This essay sheds light on how to become an influencer on social media platforms and also elucidates the benefits of becoming an influencer and attaining extreme fame leverage. Moreover, how to earn substantial money online so that you can take control of your life and afford to become an influencer is delineated in this essay.Even though becoming an influencer on social media platforms in the digital era may seem like a daunting, lifelong task as hyper competition on social media platforms continues to grow to an unprecedented height, it is more viable than anytime in history. In spite of this, the tried and true methodology for attaining a world renowned reputation online as an influencer continues to work for individuals that are eager to diligently follow a series of incremental steps to transform themselves into influencers of their respective niches. In other words, the process of becoming an illustrious influencer can be broken down into a myriad of steps that first commences with finding a niche sub-genre to create content about for the world to feast its eyes on. As per the first step, you should ideally create content subsumed under a niche sub-genre that you are passionate about since you will be creating content for years as an influencer and do not want your career to become a harrowing, dreadful, agonizing, and debilitating undertaking. You should also focus on creating content for a niche sub-genre that is not oversaturated with hyper competition so that growing your brand as an influencer is a less overwhelming and more seamless process. As per the second step, once you have selected the niche sub-genre your content will be subsumed under, you will need to strategically plan how your content will be disparate from competitor videos. You need to devise your content strategy and map out how you will offer unprecedented value to your target market. "Part of developing an effective content strategy is giving your audience the right balance of informative content and personal content. Remember, one reason why people trust influencers is due to their relatability. Influencers are known for being able to provide valuable content to their audience. That also includes sharing content written by others that they believe their followers will find useful. More important, sharing content published by other influencers in your niche will help you slowly get their attention. As a result, it will be much easier to reach out to them and ask them to do the same for you later on" (Payne). In terms of content strategizing, there are a copious amount of ways in which an influencer can provide value as a prolific content creator that goes far beyond sharing the enthralling content of others across social media platforms. For instance, if you have a YouTube channel in which you create videos appertaining superhero comic books, it is not enough just to review comic books, discuss comic book news, and predict how events will unfold in upcoming Marvel comics or DC Comics storylines. You may also need to create your own comic book theory videos, provide videos that share the stories of alternative plots you devised for the comic books, and you may need to create biography videos of comic book characters that provides insights appertaining to the prodigious backgrounds of particular characters. Moreover, you can also reenact comic book scene with action figures embroiling in combat through the usage of stop motion capture. Moreover, you can also create funny superhero prank videos in public and can also provide tutorials for how novice artists can draw their favorite comic book characters. Ideas for video content creation of a niche sub-genre are plentiful and endless. You will need to be highly creative, innovative, inventive, and constantly think outside the parameters of the metaphorical box if you want to become an influencer since you will need to attain robust brand growth to become an influencer worthy of receiving endorsements.