Instagram Theme Pages
Best Way to Make Money Online?
Best Way to Make Money Online?
Did you know that an Instagram meme page sold for 85 million dollars a few months ago?
$85.000.000!!
So, do you still think that Instagram isn’t profitable?
There’s a whole market and still not too much competition
Did you know that you can start a theme page and make money on Instagram even if you’re not an Influencer or a superstar and without showing your face?
But what is a theme page, what can I post, and, most important, how can I make money?
Let's find out
Look, 3 years ago, I didn't know almost anything about Instagram theme pages and I’ve never looked at the Instagram pages like an actual business.
Then, after getting fired, I started looking around for some form of a side hustle to make money online.
And then, after all the scams, I found the Instagram Theme pages.
Now I’m running 9 of them quite successfully and I want to share with you everything you need to know about this business
At the end of the article, I promise you that you’ll be an expert on the Instagram theme page and you’ll be ready to start your page and make your first $100, $1000, or $10’000 off of Instagram!
The beauty of this business model is that, once the ball starts rolling, it becomes almost a passive income with little to no work required!
So read carefully, because this could change your entire life, let you work from home, travel the world and be present for your family and friends.
The only thing you need is a phone and an internet connection!
We’ll cover:
-What is a theme page
-How to choose a niche
-Which are the most profitable niches
-What to post
-How to grow your page
-How to monetize your page
-2 Bonus Tps that will help you be consistent over time
-What to do if you have no time!
For a complete tutorial on how to grow on Instagram check this Full Free Crash Course
If this is the first article you read on my blog, first of all, welcome!
I’m glad you’re here and if you’re interested in growing your page, making money on Instagram, buying followers, and many other interesting topics, make sure to look around the blog, and maybe you’ll find something that you need and could be useful
Let’s start from the basics
A theme page is a page on Instagram around one specific topic, for example, dogs, houses, or unicorns!
It differs from the personal brand page because you don’t have to show your face, you only need to post content about 1 specific topic (we’ll talk soon about which topic you should choose and what to post)
Running a theme page is easy, you don’t have to create your content and it’s simple to monetize!
Let’s think about it: if you have a theme page around a specific topic, all your followers will be interested in and you can advertise almost everything related to that niche for free!
For example, if you run a dog theme page, most of your followers could have a dog or be interested in having a puppy in the future.
So you can advertise them a course or an ebook about “how to train your puppy”, or specific products to "protect your dog" or anything related to that niche!
You’ll only have to put the link for your product in your Bio and people will end up buying from you.
And if you don’t have any product to sell?
You can easily become an affiliate for other people products or services or start a dropshipping store
If you are looking for a full tutorial on how to make money on Instagram, check this article
Now that you know what is a theme page and why it’s so profitable, it’s time to understand how to create one
First of all, you need to pick a niche
Picking a niche is a fundamental step, otherwise, you won’t be able to grow and monetize your page.
Remember, nobody wants to follow a generic page, you have to talk about 1 specific topic
My #1 recommendation is to pick a niche you’re familiar with, that you like and that you know a lot about.
And don’t worry, there are theme pages for almost every interest you could have!
This will make running your page easy and enjoyable
For example, if you love a particular tv series, or you know everything about...I don’t know..parrots, start a theme page about.
It’ll be a fun way to start your Instagram business and down the road, you could find a way to monetize even the most bizarre theme page
For example, creating a t-shirt on print on demand store about your topic (if you don’t know what print on demand is Check This Video ), or selling gadgets.
There are countless way to monetize an audience, don’t think about in the beginning
But if your only interest is to make money from Instagram, you must know that some niches are most profitable than others
Here I'll give you a list of the niches that, in my opinion, and from my results, are the most profitable, but remember: If you have zero interest in a specific niche, it’ll be really hard to run this page for months and months.
So, if you’re motivated and ready to anything, here the most profitable niches:
Here there are a lot of opportunities: it’s one of the broadest and most profitable niches in the world because so many people want to be fit, lose weight or build muscle
So my suggestion is to pick a sub-niche of health, like the paleo diet, fitness at home, fasting diet, or something like that
In that way, your audience will be more targeted and it’ll be easier to grow and monetize
How you can make money from the health niche:
always leave the business email in your Bio, so other companies can reach out to you for proposals and business opportunities
you can become an affiliate for big brands, for example, big supplements company like Myprotein, or company that sell fitness equipment like Gymbear (I’m not an affiliate with this company, these are only examples)
Some companies have already an affiliate program but with others, you’ll have to reach out to them to become an affiliate
If you don’t know what is affiliate marketing, basically you are going to sell other people's products and you get a commission: I think that's the best business model out there!
