Hi Nathan,

Cold calling works, but what are you cold calling about? Are you calling businesses to have them sign you as a social media marketer?

If you are managing a business' social media marketing campaign, $1000/month is the low end of the spectrum. Maybe you're thinking too small and not giving yourself enough credit.

Research how to become an effective social media marketer and you will likely come across some great content by people you will recognize in the industry. There are many people out there with very little experience who are making $1000/month from 10 different businesses. Many businesses in all kinds of industries are not capitalizing on the huge potential of social media.

If you're having trouble proving yourself, create a social media marketing business plan customized for each business you approach. Show them what some ads could look like. Sample posts and promotions on IG, FB, LinkedIN, Twitter etc. Show them how you will engage with their potential customers and explain how you can turn them into buyers. Show them the exposure you can provide to their business. "This is how I will showcase your business to 20,000 followers (or 5,000 additional local followers) who will learn about your business and what you do" What business owner wouldn't want that?

Think about how much the business is probably spending on radio ads, color print ads, flyers, posters, banners, branding etc. $1000/month on social media marketing is not a lot and if done correctly, has a much higher ROI than other forms of advertising.

It's not easy to measure ROI though from social media marketing (or any specific form of marketing) because you nor the business owner will have any idea who bought something BECAUSE they saw the business on social media. You can run promotions that force customers to bring in a voucher for a discount or freebie to gauge social engagement, but it still doesn't provide accurate data. Therefore, I would not discuss ROI in the pitch.

A business owner should know and understand the basics of a successful social media presence. If they don't, discussing ROI with them won't matter because they won't believe you. Move on. How many businesses do you need to hire you at $500 or $1000/month to make a great living? And like I said, this is the low end of the price range.

Hope this helps you a little bit.

Mark

Do a good internet research. Analyze, take notes and monetize that. This is the best answer i can give to you.

Bars, Hotels, anything in the Tourism industry, Fashion stores/brands.
Even niches like Fishing, Hiking, Outdoors, Hunting, Cars, etc.

If the product/service is interesting, then it can be promoted via images.

Cold calling not always work as we expect, its a hit or miss thing & personally haven't got such results from it, although it happened in my case, it doesn't mean it can happen with you also, take a shot if you want to.

Instagram is a part of social media.People use Instagram to promote their brand.

On Instagram you can do any kind of business, we helped our client to promote forex and it works perfectly.

I think businesses all over the world are using Instagram to promote their brand, products etc. By creating some great Instagram ads, running contests and giveaways etc your business can achieve great results with Instagram.

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Instagram is best to get social traffic as well as to get marketability...

I think it's e-commerce.

Honestly, there's nothing wrong in just concentrating on one niche and one platform. If you're really passionate about a certain niche and already know a lot about it and are motivated to constantly learn more about it.

At least that way you can hone your skills to near perfection and you will stand out with your offer because you know exactly what to do with your information and how to get the best results for the niche.

There are so many other industries that benefit using Instagram and when you think about it, there are not many industries that do not benefit from Instagram.

Health and fitness is a huge industry and at the top of the pile on Instagram followed with beauty, travel, business/making money online, fashion, luxury/lifestyle, etc. The possibilities are endless.

Trying to provide ROI to your clients is near impossible unless you can track sales on their page through Facebook pixel when running Instagram ads. I'd advise you to concentrate on other metrics depending on what they have done before with marketing. It all comes down to whether you can bring them value or not.

If you are doing restaurants, you could track reservations, but only if they have an online reservation system in place. And if they don't, try to make them get one and you can even help them find a suitable one.

I am currently managing two local fast food restaurant's social media (FB & IG) and charge both $2000/month. They don't really have any reservation systems so I'm mainly just posting pictures and engage with their clients, answering questions etc. and occasionally running paid ads when they open new locations or run special offers/giveaways.

Cold calling and cold emailing works great. It just sucks in the beginning if you're not good at it. I don't like doing that personally, but you got to do what you got to do to get things rolling.

Cold calling works if you get clear on it.

IG niches; sports, travel, lifestyle, work at home moms.

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You can do any kind of business on insta

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Instagram can promote almost anything, it's also a source of free traffic. Try looking into "influencer marketing" through Instagram. You'll be surprised by what Instagram can do.

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But there is always trap: if instagram will fall, you will fall too. So you need site and other soc. med., twitter atleats.

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Health and lifestyle, espically concerning new trends. I know it's somewhat food related but new diets are big on instagram - not so much in the food and recipe sense but for information about associated health benefits

Cold calling is a b*tch. :9(

I would highly recommend content marketing over cold calling. Why not use your mad Insta skills and find business owners that way? Then you can show off and it is an easier sell when you talk to these business owners.

Focus on engagement over follower count.

Best wishes! Rock it B-)

There are a lot of industries that can benefit from Instagram exposure but I think the best place would be to market yourself FIRST on Instagram. This can help give you a portfolio you can add to your cold calling and help establish a baselines for the ROI you'll be pitching to businesses.

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You can market almost anything on Instagram. I have seen Internet Marketing even marketed on Instagram. If you find an "influencer" in your niche you are good as gold.

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very cool, thx

Leisure, pets, travel, events, nightlife, fashion, clothes, jewelry, luxury...

Mostly Travel and Tourism Industry will be get benefited...

With Best Wishes
hookrooms

thanks for sharing with us, social media always helpful for exposure

sale $1,000+/month? whay???

Start building yourself as a brand or an "influencer" as they say. I still work with Instagram influencers (micro influencers) on a weekly basis and I'm getting good results. Influencers aren't only having a large following base, they need to have the actual "influence".

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