# Help me become an influencer **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 21, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358 "2021-03-21T18:48:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358/21 "2021-03-21T22:26:44Z")
Can you Photoshop cat ears and glitter all over yourself? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358/22 "2021-03-21T23:37:26Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Do you also have a big red L on your forehead too? For Loser. No, the “Loser” symbol is a hand in an **L** shape on your forehead. A **red L** means “Learner”, or n00b, and started as **Learner** stickers on cars, which were big red **L** s. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358/23 "2021-03-21T23:46:22Z")
Exactly. My entire bio on FB is: **listener and learner** ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358/24 "2021-03-21T23:47:11Z")
Pssh. Who needs Photoshop? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358/25 "2021-03-22T01:31:03Z")
Influencers don’t deliver one-line replies to indeterminate posts further upthread. Correction: _Successful_ Influencers don’t … ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358/26 "2021-03-22T01:39:17Z")
Whew. Good thing I haven’t done that then! Thanks for the pointer! (You’ll note that all my replies either show who they’re replying to, or immediately follow the post in question.) ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358/27 "2021-03-22T02:06:48Z")
You need to ask some questions if you are going to be successful in this venture. Look at the 5 W’s first: Who are you trying to reach? What do you have to offer that people would take time to watch your content? Where do you build your content? Outside, in a lab, in front of a mirror? Why are you doing this? When: How long do you want to spend building your reputation? Everyone who is trying to be an influencer is looking to sell something and that immediately makes people suspicious. Make no mistake, that being a Youtuber is a job, like any other job, and you have to put in the hours wisely to be successful at it. Mary Spender has a few videos on this aspect, it’s a good place to start. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358/28 "2021-03-22T04:04:17Z")
1. Everyone 2. I’m impossible to look away from 3. Everywhere 4. Because 5. None Hope that helps! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358/29 "2021-03-22T14:59:24Z")
Well, you’ve influenced me. I can’t wait to use the phrase “Everywhere Because None”. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358/30 "2021-03-22T15:14:10Z")
Just saw a documentary on that, a few young people tried to become influencers. The one that succeeded just did what the consultants and advisors told her to do. The others wanted to be known for their real selves. A successful influencer is just a prop used for marketing. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358/31 "2021-03-22T15:45:55Z")
Well…Good Luck. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358/32 "2021-03-22T16:54:14Z")
Crap, is luck involved? I’m screwed. I thought you could just decide to be an influencer, like you can decide to be an NBA star, or a pro gamer, which is my nephew’s plan for the future. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358/33 "2021-03-22T17:46:38Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > - Everyone > - I’m impossible to look away from > - Everywhere > - Because > - None I think those are the right answers. You just need handlers. Do whatever they say. It’s like those montages where they steal a garden gnome and take pictures of it all over the world and you’ll be the gnome. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358/34 "2021-03-22T18:19:29Z")
Must be nearly four year ago that I wanted to become a big [influenza](https://schumanchu.eu/html/r1/r1_00106.html) too, but then a new virus came along and beat me to it. If I understood it right, his secret is the ability to replicate really fast with slight random changes. Keep on repeating yourself! And again! And again! And… ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358/35 "2021-03-22T18:56:49Z")
I love how we have a generation with watered-down titles just by inserting a web site to the job description: > Any…how, so, I’m an Instagram Model…? > Moi? An _auteur…_ well, a YouTube film director. > Yeah well, I kind of have a girlfriend, and she’s a host of her own show … on, umm, CamGirlWhoaHowdy dot com… (that last one was actually uttered by a middle-age divorced neighbor, though I don’t remember the web site) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358/36 "2021-03-22T22:43:04Z")
Influencing can be serious and non-serious. You can pull in about $35,000/month, but you have to like what you do. And be really positive. When I influence, I do it on an anonymous youtube channel that _might_ involve peanut butter sandwiches. (hint, hint). Being vaccuous isn’t 100% necessary, but if you can demonstrate a wilingness to “come out of your shell”, a little, by showing a windswept, teflon imperviousness to the hataz, that’s half the battle in foisting your brand. Do you pluck your eyebrows? No? Get the fuck on that. Now. Do you like using the expression “BAE”? Really, I could go on, but I don’t want to sound all webinar-y. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358/37 "2021-03-23T07:03:35Z")
As someone said, “Influencer” is such a sinister-sounding term. It’s like “Royal Advisor” without the sexiness. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358/38 "2021-03-28T04:41:43Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Not sure if that was just an oops or you intended to be transphobic? Neither. Kendall and Bruce (now Caitlyn) are related. At least among my generation, more have heard of Bruce than Kendall. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-become-an-influencer/938358.md?page=1)