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Re:No, Your Instagram ‘Influence’ Is Not as Good as Cash, Cl... by alistairSH on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @02:36PM (#19565973)
My take... For most "influencers" it's just a hobby. They just like posting pictures of themselves in cool places. Maybe they have a monetization plan, maybe not. Either way, they make/made their money elsewhere.[0]

For a few, they're the modern equivalent of niche hobby and fashion magazines[1]. They publish some free content on Instagram or Youtube, maybe get some ad revenue, but also publish premium content on a subscription model, or have actual business arrangements with companies. But, they're working hard to do what they do.

EDIT - I didn't really address the original question, which was about one specific woman. I have no idea. I doubt she's being paid by resort owners. Either she has money, friends with money, or she's an escort. Or maybe something else I can't think of.

0 - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4SXMZsFPZMFN5-3UuF-k6w Trent Palmer does a lot of airplane stuff, but earns his living shooting drone footage for movies and commercials.

1 - https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-lonely-life-of-a-yac... Alex Jimenez has business relationships with yacht brokers and gets paid to generate content in order to drive clients to lease/buy mega-yachts.

Re:No, Your Instagram ‘Influence’ Is Not as Good as Cash, Cl... by user5994461 on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @02:48PM (#19566062)
You're missing the point entirely. The money is in affiliate marketing. Show off in bikinis/makeup and link to buy them. Every time someone buys you're earning a small percentage of the sale. It adds up very quickly.

General rule is at least 1/1000th of viewers are buyers. A youtube videos with hundreds of thousands of views have sold hundreds bikinis.

Companies may give you a product to show off for free or even pay you, but that doesn't make money like selling it.

Re:No, Your Instagram ‘Influence’ Is Not as Good as Cash, Cl... by reaperducer on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @03:37PM (#19566506)
General rule is at least 1/1000th of viewers are buyers. A youtube videos with hundreds of thousands of views have sold hundreds bikinis.

And as a general rule, each bikini sold nets the affiliate about 10¢. So with 100,000 views, that's ten bucks.

After deducting standard business expenses, travel, food, etc... (since "influencers" almost always have to pay their own way), you make about -$4,000 per trip.

I think this explains why so many "influencers" are riding on their parents' money.

Re:No, Your Instagram ‘Influence’ Is Not as Good as Cash, Cl... by user5994461 on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:38PM (#19578542)
You're severely underestimating the price of underwear. Don't forget to double because top and bottom are sold separately.

Somewhere between 10 and 100 dollars is not bad for a video that took a day to make in one's bedroom.

Don't know why you're talking about trips. It's never been about traveling. Traveling costs money, it doesn't pay. There are very profitable affiliate schemes for hotels but I doubt they are accessible to a solo teenager and it's nothing like selling a cheap item.

Re:No, Your Instagram ‘Influence’ Is Not as Good as Cash, Cl... by alistairSH on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @02:58PM (#19566146)
Yeah "ad revenue" - in my mind a link to Amazon is just another ad. But, I could have been more clear. And in Jimenez' case, is he really making his money from affiliate links? The article makes it sound like that's not it? I don't follow him, so no idea.
Re:No, Your Instagram ‘Influence’ Is Not as Good as Cash, Cl... by sct202 on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @03:00PM (#19566166)
The person who runs Candy Japan posts the results of their Youtube unboxing videos and Youtube ads, and their conversion seems much lower than 1/1000.
Re:No, Your Instagram ‘Influence’ Is Not as Good as Cash, Cl... by engineerworks on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @03:25PM (#19566403)
Because candy doesn't solve problems like makeup, garcinia combogia or other weightless gadgets do.
Re:No, Your Instagram ‘Influence’ Is Not as Good as Cash, Cl... by jlarocco on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @03:18PM (#19566341)
And where are you getting those number from?