I've recently started up a business (retail, not selling my product yet as they're still being manufactured), but I'm building an online presence before my product is released for obvious reasons.
Anyway, I've started my Instagram from scratch, no celebrity friends or anything like that, no endorsements from anyone, no bots, no paid ads or anything, just organic growth, oh and also I've posted basically nothing cause I don't have any products to take photos of yet, I've posted a couple pictures of some labels etc. I've got my launch date in my bio so people at least have some idea why I haven't posted very often.
I've had the Instagram for 3 weeks now, and I have 87 followers (I know, only 87 followers, wow, good job) - but that's from 0 followers 3 weeks ago basically without posting. How did I do it? I used Gary Vee's $1.80 method, but a beefed up version. Quick run down on the $1.80 method for anyone who doesn't know, basically he says find 9 relevant hash tags and leave your 2 cents (comment) on the top 10 posts of each has tag every day which then means you've left $1.80 worth of your input/knowledge/whatever you wish to call it. I've just taken this a step further.
This is what I've done daily:
- Found the top 10 relevant hash tags to my business (I don't always use the exact same hash tags, some times I see another one I like and add that to my master list)
- I go through and like probably 30-60 of the top posts.
- Comment on at least 10 posts out of those 30 - 60 I like (it isn't always the top 10, because some times the posts are just very spammy).
- When I comment on a photo, I also go through the comments section and like 3-5 comments that aren't just spam accounts posting the flame emoji. Some times I will also then click onto that persons account, and if it isn't private, I'll like 2-3 of their posts and if I see a photo I really like, I'll leave a comment.
- A lot of the time these posts are from re-post accounts, so once I've commented on their pic, I then go to the original posters page (they usually tag the OP in the caption or comments), then I like 5-10 of OPs pics then comment on one or two.
This has been working great so far, I've been gaining followers every day, of course some of these accounts are just people who follow then unfollow (don't be that guy), but I gain a whole lot more followers than I lose. Once I've got content I can post, this will further add to the growth plus running a few ads etc.
Basically, I just wanted to show that being social does actually work (especially if you don't have much content while you're new)!
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