Journey to $100k as an AI Influencer

neoplexer said:

So, at this moment in time, ...I feel like a complete idiot.

I have already invested countless hours into model creation, refinement, PS touch-ups, content creation worth hundreds of IG- and 20-30 Fanvue posts, as well as about 10 packs worthy of PPV offers. All turned out top-notch and I've even confirmed the validity of my model (including authenticity/photorealism) by getting random opinions from uninvolved strangers.

I was convinced enough I might have a winner on my hands to just go ahead with the account creation, now that I have enough high-quality content to post. I wanted to start interacting organically as early as possible, for a start.

It seems now my journey has come to a complete stop, before it even started.

I'm a complete noob regarding IG ...and I seem unable to create even the first account needed (I was planning on creating 3, for 3 different models, as I have enough time on my hands to run this project manually full-time, if I can make it work and there's any chance for it to pay-off accordingly, ofc).

Here's the situation: I had 2 unrelated IG-accounts on my phone already (creative usernames, no "person" usernames), both of which have no bio, no content, NO NAME ...and I only recently started using them to learn IG a bit. 2-step verified both accounts with Authenticator. Both accounts were created about 8 years ago, using e-mail, if I remember correctly. I suppose they were associated with each other, as I was accessing both accounts from within the IG-app on the same phone.

I was hoping I could just "create a new account" from within the app, after I had just created a fresh Google account for my model. I chose to register with her NAME and my phone number (as I believed the number was still unknown to IG). I'm actually even on a new phone (but my same, personal Apple-ID, ofc).

My attempt resulted with an "Error" warning, with no further information given. Upon trying the registration again, I got something to the effect of "Username already taken. Please choose another name.". When I tried to log in to check if the account had indeed been created, I was greeted with "Your account has been disabled for violating our terms: <linkt to TOS>".

To make matters worse, I've tried the same process again, via the browser on my iPhone (Safari), only to get the exact same result. So now I've basically wasted the 2 most suitable usernames for my model and have ZERO clue on how to even create the much needed accounts.

Also, ...IF the term violated was "impersonation" related, I also have ZERO clue as to how IG could have safely assumed the iPhone user NOT to be my model's name. Yes, I used a unique name with no prior search results on Google and it's own fresh Google account.

Had I used a browser to create the account from my computer, using my model's gmail, ...what would have happened upon attempting to add this account to the app on my phone???

Anyone is welcome to tell me how stupid I am (because it's probably true) as long as you also want to chime in with some enlightening words of hope, or encouragement. . I'm not ready to give up just yet.

@Plastic Bowl Would you be so kind as to share how those accounts of yours were created (safely)?

THANKS IN ADVANCE ! ! !

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neoplexer said:

So, at this moment in time, ...I feel like a complete idiot.

I have already invested countless hours into model creation, refinement, PS touch-ups, content creation worth hundreds of IG- and 20-30 Fanvue posts, as well as about 10 packs worthy of PPV offers. All turned out top-notch and I've even confirmed the validity of my model (including authenticity/photorealism) by getting random opinions from uninvolved strangers.

I was convinced enough I might have a winner on my hands to just go ahead with the account creation, now that I have enough high-quality content to post. I wanted to start interacting organically as early as possible, for a start.

It seems now my journey has come to a complete stop, before it even started.

I'm a complete noob regarding IG ...and I seem unable to create even the first account needed (I was planning on creating 3, for 3 different models, as I have enough time on my hands to run this project manually full-time, if I can make it work and there's any chance for it to pay-off accordingly, ofc).

Here's the situation: I had 2 unrelated IG-accounts on my phone already (creative usernames, no "person" usernames), both of which have no bio, no content, NO NAME ...and I only recently started using them to learn IG a bit. 2-step verified both accounts with Authenticator. Both accounts were created about 8 years ago, using e-mail, if I remember correctly. I suppose they were associated with each other, as I was accessing both accounts from within the IG-app on the same phone.

I was hoping I could just "create a new account" from within the app, after I had just created a fresh Google account for my model. I chose to register with her NAME and my phone number (as I believed the number was still unknown to IG). I'm actually even on a new phone (but my same, personal Apple-ID, ofc).

My attempt resulted with an "Error" warning, with no further information given. Upon trying the registration again, I got something to the effect of "Username already taken. Please choose another name.". When I tried to log in to check if the account had indeed been created, I was greeted with "Your account has been disabled for violating our terms: <linkt to TOS>".

To make matters worse, I've tried the same process again, via the browser on my iPhone (Safari), only to get the exact same result. So now I've basically wasted the 2 most suitable usernames for my model and have ZERO clue on how to even create the much needed accounts.

