One of the most reliable
ways to start generating some passive income in Nigeria is through WhatsApp TV.
Simply
increasing the number of people who see your WhatsApp status and engaging them
with beautiful video and text content.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ü What is a WhatsApp TV
ü How to start a WhatsApp TV in Nigeria
ü Essential tools you need when starting
aWhatsApp TV
ü WhatsApp Business
ü Brand Name
ü Logo
ü Status Saver
ü Gmail
ü How to grow your WhatsApp TV viewers
ü The 11 best tips to grow your WhatsApp
status views
ü Tell your friends
ü Advertise on other WhatsApp TV
ü Referral Contest
ü Advertise on WhatsApp groups
ü Social media paid advertisement
ü Share on Nairaland
ü Share on Social media
ü Partner with other WhatsApp TVs
ü Watermark your number on your posts
ü Host programs on WhatsApp
ü Bonus – Volunteer for WhatsApp groups
ü How to engage your WhatsApp TV audience
ü Post exiting content
ü Do chit-chat
ü Create a topic for discussion
ü Chat
ü How to generate money on your WhatsApp
TV
ü Advertisement
ü Affiliate marketing
ü Selling personal product
ü Network Marketing
ü Partnership
ü Conclusion
WHAT IS A WHATSAPP
TV
WhatsApp TVs are channels that
provide entertainment or education, and they post text and video content to
their statuses to engage their audience.
Owners of WhatsApp TV can make money by marketing their own brands, running
affiliate campaigns, or running advertisements.
HOW TO START A
WHATSAPP TV
Starting a WhatsApp TV in Nigeria does not
require any technical skills or knowledge whatsoever.
At least you aren’t paying for hosting, web
development, or any technician.
You already have the magic you need in your
WhatsApp application.
The only work you need to do is to seek people
to save your WhatsApp status while doing the same at your end
TOOLS YOU MUST
HAVE TO START A WHATSAPP TV
1. WhatsApp Business
I frequently advise anyone who wishes to join the WhatsApp TV
company to use WhatsApp company.
This does not preclude you from using the standard WhatsApp app.
No!
The key is that by utilizing all the distinctive capabilities,
WhatsApp Business makes it simple for you to communicate with your audience.
This contains Automated messaging, Label Chat, Quick Replies,
Business Profile, and Catalog Manager.
Save messages: To save messages with the aim of reusing them to answer frequently asked questions.
Quick replies: To reply to your audiences fast and ease as you will be getting
multiple enquiries
Labels: To label chats like new members, advertisers, affiliate
Automated Messaging: To send away messages when you are not online so that the people know you will still get back to them.
Catalogue Manager: to feature your advertisement packages,
including the price and conditions.
Business Profile: To brand yourself and stand out as a media
and advertisement platform.
2. Brand Name
Your WhatsApp TV needs a befitting name.
This can be your name or something interconnected
to your niche. You can also consider your nick—for example, insight.tv.
This makes it easy for people to memorize
your name and also recommend it to their friends
3. Logo
Logo severs as your brand identity.
Any time people see your WhatsApp TV logo on a post, they
will know that post belongs to you.
Creating a logo for your WhatsApp TV should not be hard at
all.
You can design a free logo with Canva. Or Hirea
professional logo designer at DigitalPud.
4. Status Saver
It would be best if you have multiple applications
and software to generate nice video files and pictures.
Applications like Status Saver help you to download
videos on Instagram, Twitter, and even other people’s WhatsApp statuses. Another
great application is Downloader for Instagram. You can download all these applications
directly on the Google play store and Apple Play.
5. G-mail
You need an email to save your thousands of contact
numbers directly. This will help you to save as much contact as you want to
without limitation. Plus, you can easily back up your contacts in case you
change your phone.
HOW TO INCREASE
YOUR WHATSAPP TV VIEWERS
Your WhatsApp TV is not qualified to be regarded
as a WhatsApp TV until you’ve attained a good number of daily WhatsApp status
views.
In fact, this is what qualify you to be
regarded as one. Getting people to join your WhatsApp TV is not something super
hard. So far, you have something exciting to offer you are good to go.
The 11 best tips to grow your WhatsApp status views
1. Tell your friends
Your WhatsApp friends are your first audience
when starting a WhatsApp TV.
All you have to do is buzz them and seek
their help to help you promote your WhatsApp TV.
You can also send a short broadcast to them and
ask them to help you to upload it on their status.
Here is a quick example:
“Hello fellas, I am starting a WhatsApp TV,
and I would like you to help me upload this
post on your status.
Thank you.
2. Advertise on other WhatsApp TV
It is said that advertisements will always generate
an amazing result for those who know the secret.
You can promote your WhatsApp TV on other WhatsApp
TVs with the kind of audiences interested in your TV. You can also use the
likes of Facebook or Instagram.
3. Referral Contest
I do not recommend this for a TV that has less than 300 contacts. But that doesn’t mean you still can’t do it.
The beauty of this is it will make it appear as if you are
giving back to your audience.
Meanwhile, on the other hand, you are getting something in
return. In fact, something more as you still get access to the contacts of
those who don’t win the contest.
As a matter of fact, this is my favorite method as you stand a chance to get thousands of new audiences at a minimal price. i.e., The price does not decide the result you will get.
4. Advertise on WhatsApp groups
You can also send a broadcast to WhatsApp groups inviting
people to come and join your WhatsApp tv.
Meanwhile, ensure you tell them what they stand to gain by
joining your WhatsApp TV. Here is an example:
“Hello, fellow Nigerians, have you ever heard of Chris TV?
A WhatsApp TV designed to provide insights on digital trends,
Entrepreneurship, businesses, career, lifestyle, and several others.
