I Tried Every Single GROWTH Strategy On Instagram - Here Are The Results

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there are dozens of ways to grow on instagram if you search on youtube you will be bombarded with options but do any of these world hacks actually work sometimes maybe good sometimes maybe [ __ ] in this video i will be reviewing and pranking every single growth tactic on instagram if you are enjoying this please smash that like button as making this video was a huge pain in the ass let's go before we get to the point in which you say writing this down this is good stuff there are two tiny tiny disclaimers first of all why should you even listen to me well i have actually written the vast majority of the code for the ever-changing instagram algorithm i am also a co-ceo of instagram alongside adam missouri and they pretty much own eight percent of facebook obviously all these are false having said that what is true is that i have been able to grow my personal brand to more than 165 000 followers on instagram in the span of a year i have even written a whole book about that and have spoken to one of the biggest if not the biggest conference when it comes down to instagram marketing instagram summit which had more than 8 000 attendees so i do know what i am talking about especially when it comes down to the second disclaimer which is most gurus talking about instagram growth are full of bs this is why in this video you won't be seeing tactics such as phone follow modern child methods influencer giveaways and all these other shady ways to go forwards fast but you will get a glimpse of real battle tested strategies which have helped me and my clients grow i will be ranking nine methods for gold based on how much time they take as well as when you should be implementing them starting from the simplest all the way to a growth method which 90 of users aren't utilizing to grow their instagram profiles with the first one being hashtags most people know what hashtags are but don't know how to utilize hashtags properly when it comes down to their content and here i see three common mistakes mistake number one is choosing hashtag based on the amount of posts that that has that he has mistake number two is choosing hashtags without checking if these hashtags have top posts which were made in the last 14 days and mistake number three is choosing hashtags based on the keywords and not the actual content inside of the given hashtag that is why you need to spend some time researching your hashtags properly for that i utilize a tool called flicktech affiliate link for that is in my description which enables me to check hashtags properly and super efficiently after you go through your initial research phase the next thing that you need to be doing is updating your hashtags as your engagement is growing hashtags can be a phenomenal way to grow your following base early on up to five thousand followers afterwards there are way more efficient ways to grow which we are going to be covering on growth method number two curation pages these are pages which are sharing other people's content completely for free this isn't about shout outs we are also going to be covering them later down the list that way they don't have to create content on their own the page shares your content and is drawing and you as a content creator are also getting some of that attention everybody wins after you spend some time building relationships with these pages via gm i have a gm template for that in my book a link is in the description the only thing that you need to be doing is basically nurturing those relationships there isn't that much time involved in order to go through curation pages in terms of when you should be starting to utilize curation pages i usually recommend you to start using curation pages after you have at least 1 000 followers and a couple of viral posts which you can recommend to them draw technique number three utilizing cross platform promotion if you have some presence on other social media platforms outside of instagram it is a great way to get some speed boost and be like i'm fast as [ __ ] boy when it comes down to how much time does cross platform promotion take it really depends on the type of strategy that you are going to be employing what i recommend is utilizing a tier-based cross-platform promotion strategy your one being the most intensive and tier three being the least intensive when you create your instagram profile tier one cross platform promotion strategy is recommended meaning you can share your instagram profile a couple of times per week and with time as your instagram page is growing then you can shift into tier two and tier three cross platform promotion which would look like sharing your page once per week or sharing your page a couple of times per month when it comes down to cross bottom promotion i urge you to be creative and not just priming your audience on another platform nobody likes that make sure you give incentives to why your audience should go and check your instagram profile through exclusive content collaborations with other people etc wrote method number four engagement the best way to summarize engagement as a growth method on instagram comes down to give the kind of engagement you like to receive basically being social on social media if you're serious about growing your instagram profile i recommend at least one hour per day in engaging on instagram i have a great video showcasing how you can break down your engagement strategy which you can check out after this video is over links for that would be in the video description as well as right here i recommend you heavily utilizing engagement to get your first five to ten thousand followers on instagram broad method number five shout outs they can be a great topic when it comes down to instagram as if used