How to get more followers on Instagram

I am going to share with you best strategies of growing your account and getting more followers on Instagram.

Let’s get Started shall we

Pick a niche

A niche is a category or small part of the market.

All successful Instagram accounts serve a specific audience.

This is critical as you will become a recognised voice on your chosen topic.

Lets say you like Fashion and style

Fashion is a large industry and it’s gonna be really hard to get your content seen.

You can narrow it down to these niches

Men’s style

Wedding dresses

Sneakers

These are just a few, they are hundreds of niches in fashion and if you are in other industry, they are many niches you can choose from.

Here’s why you should pick a niche

Your audience is highly targeted(opportunity to monetize your account later)

You get high engagement. Single topic accounts generally gets more engagement than multi topic accounts.

More opportunities for monetization. Business will reach out to influencers in their niches and pay them to promote their products.

Niche account have higher chances of getting sponsorships than multi niche accounts. Their audience are highly engaged and more likely to convert.

Follow your passion

Want to become successful on Instagram?

Follow your passion

Any idea and any hobby can be turned into a profitable business.

I have seen Instagrammers in many niches making thousands of dollars per month.

You are going to be creating content regularly, its very important that you choose a niche you really love.

Do you love soccer?

Start a Soccer Instagram account

Into Games?

Start an Instagram gaming account.

To reach more people and get more followers, you need to share content regularly on the platform.

You can do that with less effort by doing what you love.

Optimize your Instagram Bio

Upload a nice profile picture of yourself.

Picture of you smiling is more welcoming.

Or you can use your business logo.

If you don’t have, go to fiverr.com and get someone to design one for you.

Description

Your description is a space to tell your potential viewer who you are and what you do.

You can include emojis and hashtags in your niche.

Include website link in the link section.

What if you have multiple links that you want to include.

Linktree will help do that.

After you optimized your profile, you now need to :

Share initial Content

Here’s what i do

I find 10 to 20 best posts to share as my first posts.

This gives someone and idea of what to expect when he or she followed my Instagram feed.

A lot of new Instagrammers just follow people without content on their own accounts expecting to earn followbacks.

Thats a lame move

The people you follow will surely check your account to see what you are all about but what do you have that makes them want to follow you.

This initial content will give them some value.

Next up

Follow Relevant People

Depending on your audience, you might want to follow relevant influencers in your niche.

I use hashtags to find people posting about content similar to mine.

If i am a health blogger i might want to use the hashtag #healthblogger to find who posted about health content.

I follow them and like their content.

Leave a well thought out comment to get their attention.

They will follow you if you implement this strategy.

Content Tips

Use Hashtags

Everytime you publish a new post, make sure to include hashtags in your captions.

They help with discoverability.

People use hashtags to search for something on the platform.

Have a cake baking business

Use #cakes #cakelovers or #birthdaycakes

You can find hashtags in your niche from the site named Best Hashtags

Just put your target keyword in Google search and get dozens of hashtags to include in your content.

Instagram allow a maximum of 30 hashtags per post.

You can find out what hashtags your competitors are using and put them on your posts.

Cross promote your Instagram Profile

Are you on Facebook, Twitter or Youtube

Chances are that some of them are on Instagram but don’t know you are there or have an instagram account.

Encourage them to follow you there and mention about your Instagram updates.

You can get decent amount of followers that already know you and trust you.

Post Regularly

Instagrammers who post consistantly get more followers than those who post sporadically

Don’t have time to post regularly

You can use social media scheduling tools like Buffer, Post Aphii and Hootsuite.

Stay Patient

It takes time and lot of effort to build a massive Instagram follower base but its worth it.

Are u on Instagram yet?