{"id":6249,"date":"2019-03-08T09:11:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T08:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red-orbit.com\/blog\/?p=6249"},"modified":"2020-02-07T12:40:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T11:40:56","slug":"want-quickly-grow-instagram-followers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-orbit.com\/blog\/want-quickly-grow-instagram-followers","title":{"rendered":"Want to quickly grow your Instagram followers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want to quickly grow your Instagram followers?
\n Discover the 11 steps to get more followers and grow the engagement of your profile.<\/strong>
\n Today I am detailing the steps that work to grow your profile in 2019.<\/p>\n

It’s not happening to you only: since Instagram has changed the way you view posts in the newsfeed (once the posts were shown chronologically), the organic reach has changed a lot.
\n For some it has diminished, but for many it has increased.<\/p>\n

Let’s see now how to create more engagement, get more visibility and more followers for your profile.<\/p>\n

1. Grow the engagement to increase your followers: focus on quality content only.<\/h2>\n

If you want to grow your profile, you need to focus on engagement.
\n Engagement is the set of interactions (like, comments) you get through your content.
\n If your content (images, videos) is not interesting, appealing, beautiful, growing your engagement and followers will be a lot more difficult.
\n Instagram is a 100% “visual” social media: people want to discover new places and get inspired by watching videos and photos that tell fascinating stories.
\n Instagram is a great \u201cplace\u201d to escape from our routine, to discover new people and brands and to experience places where we’ve never gone.
\n Think about the profiles you follow: why do you follow them? Now put yourself in your followers\u2019 shoes: would you follow yourself?<\/p>\n

The first rule to get more followers on Instagram <\/strong>is to post high quality content. Images and videos that make you want to add a like and follow the profile that posted them.<\/p>\n

If you grow the engagement, you also increase the popularity of your profile.<\/p>\n

GREATER VISIBILITY OF GREAT CONTENT = MORE CHANCES TO GET FOLLOWERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t know what to post, take inspiration from these awesome profiles:
\n Made By Helga<\/a>
\n Creative Minimalism<\/a>
\n Pablo Rochat (stories)<\/a>
\n The Bali Guru
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\n Posting poor quality images or videos, will not only allow you to grow: it slows your profile\u2019s growth. Crappy content will worsen your engagement rate (the relationship between the followers you have and the reactions you get) and make it more difficult to get more followers.<\/p>\n

I often talk about this in my new Instagram course<\/a>: do not focus on the tools, techniques, how to use the Stim or Jarvee or other bots to automate your profile … first of all, think about the quality of your content. If the photos you publish are trivial, why should anyone follow you?<\/p>\n

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Invest in photoshoots: create original content with a good photographer.<\/p>\n

Organize styled shoots and show your products in different contexts \u2013 for example, you could make seasonal shootings (summer \/ winter \/ fall), or take photos of your products in the same contexts loved by your customers.<\/p>\n

2. Post regularly: what is the best frequency and the best time to post on Instagram?<\/h2>\n

Better to post regularly than too often or too rarely. By being consistent your followers will see you regularly in their feeds. For example, post every day at the same time the same type of content.<\/p>\n

Sticking to a routine will help your engagement and increase the visibility of your profile (thus making it easier to get followers).<\/p>\n

3. Use Instagram stories creatively<\/h2>\n

The use of stories is very important because stories give you a lot of visibility.<\/p>\n

You must have noticed: every time you open the app on your smartphone, you see stories of the profiles you follow just below the header of the app. Once your followers start viewing your stories regularly, your profile icon will stick to the top of the app.<\/p>\n

By constantly posting interesting stories for your followers you will help your profile to stay always at the top (literally)!<\/p>\n

You can also have fun creating sequences, such as the talented art director Pablo RochatPablo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I also suggest using the \u201chighlight story\u201d feature which will make your story \u201cpermanent\u201d on your profile. This way they can be used as menus \u2013 see this example of a profile I managed Zebra Dream<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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4. Post to Instagram at the right time, which is, when your followers are online.<\/h2>\n

Often during my Instagram courses attendees ask me what are the best times to post on Instagram. The best time is not a written rule, typically it depends on when your followers are online.<\/p>\n

If you have a profile linked to a Facebook page (hence a “business” profile), you also have access to the insights of your Instagram profile, directly in the app.<\/p>\n

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Try to post when your followers are online.<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t have a business profile you can use external services, such as Iconosquare. By posting when your followers are online you have more chances to reach more people.<\/p>\n

5. How to get reposted by Instagram (find and interact with people who work at Instagram).<\/h2>\n

This is a hack that alone deserves to be shared!<\/p>\n

This is a tip that can give a decisive boost to your profile, resulting in thousands of followers in just a few hours<\/strong>! The examples you will see below are two real cases of people who have applied this hack and have been reposted and published on the official Instagram blog.<\/p>\n

Our Webing Academy coach Francesco is the one who first did it and generously shared it with us and our community.<\/p>\n

Ready? Here are the steps to follow:<\/p>\n