didn't tell me I needed to become a Brand, either, but apparently that's where we've ended up.

Celebrity for celebrity sake will be the end of us all.

This is just one of the avenues.

They shill (i.e. promote a product), they get paid. It is kind of like creating websites/web content for products and services you personally don't use, yet you get paid for for said work. Not a lot of difference, really.

You don't know me. Obviously.

it's selling.

range of businesses that offer a wide range of products and services. From Scrap metal recyclers, Lawyers and plastic surgeons to heating and air conditioning companies, real estate brokers, and roofing companies. I'm not shilling for their products. Instead, I describe the products and services without any hype so people can decide for themselves whether to patronize that company.

When I needed a new furnace for my house, I purchased it and had it installed by a company whose website I had worked on. They gave me a $300 discount off the $3100 cost for the furnace and installation. In reality, they gave that discount to almost every customer, so it was not really a benefit of writing their website. I got paid for that at my rates. Their products and services were as described on the website. I don't need a plastic surgeon, and already have an attorney. I have turned down many projects because I thought the company was not completely ethical. I have turned down companies because they were scammers. I never accepted any work that involved hype, dishonesty or exaggeration.

Nothing I have written in my entire career has been hype. Nothing. When I reviewed software programs, I tested them thoroughly and reported on my findings. My customers were the readers of the magazines I wrote for, not the software publishers. I was paid by the magazine, not the software companies. My editors expected objective reviews and I gave them exactly that. If I hadn't, I wouldn't have worked in that business.

So, you're way off base with your not so subtle dig at me.

existed when you were choosing what to do for a living. If there is someway I can become the YouTube Influencer for 60 somethings and monetize the position I will do so in a hot second. It seems better than WalMart Greeter.

The competition in that category is fierce, though.

is going to be expanding my audience beyond persons sharing my DNA. If I do start to influence fashion get ready for Beyonce and Lady Gaga to be wearing three button pull over shirts and khakis. I think that's how it works anyway.

Do you think that might work?

such a formal look, but I really admire someone with the fashion forwardness to pull it off. Mark this day for posterity you and I are probably only 100,000 selfies or so away from being Internet Famous.

but taking a new technology and making money off it, is not one of them. I say, good for them. I watch a lot of sewing influencers, and it has been brought youngsters to a embrace a dying craft.

If you look at what even the average “influencer” makes, it’s not even a livable wage. That’s talking about .001% of YouTube content creators, which might be generous.

The top YouTubers make millions of dollars, sure. However, for every success, there are thousands of channels that never took off, or have at best 10,000 subscribers if they’re extremely lucky. You never hear about them, because most of them are ambitious people presenting to a metaphorical empty theater. Success seems to be some skill and mostly luck.

YouTube is something you do in your spare time. You won’t make any money off it. If you do, you’re extremely lucky. Almost everybody who doesn’t do it for fun gets frustrated and gives up - if you don’t create content for the love of it, you’ll be highly disappointed.

Who are the top 10 Instagram earners in 2018?
The youngest Kardashian-Jenner sister tops the list with a whopping US$1 million per sponsored post.

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people-events/article/2157586/who-are-top-10-instagram-earners-2018