
How To Get More Followers on Instagram
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If you’re just starting on Instagram, growing your following takes serious time and energy. You may be tempted to take the easy way out and buy followers … don’t do this! Purchasing followers won’t actually drive engagement, which is really what you need to ensure your posts are being seen. Here’s what you can focus on to build a following the right way.
Make sure your username is recognizable and searchable. If people can’t find you, they can’t follow you! Fill out your bio. It’s the last thing someone sees before they make the decision to follow you so be sure to include who you are and what you do.
Once your profile is optimized, start posting. It’s a good idea to populate your feed with ten to 15 high-quality posts before you really start engaging people. If users visit your profile and find it empty, they probably won’t follow you.
Then, start following accounts that interest you and relate to your business. Think of Instagram like a community and look for other businesses in your area or influencers who might enjoy your product or service. As you follow accounts, Instagram will suggest related ones that you can follow, too.

After you follow an account, interact with their content. This is the most natural way to draw attention to your own Instagram account without being spammy. When you follow or interact with an account, the account owner will get a notification. This could prompt them to check out your account and start following you. Always appreciate your followers by responding to their comments and engaging with their content.
Next, encourage others to share your content. Invite brand ambassadors to share your account or collaborate with similar accounts.
Lastly, be sure to promote your Instagram on other channels. Include an Instagram social share button on your website and share your Instagram on other social platforms. Sometimes the fastest way to gain more followers is to simply ask for them!
Seven Little-Known Instagram Hacks
Let’s explore a few little-known Instagram hacks to make the most of the platform. I recommend downloading the latest version of the app to follow along.Post to Instagram at the Best Times
Instagram users are active at all times of the day. However, there are a handful of optimal times to post on Instagram. For peak engagement, the best times to post are Mondays and Thursdays at any time except between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. This is for the time zone of your target audience. Many users tend to engage with more content during off-work hours on weekdays.
1. Post to Instagram at the Best Times
Instagram users are active at all times of the day. However, there are a handful of optimal times to post on Instagram. For peak engagement, the best times to post are Mondays and Thursdays at any time except between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. This is for the time zone of your target audience. Many users tend to engage with more content during off-work hours on weekdays.
2. Link Instagram to Your Facebook Page
One thing that makes Instagram unique is that you can share your content seamlessly across other social networks. We don’t recommend automatically linking to your other social platforms like Twitter and Facebook; what works on Instagram won’t always yield the same results on other channels, especially as you get up and running. It’s important to tailor your content to each platform.
However, linking your Instagram to your other social accounts like Facebook does increase the number of eyes on your posts. Remember, your Facebook Page will already be linked to your Instagram if you set up an Instagram business profile.
If you do decide to do this, go to your Instagram settings and click Linked Accounts under Privacy and Security. Log into Facebook and pick the Facebook Business Page to which you’d like to link. Next, under the Share Settings menu, the Facebook logo should be blue to indicate that sharing is on.
3. See Posts You’ve Liked
You can see all the posts you’ve Liked in your Instagram settings menu. Simply click Posts You’ve Liked under the Account section.

4. Reorder Instagram Filters
To maximize productivity, Instagram lets you reorder filters to position the ones you use most often at the beginning. To reorder or hide filters, open the Instagram editor. Scroll to the far right and click the Manage gear icon. Hold down the three gray lines to reorder the filters, or uncheck to hide it.

5. Insert Line Breaks in Your Captions
When you write a caption on Instagram, the keyboard removes the “return” button. To reveal the button, press the “123” button, and it’ll pop back up on your keyboard. Remember, Instagram only shows the first three lines in a caption, so use the “return” key sparingly.
6. Hide Posts You’ve Been Tagged In
If someone tags you in a post, it’ll show up when you click person icon in the menu under your Instagram bio. Your followers can see this, too. To hide a tagged post from this menu, click the three dots in the top right corner and choose Hide Photos. Select the posts you want to remove and click Hide Photos again. This won’t remove the posts from Instagram, but it’ll remove them from your profile.

If you don’t want to have to continually check and remove tagged posts, you can manually choose just to include the ones you do like. Click the three dots and press Tagging Options. You can then choose to Add Manually. Moving forward, you’ll be notified when someone tags you in a photo. When that happens, tap on the photo you were tagged in and choose Show on Profile.
7. Save Photos and Build Collections
There’s lots of incredible content on Instagram. Maybe you’ve seen content by competitors that you want to emulate, or maybe you’ve found some user-generated content you’d like to repost. How can you save this content to access later? Well, Instagram makes it easy — through Saved content.
On your Instagram feed, you can like, comment, and message posts. You can also save them, using the ribbon icon in the right corner. When you tap it, you’ll see Save to Collection pop up along the bottom of the post. If the image or video you’ve saved falls into a collection, such as UGC content or inspiration, you can create a collection for that content.
Access your Saved content through your profile. Tap the three horizontal lines in the top right-hand corner and click Saved at the top of the list.

Under All, you’ll see all your saved content in chronological order. Under Collections, you’ll find that content organized into Collections.
