Picture this: You wake up, grab your phone, and open Instagram, tap the plus icon at the bottom of the screen, select a photo, add a filter and a caption, tap "publish", and you call it a day. Thirty minutes later, you get a notification from PayPal: "Someone sent you $500".

Would you like your average "workday" to look like this?

See, contrary to what you believe, you don’t need to be an artist, a comedian, or a particularly attractive individual to get paid on Instagram.

In fact, you don’t have to excel in any way, shape, or form.

All you need is a simple, actionable marketing plan that will allow you to get the most out of the resources you already have and outmaneuver bigger, more experienced influencers.

That’s exactly what you are going to find in this book.

Here are some of the lessons we are going to cover:

• Ten tips for growing a sustainable personal brand on Instagram for years to come (if you only take one lesson from this book, let it be this)
• The quickest way to research your target audience and learn exactly what types of content they are most likely to engage with
• Three types of influencers in terms of size—and how many followers you need to have before you can start making money on Instagram.
• Three proven techniques to earn sponsorships (all three are free and work like a charm)
• Ten platforms big companies like Coca-Cola use to hire influencers—and how to use them to land your biggest contract fast.
• How to market your brand and scale your business to the moon if you are not a charismatic, smooth-talking extrovert
• Seven-step guide to creating Instagram captions that will make your content stand out and get people to like, comment, and save it
• When is the best time to post on Instagram, really? (The oldest Instagram marketing question finally answered)
• Best trends from 2023 and what to look for in 2024 (plus some predictions for the future)
• And much more