Growth on Instagram：Where Are People? Follow Me PLEASE
/Simple methods you can learn on Instagram/
/How I get started with Instagram Marketing and some strategies about it/
My journey in the area of Digital Marketing starts with being an intern in a startup.
First mission：Get 200 followers on Instagram within a week
First thought：You’re getta be kidding me.
Well, I am not saying it’s impossible. I just don’t believe MYSELF.
Fortunately, the way things turned out is quite good. I successfully hit the record, and that wasn’t that difficult as I thought at first.
Therefore, today let’s talk about something I’ve observed on Instagram and how I made it eventually.
To start with, let’s make a list about what we can do on Instagram：
- Post photos
- Add hashtag
- Like others’ photos and leave a comment
Okay, fair enough. The functions are not a big deal to learn.
So, the Question is: What and how can we do with them?
Let’s start with…
#Hashtags
If you addict to social media, and be familiar with Instagram, hashtag won’t be a stranger for you. It’s a simple, little and cute sign which helps you : divide your information, organize the elements in your posts or lead a trend.
Using hashtags is all about how you define yourself and in what way you want your viewers think about you.
In short, if you use hashtags right, you can use them to target your audiences, or either way, let your target audiences find you.
So, come closer and let me show you how to optimize your hashtags.
Step One:
The Number of your hashtags.
More hashtags bring you more chances to be searched for.
However, too many hashtags will only let you be muffled.
Therefore, let’s take twenty.
Step Two: Organize your hashtags
Divide your hashtags into two parts: let 80% of it relate to your brand or something popular, and 20% of it relate to the current trends.
Talking about the 80% first. Being the major part of hashtags that you use, this part is where you can build your brand. You can use or even create some unique hashtags to distinguish yourself or let people remember you. But, still, take use of some popular #hashtags to let yourself be more easier to be found.
Tips to know: To know which tags are popular or what you can use, you can try some websites to measure it like Ritetag.com
However, thinking about this:
If everyone use popular hashtags, how can I pop up?
Well, that’s what the rest 20% are up to.
Remember we say that the rest 20% should be related to the current trends?
There is why:
It seems that Instagram used to show you photos according to timeline.
However, the rules of the game change somehow.
Think about what social media are up to.
The current major social media focus on building a platform where people can interact with each other and follow the current events more easier.
It’s also the spirit of Instagram.
Therefore, if you use hashtags that related to current events, your posts get the opportunities to be put into higher priority.
Tips to know:Don’t know what’s new in the world? Try some websites like
Trendsmap to find what people are up to.
Alright then, we are close to an end today.
Take a rest, and next time I will keep talking about Instagram Marketing in the following posts, something like when to post and finding your target audience.
I, by now, am just a beginner, but I am excited to start my adventure in the world of Digital Marketing.
Check the Tips Today at the end of the post.
/ The Road goes ever on and on,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet./
Tips Today:
Video is more and more popular right now, and there would be a large group of people who are interested in it. Also, if you post a video than a photo on Instagram, it would be more catchy and somehow more noticeable.
