#1670 - Q&A: Can you get paid for views on a popular social post?
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2021
⏱️ ? minutes
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A listener has written a viral Facebook post that went on to get millions of views—which is great, but can they make money from it somehow?
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
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| 0:00.0 | One of our listeners has written a viral Facebook post. It went on to get millions of views, |
| 0:10.5 | I believe thousands or tens of thousands of comments, and it's got them thinking. Okay, |
| 0:16.2 | after the fact, they're wondering a bit more about what they could have done or even |
| 0:20.3 | what they could do now to capitalize on all this attention. Welcome to Side Us Will |
| 0:24.8 | School. My name is Chris Gillibot. Every single day since January 1, 2017, we have been looking |
| 0:30.4 | at the world of creating extra money without quitting your job. Not just extra money, |
| 0:34.8 | but also security, confidence, sometimes an entire business that can replace your day job |
| 0:39.5 | income so that you do more of what's important to you, whether that is to remain in your job |
| 0:43.7 | or to go full-time in your business or maybe some type of hybrid approach. Now, it's a very |
| 0:49.3 | interesting question. The listener question you'll hear today, it reminds me of a story. So, |
| 0:54.2 | after you hear their question in more detail, I will share that story and my answer about |
| 0:58.7 | capitalizing on viral posting fame. Okay, so can you get paid for views on a popular social post? |
| 1:04.8 | That is the short version of this question. You'll hear the whole version in just one moment |
| 1:08.8 | after this quick sponsor message. Hey Chris, this is Justin from Nashville and I've been |
| 1:22.4 | listening to your show for a couple of years now and I commute to work. I've really enjoyed |
| 1:26.3 | hearing all the hustle stories. A few years ago, I wrote on a post on Facebook that ended up going |
| 1:31.2 | viral. I didn't have a business account, but all of this sudden I had tens of thousands of people |
| 1:35.8 | viewing, sharing and commenting on the posts. It took weeks for the attention to die down. |
| 1:40.9 | I've thought about this experience ever since. Was there some way to monetize all this attention |
| 1:45.3 | that I just didn't see at the time? Do some social networks pay people based on the number of |
| 1:49.6 | their views their posts receive? Unfortunately, I haven't been able to replicate those results since |
| 1:54.2 | then, but I wonder if there's a key or less that I can apply in some other way. Thanks Chris. |
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