Also, ...IF the term violated was "impersonation" related, I also have ZERO clue as to how IG could have safely assumed the iPhone user NOT to be my model's name. Yes, I used a unique name with no prior search results on Google and it's own fresh Google account.

Had I used a browser to create the account from my computer, using my model's gmail, ...what would have happened upon attempting to add this account to the app on my phone???

Anyone is welcome to tell me how stupid I am (because it's probably true) as long as you also want to chime in with some enlightening words of hope, or encouragement. . I'm not ready to give up just yet.

@Plastic Bowl Would you be so kind as to share how those accounts of yours were created (safely)?

THANKS IN ADVANCE ! ! !

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Plastic Bowl said:

Hi everyone!

I've had a five figure exit from one of my journeys here, I sold my Keto-based affiliate site after I was done with it and used it to fund other opportunities. So I figured it was time to do another one and this time set a goal for a six figure gain. I'm a software developer by profession, but been doing marketing as my passion/side business since 2012 or so. Most of my projects have been around using bots/automation to drive traffic from social media to my sites. This time I'm taking a different approach. 100% whitehat, no bots, no coding, just pure social media marketing. With that introduction out of the way, let's get into the journey!

So this isn't a fresh journey, I have been doing this almost five months now and do have earnings which we'll get into shortly. I created an AI model off a random idea I saw on Reddit while exploring automating AI images for a blog idea I had. Needless to say, once I saw the kind of images you could create I shelved the blog idea and dove in headfirst to try out this new idea. I learned how to use a local installation of Stable Diffusion to create a girl with a consistent face and body type. I'd say I probably spent a week just trying new things before eventually finding settings I like. If anyone is wondering, the UI I went with is Comfy UI though I see a lot of fellow influencers use A111.

Once I had a girl created that I liked and thought was marketable, I started up an Instagram account. I didn't really expect much traction, especially since I quickly found out there are A LOT of AI influencers out there. Growth was slow at first, but quickly picked up as I networked with other girls and used the social media growth tactics I had been using on other accounts for years. I think my first 1k followers took about a month, but the next 1k took two weeks or so. I reached 10k followers somewhere between my second and third month (IG insights suck, so hard to know exactly when things happened). I also have a Twitter that has grown roughly half as quickly as my IG. I'd say 70-80% of the traffic to my paid sites is from IG though.

My current growth is around 300-500 new followers on IG per day with occasional spikes of 1k+, while Twitter is basically totally random.

I won't get into specific follower numbers here, but let's talk ballpark and look at where I am currently.
IG Followers: 40k-50k
Twitter Followers: 15-25k

So let's get into the good stuff, monetization! My influencer is monetized by selling adult content on Patreon and Fanvue (OnlyFans alternative that allows AI models).

My Patreon makes around $2.5k-$3k per month. My Fanvue makes around $1k per month. I also recently released a chatbot that has made me around $300 in a month. I also make money from tips that make up around $6k of the total earnings so far.

Total Earnings: $25k

So not a bad start to the journey when I'm 1/4th of the way to the goal! I'm hoping to be close to $100k by the end of 2024 and I think I'm on pace to make it. Hoping to document more of the process here and also use this journey to help keep me honest and motivated like I did with my last journey. Open to answering questions within reason too, so ask away!

Feels good to actively be back on BHW, missed you guys.

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Mike Hawk said:

@Plastic Bowl @DStiles or anyone else doing this AI insta model thing. I have a weird thing that keeps happening to me. These (I guess?) real girls from Instagram and OnlyFans keep messaging me on IG to ask how much I would charge them to my Patreon or Fanvue memberships. What is this? It has to be a ploy right? What are they wanting a membership to my AI images for when they themselves are real girls?

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Mike Hawk said:

@Plastic Bowl @DStiles or anyone else doing this AI insta model thing. I have a weird thing that keeps happening to me. These (I guess?) real girls from Instagram and OnlyFans keep messaging me on IG to ask how much I would charge them to my Patreon or Fanvue memberships. What is this? It has to be a ploy right? What are they wanting a membership to my AI images for when they themselves are real girls?

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Elthibert said:

the easiest way is to buy Instagram accounts from platforms like accsmarket. Ig is a nightmare to create another account if you ve used your phone number too many times. Same for twitter etc. Just buy an account. it's like 20 cents lol. You must buy cryptos though, it's not really complicated just watch a tutorial on youtube. ANy services related to smma / black hat / accounts buy etc is in crypto

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Mike Hawk said:

@Plastic Bowl @DStiles or anyone else doing this AI insta model thing. I have a weird thing that keeps happening to me. These (I guess?) real girls from Instagram and OnlyFans keep messaging me on IG to ask how much I would charge them to my Patreon or Fanvue memberships. What is this? It has to be a ploy right? What are they wanting a membership to my AI images for when they themselves are real girls?

