Top Ways to Get More Followers on Instagram

Instagram is all about showing off a way of life and using glamorous-looking pictures to make your products and services incredibly desirable. While this is true though, it’s also only one part of how you can use Instagram to succeed and grow your business.

At the end of the day, you can have the most inspiring Instagram account in the world but if no one knows about it, you aren’t going to be very successful.

So, the question is: how do you go about growing your Instagram account and how do you make sure that you find the right followers? Read on and we’ll look at some of the best strategies you can use.

Integrating Your Instagram With Your Existing Marketing

Hopefully, you will already have some form of marketing and this will most likely involve a website, a Facebook account, Twitter and more.

One thing you can do right away to grow your Instagram account is to bring in visitors from those other channels. One simple way to do this is to add a button on your website that people can click in order to follow you on Instagram. This way, the more people you bring to your website, the more you will be able to grow your Instagram account. This will then also work in reverse; so that as your Instagram account grows, you are able to send more and more people back to your website!

Likewise, use IFTTT (If This, Then That) in order to publish your Instagram pictures straight to your Twitter account. You can also get plugins that will show your Instagram pictures in the sidebar on your website, thereby helping more people to see the kind of content you are sharing there.

Ask People to Follow You!

This sounds a little too simplistic to be effective but in fact, that is exactly why this is such a good strategy! One of the very best ways to get more people to follow you on Instagram is simply to ask them to go and check out your page. Just say at the end of your next YouTube video: ‘why not check out my account over at Instagram?’. You can do the same thing with blog posts.

Socialize

At the end of the day, Instagram is a social media platform and that means that it is a communication tool. Use it as such by making sure to comment on photos that other users have taken or to like them.

Research shows that Instagram users find it flattering when brands like their pictures. And chances are that when they are flattered, they will want to check out exactly who it is that likes their photos!

Influencer Marketing

One of the very most effective ways to grow on Instagram is to team up with other creators and promote each other. This is called Instagram marketing and when done well, it will give you instant access to a huge audience that the other creator has spent time growing.

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In case you’ve been too busy to notice, Instagram has become an extremely popular way to market your business on a platform of over 1 billion daily users.

Facebook owns Instagram but unlike Facebook Instagram’s popularity keeps growing.

Posting to Instagram does require a little photography skill. Since it’s such a visual medium high-quality photos are a must. If you don’t have a lot of confidence in your photography skills, though, I have some good news for you!

There are 3 ways you can post to Instagram without taking photos!

Use Stock Photography – There are photography sites that allow you to use their photos without cost. Others require a fee. Look at the kind of license they have and abide by their requirements. Using unauthorized photos can cost you a lot of money.

Here are 3 free photo sites. (Be sure to read their license.)

• Pixabay
• Pexels
• Unsplash

Add Your Own Spin

Another option is to use photography and then edit it. This can work with the stock photo option. Search for photos of people standing on mountains, or making other accomplishments, and then simply add artistic filters and quotes about success and the like. It’s a simple and easy way to make it your own!

Other People’s Instagram Photos

Many Instagram accounts are highly successful simply as a result of sharing photos that other users have taken. The only thing to keep in mind is copyright and fair play. Make sure you get permission from the creators. In most cases they will be flattered you asked and excited to get the free exposure. Win-win!

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Turning Instagram Followers into Clients

In terms of building your contact list, Instagram is an oftentimes overlooked social media network.  Facebook ads are normally the first platform we think of when we want to get more eyes on our website or product.  Instagram is a powerful platform to convert followers into clients.

Building your list with Instagram followers in pretty simple.  You may have already used it in other ways.

Go Fishing! All fishermen know that to get the biggest fish, you have to use the right bait.  You need the right pound-test fishing line for the kind of fish you want to catch.  Using the wrong bait won’t even get the fish on the line.  Using the wrong pound-test fishing line will let the fish get away.

Create the right bait.  Think about what kind of information your niche market really wants.  It can be created in many forms; infographic, report, guide, how to’s and tips, video or book.  Ideally, it should be unique and not found elsewhere on the Internet.

Your bait is a reflection of you and your expertise.  It needs to be of high-quality content. Anything less will give the wrong impression, resulting in prospects simply going elsewhere.

Send your prospects to a compelling landing page.  This is the best place to spell out what you are offering and why it’s so important for them to sign up for it.  Include your sign-up form.  Decide whether your offer is available as an immediate download or be emailed to them.

Land that Fish!  Fishing and creating the bait are just the first step; building trust.  Turning your Instagram followers into clients is in the follow-up.  Many of you have CRM programs that include a drip system or a way to create one.  After you capture the new Instagram follower’s email address, add them to an appropriate email campaign.

Building your contact list is as easy on Instagram as any other platform.  The process is easy and the results are profitable.

Other Instagram articles you might like:

5 Steps to Building Your Brand on Instagram

How to Improve Your Instagram Reach

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