Money from the network: how to earn and become famous on the Internet

We found out how you can become famous in social networks and even earn money from it.

Get money from YouTube or make a name on Facebook? Russian-speaking immigrants after moving to the United States are finding different ways to earn money and free PR. ForumDaily collected three stories of “our” people in America, who are well known in social networks, and prepared tips for those who also want to become popular on the Internet.

Luda - YouTube star

Orlando resident Lyudmila Hensley Internet users are more known under the nickname FloridaYalta. This is now Luda - a YouTube star. A few years ago, she couldn’t even believe that she would become so popular on social networks.

Lyudmila Hensley left her native Yalta 11 years ago. She met her future American husband named Douglas again on the Internet - on a dating site. An overseas groom invited Luda to Orlando. The woman quickly packed her suitcase, took her son and flew to sunny Florida. Almost like in the famous song: “American fight, I’ll leave with you, Yalta, goodbye.”

Lyudmila Hensley loves to travel around America. Photos from the personal archive

“When I walked into his house, I immediately felt like I was at home. It was some kind of fantasy. Over these 11 years, I have never regretted that I came,” says Lyudmila.

It was then that Ludmila realized that life after forty was just beginning. Her foreign chosen one at that moment knocked 70. But for Hensley, as she says, age doesn't matter. The lovers quickly played the wedding, Ludmila received a green card and an American passport. But nostalgia did not let go. Then Lyudmila got the idea to pick up the phone and record video clips. Luda began to talk about everything that happens in her new life. She posted clips to YouTube.

 

“I sent links first to my daughter, then to my friends. And so it went. People started writing in the comments: you are so cool, we are waiting for new videos. This really stimulated me. I began to express my thoughts and support people. But I still don’t think that I’m really that popular,” admits the Internet star.

Under the pseudonym FloridaYalta Lyudmila Hensley for 10 years posted on YouTube a few thousand clips with his participation. Now she has more than one hundred thousand subscribers, and some popular videos get half a million views. Hensley was able to achieve such a result thanks to her perseverance and openness. It is hard to imagine, but Lyudmila makes reports every day. And only seven years later, for example, a video about how to love yourself and lose weight Watched 534 thousands of users.

The blogger talks about everything that happens in the USA with a Russian-speaking person. Among the highest rated are her video blogs “How I got to America - married to a foreigner", "How to get to America is easy, fast and free" or "American food - obesity guaranteed".

“I learned that if I have more than a million views, then I can put my channel on a commercial basis. I looked up the information on the Internet, entered my data on YouTube, linked a card, and they sent me a letter: the site is switching to financial relations,” says the blogger.

For people's love, which is measured in the number of views, FloridaYalta began to regularly receive money. First - $100, then - $200, and today YouTube transfers several thousand dollars a month to Lyudmila. Filming, editing and posting videos is her main job.

 

“You can live on this without any problems. Now I could live only off my YouTube channel, although this is not my only income. In any case, very nice. This is pleasure plus good money,” admits Lyudmila.

 

Most of the viewers of her YouTube channel are women from Ukraine and Russia, and about a third of the audience are men.

“What I do is my life, my video diary. I can talk about some movie, about how I am the best mother-in-law and the best mother-in-law in the world,” the woman shares.

Some of the topics in her videos cause heated debate on the Internet. For example, the question of getting an education in the USA. Lyudmila believes that an American diploma is a waste of time, and most importantly, money.

“Why get an education? No need. All information is on the Internet. This was earlier, maybe it was needed. My son came to me and said that he wanted to study, and I told him: “Why do you need this? Why then work for your uncle? You have to work for yourself and earn money on your own,” she believes.

At the same time, Ludmila herself translated from English into Russian and published several training brochures. The most popular “Rules of the road in the US” and “100 questions for citizenship”.

 

“From these sales I receive a certain amount every month: sometimes $600, sometimes $800. It drips and it’s good. I go to bed, and money will be pouring in all night,” Lyudmila shares her financial success.

 

A woman often talks about her income and expenses on a video channel. It is recognized: there are no forbidden topics for it. Even the fact that she began to smoke in 15 years, now know hundreds of thousands of users. But regular viewers Hansley respect her for truth and openness. She also did not keep silent about divorce from her American husband posted a clip into the world wide web. Six months ago, Hensley learned that her husband Douglas communicates with another woman on the Internet.

“God bless him. Still, at his age he is a great young man and still wants to get married. But I was disappointed in him. Of course, I was depressed, but now I’m free,” the woman admitted.

Recently Lyudmila Hensley wrote a letter to the editor of the popular Russian television show “Let's Get Married.” A couple of days later they called her back and invited her to Moscow. Luda decided to combine the search for a new groom with a vacation. She is going to go to the capital of Russia with her children. FloridaYalta has already informed viewers about this.

