Stock Photography
Are you a photographer? Is your Instagram page a photography based page? If so, stock photography is definitely something that you should look into.
Anyone that uses photos for commercial purposes needs to buy stock photos for content. This includes blogs, e-books, websites, and even YouTube videos.
Some great websites that you should look into are stock photo, Shutterstock, and Aetolia. All you need to do is upload your collection of photos, tag them properly, and these websites will do all the marketing and selling for you. You get paid in royalties each and every month. One of the reasons why I love stock photography so much is because it is passive income. Even if you go on vacation for a month, Shutterstock will continue selling your portfolio of photos, paying you awesome royalties.
Instagram can be a powerful way to promote your stock photography business. If people on Instagram love your photos and want to use them in their work, you can easily make sales using stock photography.
Another option is to sell your photos as prints. There are various websites out there that allow you to upload your photos, and sell them as prints online directly to your customers. You don't even need to touch the print, the website will ship all of your artwork directly to the customers via drop-shipping.
Depending on the quality of your photos, you could potentially sell large prints of your work for $500 and more! People spend ridiculous amounts on artwork if they feel a connection with the artist. Instagram is a fantastic way to build that connection.
With products like artwork, it's always a good idea to have an incentive behind your work. Charity is an excellent option. Let your Instagram followers know that for every print you sell, you'll donate 20% of the profits to charity. Not only will you be helping people, you'll also double your sales by making your product a charitable item.
ClickBank
I’ve seen many quotes and business pages on Instagram selling ClickBank products. ClickBank's products are basically a collection of videos or e-books that teach you how to do a certain task.
An example of a ClickBank product is “How to make 100k flipping real estate.” They’re usually video courses that you can earn a commission on. Every time you make a sale, you can earn between $20 to $50 depending on how expensive the original price is.
ClickBank's products work great on fitness pages, business pages, and even luxury pages. Even if you're unsure about ClickBank, head over to their website and checkout the various products they offer. You'll be surprised at how many courses are relatable to your niche.
If you have a puppy Instagram page, you can sell a ClickBank course teaching people how to train their new puppy via clicker training. All you need to do is leave the ClickBank link in your bio, and send people over to the course's landing page. Every time you sell the course, you'll make around $30.
Once you get potential customers on the landing page, the ClickBank courses take over for you. Often times, these ClickBank courses will have very convincing videos that entice people to buy their products. All you need to do is get your followers onto those landing pages.
The best part about ClickBank is that most of the courses are extremely high quality. People on Instagram will even specifically thank you for sending them to that specific course. They're almost always packed full of information, and taught by experts and professionals.
AdSense
If you’re posting viral, humors content on a funny themed Instagram page, you may want to look into Google AdSense. AdSense is a very simple way to easily monetize your website or blog. The more traffic you can send to your website, the more you will make on AdSense
If you run a humor page on Instagram, try posting a short clip on your Instagram page with a caption like: “watch the full video on my website, buzzdaily.com” or something to that extent. You want to post interesting articles and videos that make people click on over to your website out of sheer curiosity.
I'm sure you've seen Facebook posts on your news feed that completely draw in your attention. Titles like: "Huge shark attacks whale." Then, when you click on the image, you're instantly taken over to their website that has ads surrounding the video.
This method also works on Instagram if done correctly. In the example of a humor page, you could post viral stand-up comedy or vines in which you only post a short clip of the full video. In the description, simply write, "Watch the full video for free at BuzzVids.com."
This method should be your last resort, in case all other methods don't work. This is because people tend to get annoyed if you're constantly using "clickbait" to get them over to your website. It is a working method, however, which is why I included it in my book.
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