You don't have to create your own product, deliver it, do any kind of customer support: your only goal is to drive traffic to your offer using your Instagram account and make money!
If you're interested in learning more about this successful business model, check this amazing Free Training
(I'll be honest, I am an affiliate with this course because I'll really believe in the power of this business model, so if you use my link I'll get a small commission, and you're supporting this blog, it doesn't cost anything to you)
you can also sign up for the Amazon Affiliate Program
It means that you can promote Amazon products and get a commission, usually around 4-10%, of what people buy in the next 24h after clicking on your link
Here's how you can become an amazon affiliate
you can sell products in drop shipping, like fitness gadgets or anything like that related to your sub-niche
If you don't know what dropshipping is, Click here
This is probably the most profitable and lucrative niche especially because entrepreneurs and business owners are willing to spend a large amount of money to start or improve their business
In this niche with a still small engagement, you can generate a really good income, and this is because in this industry there is a lot of money to be made.
Like before, I suggest you choose a sub-niche, like finance for teenagers or business motivational quotes
How can you monetize a business and finance page?
you can sell your services or maybe create a course or an ebook that solves an actual problem
you can sell other people courses about business, make money online, or investing as an affiliate (check ClickBank to find good online courses to sell)
offer your consulting or maybe your coaching programs if you’re an expert in this field
These are only a few ways you can monetize this type of audience, for a complete tutorial on how to monetize your Instagram Business Page check this article
If you think about it, people who have luxury items don’t follow luxury theme pages.
People who follow these kinds of pages are generally interested in making money, so you can use the same strategy used in the business and finance niche.
I love the luxury niche because I think that’s both profitable and fun to run (personal opinion!)
You only need to publish luxury content and put an affiliate link or a course that you created about "how to make money" or "how to start your own business" in your Bio and I can almost guarantee that you'll generate a good amount of money from the page!
Fashion is one of the biggest niches in the world and people are willing to spend hundreds of dollars on clothes, so there’s a big space for profits here.
This is a more advanced theme page, so I recommend going into it only if you’re quite experienced.
You can specialize in a sub-niche, like streetwear.
If your page became bigger, you can start profiting by contacting a big company in your niche and becoming an affiliate, or, if you are more established, create your app or dropshipping store
This is probably one of the most profitable niches.
I would recommend choosing a sub-niche and start looking at big companies to become affiliated with.
Or maybe think about opening your dropshipping store and show your makeup items in your stories and posts.
I'm not an expert in that niche but I can almost guarantee that, if you choose the right niche and product to promote, you can make tons of money.
Always look at your competitor trying to find a niche that’s not still saturated and you think could be profitable.
Now that you’ve chosen your niche, it’s time to chose your name and write your description
This is probably one of the most undervalued things when it comes to creating your Instagram theme page and growing on this platform.
But optimizing your profile you can easily convert a random visitor into an active follower, and you can do it by optimizing your name, profile picture, and description.
Remember, you want to stand up, not to be the classic page that everybody has already seen.
Always try to experiment with new styles and graphics, to find the one that converts better.
To understand how to optimize your profile, your name, and your description, make sure to read this Full Tutorial on How To Grow on Instagram
Now that your account is ready we can talk about what to post on your page
The beauty of a theme page is that you don’t need to create your content.
You can repost other people content on your page
Does it mean that you are stealing other people's content?
No, because you’re giving credit to the owner in your caption!
Remember, this is so important: when you’re reposting content, always, always give credit to the respective owner of the video/photo, or you could have copyright strikes and your account be shut down.
So be careful and always add in your caption something like “credit by: or photo by:”
It's really easy
go to the app store
install the app “repost for Instagram” (there are a lot of free apps, everyone works well)
choose the post you wanna repost
copy the link
go the repost app and you’re ready to repost your content
click the 3 dots of the post
click on copy link
paste the link on your repost app
Most people are doing this passage wrong and they are killing their growth
They simply go to big hashtags or pages and repost the first video that they see.
This doesn’t work!
You have to repost only the best and most performing content, so go to pages in your niche that has around 5k-50k follower and search for posts that are going viral
For example, if the average post of a particular page gets 500 likes, and 1 post gets 4000 likes, you want to repost that one.