 

“It’s still not good to live alone. You can't deceive yourself. Still need a pair. I don't need sex or anything like that. I'm not looking for a minister or a millionaire - I don't need them. You just need someone to be nearby. But if it doesn’t, it won’t,” Lyudmila Hansley shared with ForumDaily.

 

Beauty is a terrible force

27-year-old American doctor with Russian roots Mikhail Varshavsky is also looking for his soul mate. Attractive appearance glorified him to the whole world. In Instagram, a family doctor can be found under the name Doctor.Mike. Now the young man has 1,5 million subscribers. At the same time, the doctor posted fewer 400 photos on his social network page. Last year famous magazine People named Warsaw the most beautiful doctor of the planet.

It seems that Mikhail does not like talking to journalists. ForumDaily tried to contact the doctor, but he never wanted to talk. However, we managed to find out some interesting facts from the life of a handsome medic.

The doctor lives in New York. Works at OverLook Medical Center in New Jersey. Often flies to patients in Miami. Journalists say that he works 12 hours a day. But the exhausting work, judging by the photos, does not prevent Mikhail from looking great.

When they began to recognize Warsaw in the street, he decided to take advantage of his fame and set up a charitable foundation called Limitless Tomorrow. The organization helps talented students to bring unusual projects to life. First, Michael developed a concept, then made a website, began to look for sponsors. In an interview, Warsaw confessed that he had gone through all the difficulties of a Russian immigrant. Thanks in large part to this, he wanted to help young people who come to the United States and cannot realize their ideas.

Early this year dating site Coffee Meets Bagal invited Mikhail Varshavsky to conduct a joint PR campaign. The doctor organized a charity auction on the Internet and put up an unusual lot - a romantic meeting with himself. The conditions are simple: anyone who wants to see the handsome guy in person had to register in the application and pay a nominal fee of $10. As a result, thousands of people responded to the call. The dating site transferred all proceeds of $25 thousand to Mikhail’s charitable foundation.

Michael Varshavsky in his office. Photos from the personal archive

The winner will be determined by lottery. The organizers of the action promise to name it in the coming days. The lucky girl will have an unforgettable trip to New York, accommodation in a four-star hotel and, of course, an unforgettable dinner with the “hottest” doctor in the USA.

 

“I have a life principle - to strive to help other people. I am doctor. Thanks to my fame, I brought many students into medicine, who, I hope, will become professional doctors,” Varshavsky told the newspaper dailymail.co.uk

 

The doctor also admits that his heart is free. Therefore, Mikhail’s followers on Instagram can count on a personal acquaintance with the unmarried doctor. American journalists write that the Russian Internet star loves to travel. Of course - in your free time from work.

Blonde with Brighton Beach

But Ekaterina Ryumina is ready to exchange her career in medicine for Facebook. She is a hygienist by profession. On the social network she is called the “tooth fairy.” Now more than 7,7 thousand people read Ekaterina Ryumina’s stories on Facebook. For Ryumina, the social network is a hobby and a way to increase her recognition. In order to go online more often, Katya even reduced her work schedule. She doesn’t earn money on the Internet, so most of the family budget comes from the earnings of Monya’s husband.

Muscovite Katya came to America in 1995 year. She first lived in Miami, where she first married in 16 years. Then she moved to New York, divorced her husband and discovered the sweet world of social networks.

Catherine Ryumin is known to almost all residents of Brighton Beach. Photos from the personal archive

At the beginning, Katya wrote about everything she saw around: about funny moments in the subway, unusual patients at work, residents of Brighton Beach. The blogger admits that, first of all, in the posts, she laughs at herself, her husband or mother. Russian-speaking users noticed the blonde and in many ways recognized themselves in her. The number of subscribers began to grow.

Her every day starts with Facebook. A girl gets up at 5 am and immediately grabs her phone. Runs to the gym with a phone in his hands. Will definitely write a post about the training. Then he takes the child to school - and, of course, scribbles something else along the way. After lunch, a short story about an incident at the clinic. And so on all day. Recently, Katya began to feel pain in her right hand, and a callus had already appeared on her little finger. No kidding.

 

“Before I go to bed, I put my phone on the nightstand, next to the bed. I check it constantly. Sometimes, if I wake up at night, I check my messages. I get about 15-20 messages per night. I can barely stand it until the morning and then I call and answer,” says Ryumina.

 

Almost every day, Catherine talks about how Brighton Beach lives. Sometimes her exposing posts cause a lot of controversy on the Internet. If Katya was rude in a cafe, then in a few minutes the conflict will appear in detail in social networks.

