Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin

INSTA-STARS CASH IN

- EMILY MACDONALD AND TANYA WESTTHORP

GOLD Coast “Insta-famous” women have turned selfies into a dream job, jetsetting around the globe on all-expenses-paid trips in exchange for just posting two pictures a day from beautiful locations.

Gold Coast model Gabrielle Epstein, 21, and lifestyle blogger Hannah Polites, 24, are both nudging one million Instagram followers and are fast turning the social media site into

Post about a subject that you are really passionate about and stick to that genre. That way you won’t get bored with it.

Positive energy is contagious and people love to see and read about

their main source of income.

Ms Epstein, who has 850,000 followers, is living it up on an all-expenses-paid trip to the majestic Maldives with her boyfriend, Connor Malan.

The picturesqu­e Loama Hotels and Resorts at Maamigili is the latest exotic destinatio­n to partner with Gabrielle in a “collaborat­ion” where she is offered free travel and accommodat­ion in ex- things that make you who you are. Bright and colourful imagery definitely attracts the eye.

Be consistent. Post once or twice a day and spread your posts evenly through the week.

change for two Instagram posts a day.

“This is my dream job,’’ said Ms Epstein.

“Next year I’ll be travelling the world with my best friend, and most of the costs

are likely to be covered.”

Ms Polites has just returned to her Sovereign Islands home after six months of globetrott­ing funded largely through her social media fame.

“Travel is definitely a highlight of being a lifestyle blogger – getting to visit exotic places and like-minded people,” she said.

Although Ms Polites now plans to return to her job as a midwife on the Gold Coast, she’ll still be using her Instafame to promote her new lifestyle and recipe book Nourish with the Seasons: Summer to be released in December.

Ms Epstein plans keep building Instagram as her main source of income and is set to launch a lingerie line next month.

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