Of course, I am not nearly talented enough to pull that off. My current content is just plain, boring, goofy stuff. But I am a bit creative at times. Who knows? I could pull off a video that goes viral one of these days.
It happens!
Granted, to be fair, it is not likely. I am just a 50-year old nobody who does a bit of writing and has a few songs I've released—none of which will have me getting my door knocked down by the Washington Post to write some articles for them or initiate getting a message from Shonda Rhimes to spin one of my songs on one of her popular TV shows.
One thing I do over there is to Go Live, and for whatever that's worth every time I do that, I tend to gain a few more followers each time. If I reach enough people perhaps it is just a matter of time before I default to that many followers?
And what about that video content? I can do a lot of stuff I suppose that could be considered at least remotely entertaining. We camp, the wife and I for example. Why not post some camping videos? Especially camping folly videos—those can actually be a bit funny. Or I can do informative things something like what I do with some of my writing.
Maybe that captures a few eyeballs?
I can see it now. Marcus Lemonis contacts me to do some Camping World ads. Or, perhaps I do some financial advice stuff and J.P. Morgan Chase contacts me—all with big money in hand of course.
Ah, the sweetness of the idea of it. Joining the ranks of some of the top paid TikTokers, raking in millions of dollars per year for their video content. Or going live and having viewers lob gobs of Galaxy gifts my way just because they like hearing me talk so much. I mean, let's not discount that a Galaxy thrown at you is worth $10 in real money, folks.
And let's face it, when it comes to the money side of things, people just gift you. And they don't even necessarily need a very good reason to do it. It's part of their fun and game with the whole thing. Even having gone live only a handful of times so far, I have already been able to rake in a whopping $15, and that's saying something since I don't feel like I have done much, if anything at all, to get it.
I was just there. Live and talking. That's it.
Besides, I am telling you, while I am close, I have been wanting to retire to the good life anyway and maybe getting to a million followers might let me do it. Even if I don't achieve the golden level of Paid Creator, with a million followers I could still walk away with a handful of potential loot simply be being gifted from people stopping in for a quick peek at what I am talking about.
In fact, someone I know made $57,000 last year just doing live events alone—he really doesn't have any videos at all, but he does have quite a few followers.
All the money stuff aside, I suppose just getting to a million followers would be enough for me. Just something as a goal to shoot for, you know? Just to see if I can actually achieve it. Just to see if a little old me is able to actually pull it off.
One never knows. Stranger things have happened, and I am not talking about the popular TV show.
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