Just two sponsored posts a week racks up earnings higher than a magic circle trainee
A pair of entrepreneurial law students are paying their way through university by promoting products on their popular Instagram profiles.
The 20-year-old twins — Stephanie Baessler (top left) and Julia Baessler (top right) — are both in the process of completing law degrees at the University of Vienna in Austria. However, unlike most aspiring lawyers their age, they may well graduate debt free.
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This is not least because tuition in Austria is nominal when compared to the United Kingdom, but because the German-born duo are cashing in on their vast social media fame.
The Baessler twins — who have a combined following on Instagram of almost 400,000 — are paid to promote health supplements and fitness clothing on their pages.
And it’s clear to see why companies are willing to chuck a little of their marketing budget the twins’ way. Sometimes pictured in exotic sun-soaked locations such as Dubai and Portugal, the law students regularly clock up in excess of 5,000 likes on their posts.
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While it’s not clear how much the twins pocket from their snaps, Stephanie and Julia’s respective followings of 189,000 and 202,000 could earn them about £500 per post. Two sponsored posts a week would see them earn £52,000 a year, more cash than any magic circle trainee in London would get.
Think that’s a lot of money, reports suggest that celebrities at the very top of their social media game can command eye-watering levels of cash. Rumour has it reality TV star Kim Kardashian, who has 104 million followers, can charge £380,000 per post, while footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who has 115 million Instagram fans, reportedly charges around £300,000 per ad.
This isn’t the first time a law student has racked up a sizeable social media following.
In 2015, Legal Cheek reported that Lancaster University fitness fanatic Saffron Sheriff had amassed a whopping 24,000 followers. At the time, we revealed that Sheriff could earn £31,200 a year by posting just two sponsored images a week — a salary that would make some trainees turn green with envy. The Instagrammer now has over 51,000 followers and is currently a paralegal at DWF.
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