facebook.
There are multiple ways you can make money with Facebook. Having an idea of how they work can serve you well if you decide to try some of them. Here are some:
1. Facebook video blogging
Video blogging is not the easiest way to earn money as competition is high. If you are sure that you have found a suitable niche that you can exploit, try this method: Analyse existing content first. Facebook Watch is an awesome service. Click here to see how it works.
You need to explore it first to understand how many people already create videos for the audience that you are planning to conquer. Analyse the quality of these videos and compare them to the quality of your content. Make sure that what you offer is really unique, catchy and memorable. If you are sure that your videos are competitive, post them on Facebook Watch.
Do not forget to promote them on your own account, in friendly communities and literally in every place where you think they can collect likes.
Still, do not overdo it because if you are annoying enough, users may complain, and you will be penalised for spam. Do not let this happen and remain polite and modest.
2. Selling of products on page:
The existence of the internet has made it easy for people to easily buy anything they like. You can also earn money n Facebook by selling products to people. While you regularly give updates on your page, you can slide in posts that advertise your own products. If you want to boost your sales, you should consider occasionally offering discounts on the products.
But if you have no products to sell, you can turn to the affiliate marketing path. You can promote products on Jumia, Konga, Amazon, Ebay, ShareASale.com, Commission Junction etc and earn a commission on each sale. You can also promote these offers through Facebook ads.
3. Become an influencer:
If you don’t want to own a Facebook page, you can still make money from your regular account. All you need to do is become a Facebook influencer. An influencer is someone who has a large followership on Facebook on their personal account. You can become one by regularly posting interesting stuff. As you continue to make post, you are equally growing your followership. When you have high followership, some brand or business may contact you to sponsored a
4. Become page role assistance.
If you are working with a person who already has a big business, he or she may need assistance to represent this business on the internet. If you have the necessary skills, you can undertake one of the page roles: become the administrator of this business’s Facebook account, one of its moderators, promoters or so on.
5. Create a Facebook Store or Shop
Having an online store on a social network is a great idea simply because you can run it even if you do not have a separate website. Facebook offers handy tools that will help you create and conduct your business successfully. A Facebook store we mean here is a business page or group.
Here is how to create it:
Find the little arrow symbol at the top right corner of your regular page. Select ‘Create Page’ in the dropdown menu.
Select one of the six offered categories (and multiple subcategories). If you are not sure, do not worry: you can change the category later without any losses or harm to your business.
Name your page. The best option is to go with the name of your brand. If you have no brand, choose a key phrase that will help your followers understand what you are selling, for example, ‘Everything about accounting and finance’, ‘Promotion of business on the Web’, ‘Discover our planet’, and so on.
You can change the page name at any time if you suddenly come up with a better idea.
Create a personalised URL. Use the name you have chosen in the previous step.
Add information about your business. You will see many fields to fill in, but not all of them are essential right now.
Give attention to the field that asks you about your other accounts from different social networks. Add them if you have them.
The field ‘More Info’ is a must. Provide a short description of your page. This information will be among the first things visitors will see on your page.
Add history. Let people know how you can help them or which kinds of goods they can get from you.
Fill out additional options if you want, for example, your working hours, price range, or so.
Add profile pictures. Make sure that they are of high quality for the sake of smartphone users. If the images do not belong to you, make sure you have taken them from reliable free sources, and nobody will file a lawsuit because of copyrights. The pictures should give your visitors a perfect idea of what they can find on your page, so random stuff will not work.
Go to Page Settings. At the top right part of the page, you will see the settings section. Open it and tune the settings as you wish. You can allow or disallow people from posting something on your page, for example. Allow or disallow reviews, personal messages, recommendations from similar pages, and so on. All of this may help you a lot. There is also the function of sending automatic messages when you are away and cannot reply.
6. Earn money through Facebook page
A Facebook page can fetch you a lot of money depending on how well you operate it and monetize it. How to earn money from a Facebook page is not complex. To begin, you will need to have a page. If you don’t a Facebook page, you can easily create one.
The first thing to do is to find a niche that you love and that you observe Nigerians love. There are several examples like lifestyle, celebrity, OMG, travel, humour etc. The next thing to do is to begin to publish content on your Facebook page. You need to ensure you do this consistently.
While you’re creating and publishing content on your page, you need to make sure the content are interesting and engaging. Create room for your page followers to contribute. Build relationship with them by asking them questions or carrying them along in your posts. As your followers increase, you can begin to accept sponsored posts and ads while you get paid for it.
