How to Get Instagram Followers 10 Tips to Grow Your Reach

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hey everyone my name is David and it's that time of week when we take a closer look at some of the questions that you all have left in the comments of our YouTube channel this week's question how do I get more followers on Instagram this is a great question Instagram is extremely important for ecommerce businesses in part because Instagram users are more willing to engage companies on Instagram than on say Facebook more than two-thirds of Instagram users regularly engage with brands which is more than twice as much as Facebook of course there's a lot of noise out there and trying to get noticed can at times Drive you a bit crazy so in this video we're going to share 10 powerful ways to stand out and get more followers on Instagram number one make sure your profile is consistent what does that mean well before people follow you they want to know what to expect from your account in the future so consistency is key first make sure that your posts are relevant for your niche for example if you sell sports equipment you want to post photos of sporty things like people working out and motivational quotes also make sure your photos are stylistically similar ideally you want to develop your own identity but if you're just getting started the best thing to do is choose a filter and stick to it this will help people identify your account as it passes by on their feed number 2 hashtag like crazy data shows that images with 11 or more hashtags perform the best you want a hashtag that's popular but not oversaturated so that your image still has a chance of getting noticed search for accounts similar to yours to find great hashtags or download a hashtag app like focal mark with this app you can input the content of your photo that you're posting and the app will generate useful hashtags around the topic still a caption full of hashtags can look a bit messy so it's best to share your post and then paste your hashtags in the post comments number 3 get as much engagement as possible as quickly as possible the more engagement that your post gets the more likely it is that instagrams algorithm will share it with more people ideally you want to reach the top 9 photos for one of your hashtags why 9 well every hashtag has 9 posts at the top of the hashtag feed these are the most popular posts for that hashtag at that moment if you can get your photo into one of these top positions it's going to be seen by a lot of people another way to boost engagement is to reply to as many of the comments on your post as you can when you reply to every comment you double the amount of comments on your photo and signal to Instagram that people are engaged number four tag your post location why post with a location get 79 percent more engagement also people browsing posts in your location might come across your photo and decide to follow you number 5 post often ideally you want to post at least a couple of times a day data suggests that there really isn't a limit on how often you should post on Instagram so it's best to post as much as you can while still maintaining quality however often you post just be sure to keep your posting schedule consistent also you can use analytics to find the best times of day to post your photos for maximum engagement you can do this by using the insights that come with Instagram or if you don't have a pro or business account you can use an app like prime to analyze your account number 6 try to have an active Instagram story at all times stories appear on the Instagram Explorer page and in the stories for different locations and hashtags so people who don't follow you can still find and watch your stories and if they like what they see that might be your newest follower to get your story to appear in a public feed just remember to add a hashtag and a location also stories are awesome from getting new followers during events like a concert national holiday or sporting event because that's when people are most invested in keeping up with what's happening in real time number 7 create good captions is your business witty inspirational practical fill your captions with personality another way to increase engagement is to ask your followers questions or have some sort of call to action in your caption you might say share your thoughts in the comments or what do you think groundbreaking no but that might be enough to get somebody to engage and follow number eight engage with other people in your niche find other accounts who post pictures that are relevant to your store and follow them and interact with their content it's the most natural way to draw attention to your own account also try to only follow and interact with other accounts in your niche the reason is Instagram will associate your account with those other account when somebody follows a similar account to yours Instagram might show your account and the related accounts to follow so if you want to follow your friends and family on Instagram as well it's best to set up a separate personal account number 9 promote your Instagram account on other channels you can optimize your account all day and try to hack the Instagram algorithm but it might be easiest to promote your account on other platforms be sure to share your Instagram pictures on your other social media channels and use them on your blog link to your Instagram account from your email every little bit helps and finally number 10 use paid ads to find new Instagram followers all you need to get started is a Facebook Ads account then you simply add your Instagram channel to the account from the facebook business manager Instagram automatically pulls in a similar audience to target or you can create your own audience inside the app just make sure that you set up the goal of the ad to profile visits then share an Instagram post like normal and hit the promote button these promoted posts will appear in your target audiences feeds along with other posts from the other accounts they follow the only difference besides the fact that you're paying money is that the post will have the words sponsored above the image as well as a call-to-action button below okay that brings us to the end of our 10 tips for getting more Instagram followers if you have a question leave it in the comments below I'm checking the questions all the time and I'll get back with you if there's something that you would like to know if you've enjoyed this video make sure you subscribe for more and don't forget to turn on that notification bell and until next time happy dropshipping