Top Ways to Get More Followers on Instagram

Instagram is about showing off a way of life and using glamorous-looking pictures to make your products and services incredibly desirable. While this is true, though, it’s also only one part of how you can use Instagram to succeed and grow your business.

You can have the most inspiring Instagram account in the world, but if no one knows about it, you aren’t be selling many products!

So, the question is: how do you go about growing your Instagram account, and how do you ensure you find the right followers?

Read on, and we’ll look at some of the best strategies you can use.

Integrating Your Instagram With Your Existing Marketing

Hopefully, you will already have some form of marketing, which will most likely involve a website, a Facebook account, and Twitter.

One thing you can do right away to grow your Instagram account then is to bring in visitors from those other channels. A straightforward way to do this is to add a button on your website that people can click to follow you on Instagram. This way, the more people you bring to your website, the more you will be able to grow your Instagram account. This will also work in reverse; as your Instagram account grows, you can send more people back to your website!

Likewise, use IFTTT (If This, Then That) to publish your Instagram pictures straight to your Twitter account. You can also get plugins that will show your Instagram pictures in the sidebar on your website, helping more people see the kind of content you are sharing there.

Ask People to Follow You!

This sounds too simplistic to be effective, but that is precisely why this is such a good strategy! One of the best ways to get more people to follow you on Instagram is to ask them to go and check out your page. Just say at the end of your next YouTube video: ‘why not check out my account over at Instagram?’. You can do the same thing with blog posts.

Socializing

Instagram is a social media platform, meaning it is a communication tool. Use it by making sure to comment on photos other users have taken or like them.
Research shows that Instagram users find it flattering when brands like their pictures. And the chances are that when they are flattered, they will want to check out precisely who likes their photos!

Influencer Marketing

One of the most effective ways to grow on Instagram is to collaborate with other creators and promote each other. This is called Instagram marketing, and when done well, it will give you instant access to a vast audience that the other creator has spent time growing.