Don’t repost content of big pages, like 100k followers or more, because you can’t understand if this post is going viral because it’s a good post or only due to the dimension of the page.
This is maybe the most important thing when it comes to growing an Instagram theme page because remember: Content is King
To recap:
install the repost app
find an account in your niche that has around 5K-50K
find post or videos that are going viral
repost them
The best time to post depend on the niche, the timezone, the audience, and many other factors, so I can't suggest to you the absolute best time to post
You have to understand it by:
looking at your analytics (you have to switch your profile into a business account, if you don't know how, check this tutorial)
if you want a more accurate view of your analytics and find the absolute best time to post, I use This Tool and I think that's simply amazing: I can detect the time to get where my followers are more active to receive the most amount of engagement
Make sure to post 2-3 hours before the time when your followers became more active, so your post will have the time to rank!
On the story you have more freedom, you can post for example some photos or videos that you found online and you think could be useful/entertaining for your audience.
Always try to interact with your audience: ask for an opinion, do polls about question or post, or anything like that.
This helps a ton because it tells the algorithms that your content is interesting and people are spending time watching your stories, answering your question, etc...
For a full Instagram story tutorial, you can check this article, but if you're running a theme page it's less important
Now that you have your post, you have to understand what to add to your description.
I’d recommend starting with a reaction to your post or a question, like “this is insane”, or “what do you think of this photo?”.
Here there are no strict guidelines, just be creative and try to interact with your audience.
Remember, the more you push your viewer to comment under your page, the better the algorithm will look at your page and will share your content
Then I add some Call to Action like “follow @yourpagename for more awesome content” or double tap if you like this post” to push people to do something, for example, liking, sharing with friends, or following the page.
So in your caption always try to put multiple calls to action because, trust me, it works really well!
People are lazy for nature, it’s how we are programmed, so if you don’t ask people to do something, they won’t do that
Always push your viewer to do some form of action because otherwise, they wouldn’t do by themself
Remember, if you want your audience to do something, you always have to provide value first: people won’t share your post with their friends if they think that your content is nothing special
The hashtags are really important when it comes to growth on Instagram because they allow your posts to be seen by thousands of people and potential followers.
Most people use them in the wrong way, trying to put some generic hashtag that doesn’t work anymore and that won’t help their page to grow at all
Instead, you want to rank for the right hashtags related to your page, your dimension, and your engagement.
Hashtags are fundamental, so I wrote an entire article if you want to Check It Out because it will explain, step by step, how to use this powerful tool
So, now you know what is an Instagram theme page, you have chosen your niche, you know how and what to post.
It’s time to understand how you can grow on Instagram
Someone recommends you to rely only on organic growth, someone else suggests the “follow for follow” strategy.
What does it mean?
If you’re relying on organic growth, you’re waiting for Instagram to push your content on the explore page of other people and, if they like your post and your page, they’ll end up becoming your follower.
Really easy right?
Instead, the “follow for follow” strategy means that you’re following people interested in your niche that follow a page similar to yours.
When they see the notification that you started following them, they could check your profile and, if they like it, they become your followers
What is my opinion?
Well, I think that if you have a brand new account, nobody, I repeat Nobody, will see your photos.
And this is because Instagram tends to promote bigger pages.
So, you’re just starting or if you have less than 3k-5K followers, my first recommendation is to use the follow for follow strategy
When I started my #1 theme page about surfing, I relied only on organic growth and you know how many followers I gained in a month?
308
308 followers in a month!
So I changed my strategy and started the “follow for follow” and you know how many followers I gained the next week?
971!
Not bad right?
But the way many “Instagram Gurus” teach you the follow for follow strategy is wrong because you’ll end up gaining very few followers and eventually get banned by Instagram
They teach you to go to bigger pages and follow a bunch of people that already follow that page
Well, a person who follows a 300K page, could be not interested in following your 2K followers page.
And then the Instagram guidelines are becoming stricter every year so you must know exactly what to do.
If you want to understand how to use this powerful strategy that helped me gain 1000 follower in 1 week read this article
Also, I suggest you to AVOID at all costs all types of bots or engagement groups because they won’t help you growing your account organically.
Instead, they will destroy your page and Instagram will eventually shut down your account.
I’ve made this mistake in the past and if you’re interested in learning how using Instagram bots and buying followers is useful, please read this article.
It will help you to avoid all these scams
Once you hit the 5-6k followers (sometimes also 2K), Instagram starts to look at your page as an important page and starts to recommend your post on the explore section.