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Elthibert said:

Weird indeed im curious to know. Are you doing it blackhat way using faceswap of other girls (maybe those specific girls that are messaging you ?) I don't know maybe if you are doing faceswap of existing girls on instagram, they want to see if the private content you re selling is also their content, to sue you maybe ? I don't know if it's even possible with ai

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eetFuk said:

You mean DM's like "hey babe, how much is your fanvue/patreon price?"
They are trying to sell paid promo, they gonna offer you subs for a price, I don't trust on them, actually I don't trust on any of that stuff, I never have paid promo so I'm not 100% sure of that, but I'm not gonna risk my money on it.

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DStiles said:

That's an interesting situation, as I haven't experienced that yet. My guess is that if they're real girls coming from OnlyFans or Fanvue, they might see that you might be successful and want to ask you personally what your prices are, so that they can adapt your prices to their tiers on their pages.

The Fanvue accounts more than likely are using AI models, so these are dudes more than likely who want to get a good idea of your prices. I'm assuming you have your pages linked in your bio, so I don't know why they just won't visit your page themselves and see what your prices are.

You should message them back just to see what they want, but be careful too.

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Mike Hawk said:

Yea exactly like that. Well I've gotten these DMs from promo accounts like "AiPromo" lmao or whatever the hell. I don't trust them. I had one girl who is an OF model for real, she asked for Story 4 Story, I did hers but she has yet to do mine. Kind of crappy.

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Next Hubz Limited said:

now a days, AI journey is tricky. Best of luck always

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Plastic Bowl said:

Hi everyone!

I've had a five figure exit from one of my journeys here, I sold my Keto-based affiliate site after I was done with it and used it to fund other opportunities. So I figured it was time to do another one and this time set a goal for a six figure gain. I'm a software developer by profession, but been doing marketing as my passion/side business since 2012 or so. Most of my projects have been around using bots/automation to drive traffic from social media to my sites. This time I'm taking a different approach. 100% whitehat, no bots, no coding, just pure social media marketing. With that introduction out of the way, let's get into the journey!

So this isn't a fresh journey, I have been doing this almost five months now and do have earnings which we'll get into shortly. I created an AI model off a random idea I saw on Reddit while exploring automating AI images for a blog idea I had. Needless to say, once I saw the kind of images you could create I shelved the blog idea and dove in headfirst to try out this new idea. I learned how to use a local installation of Stable Diffusion to create a girl with a consistent face and body type. I'd say I probably spent a week just trying new things before eventually finding settings I like. If anyone is wondering, the UI I went with is Comfy UI though I see a lot of fellow influencers use A111.

Once I had a girl created that I liked and thought was marketable, I started up an Instagram account. I didn't really expect much traction, especially since I quickly found out there are A LOT of AI influencers out there. Growth was slow at first, but quickly picked up as I networked with other girls and used the social media growth tactics I had been using on other accounts for years. I think my first 1k followers took about a month, but the next 1k took two weeks or so. I reached 10k followers somewhere between my second and third month (IG insights suck, so hard to know exactly when things happened). I also have a Twitter that has grown roughly half as quickly as my IG. I'd say 70-80% of the traffic to my paid sites is from IG though.

My current growth is around 300-500 new followers on IG per day with occasional spikes of 1k+, while Twitter is basically totally random.

I won't get into specific follower numbers here, but let's talk ballpark and look at where I am currently.
IG Followers: 40k-50k
Twitter Followers: 15-25k

So let's get into the good stuff, monetization! My influencer is monetized by selling adult content on Patreon and Fanvue (OnlyFans alternative that allows AI models).

My Patreon makes around $2.5k-$3k per month. My Fanvue makes around $1k per month. I also recently released a chatbot that has made me around $300 in a month. I also make money from tips that make up around $6k of the total earnings so far.

Total Earnings: $25k

So not a bad start to the journey when I'm 1/4th of the way to the goal! I'm hoping to be close to $100k by the end of 2024 and I think I'm on pace to make it. Hoping to document more of the process here and also use this journey to help keep me honest and motivated like I did with my last journey. Open to answering questions within reason too, so ask away!

Feels good to actively be back on BHW, missed you guys.

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Mike Hawk said:

I have a Link Tree link in my IG bio. So you can straight up see my Twitter, FV, and Patreon. Unless they are just wicked lazy lmao. Or dumb LOL.

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