the wrong way you will either get no followers or fake followers having said that there is a ton of opportunities or for page shoutouts which can be done correctly when it comes down to shout outs the most time consuming boards are filtering out the profiles which are worth getting cash out from and bargaining in the dms for the right price in order to save you time here are three things you need to be looking for when you are choosing a page to get the shout out from number one and number two is checking who is liking the actual post as well as who is commenting of the page you are interested getting a shout out from you have to make sure that the audience of that page is similar to the audience you're trying to attract and the third thing you want to be making sure you are receiving before paying for a shout out is the story metrics of that page per day as well as past promotional performances from the page offering you a shout out i don't recommend you building your entire instagram profile based on shout outs rather try to scale your already existing instagram presence from five to twenty five thousand followers utilizing the shout out methods the next world method is collaborations finding out similar accounts in your niche and offering them partnerships in the forms of storytakeovers instagram lives or even guest posts on their page can be a phenomenal way to grow your own instagram presence that way both accounts are winning something the actual time that is put in a given collaboration usually isn't that much but in order to secure it you have to do a lot of upfront work for example in my collaboration with new patel i had to comment on his content in order to get noticed for months which resulted in a 14-minute interview in the span of which i gained more than 400 followers on instagram i recommend you diving deep into collaborations as soon as you hit 10 000 followers that way you have a lot more social proof and it makes sense to collaborate with others in a similar size bracket growth method number seven is explore page one of the mysteries of instagram getting consistent export page which can be one of the things that boosts your instagram career forwards having said that if you do not properly understand how the explore page works then you are in a big trouble luckily for us instagram has published a lot of useful vlogs that give us a sneak peek of how the explore page works and here is a super basic explanation step number one the explore page makes sure that it curates content for the specific audience based on their habits what posts are liking what posts are they saving what post are they commenting on step number two on the creator side of things your content is being put in different categories for example photography arts etc which is super important for step number three which is basically matching the preferences of the user with the content categories you are creating usually you will start receiving consistent export page reach only after one to three months on being instagram that is giving enough time for the instagram algorithm to better understand what is the type of content you are creating as well as what is the type of audience that needs to see it the next vote method is utilizing ads most of the grow techniques we have covered in this video have been organic having said that ads are a phenomenal way for you to grow your presence for a small investment if you know what you're doing of course there are a couple of ways to utilize ads in order to grow your instagram having said that i would like to give you one super helpful and easy out technique you can utilize right now as you are already making content what i want you to do is to go through your feed and look for both which have gotten two to three x your normal likes or sex the next step is clicking that boost button inside of instagram don't create fancy ads in that facebook ads manager there's a reason for that if you'd like to learn it comment below simply promote the viral post which you have made previously this is a great way to attract more people with content which already has proven that it is banger because this man is a creative genius similar to shout outs i don't recommend you utilizing ads in order to build your presence i recommend you utilizing ads in order to scale your instagram presence from five to twenty five thousand and above just like i promised in the beginning of the video the next growth method is a growth method which ninety percent of people on instagram aren't utilizing it is called suggested for your list or sf wireless in short every single time you follow somebody on the instagram our list will show up below the fall button those are the suggested for you list as it is basically the passive income version of instagram growth having said that appearing on this list does take time similar to the export page reach and it isn't always within our control unfortunately it isn't a grow quick scheme but before you be like disappointed you need to keep in mind that by optimizing your profile as well as your content to be similar to the other accounts in your niche you have increased chances of appearing on these sa5 lists of course i'm not saying that you need to be copying these accounts but there are certain ways to categorize your content utilizing keywords in the content itself or in the captions in order for instagram to know that this content is related to a certain category my biggest recommendation when it comes down to utilizing any of these growth methods hashtags collaborations or sfi lists is to diversify don't only count on one methods for both utilize as many as possible for a sustainable long-term strategy and if you like to learn in depth how to utilize these growth methods to grow your instagram presence get my facebook link for that is in the descriptions stay brave