My Journey with Instagram start in 2012 but after few months I had not much positive experience from the Business point of view. In 2012 number of users was around 100 Million but also this Facebook Bought Instagram.
This year numbers of users hit 800 Million so I had my Business Case Experiment over 90 Days in summer time and generate 10K real engagement of my followers without any software or bots
So what are the best benefits in 2017 on Instagram for Business Growth?
Building a brand
Get feedback from potential customers
Connect with Influencers to promote your product/service
Network with People to get advice
FREE marketing by stories telling
Location Business Target and more...
My project is in Sports and Technology niche so my goal was to do deep market research and find who are my competitors and why there are leaders on the market.
During this project, I have become Instagram Marketing Expert and learn how Instagram really works and now would like to share my knowledge with you
How to get 10K Followers and Engagement on Instagram
Tips and Tricks
• Engagement is more important than follower numbers. It’s better to have 1,000 engaging followers who convert well than 10K that don’t do anything but provide social proof. As you grow the rate will likely fall through. This happens almost to everyone, as the account grows, people are not as willing to contribute since it’s not so much a close-knit community anymore. So don’t worry if it drops as you get bigger, there are plenty of successful accounts that “only” have about 3-4% engagement.
• Choose a few accounts that are in your niche, some large ones and a few on your level. Their audience is your audience, so go into their follower's list and start following people. You will get their attention, they’ll have a look and if they like your content, they should as it’s good, they’ll follow back. But due to new Algorithm, you can only follow 50-60 per hour.
• Like other people’s posts that are in your niche. For example, search some of the hashtags you’re using and interact with the accounts there. Instagram will eventually learn what content you prefer and serve it to you on the Explore page, which is a great place to find new accounts.
• Comment on posts in related niches. Try to add value to the discussion, or even start one. If you have something interesting (or entertaining) to say, people will pay attention. Try to comment on posts that are no older than a couple of days though, and with fewer than 5 comments to have more chance of being noticed.
• Time your posts for best engagement. Figure out where your audience is, you can use Iconsquare for this, and post accordingly. The best times are usually mornings and evenings with weekends actually being a little slower for most niches. Just keep that in mind.
• When you post something, Instagram’s algorithm will show it to a small sample of people who it thinks would be interested. If the reaction is positive i.e. there are likes and comments, Instagram will then show it to a larger sample, see how that goes and so on. This means that the first few minutes after you post are important as it can give your content a boost.
• Mix up high volume hashtags with ones that are more appropriate to the size of your account. If you’re combining them, you’re getting engagement but also ensuring that your content stays visible as long as possible (in Top Posts).
• Rotating hashtags will allow you to reach a larger audience while not looking like spam. But, it also seems that Instagram avoids putting two or more posts from the same account in the Top Posts section, at least for the larger hashtags (doesn’t really apply to smaller ones).
Use FREE apps like (Easel and WordSwag) to add text question on the image that works best to get engagement with your customers.
Very Important research question is WHY
WHY people buy or use product/service every day
Find out what are people needs
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Nice my friends steemit
Thanks
Great info. It should translate well to steemit. Have you ever run in a Rock and Roll marathon? I ran one in San Antonio TX and it was great . They had bands on every corner and the music really helped to keep people moving. Good luck on steemit.
Rock and Roll marathon ;) Sound cool. Just try London Midnight Runners and is 10K RUN
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