A Gamer's Guide to Getting Rich

Introduction

For many of us, video games are a way to relax and spend time with our friends. Others enjoy competing against other players online, or taking part in tournaments where they get to travel around the world. Either way, there's something special about being able to sit down with your friends and have fun without having to worry about anything else - except maybe what game you're going to play next!

1. Invest in Yourself

• Invest in Yourself

You don’t need a degree to make money in this industry, but it helps if you have some sort of post-secondary education. If you want to start making more money, then consider getting an advanced degree like a Master’s or Ph.D., which will give you more options for employment and opportunities to learn new skills that could help you land a high paying job as well as being able to teach others about how they can use their own talents and skillset in the gaming industry. You should also think about doing some sort of certification program that teaches people how they can be successful when working within the video game industry such as Microsoft's Academy Certification Program offered through DeVry University Online (www.degruyonline). This type of credential will typically cost around $2,000-$3,000 depending on what school offers it but is well worth investing because once obtained it gives students access into many types of careers related specifically towards gaming including game development studios such as Insomniac Games who recently hired former employee Anita Sarkeesian after receiving her Masters Degree at UMass Amherst's School of Information And Library Science (SILS).

2. Join a Team

    • A team is a collection of people who cooperate to accomplish a task.

      • Team members are all working towards the same goal, so they can help each other.

       • Team members are committed to achieving the same goal and doing their part in order to            do so (even if it takes longer than others).

3. Sponsor Your Favorite Teams and Creators

Sponsoring a team or a creator is one of the easiest ways to get involved with gaming. If you like what they're doing, then why not help them out? You can sponsor them directly by paying them directly (however many dollars they ask) or indirectly through something like Twitch Turbo, which allows viewers to donate funds towards their favorite streamers.

The same rules apply here as with sponsoring an entire team: make sure your money goes where it will be most effective!

4. Start Streaming

• Streaming is a great way to get exposure and make money.
• Streaming is a great way to build your audience.
• Building your brand through streaming is a terrific idea.
• Streaming is a great way to build your name in the gaming industry as an emerging professional player or streamer with potential, which will help you get hired by big companies later on down the line when they're looking for new talent (and where they're more likely to take risks).

5. Write for a Blog or Newsletter

• Get started by posting regularly and writing about something you're passionate about. If you don't know what that is yet, start by writing about a topic that interests you.
• Once you've got your feet wet and are ready to write regularly, try different things like creating a list of tips on how to get started in gaming (or whatever else) or sharing some of your favorite links from other blogs or websites. You can also focus on one specific thing: maybe it's gaming news? Or just writing about video games? Whatever it is, make sure all of these posts are relevant to each other so they don't seem repetitive or boring!
• Your goal as an established blogger isn't necessarily having tons of traffic every day—it's actually building up an audience over time! That said, if there's an angle where people might want more information or want advice related specifically towards their interests then definitely go ahead with those concepts but beware: sometimes just having fun with things ourselves helps us understand better what other people may be looking for out there too which leads us back again into our last point above...

6. Become a Social Media Star

Social media is a great way to build your brand and get exposure, but it can also be a great way to make money. If you have the skills and personality required for social media marketing, there's no reason why not to start making some real cash from it too!

There are two main ways that people make money from their social media presence:

• They get paid by brands who want an ad campaign placed on their page or website (usually referred to as "brand sponsorships"). The brand pays them directly for each post or video they share. You'll have to do some research on what kind of posts will attract attention from brands in order to maximize your chances of getting one of these opportunities—but once they're interested enough, they'll pay handsomely!
• They run paid services like Instagram ads where users pay per click/click through rate (CTR). This means that if someone views one of your sponsored posts then clicks through either link within it or another link within another post; those clicks count towards CTR which determines how much money each user receives upon completion of payment transaction with merchant partner.

Conclusion

I hope you've learned a lot in this post. I want to remind you that while all of these things are great ways to make money, they're not the only way. If there's something else you think we should have added, or if there's anything else we could do better for our readers, let us know! Thanks for reading!