A SIDE hustle expert has shared how you can make $3,500 a month on TikTok WITHOUT showing your face.
The content style is known as Faceless TikTok, whereby creators make videos and picture reels without ever going on camera.
They instead use other creative ways to engage their audiences, such as voiceovers, text, external clips or visuals that don’t involve revealing their identity.
Despite not showing their faces, many faceless TikTok creators still gain large followings.
Faceless content creator and side hustle expert David, who goes by @dave_preneur online, claims that he built one profile to over 500,000 followers in just 60 days.
He took to TikTok (this time with his face) to share how he leveraged the content style to not only rack up the followers in two months, but also walk away with $7,000.
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“The crazy thing about Faceless TikTok is that these videos only take about five to 10 minutes to make,” he said in a now-viral video.
“The potential to earn is insane.”
His first content idea for making cash through a faceless TikTok profile was to create conspiracy theory videos.
And according to David, this is the biggest faceless money-maker of them all.
“TikTok pays more if you are targeting the older demographic,” he said.
“They want older people on this app.
“So, if you can target them, you’re gonna make a lot of money.”
Conspiracy theory videos on social media involve presenting, discussing or speculating on various conspiracy theories.
These videos typically explore ideas or beliefs that challenge the mainstream narrative, often suggesting that secret or hidden forces are behind significant events, trends or phenomena.
They work for faceless content as you can use related, royalty-free images and videos, or a plain background with text written over it.
David also recommended making quiz-style videos that are roughly around one minute long as these videos get “a tonne of engagement in the comments”.
He also recommended using AI technology to generate images and videos for content ideas, but admitted this is a “saturated niche”.
Side hustles and tax implications
Extra income you make from side hustles may need to be reported to the IRS.
If you receive more than $600 in gross payouts from a selling platform like eBay, the site will issue you a Form 1099-K to use in your tax return.
Individuals should calculate their adjusted gross income, taxable earnings, and deductions for the year.
Once they have that, they can use the 1040-ES form to calculate estimated taxes.