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This wikiHow teaches you how to increase quickly the number of people who follow you on Instagram. The safest way to do this is by using organic engagement methods such as liking and commenting on other users' posts, though you can also buy followers if you're in a hurry.
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Promote your profile . Having a perfectly manicured Instagram profile won't mean anything if people don't know where to look for your content, so post your profile's handle everywhere that you can. Popular locations include social media and your email signature, but you can expand on this by sending your profile's handle to people via instant message.
- One long-term strategy that may benefit you is putting your Instagram handle on a business card.
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Use currently trending hashtags and mentions. If you notice that a particular hashtag and/or celebrity is trending, find a way to use the hashtag and/or mention the celebrity in your next post.
- Using hashtags can be a great way to help people discover your Instagram, but be careful about using really common ones (e.g. #beauty or #fashion) or you'll be competing with a lot of other content. Using more specific, targeted hashtags can help you stand out. [1]
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Ramin Ahmari
Social Media Expert Expert Interview. 5 April 2019.
Advertisement - Using hashtags can be a great way to help people discover your Instagram, but be careful about using really common ones (e.g. #beauty or #fashion) or you'll be competing with a lot of other content. Using more specific, targeted hashtags can help you stand out. [1]
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Ramin Ahmari
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Create detailed captions. When adding a caption to your photos, think about the kind of content that you would stop to read; things like humor, questions, and detailed stories tend to attract more engagement, which increases the odds of a follow.
- Your captions should also have distinct calls-to-action (e.g., "Double-tap if you agree!"), along with a global call-to-action (e.g., "For more posts like this, follow this page").
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Space out your uploads. You might be tempted to think that rapidly filling your Instagram page with a bunch of photos will attract more followers, but quite the opposite is true. If you post too many photos at once, you will end up flooding the home pages of your followers. Non-followers will not want to follow you, and people who do currently follow you may change their mind and stop.
- On average, post no more than one to three photos each day.
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Post your photos during peak times. An Instagram photo has a lifespan of three to four hours before it disappears into the Instagram community. If you post while the largest number of people are on, you are more likely to get random viewers and potential followers than you would at other times of the day.
- The two most popular times of the day are in the morning and after work lets out.
- The most popular time of the week is Wednesday between 5 PM and 6 PM. [2] X Research source
- 2:00pm-3:00pm, central time, is another active rush period on Instagram.
- Every Instagram account has a different audience. Work out what times get you the most amount of interactions and post regularly at those times.
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Follow large numbers of users. One of the quickest ways to attract the attention of other Instagram users is to begin following them first. The more people who you follow, the more who will consider following back.
- Look for popular users, as well as users who follow many more people than they have followers. These people may want to bulk up their number of followers, and will follow you back.
- If an account has "f4f" or "follow4follow" (or any derivative of either phrase) in their bio, following them will most likely encourage them to follow you back.
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Interact with other users' posts. While following users is a good way to get them to notice your account, they might remain ambivalent until you begin liking and commenting on their posts.
- This strategy takes time, but often results in loyal followers who may recommend your account to friends.
- Once you start to develop an audience, it's really important that you connect with them—having that connection will help you grow your following. The great thing about Instagram is that you can directly respond to your followers when they DM you. [3]
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Ramin Ahmari
Social Media Expert Expert Interview. 5 April 2019.
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Join a micro-community. Micro-communities are based around Instagram accounts which involve a wide range of users by sponsoring daily challenges and offering forums. By becoming actively involved in a micro-community, you can quickly introduce yourself to other Instagram users. Best of all, these users are eager to be active on Instagram, so they can be more likely to follow new users.
- For instance, the @joshjohnson #JJ community offers daily challenges and forums. If you tag your photos with the #JJ hashtag and follow the 1-2-3 rule of the community, you can easily gain new followers. The basic rule is that, for every photo you post, you should comment on two others and like three more.
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Know that buying followers is illegal. This violates the Instagram Terms of Service, and you will get kicked off of the site if you are caught. You may also face legal consequences. Buy followers at your own risk.
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Understand the difference between real and fake users. Some services will sell you “fake” users, which are essentially bot accounts only set up to crank up your numbers so that you appear to have more followers than you actually do. Other services will sell you “real” users, which are real people who agree to follow you on Instagram and may or may not actively take part in the community.
- As a general rule of thumb, buy real followers over fake followers. Real followers will be more actively engaged, and they will actually help your Instagram profile stay active and thriving.
- In many cases, fake followers disappear after a certain amount of time.
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Understand the pros and cons of buying followers. Buying followers is, by far, the quickest way to get a large number of followers on Instagram. It may not be the most practical, however, and if you can afford to wait a few weeks, you might be better off getting your followers using more honest methods.
