Instagram is one of the most popular social networking platforms right now, with over 200 million monthly active users and 800 million registered users. Its user base is growing steadily. Because of such immense popularity, it has become a serious networking and following-building tool for individuals and brands.
The main strength of Instagram is that it can help you build your brand (whether personal or business) and get recognition for that brand.
As you might know, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Pictures are more attention-grabbing than mere text and can leave impressions much faster and much more accurately than words. Pictures can help you invoke a positive feeling for your product.
Therefore, posting pictures can help create an emotional connection to your brand and help increase brand awareness.
Having a huge follower base is quite essential when you are trying to promote your business as it gives youexcellent publicity and helps you drive traffic to your website for free.
But, getting followers on Instagram is no piece of cake, at least if you are not a celebrity. Building a following on a social media platform like Instagram takes a huge amount of time and effort.
1. Following Influencers
Let me briefly describe the first method that will allow you to get thousands of followers.
Fans of popular celebrities(like Christiano Ronaldo, Katy Perry etc.) follow the accounts of their favourite celebrities every minute. They also follow the top followers of these celebrity accounts to network with people who share similar interests.
So, the trick here is to follow some of the most followed accounts and wait for a few minutes. Soon, you will see your follower count increasing as the fans of those accounts will have started following you.
After a few hours, your follower count will have become constant as newer people might have started following these accounts and you are not on top of the follower list. So, all you have to do is to unfollow all the big accounts that you followed previously and follow them back again. You can repeat this as many times as you want and see your followers increase.
To make the tedious task of following so many accounts easier, you could just follow an account like thevjaya which has a list of all the big accounts to follow and will help you gain followers quickly.
So, here are the exact steps –
1. Open the Instagram app on your phone and log in to your Account with your username and password.
2. Navigate to the search box.
3. Now, type thevjaya and click on the search button. You will get results similar to the image below.
4. Now, click the follow button to follow thevjaya from your account.
5. Then, click on “Following” to see the list of influencers that this account is following and start following them all.
6. Wait for a few minutes and you’ll see your follower count increasing.
7. After getting followers, just unfollow all the accounts that you followed from “thevjaya” and again follow them back to get even more followers.
8. Repeat steps 5-6 every now and then to keep increasing your followers.
Note – Do not follow/unfollow more than 100 accounts per hour or your account may be disabled.
2. Using Hashtags
Hashtags are one of the best ways to get free followers provided that you use the appropriate ones. They can help make your content discoverable to a wide audience and attract followers.
But which hashtags should you use to gain more free Instagram followers?
There are certain hashtags that are commonly used on Instagram to get more followers. Here is the list –
#follow #followme #followback #followforfollow #follow4follow #followers #followher #follower #followhim #followbackteam #followall #followbackalways #follows #following #followgram #followalways #tagblender #followstagram #followshoutoutlikecomment #follownow #followus #followmefollowyou #followmeplease #followbackinstantly #f4f #followmeback #followyou #followforlike #ifollowback #ifollow
You can use these hashtags in two ways –
- Use the Instagram search box to search for posts that have these hashtags and follow the poster. Comment on the post that you have followed them and ask them to follow you back.
- Use these hashtags on your own posts. Whoever discovers the post will follow you and you can return the favour by following them back.
3. Getting Influencer Shoutouts
Another way to get free Instagram followers is by getting influencer shoutouts.
You can ask influencers in your field to give you a shoutout. This shoutout will be seen by thousands of people who follow that influencer and will result in new followers for your account.
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