How to Use 'Like To Know It' and Build a Design Template for Passive Income

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As you look to expand the financial reach of your interior design business, you'll likely be drawn to finding new passive income opportunities. It’s just smart to invest a little bit of time into building sources of revenue that will work for you time and time again.

What is Like To Know It?

Meet Like To Know It or LTK (formerly known as RewardStyle), founded by fashion blogger Amber Venz Box. It’s an app used by brands, content creators or influencers, and consumers. So it works much like social media platforms, where users can browse, search, “like” and save posts, follow creators, and shop links. LTK offers over 5 thousands retailers, including item categories like beauty, fashion, and home goods.

Like To Know It invites interior designers, architects, and other professionals to bring their style expertise to the platform and reap the benefits. As a content creator, you can post shoppable photos and videos and receive a commission.

What kind of content can I create on LTK?

First, start with an idea for a curated product collection. Here are some examples for inspiration!

  • whole room composition based on a style and color palette

  • a gallery wall of art

  • objects for shelf styling

  • favorite new items from a brand

  • statement pieces

  • organization solutions

  • home office essentials

  • a selection of season decor

  • outdoor furniture options

  • gift guides

  • throw pillow combinations

  • must-haves for entertaining

  • other lifestyle items in line with your business

How do you build a design template for Like To Know It?

Sourcing from one or multiple brands, put together a digital collage of the products you choose in an attractive editorial style, and post. In order to make their collages, many creators use tools like Canva, which is very user-friendly. And once you’ve got a few designs in your inventory, you can use them as templates for future posts, which will save you time. Here are the basic steps for creating a collage design:

  1. Take screenshots of the products you want to include in the collection. Make sure you’re getting a high quality image.

  2. Open a blank canvas. You can start with Canva’s template for a square Instagram post, or size to 1080 x 1350 pixels to upload to LTK.

  3. Add the product images to the canvas. Use the upload button or simply drag the image files.

  4. Remove the image backgrounds. Use the built-in background removal tool on Canva if you have a Pro account, or otherwise a free online tool like Adobe’s and upload the photos to Canva afterward.

  5. Arrange the products. Use your design instincts to arrange the products in a harmonious, aesthetically pleasing way around the canvas, whether symmetrical or in a zig-zag fashion. Similar products should be scaled to the same size. This step is very important to achieve an eye-catching result.

  6. Add final details. Using your business’s fonts and colors throughout. You can add the title of the collage to the canvas, as well as some simple graphic accents to complement the design. For LTK posts, add your logo and LTK handle. Keep it very clean, simple, and unified. Finally, download the file to your computer to then upload to the app.

Next time you have a concept that could use the same layout, revisit your designs in Canva, make a copy of the most similar layout, rename the new design, and simply drop your new images into the old ones. They should seamlessly take their place. Make any necessary tweaks to the sizing or spacing, change the title if there is one, and you’ve got your new collage!

How will my content reach shoppers?

Using LTK’s web and mobile tools, you can create, share, and track content from the same place. The Like To Know It app itself sees over 300K shoppers each month. But the impact really comes with sharing your creations with the affiliate links elsewhere, including platforms such as Instagram, Snapchat, and Pinterest. From there, you can begin to grow an audience of high-intent shoppers and multiply your earnings.

Brands rely on your ability to sell a vibe or lifestyle to consumers through beautiful yet accessible content. And with the wide variety of brands LTK offers, you can stay true to the essence of your signature style or niche for a truly personalized collaborative partnership.

How can I get started on LTK?

So is there a catch? Just that you’ll need to complete the application process and be approved in order to start posting. While LTK doesn’t list specific criteria in order to join, here are some tips. To be an ideal content creator candidate on LTK, you must have an active public profile with an engaged following on Instagram or YouTube, or otherwise a blog. Ideally, you’ll have more than one of these, but Instagram may be the most important. They’re looking for high quality relevant content with a significant following and engagement. If your Instagram profile is a weak point for you, take some time to improve it before applying to LTK. The good news is, if you don’t get approved the first time, you can reapply again in the future.

xx, Danae