6 Essential social media platforms to be successful on Onlyfans
Since the onset of covid-19 late last year and the inevitable tsunami of job losses that followed, thousands of men and women around the world have signed up and become content creators on onlyfans.
Now, onlyfans is mainly known for its nsfw content but it also hosts many other types of content ranging from yoga classes to cooking blogs. The majority of new users are in the nsfw bracket. Most people sign up with the notion that they're in to make a quick buck and in some cases they are but since the pandemic, the market for adult content has been oversaturated so you really need to stand out to gain new followers. If you're in it for the long haul you will soon realize that it takes a lot of work behind the scenes to maintain your success on the platform.
To be blunt, when starting out on onlyfans you will be more successful if you already have a large social media following, but that doesn't mean that you can’t create a following while building your content. Most creators are small and have success with 40+ patrons. You don't need to have 400 fans to make money on there, a little can amount to a lot if you know what you're doing.
Let’s start off with the most popular social media platforms used to advertise content creators:
Twitter was the premier app to advertise your profile on when onlyfans started gaining popularity. It has no nudity ban so you can post nsfw pictures with no repercussions. It's also a good place to make connections with other creators and get potential shoutouts from people with a bigger following than your own. This has proven a pretty effective way to gain new followers although most people charge a small fee for the favor.
Instagram is an effective way to advertise as you can post “Thirst traps” and most people value a visual representation of what they're buying into. It's unlikely that you will turn all of your followers into paying subs but it helps that they can get a taste of what they're missing so even down the line there is always potential to gain new fans. The downsides to Instagram are you can quite easily be flagged for adult content and your profile removed so when posting remember to edit pics to cover the dreaded nipples of the devil. Also using #onlyfans will potentially get you shadowbanned so the safest way to link to your profile is to add a linktree in your bio and redirect fans through there.
Youtube
Youtube is a video hosting platform for anything and everything. People have been using it to promote their Onlyfans by creating review videos of their experience on the app, earnings, strategy, and storytimes. It's a good platform to promote on as it has a huge reach and people are genuinely curious about the inner workings of Onlyfans and the people that make money from it. Men/women will post their clip and in the description box underneath the player, they will add in their Onlyfans link for potential new subs to click through. Youtube will be useful if you have no issues with revealing your identity but if you prefer to remain anonymous it probably won’t be much help. An alternative approach would be to comment your link underneath the videos related to onlyfans content as the people searching these videos are already interested in onlyfans.
Facebook is known the world over and is a great place to market yourself. If you want anonymity it may not be the right fit but many people get by just fine without ever showing their faces in their content. Facebook also has the advantage of creating ads and redirecting people to your page and in turn to your onlyfans. I would recommend taking one of the free google garage courses on google ads and then creating a small campaign to start yourself off on Facebook. Full nudity will probably get you reported so it's best to keep things sexy but err on the side of caution. By creating an ad on Facebook you can target certain audiences, age categories, and countries. It's also helpful to join similar groups and follow/add creators similar to what you want to put out there. By doing this you can get information on their facebook audience and target the same successful market.
Snapchat
Snapchat is an image sharing social media app. Snap premium has been doing the rounds lately and has proven very fruitful for some creators. It can be used in conjunction with onlyfans or completely separate as you may have different audiences. Snapchat premium is a regular snapchat account that a creator uses to sell/broadcast personal sexual imagery through the snapchat story feature. You can also use the dm feature to create custom content for fans in exchange for your subscription fee.
Reddit is one of the newer places that creators have started to advertise their wares. Reddit has a huge reach and has subreddits for almost every subject imaginable and many creators get the majority of their subscribers from the platform. Reddit is made up of subreddits. Each of these subreddits has its own subject/niche. They also have a set list of rules for posting within the groups, so make sure when posting that advertising is allowed otherwise you will be moderated by a bot. Reddit has an advantage over platforms as you can post in subreddits in your particular niche where you already have a ready-made audience of people potentially interested in your content. My main tips for using Reddit are:
-find your niche
-post regularly
-respond to comments and show some personality as you have your own profile page.
-don't respond to DMs from Redditors within the platform, instead, have a pinned post with your onlyfans link on your profile page.
If you are trying to stay anonymous Reddit may be the perfect platform for you. Its recommended that you use an alternate name on Reddit to keep friends/acquaintances from linking it back to your other socials.
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