Wisconsin social media creators earn living as content creators, including UW-Green Bay alumna

A Green Bay woman’s weight loss journey launched an Instagram business.A Waunakee mother of three turned a blog for family and friends into a full-time social media career, while a Kenosha father sold his insurance company to go full-time on YouTube. A University of Wisconsin-Parkside student dropped out of college to make TikToks and a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate teaches other creators how to make successful YouTube videos. The rise of social media has brought with it the rise of content creators and influencers, people who are able to earn money and grow a following through posting content on YouTube, Instagram, Twitch, TikTok and other social platforms. As of October 2020, there were more than 50 million content creators globally, and 2 million of them were earning six-figure salaries, Forbes reported.

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