Is your Instagram account just not growing? Have you tried apps that schedule your posts? Insta follow loops are a flop? Thought about buying followers? Stop wasting your time. Gaining more followers is easy.
You just can't earn them from an app or a loop. It takes work. So here is the secret.
Follow people who are following your competitors! Yes, I just said that right. Support the people that like their posts. Follow those who comment. Do not follow all of their followers. Follow the followers who like the same things you do; this means looking at hundreds if not thousands of profiles. It is intense work. Following some of their supporters in hopes, they will follow you could result in people who unfollow quickly. You want people who will like your pictures. You want followers who will interact with your account. You need active engagement.
Not just followers.
Many influencers/bloggers purchase their supporters, and we all use different apps that help us track our supporters. We know who is following us and unfollowing us. We live and die by numbers.
Monitor your competition, you might be similar accounts, and you might be friends with them. You are going to have to keep up with them. Instagram and Twitter can be vicious. People will follow and unfollow in hopes of you noticing them and following them. People will block you for unfollowing them. It is hard work. Do not be like that. You want real followers and genuine engagement. Therefore, if you want people to notice you, you have to make them find you.
If I like someone and they are active on social media, I want them to like me, so I must engage with them on social media. I am going to like their posts, and I will comment. If you have many followers, it's a lot of work. You have to care about them. Being unauthentic will lead to failure.
I love my followers. They are the reason I take pictures, and they are why I write reviews. I want them to be happy. They give me a purpose. I will answer private messages. I will give them my tips. I look for followers that are people I want to follow. I follow people who I would befriend in real life.
Follow loops work for some, but it's other bloggers who are participating not your target audience. Padding your numbers is just not smart. Besides that, your audience hates those type of posts.
You could participate in promotional Facebook groups. However, the followers you get from that may unfollow, and they are a lot of work. Another point; the people who follow you from these likely are not following you because they want to. They may not engage with your account.
These groups help, but in my opinion, you're better off earning followers from the effort on your part. These groups can help get you started and give you support, but cannot sustain you. You need authentic followers who like you for you.
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