Do’s and don’ts: Influencer Instagram Growth tips
Here are some tried and tested Instagram growth hacking tips and specific things you can do right now to grow your Instagram account (whether you’re an influencer, celebrity or brand).
Tip 1 - Using paid, automated systems or “bots” will get you shut down almost immediately and you could lose your account. And yes, 2021 is a different ballgame altogether compared to just a few short years ago. You can no longer just post and grow.
Tip 2 - The best way to grow by thousands of followers per month is with shoutouts. Reach out to other influencers in your niche and ask them, “Hey, how much do you charge for a 24-hour post on your wall?” The goal is to get an army of like-minded influencers to promote you and your content. When you get enough influencers promoting you in a short window of time, it hits the algorithms’ boost due to the explore page and you can grow by thousands of followers per month.
Tip 3 - If you don't have money to spend and want to grow organically, you can use what's called the “repost strategy.” We grew a clients travel focussed account from zero to 70,000 followers without spending a penny using this strategy. We reposted other people's beautiful travel content onto the travel page, gave them credit, and used engagement groups and the right hashtags to boost it to the top. Slow, but works.
Tip 4 - Speaking of #hashtags… you have to use the right ones. Many people are using very generic hashtags that won’t help you grow. Let's say that you're in the real estate business and you use the hashtag #realestate. That generic hashtag has millions of posts on it. Same with hashtags like #motivation or #travel. When you use these super-generic hashtags, your post will never be seen. You'll be swallowed up because so many other people are using the same ones. What you want to do is research the hashtags that are relevant to you and only have between 10 to 20,000 posts.