- The major positive of buying followers is that you are guaranteed an instant following. By making your Instagram seem popular, you can quickly become more popular with other users. You also shed the skin of an Instagram “newbie,” so people are a little more inclined to take you seriously.
- The major negative of buying followers is that, ultimately, these followers are not all that invested in your profile. Furthermore, buying followers is against Instagram Terms of Service (TOS), so you may get your account suspended if you aren't careful.
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Search for an Instagram paid followers service. Enter buy Instagram followers into a search engine of your choice and review the results. Some popular services include the following:
- AddTwitter-Followers
- Cheap Social Media SEO
- Social Media Combo
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Select a service. Click one of the resulting links to view the service's website.
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Determine your selected service's safety . Once you select a service, do everything you can to verify that the service is legitimate and scam-free before proceeding. The easiest way to do this is by typing the service's name followed by the word "scam" into a search engine and reviewing other users' feedback.
- Look for a service that will allow you to pay via PayPal rather than requiring a bank card.
- Purchasing Instagram followers is an inherently shady tactic, so your website may have some questionable details (e.g., a URL with multiple dashes, poor web design, etc.) that you'll need to overlook.
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Purchase your followers from any followers selling website. Search on google "buy Instagram followers", select any website from google. Then go to the Instagram section of your selected website, select a plan (e.g., 1000 followers), and enter your payment details and account information. Once you've done this, you should see your follower count begin to increase.
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QuestionHow can I find my niche on Instagram?Ramin Ahmari is the CEO & Co-Founder of FINESSE, an AI-led fashion house using machine learning on social media to forecast trends & eliminate fashion's problem of overproduction. Before his time at FINESSE, he worked with influencers on growth and sponsorships and has worked with major brands on implementing influencer & marketing strategy by leveraging his expertise in data science & artificial intelligence on social data.Let’s say you’re gorgeous, you have an amazing lifestyle, you have good style, and you know how to do makeup—you do all of these different posts, and you see that your makeup posts go viral and get a lot of likes, but not so much your other posts. You need to be honest with yourself and say OK, I’m not a fashion influencer, I’m a beauty influencer, and start focusing on that. It takes a lot of introspection to find out what your niche is. If you’re building your own brand, you have to be very honest about what it is, and that could be something vastly different from what you thought it was at first.
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QuestionHow can I connect with my followers?Ramin Ahmari is the CEO & Co-Founder of FINESSE, an AI-led fashion house using machine learning on social media to forecast trends & eliminate fashion's problem of overproduction. Before his time at FINESSE, he worked with influencers on growth and sponsorships and has worked with major brands on implementing influencer & marketing strategy by leveraging his expertise in data science & artificial intelligence on social data.Connecting with your followers is huge. You have to connect with your audience. Something that’s really powerful about Instagram, for example, is that a DM is literally a way for you to connect directly to your consumer. That’s really powerful and something that brands don’t have. It’s an immediate direction, a first channel direction.
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QuestionHow long does it take to get a lot of followers?Ramin Ahmari is the CEO & Co-Founder of FINESSE, an AI-led fashion house using machine learning on social media to forecast trends & eliminate fashion's problem of overproduction. Before his time at FINESSE, he worked with influencers on growth and sponsorships and has worked with major brands on implementing influencer & marketing strategy by leveraging his expertise in data science & artificial intelligence on social data.A long time. A really long time. A lot of people think that influencers just kind of grow overnight, but that's absolutely false. It takes a lot of effort and time to convince people of your idea. You have to play the algorithm, create content that people really resonate with, and also tell a story.
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Tips
- There are always things you can do to optimize your Instagram strategy and attract more followers, but remember that growing a large audience organically takes time, and that's okay! Every major influencer was in your shoes at one point. [4] X Expert Source Ramin Ahmari
Social Media Expert Expert Interview. 5 April 2019.Thanks - Even if you buy followers, you should still attempt to use organic engagement methods as well. Purchased followers are best used as a complement to organic engagement, not as their own strategy.Thanks
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Warnings
- Purchasing followers is against Instagram's terms of service, and may result in your account getting blocked.Thanks
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References
- ↑ Ramin Ahmari. Social Media Expert. Expert Interview. 5 April 2019.
- ↑ https://blog.heyo.com/the-ultimate-guide-on-how-to-get-more-followers-on-instagram/
- ↑ Ramin Ahmari. Social Media Expert. Expert Interview. 5 April 2019.
- ↑ Ramin Ahmari. Social Media Expert. Expert Interview. 5 April 2019.
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