Catherine Ryumin with her family. Photos from the personal archive

In addition, Ekaterina Ryumina organizes various online promotions on Facebook. For example, he helps sick children under the care of the Orange Penguin charity foundation. For several years now, this organization has been sending medicines, clothes, and gifts to children diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy. On her Facebook page, Ekaterina announces the auction and invites businessmen to participate in it. Someone offers a product for free at a minimum cost, bidding begins, and users buy products for a few dollars more. Ekaterina donates the proceeds to the fund. The report on the transfer of funds must be published on the Internet.

Another promotion that Katya is running on her page is called “A Day Without Coffee.” She encourages users to give up the drink and donate $3-5 to children.

 

“I give contacts and accounts to the organization, and people transfer money. Last month we raised $800. Such moments bring our Russian community closer together and create a feeling of unity,” the blogger is sure.

 

Sometimes Catherine uses obscene language in her stories. But the Russian language without swearing is not a language, she believes. She remembers: one day an elderly man recognized her on the street. He approached her and confessed his love - creative. The only thing the stranger asked was for Katya to use less swear words in her texts. Catherine promised to improve and kept her word.

Fame on Brighton Beach forced Katya to publish her book. She didn’t think about the name for a long time. 500 copies of the work “Notes of a Blonde” were sold out in less than XNUMX hours. Ryumina has another book in her plans. In addition, Katya is now trying herself as a TV presenter. View her program Face to Face you can on YouTube. If life on the Internet will continue to develop so successfully, Ekaterina Ryumina is ready to forget about her medical career in the United States forever. For her, creative activity is more important than work.

Tips from ForumDaily: how to become popular on social networks

Almost half of the world's population uses the Internet today - more than 3,4 billion people, according to data from an American company We are social. Moreover, two thirds of them - 2,3 billion - are on social networks. Most of them just read and watch videos, the most active ones try to use social networks as a platform for their own PR.

We have collected some rules, the observance of which will help make your texts, photos or video clips popular.

1. Patience

Remember that success will not come immediately. To start reading or watching, you need to spend a lot of time and effort. You must be truly passionate about what you are doing.

2. A pleasant voice

A necessary component for those who are going to become famous on YouTube or Periscope. If you think that your voice does not sound pleasantly enough, it is worth taking the lessons of speech technology or doing it yourself.

3. Professionalism

Not every person knows the laws of photography or reporting, but this is something you should strive for if you want to make a name for yourself. Today you can find information on the Internet on how to take high-quality pictures or videos. The desire to learn how to do better than others is the key to success.

4. Regularity

It is very important to develop your own strategy. You need to write a blog or upload videos to the site regularly. If you do it sporadically, you will not see ratings.

5. Audience

Decide who your audience is, for whom you write text or shoot a video. This will help you choose the right topics for your blog, which will give good numbers of views.

Making Money on YouTube: First Steps

Last year, Felix Chelberg was recognized as the richest video blogger on YouTube, known as PewDiePie. In 2015, he earned $12 million. Currently, Kjellberg has 41,5 million subscribers. It is difficult to achieve the same level of earnings, but it is quite possible to receive small amounts for your own video. For every thousand views of your video in 2014 YouTube on average paid $ 7,6, writes investopedia.com .

Anyone can start a paid YouTube channel. The main thing is that you follow two simple rules: the video should be interesting and comply with the conditions of the portal.

First you need to register on YouTube. Then you need to download the movie you are going to monetize.

First steps on YouTube

After downloading the video - in the upper left corner you should check the box where you see the word monetization. Thus, you give your consent to the fact that when viewing your video on the site will advertise. Be sure to check out requirements for video clips. It is important to know that not all videos can be monetized. For example, you can not monetize a movie that contains scenes of a sexual nature or profanity.

You can also choose certain type of advertising: interrupted commercials or not, flying advertising banners from the side or in the middle. If you do not do this, then all types of ad products will automatically appear on your video.

Perhaps the main requirement is no advertising in your own video. If you want to make money, you cannot show any brand in your video to avoid a conflict of interest.

Another important detail is the use of music. Uploading videos with commercial music is prohibited. You can only use the one that is officially permitted on the site.

But after you have uploaded the video, you need to do everything possible so that the maximum number of people can watch it. After all, even the first video will bring you money if it is seen by hundreds of thousands of people.

See also:

As a native of Belarus was on top of the American fashion Olympus

Billionaire Alexander Rovt: “I did everything I wanted. Now I just dream of having grandchildren. ”

Our people in Hollywood: who makes special effects for Britney Spears

Our people in Hollywood: how to break through the actress

Go to the page ForumDaily on Facebook to keep abreast of the latest news and comment material.