How To Make Money Online With Your Facebook Account

Why don't you turn Facebook into a money generating medium rather than idle away on the famous social media platform.

No doubt many businesses in Nigeria and beyond has taken to social media as a medium to expose their business and attract new customers on daily basis.

You can actually make money on Twitter and also on Facebook if you play your cards well.

There’s more to social media than sharing selfies and chatting with people. These activities are not wrong but there is something many people have never given a thought and that is – you can get paid for using Facebook.

You can earn money online from Facebook in various ways. You just have to select one or two of the ways you are about to read and apply them. In all, you have to see the social media more than just a way to keep up with trends and follow pages and see it as a money making tool. So if you’re wondering how you can earn money online or to be specific, how you can earn money on Facebook, here are 3 smart ways to go about it.

1. Earn money through Facebook page

A Facebook page can fetch you a lot of money depending on how well you operate it and monetize it. How to earn money from a Facebook page is not complex. To begin, you will need to have a page. If you don’t a Facebook page, you can easily create one.

The first thing to do is to find a niche that you love and that you observe Nigerians love. There are several examples like lifestyle, celebrity, OMG, travel, humour etc. The next thing to do is to begin to publish content on your Facebook page. You need to ensure you do this consistently.

While you’re creating and publishing content on your page, you need to make sure the content are interesting and engaging. Create room for your page followers to contribute. Build relationship with them by asking them questions or carrying them along in your posts. As your followers increase, you can begin to accept sponsored posts and ads while you get paid for it.

2. Earn money by selling products on your page

The existence of the internet has made it easy for people to easily buy anything they like. You can also earn money n Facebook by selling products to people. While you regularly give updates on your page, you can slide in posts that advertise your own products. If you want to boost your sales, you should consider occasionally offering discounts on the products.

But if you have no products to sell, you can turn to the affiliate marketing path. You can promote products on Jumia, Konga, Amazon, Ebay, ShareASale.com, Commission Junction etc and earn a commission on each sale. You can also promote these offers through Facebook ads.

3. Become an influencer

If you don’t want to own a Facebook page, you can still make money from your regular account. All you need to do is become a Facebook influencer. An influencer is someone who has someone who has a large followership on Facebook on their personal accounts. You can become one by regularly making posts that people find interesting.

These posts could be fictional stories(many Nigerians love stories, especially romance stories), making interesting posts about your day and sharing your thoughts, creating hilarious posts if you have a humorous personality (who can turn down an opportunity to have a good laugh?) or share your opinions on trendy issues in the society.

As you continually make these posts and grow your followership, you can expect to be contacted by brands to write a sponsored post. You may even be recognised by your local or state government (yes, social media influencers are that powerful in Nigeria) and things could develop from there.


in conclusion,  although there could be other ways of making money on Facebook, by adopting any of the approaches above, you can easily earn money from the famous social media platform.

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