From now you’ll see exponential growth and you can stop relying on the “follow for follow” strategy and move to other advanced growth tactics, like the "shoutout for shoutout" or the "Gary Vee Comment Strategy"
Consistency is probably the most important thing when it comes to growing an Instagram page, and also where most people fail!
You can’t expect to run an Instagram page and after 2 weeks pretending to see results or, if not, quit and start searching for other opportunities
It doesn’t work like that!
You have to KEEP posting, interacting with your audience, applying all the strategies to grow your Instagram page that I taught you in this article without expecting to start making money tomorrow.
I know that many Youtubers that are trying to make some views and likes may let you believe that you can make $250 today with little to no effort.
It's false!
I spent a few months understanding this simple but fundamental concept.
You have to be patient, keep grinding, and don’t expect immediate results.
I tell you this because I want to see you succeed in the Instagram world.
Instagram theme pages have changed my life: now I can travel, I have more freedom and money than ever in my life and I’d be really happy to help someone else achieving this result.
But you have to put in some work: I can teach the best strategies out there, but you have to hustle consistently and for a long period of time.
Always remind that you’re here for the long run, to create your dream life!
Yes, I know, I said this before, but because I really believe that, if you pick a niche that you’re not interested in, you’ll find it so so difficult to keep posting and running the page when you’re not motivated.
Instead, if you have a page about something you love, it’ll be more funny and enjoyable
It'll be a pleasure to run and manage your page and trust me when you’ll be tired and unmotivated, this will help you infinitely.
If this is the first time you start an Instagram theme page, don’t aim to post like 20 times a day.
Yes, that way you’ll grow faster, but you’ll lose soon every interest, and eventually, you’ll stop posting.
I found that it’s better to post one time a day for 6 months, than 20 times a day for 2 weeks.
Remember, you’re here for the long run.
Instead, if you want to post consistently more times a day and grow your page fast, you can use a tool that schedules your post automatically.
In that way, you can spend 5 minutes a day running your Instagram business, maybe when you’re in the toilet or when you have some free time
So you won’t have to worry about it during the day post every 3 hours.
I use this one
I tried so many post automation tools, but I found that this is the best in terms of efficiency and it’s very cheap.
I know that running one or more theme pages could be really difficult if you can't find the time, but you still want to create a cash cow theme page that brings in your pocket thousands of dollar each month
For this reason, I can only suggest you rely on a Social Media Marketing Agency
They are agencies that focus only on growing your Instagram audience and sales, making you money passively
So, if you have money to do a little investment that will generate a sustainable income in the future, I can only suggest Them
They are the most professional experts that I found online, and they even offer a really cheap price!
Other SMMA could charge you thousands of dollars for this type of service, but they've optimized their performance and they are able to charge you the minimum price possible
I've tried so many different agencies, and if you're like me and you don't wanna waste money or time, I can only suggest going with Them!
If you an already established page, you could think to give them your page to manage and start another one: once it reaches a good following, giving them also this page and repeat the process
Now I let them run 9 different theme pages and I'm aiming to make $100'000 per month this year
Almost completely PASSIVE
So think carefully about this opportunity if you want to invest your money and not your time and leverage this incredible business opportunity
I hope you found this guide useful
I tried to cover everything you need to:
Start a theme page
Know what to post
How you can grow
How you can make money
What to do if you have no time
So if you follow all the steps till the end and you are consistent over the months, I can almost guarantee you that you’ll see amazing results.
Not only you will generate a sustainable income, but you’ll create a community that loves what you post and you can directly interact with them and maybe make some friends.
I think that starting an Instagram theme page is a wonderful opportunity to begin thinking about yourself as a business owner and have this fundamental mindset change.
You’ll learn to hustle even if you won’t see immediate results, like in every serious business and, if you stay consistent, you’ll achieve unbelievable financial freedom.
Then, you would start looking at other types of business and still, your Instagram theme page will generate a sustainable income.
I wish I had a complete article like this at the beginning of my journey
Instead, I spent hours watching Youtube videos and paying for expensive courses.
So learn carefully the information in this article and this blog, maybe read it twice, three times if necessary, take notes but make sure to understand everything.
And then TAKE MASSIVE ACTIONS.
The only thing that separates you from success and a life of freedom and wealth is YOU.
So, if the next year you’ll quit your 9-5 job and you’ll be traveling the world thanks to Instagram, remember to tag this blog and share this article with all your friends and family.
And most important, enjoy the process!
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