Instagram is one of the best places for posting pictures and videos, you will find wonderful pictures and outstanding videos as well as armature ones because it's a place for all.
Sure, the reason why we like looking at some things is because they look like no effort was out into them right? not exactly, people want to see posts that they can either relate to or that they will like, fortunately, it's not hard to make quality products for your audience, when taking pictures or videos, try using a better camera/phone or edit them, if you don't know what to post about, you can look for what's trending.
2. Post regularly.
Social media is for entertainment, so if no one is doing any entertaining, people are going to get bored and look for something else, you need to decide on how many posts you will make daily, weekly or monthly, it's up to you, the more you post, the more followers and engagement you will have.
3. Use sources.
like I mentioned above, if you do not know what to post about, you can find out what's trending and then make a topic about it, you can also use the need as well as cover sports or simply just make something up that would surprise your audience, after all, creativity is not somehing that we all can't achieve.
4. Use hashtags.
Hashtags aren't only meant for Twitter, they can be used on any social media platform, and as for instagram, they can increase your followers aswel, make sure to use relevant ones so that you do not mislead people.
5. Using promotions.
If you have the budget, you could advertise your instagram account, but only do that if you can pay for it through the money you earn from instagram, you can also advertise it for free using other Social media platforms, your website of you have one or newsletters.
6. Convince people to share your posts.
The best way to convince people to share what you post is by having great content, another way could be by asking them to share it, but you don't want to look needy now don't you?
7. Be unique
The best way to be and look unique is to stand out from others, you could be doing something else others are not doing, for example, you don't have to post pictures of yourself all the time, some are using pictures from the internet, and a few are posting quotes, so if you use something that Instagram is mostly lacking, you can easily get more followers.
8. Interact with your audience.
You could be just showing pictures and videos all the time, there's nothing wrong with that, but but engaging with your followers could really tell you more about them and then you could start doing more of what they like, you can ask them to comment, ask them some questions or even ask them to request something from you that they would want to see.
9. Have a profile.
You might be thinking that you already have a profile, but maybe you don't, you need a good profile, you need to have a nice profile picture that relates to what you do and be a little more open not by telling people anything about yourself but by responding to your followers and interacting with them.
10. Know others.
what you need to do is to follow other Instagram users, comment and like some pictures and also try to get some tips from them and also give away a few ideas, we might all know something that can help others. Interacting with other people can also increase your followers, and you could also steal their followers as well, there's nothing wrong with that because your probably sharing something different from them.
