What To Do When Your Friend Decides To Be An Influencer
“I can’t believe we get paid to drink champagne and write two sentences about it on Instagram...!!”
Micro? Macro? Size doesn’t matter.
Today we present to you the hottest career that everyone can’t stop talking about: (Micro)Influencers! Remember the good old days when our parents would disown us if we weren’t doctors and lawyers, and then after, it was cool to work in a tech company? Now it’s official: that is some old 2000 and late bullshit.
It is inevitable that you’re going to be friends with at least one influencer. In fact, we may never know how many around us have made that brave decision until we get slapped with a good ole' discount code.
But are you unsure of how to react? Here are some tips on how to cope when your friend decides to “monetize that desire” for some instagram likes!
Commend them for their bravery
Your first instinct is to congratulate and show them that they have your support. In fact, you’re torn between feeling sour/salty/bitter if they achieve Fame, Fortune, Free stuff, and Fans (also known as F4), and excited for the opportunity to tag along with her to ~happening~ events about town!
(yes, I have plans to be a micro wine connoisseur)
You secretly feel guilty for planning how to exploit them, but you brush it off anyway. It’s not as though you’re asking your doctor friend for a free heart bypass surgery.
Get ready for an endless barrage of discount codes, hashtags, and #ootds
A hallmark of any influencer, micro or not, is the solid paragraph of hashtags that accompany any Instagram post, which is then repeatedly posted across all other social media platforms.
You start seeing her wear many hats. One day she’s a tea merchant. Another day she’s peeling the living daylights out of her blackheads in high definition. Now she’s talking about frying pans. You wonder if she has influenced someone to buy frying pans.
Get all the impurities out of your pores...and your life #declutter #inspiration #minimalist
She also seems to be having headaches an awful lot (or is it a case of the itchy ears?). All while wearing clothes that you can get too at 10% off, thanks to her no less.
Prepare to help them take photos
When Flatlay is Life, don’t expect to taste hot food with her ever again. The term “camera eats” first can be applied almost literally. When you’re done waiting for her to finish taking 6 million shots of the food, she asks you to snap some photos of her pretending to enjoy her now-cold lunch. She expertly holds her smile frozen solid for 30 seconds while you take burst shots (minimise your chances of failure) from different angles.
You feel excited that more people will see your photo now. You secretly pray that she’ll tag you for credits and maybe you’ll gain some new followers. Maybe you’ll become an influencer too? You are confident your photos will be much better than hers.
Turns out she didn’t even post any picture that you took.
And oh, don’t get us started on #ootd shots.
Lusting for that Studio Ghibli sponsorship #moviemagic #animation
Last but not least, DO NOT ask them what Content Creation is.
Stock models, the original influencers - this one even has a facebook fanpage
Anything we missed out? Any stories to share about your influencer friends and/or about campus happenings? Let us know, submit a story!
