Strategies to increase Instagram followers!

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During this summer I´m going to carry out a little experiment with the objective to increase Instagram followers on the business account I'm managing. I´m going to try different strategies and explore what way that´ll be the most efficient one for this purpose.

Do you follow any specific strategies? Do you have any tips for increasing followers? Feel free to share and discuss! When I'm done with this "experiment" I'll share my experiences and learnings.

Cheers! / Lina
#followers #increase #instagram #strategies
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    • Profile picture of the author fbarlawyer
      Originally Posted by fbacker View Post

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      • Profile picture of the author Lina Östlund
        I can also recommend Later if you want a similar platform to plan your posts to Instagram. There they also have some insights and statistics that can be of help to improve the strategies.
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  • Profile picture of the author R0b328
    Engagement is huge! That's Instagram's whole algorithm, interested to see your results!
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    • Profile picture of the author Lina Östlund
      Started a few days ago, have received some more followers already, so thats great. If you have any more tips, please share.
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    • Profile picture of the author Lina Östlund
      Hi there! Thanks for your help and some helpful tips. Will definitely make use of them!
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  • Profile picture of the author Vick Patel
    Hey Lina,

    Vick here.

    That is awesome that you are willing to try new strategies to grow your Instagram, you already won half the battle!

    I have some experience in growing social media accounts including Instagram, so specifically for Instagram I will give you three:

    1) Use popular hashtags
    2) Ask questions related to your products or business
    3) Share exclusive content
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    • Profile picture of the author Lina Östlund
      Hi Vick! Great, thanks a lot. I´m also going to read the article youre linking to, cannot get too many tips.
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  • Profile picture of the author ajha
    some basic you can follow regularly...
    Get creative with your hashtags,
    Promote your dedicated hashtag on your other social profiles,
    Follow as many users as possible,
    Update your account once a day to avoid losing followers, so that you can engage your audience....
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  • Profile picture of the author acedeo
    I usually search the hashtag that relates to the profile and then I follow people using the same hashtag. I get a few followbacks with this method.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jhelum Sen
    Instagram is mainly used to build the visual identity of a business. There are many unique features of Instagram such as Instagram Shop fronts, Geofilters, Instagram Ads and Instagram Analytics. If you learn about these tools and use them properly, that will be the best strategy. Some of the top strategies are focusing on the unique qualities of your brand's audience, telling a story with your caption and so on. They have also mentioned collaborating with popular influencers or micro-influencers of your niche is one more great strategy and have also explained in details how to conduct it. I have implement them and its pretty helpful. You can surely try these Instagram strategies.
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    • Profile picture of the author Lina Östlund
      Hi!

      Thanks for the helpful tips. Will try på apply these strategies and see how they work for me.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ameera Fatima
    Use popular hashtags so your images get found in search. Some of the most popular ones are #love, #instagood, #tbt and #photooftheday.
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  • Profile picture of the author Webdaadi
    11 ways to get more Instagram followers

    1. Promote your dedicated hashtag on your other social profiles, on your websites, and in your email blasts.

    2. Get creative with your hashtags. Be funny, ironic, or outrageous - but never boring!

    3. Watch topically relevant and trending hashtags. join these conversations to get in front of more people.

    4. Use your bio link to drive traffic to your newest or most popular content.

    5. Write descriptive captions. storytelling will help generate engagement and sharing.

    6. Interact with top influencers in your space and try to become one of their favorite people or brands.

    7. Don't want a tagged hoto of your or your brand on your profile? Edit tags to hide images from to hide images from your profile.

    8. Adjust your settings so any potentially embarrassing tagged photos won't show on your profile without your approval.

    9. Develop your own unique, recognizable visual style. Figure out how you want to stand out and make it so!

    10. Visit the places tab to see what's happening locally - your targeting in ads, or an event in a certain location.

    11. Use a call to action to tell people what you want them to do with your posts. Find clever ways to get people to share your content.
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    • Profile picture of the author Lina Östlund
      Thanks a lot! Some very good tips there. Will write them down and incorporate in my strategy.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeff Rodburg
    Have you ever heard of "timing is key"? Upload posts at a particular time (when your followers are usually active/awake).
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  • Profile picture of the author Sazid Lingkon
    Hi Lina,
    Sazid here,
    This is good you want to know that better strategy. Okay had grew my Instagram these are some tips.
    1) Post a best time and help full content to you business related.
    2) Sometime post quote or funny type content but remember it's will be your business related.
    3) Also you can use relevant hashtag.
    4) Post a day minimum three times.
    If you flow this rules i can say strongly you can success.
    Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author wolexontop
    the main thing to increase Instagram followers is you should use more hashtags and tag many peoples as possible.you should also post some attractive contents to your post.follow many people so that you can get more followers.this the main strategies to increase Instagram followers.
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  • Profile picture of the author cearion
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    There are a few things that can help you increase followers, but please refrain from using bots. You can join groups in FB who helps each other as they go liking your post and follow you. These are real people. You can also do a collaboration in which someone with a higher audience reach do a shout out for you. You can also utilize marketing platforms like phlanx to find someone to do collabs with.
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  • Profile picture of the author Owird
    If I've learned something from my 5 years on Instagram, it is that engaging is key!

    Before I started out, I had no idea about the importance of it, but I cannot express how important it is, too much!

    By engaging with your target audience, you make people aware of your page's existence, and if you're engaged with those who are interested in what your page is sharing, then there's a big chance they will start to follow you.
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  • Profile picture of the author saltrank
    Be sure to use at least 3-4 really popular hashtags that are relevant to the post. For instance, if you are a food blogger, you could use popular hashtags such as #food porn #foodgasm #eatingfortheinsta #food blog then go for some more specific hashtags. If the image is of pizza, you could use #pizza love or make it interesting with #whowantspizza #pizzatime or #pizzaishappiness
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  • Profile picture of the author smm station
    I'd recommend creating content with hashtags related to your niche, and then boosting your posts into top posts.

    This will get you targeted followers that are interested in the type of content that you create...
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  • Profile picture of the author ranjivkapoor
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    There are many ways to increase the Instagram followers but i find these 5 steps are the best working..
    Cross-promote your dedicated hashtag.
    Get creative with hash tagging.
    Participate in massively popular conversations.
    Make the most of your bio URL.
    Get descriptive with your captions.
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  • Profile picture of the author kahlir
    1. Use Instagram Stories
    2. Highlight Events + Partnerships
    3. Tag Away
    4. Use the Right Hashtags
    5. Build an Influencer Program
    These are 5 Strategies to increase Instagram followers
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