Content creators? Full time job?

I know a young woman who basically posts herself pouting and twirling in sheer tops, miming to songs in the hope a footballer will notice her and ask her out. That’s her and goal and it’s really quite pathetic.

I know someone who does this and she gets a lot of free stuff but not much actual money.

It seems an utterly boring way to live. Why spend your life chasing brand deals and farming your kids private lives out for clicks and cash? People would do well to read Moral Ambition and get a real job that is actually worth doing.

I live in Saudi and the Saudi influencer is everywhere here. No one is producing interesting innovative content. All western mums bragging about their lives here. All of their content is identical and very very boring. There are about five alone who live in my apartment complex.

I think there used to be big money for youtube families, the ones who got in at the right time.
I believe tiktok has a creator fund so if your videos get a certain amount of views you do get some money, and if you get a big enough following you can get brand deals
Some people are absolutely rage baiting though to get engagement like the creator with a few kids and the house been an absolute state (people actually reported her to social services) or people doing videos of how my bf told me to get dressed up and he would take me for a fancy dinner than the bf throws food at her or something, I can't believe people would film this and put it online without them getting some funds for it. (Falls into ragebait)
Some are honest and talk about how the creator fund helps them so they appreciate it if you can engage with them
There's also seems to be 'leaving the UK for a better life with my family' ones and suprise suprise it's a bit harder to get jobs / schools than originally thought and than they are moving to another place than the kids are missing their friends in the UK and they return home because it's what the kids wanted 🙄 (more like they realised life isn't easy anywhere)

You're claiming that they're earning enough "to not need to work" but what they're doing is work. The tiny percentage of these content creators who earn enough from it to actually support themselves and their families are putting in hours and hours of work to get to that position and to keep themselves there.

But it's also the case that there's way more content creators who are simply lying about earning enough money from it to support themselves, than those who actually do.

Not the same content, but my partner makes about 16k a year with around 25k followers, if a video does well it can net you quite a bit of money.
it’s all baffling to me but he works hard, it’s like a second job. He has content in YouTube.

Some of which I’m sure are real, but there’s also a good chance that they send themselves some of it to try and get people to copy!

A friend of mine is a content creator. Seems to get a fair bit of free stuff, but next to no actual money. She’s currently really pushing for paid deals to try and turn it in to a full time job.

Another friend has recently quit, said she was tired of seeing her whole life as “content”, was a very mentally unhealthy way to live.

I just want to figure out how I can make money off an account without having to show my face!

I’m a full time tiktokker.
People who are in the creator programme get paid per view but TT is the worst one for that. Far better on YouTube. They drastically reduced the payments so a million views pays hardly anything now. Most of the content creators make money through brand deals since the change. There’s a huge amount of money to be made if you’re a popular creator.

I make money as an TT affiliate and it’s my full time job. I do film day to day and GRWM too just so it’s not all sales stuff. It’s not easy though and it’s very competitive. When it ends I’ll do something else but right now I love it. Im mid 50s btw. Not a young one!

On my Instragram algorithm, I seem to get ‘family going to Australia’ accounts. I followed one or two out of interest, but the content across all of them became very samey - kid walking along beach, Uk v Aus prices, another picture of a beach etc. One family must have been getting desperate because the post was … husband and wife playing UNO.

I also feel, in this day and age when there’s alot higher awareness of kids privacy, consent, safeguarding etc that these families are using their children.

See, THAT is pure ragebait. There is NO NEED to mention it's a council house in this context, apart from riling everyone up about about the fact she has a council house despite that fact she could buy her own 😂

I know these tiktoker and they are not your average SAHM filming content. As you say, the are one of a few people filming rage bait. They won’t get paid much and it’ll be short lived. But it’s not a usual content creator “job”

i have a friend with 250000 followers are the account doesn't pay her much but she uses it to land multiple businesses around fitness and coaching which do pay.

instagram/ facebook don’t pay you as such. Tiktok does if you’re in the creator fund- for context a video with millions of views might earn you £40.

The one I know is renting. From family. They’d love to move back to London but too expensive.

I don't want to go to Tesco with my OWN toddler. Why on earth would I want to watch you go with yours 😂

I know someone like this. Has contracts with some big name companies. However, it’s hard work. She was actually looking for paid work last year. And she has some side ventures including mentoring people who want to do what she does.

It’s a really crowded market too because hey, what a nice job it would be just to film your day to day and get paid and sent things from brands. For every one influencer raking it in, there will be hundreds who get paid pittance or nothing at all. It takes a fair while to buildup a following, let alone one you can monetise.

I also think the parent content creators who are monetising their children are not acting ethically and putting the digital spotlight on them in quite an uncomfortable way.

Wow

Who ate your cornflakes 😂

There is no definition of “full time content creator”- they can call timelines what they like. Most of them will be sahms who are just filming their lives. No one is paying them.

sahm’s filming their lives are not getting sent Amazon stuff / being gifted high value or regular items.

if you have A LOT of followers and high engagement, you can broker deals or pay an agent to do so. Obviously the people getting serious monies are the Mrs hinchss, Lorna Luxes of the world. Millions of followers and other sources of income.

your school mum mate might make £8 a month from TikTok if she’s lucky.

Just filming their day to.day mundane lives.... take time. A 30 second reel could take 2 hours prepare (insane I know) but they obviously need to record a few takes, edit it etc.

I live watching YouTube restaurant reviews or travel reviews but I'm not a fan of Mary down the road showing me her new gifted ad razor 😂 But obviously someone likes it

I guess that for everyone that makes money, there are hundreds who don't.

Personally I hate them. I also hate the way they prey on small businesses. I had an order this morning but she doesn't want to pay for it - apparently the exposure she can get me is enough.

I haven't bothered responding.

That's fine with me if you want to believe how much someone "apparently" makes based on... I don't know. Why don't you try it yourself and come back to report.
I can only tell you my experience as someone who runs SM for a small business.