We also feature an entertainment gist on
Fridays where we show you all the freaky freaky.
Yep! Just click on the link below and send me a direct
message, including your name.
I will save your contact while you do the same.
5. Social
media paid advertisement
You
can also advertise your WhatsApp TV on other social media like Twitter,
Facebook, Instagram, etc.
You
can also advertise on Nairaland. There are thousands of people who are looking
for WhatsApp TV like yours.
Paid
advertisement helps you reach thousands of people at a very low price. You
should give it a trial.
6. Share
on Nairaland
Nairaland
is the largest forum in Nigeria, and it is one of the best ways to advertise
anything, especially things related to Nigeria.
And
the exciting thing is you don’t have to use paid ads.
Merely
dropping your WhatsApp link in popular trends will go a long way to generating
hundreds of audiences for you.
Meanwhile,
don’t over-spam, as your account is likely to be banned. And insight.ng will
not be held responsible whatsoever.
7. Share
on Social media
Sharing
your WhatsApp TV on social media also helps you to increase the number of
people that join your WhatsApp TV.
Platforms
like Twitter and Facebook are much easy to get people as they help you to embed
links in a post.
Plus,
most of your Facebook friends are more like your real friends. Joining you on
WhatsApp should not be something hard at all.
8. Partner
with other WhatsApp TVs
Naturally,
people have more than 3 – 4 WhatsApp TVs on their WhatsApp. Joining more is not
a big deal for them at all.
You
can partner with other WhatsApp TV as you both advertise for free on each other
status.
9. Watermark
your number on your posts
As a
WhatsApp TV, you will be posting several pictures and videos on your status.
Many
people will love some of these media files. And they will save it and reshare
on their WhatsApp status.
Adding
your WhatsApp number to the posts will make it easy for other people that come
across it to contact you and join your WhatsApp TV.
10. Host
programs on WhatsApp
Learn
how to host programs that will make many people contact you.
For
example, you can do 3 days programs on mini importation.
Ask
people to bring their friends and family, and you will be surprised by the
number of people that will troop in.
11. Bonus
– Volunteer for WhatsApp groups
If
your friends are doing a program on WhatsApp and you feel you are knowledgeable
in the area, offer them your help. Just like every WhatsApp influencer.
You
can also do a short 2 hours lecture in the group and ask people who are
interested to come to your DM.
From
there, you have hundreds of new people who are looking forward to learning
something from you. Thus, more status views.
How to engage your WhatsApp TV audience
As
your WhatsApp TV start growing, you might need some techniques on how to engage
with the thousands of people on your WhatsApp contact.
The following tips should be of great
help.
1. Post
exiting content
Posting
content that your audience can relate to is a great way to engage your WhatsApp
TV audience.
You
can also upload short memes, etc. but ensure the pictures or videos are related
to what your TV is about
2. Do
Giveaway
We all
love free gift, right?
Yeah,
including those on your WhatsApp TV. You can do an airtime giveaway on your
WhatsApp status.
Your
status viewers will love it, and they will always look forward to more. Thus,
more status views. We also do this on our WhatsApp TV Channel.
3. Do
chit-chat
What
does this mean?
You
can chat with a hundred audience by adding them in a broadcast.
Just
send “hi” and wait for some minutes.
Send
“How are you? I hope your day is going well?”
Give
it some minutes and say
“I am
doing just great too! I just want to say “hi”
Goodness!
You do not know how real that cheat chatting looks!
Yep, I
invent it! And the truth is those who didn’t reply to your message within the
time frame will still not know it is an automated message.
4. Create
a topic for discussion
You
can create some interesting topics and seek their feedback.
Put
this on your WhatsApp status to appreciate their contribution.
5. Chat
Yeah,
you can also chat with your audience.
You
can also relate with them if you are free. You aren’t a robot. It would be best
if you enjoyed chatting on the norm.
And
there are great people on your list. Please get to know them.
How to
generate money on your WhatsApp TV
There
are several ways you can earn money in this business; however, the following
will be of great help
1. Advertisement
Advertisement
is the primary way to make money on your WhatsApp TV.
As you
grow your status viewers, many people will be interested in promoting their
business via your status.
Advertisement
price is often based on your number of status views. Most popular WhatsApp TV
charge 50:00kobo per status view. That means a WhatsApp TV with about 6,000
daily status views can charge N3,000 per Ad.
Please
note that no one has set a standard price for WhatsApp TV advertisements. You
can always fix your price yourself.
2. Affiliate
marketing
Affiliate
marketing is another super dope way of making money on via your WhatsApp
status.
You
can partner with brands and get a commission on each person that registers
through your link. Insight.TV does this a lot.
And it
is one primary means of generating money, as our audience is more targeted. Our
advertisement price might not sit well with everyone.
3. Selling
personal product
This
is another fantastic way to earn money via your WhatsApp TV. You already have a
broad audience; selling to them will not be something hard.
Interestingly,
you get more conversions than people who advertise on your platform because you
understand your audience better. And they also probably trust you more.
4. Network
Marketing
This
might be for you if you are a fan of network marketing. A trending Network
marketing these days is Tradera!
I
mean, you can earn super well in this kind of package as you have direct access
to thousands of people.
5. Partnership
You
can partner with different blogs, vlogs and several others by generating an
audience to their blogs and getting a particular percentage from it.
For
example, insight.TV is in close partnership with insight.ng, and by agreement,
we pay them a portion of our monthly income. i.e., as the blog grows, they
grow, and vice versa for them too.
Conclusion
Starting
a WhatsApp TV is amusing, especially for someone who wants to start making
money online.
However, ensure you prioritize everyone on your WhatsApp and treat them accordingly.