How to Make Money Blogging on Instagram (2021 Guide)

Cons of Using Instagram to Blog

Starting a blog on Instagram doesn’t come without a few flaws.

These include:

terms of use
security
limited income potential
need to be active on the platform

Let’s dive in a bit deeper!

To use Instagram, you must agree to their terms of use.

Instagram states that the user grants them “a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivatives or your content”.

They also have the authority to “remove any content or information you share on the Service if [they] believe that it violates these Terms of Use” – this includes disabling and terminating your account altogether.

Have you heard of Instagram Engagement Groups or Pods? This method of inflating engagement is also against Instagram’s Terms of Use and could get you booted from the platform.

Instagram explicitly states that “artificially collecting likes, followers, or shares” goes against their Community Guidelines.

Imagine spending hours, days, or even months of your time growing your Instagram blog only to have it revoked.

The terms of use may be a long and boring read but they are worth glancing over to protect your content and your account!

Security

This happened last year to a fellow mom blogger – her account with more than 60,000 Instagram followers was compromised and wiped from the platform!

Again, I can’t imagine devoting so much time and effort into a platform only to have my content and identity simply disappear one day.

In the event that your Instagram profile was compromised, having a self-hosted blog is one way to protect yourself – you could send an email to followers who have joined your mailing list and/or write a blog post about what has taken place.

You should install a security plugin on your blog as an extra precaution – I started with the free version of Wordfence and it was enough to protect my growing self-hosted blog for years.

Set up two-factor authentication and choose a strong password for your Instagram profile from the start!

I also personally write my passwords down on a piece of paper rather than storing them digitally – you can never be too careful!