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Re:Snapchat’s Influencers Are Fleeing to Instagram for Money by thinbeige on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @11:08AM (#15238952)
> Wes “Wuz Good” Armstrong has almost 700,000 followers on Instagram, enough to get paid six figures a year to promote

Can anyone with insights into Instagram marketing confirm? Do 700k followers make you min. 100k a year?

Re:Snapchat’s Influencers Are Fleeing to Instagram for Money by rfdub on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @12:21PM (#15239763)
Easily. I know a few people from my agency days who had sub 100K followers made $50K+ annually (and got a bunch of free trips) through paid promotion.

Personally I find it kind of depressing that bikini babes and comedy bros are making that kind of money for that kind of "work," but in a society as obsessed with fame, youth and beauty as our is, it shouldn't be that surprising.

Re:Snapchat’s Influencers Are Fleeing to Instagram for Money by creaghpatr on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @11:18AM (#15239046)
$7 per follower seems insane- and a certain percent of those accounts are brands or other non-human?

Edit: had the numbers flipped

Re:Snapchat’s Influencers Are Fleeing to Instagram for Money by tgb on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @11:19AM (#15239066)
Sorry, wouldn't it be $1/7 = 14cents per follower?
Re:Snapchat’s Influencers Are Fleeing to Instagram for Money by jmiserez on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @11:20AM (#15239074)
The other way round: 100k/700k = 0.14$ per follower.
Re:Snapchat’s Influencers Are Fleeing to Instagram for Money by steveadoo on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @11:19AM (#15239068)
$7? I think you mean $.14?