Before starting to read this article, do one thing open your social media account ..wait....now what do you see...Yes! exactly there is an 85% chance that you would be given a warm welcome by a meme on your feed. Need of memes nowadays has reached at par with that of having lunch!.....Everyone of us nowadays find it difficult to live without memes (almost an addiction) as they come very close when the point of being relatable to our lives comes up.
So how do they earn?
A very simple basic explanation would be that whenever you come across a meme you click on it, then you are navigated to another webpage where you find loads of other of these attractive things.
Next thing you do is that you keep on scrolling down in want for more (before you realise that how your minutes turned into hours)....now during this process of scrolling down you also come across several ads on which you might or might not necessarily click on.
There are fixed rates for everything for example- the website owner earns 'X' amount of money for 'Y' no. of views and the same thing goes on for clicks.Yeah...it's just this much...simple isn't it?? (go start making memes 😜!)
Do meme pages on social media earn anything?
The answer would be NO if you're thinking to earn money directly via Facebook or Instagram. What I mean here is that no social media website has a policy to pay you directly based on your followers or likes which most of the people think they do. (I hope this clears your misconception fellas !). Still for those who had a similar thought in their minds....don't worry as gaining followers on social media by making memes is a very good idea to give a boost to any of your future businesses or startups.
However there are many indirect ways to earn from your meme pages like:
Remember that it's quite a tough job to solely depend on what you earn online. So don't ever get trapped by this concept which looks quite attractive but in reality is not so.
However there are many indirect ways to earn from your meme pages like:
- Doing sponsored posts for brands (you need quite a following for that :))
- Becoming an affiliate and making commission (Amazon affiliate is a very good choice)
- Creating/Selling your product
- Providing paid services
How to earn money from memes? 👀💲💲
**This portion below does not in any form act as a guarantee to earning from memes. Down below are just some tips which may increase your earnings based on your following**
- Blogging with AdSense for some extra cash.
- Apply for some sort of grant.(In 2011,Indiana University got a $1 million grant to study memes)
- Try to become as innovative and creative you can be. Believe this, there is nothing like original content...(irrespective of the source 😉)
- Join business support groups. They help you to drive a lot of traffic for your content.
Remember that it's quite a tough job to solely depend on what you earn online. So don't ever get trapped by this concept which looks quite attractive but in reality is not so.
This is interesting I have to admit I've never thought about how a Meme could make money before! Great take on it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah Bailey !
ReplyDeleteI've never even considered this - EVER.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting
ReplyDeleteThanks Edward !
DeleteAmazing way to make money. I need to start adding these to my posts.
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing.. good summary :)
ReplyDeleteWow, what an interesting article. Never knew you could make money with this. Def. an eye opener of the day.
ReplyDeleteThis was nice to know since I really didn't know it was possible thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWow I had NO idea you could make money off of memes! I need to try this!
ReplyDeleteInteresting.. I don't really do memes, but I do make money blogging with sponsored posts and such so it seems quite similar.
ReplyDeleteIt's crazy because I already did this without even really thinking out the strategy behind it. I guess I was on to something!
ReplyDeletei had no idea there was so much behind memes. i didnt even know you could indirectly make money from memes. thanks so much for all of this info.
ReplyDeleteNever ever had think abput this. But this sounds really great! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteOmg I never knew you can make money from posting memes. Thanks for sharing. Great post!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Nat!
DeleteOh so that's how! I think now I would always think of who's getting rich whenever I post a meme. This is such an interesting read!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lisa
DeleteI had no idea that memes make money to be honest! So neat!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jessica!
Deletei have not given much thought about how memes can generate money. thank you for sharing this knowledge
ReplyDeleteInteresting post. Never thought that through memes you can make money.
ReplyDeleteHaha, never thought meme can make money before. But not everyone can create funny memes that attract a ton of traffic.
ReplyDeleteI stop to read memes all over social media and never considered money behind it
ReplyDeleteThis is so interesting! I know quite a few memes account on instagram make good money because of their thousands of followers!
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