HOW TO GROW AN INSTAGRAM PAGE SUCESSFULLY IN 2020
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Instagram’s new algorithms is based off a trust point system, simply meaning that Instagram has a social profile with every single account. Instagram’s attaches a trust score to your account and the higher the score, the more likely it is for your content to hit the explore page. This is why the number of followers you have has less of an impact when optimizing the amount off impressions from explore and when attempting to increase your overall reach and views.
How to build a higher trust score and Optimize your Impressions
There is no shortcut, the only way to increase your trust score is to consistently post high quality content. It is important to note that any type of direct promotion or shout-out will instantly result in a deduction in points of Instagram’s score system, simply because typically these types of post do not have good engagement on the explore page nor home page, so do promotions at your own risk.
How to build a successful page with Instagram’s new algorithm
Use the follow for follow method but ONLY follow users that are actively engaging on other accounts. DO NOT FOLLOW PAGES THAT ARE BUSINESS RELATED, ONLY FOLLOW PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN YOUR CONTENT. This ensures that they are active people and will be consistently engaging with your content and will not be ghost followers. (Having active followers is key in hitting the explore page). One way you can ensure they’re active is by following accounts like yours that have a larger following. When they post, follow the users that like the post within the first hour. Use this method until you hit a decent amount of followers and you will have an active following that consistently engages with your content.
Instagram’s f4f update (NEW)
As of September 14th, Instagram implemented a new change regarding f4f to reduce spam and activity for 3rd party services. You used to be able to follow 70-100 people per hour with no issue however with the new change, most accounts are capped off at 30-40 people per hour. F4f is still a very effective method used by a lot of accounts to build an active following, but it is of paramount importance to be selective of who your following. To ensure the people you’re following are high quality followers that engagement with content, following 5-10 large accounts in your niche. Then proceed to follow all of the people that engage with their content (people who like, comment or repost their stories). Once you’ve gained about 500-1k followers from doing this, your explore impressions should gradually start increasing, some people blow up immediately but for other it takes time.
How exactly does the explore page work in Instagram version 107?
Instagram rarely speaks on the intricate details of how there explore algorithm operates. However, people have been running multiple tests to see exactly how it functions and decides which content to push. Basically, Instagram uses split testing, when you upload it’ll force your content to directly compete with people’s content that are within/similar niche as you. The content that has the combination of longest watch time, likes, saves and sends will be pushed into the higher tiers of Instagram’s explore page (the higher the tier the more views you are able to accumulate) that is why when you hit 30k explore impressions it’s super easy to jump to 100k+ in just a few hours because you have proven to Instagram that your content is “better” then everyone else’s in your set niche. So, in short, having good content that is proven to have viral potential is imperative.
Disclaimer
Mega gain groups do NOT work anymore, they help you gain followers, but they only build a dead follower base 95% of the time. Dead followers are detrimental to the vitality of a page.
When you post, always post between the times of 12-9pm EST. This time period is when statically most people are active. Also use ONLY high-quality engagement groups.
One way you can ensure that your posts have the highest probability of hitting explore is by creating four other accounts. Make sure you fill out the required information such as including a bio, posting a picture and following at least 5 other people.
IMPORTANT
Once you post on your main account, use the other 4 accounts you created to like, comment and save your content IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU POST, and add the post to your story on all four accounts. Most likely no one will view these story posts however Instagram algorithms view it as quality engagement and will help push your post to the explore page. In summary: Create a catchy username, use follow for follow on only active users who engagement with other posts, always post between 12-6pm, use only high quality engagement groups (SUPER IMPORTANT) create 4 other accounts and engagement with your posts using (4+ WORDS) immediately after you upload it.
Bonus:
You can use hashtags but always make sure to never re use them for 20+ consecutive posts and never used banned hashtags or else you will get shadow banned (Instagram will automatically suppress yours posts and they will get 0 engagement from the explore page or hashtags). If you ever get shadow banned, log out of the account for 7 days, this will most likely fix the issue. One way to maximize your impressions and reach with stories is to use “polls and surveys”. When people engage with these polls Instagram instantaneously processes it has high quality engagement, increasing the probability of hitting the explore page with your story. Another important Instagram feature to utilize is IGTV.
Instagram pushes accounts to use this feature but it is still heavily underutilized, post an IGTV once a week and it’ll help with your overall impressions. Also, With Instagram’s new update, it is possible to hit the explore page with your story, allowing you to reach a larger audience. Make sure to utilize this feature effectively by using ONE hashtag in the story along with a high-quality video. It does not have to be directly related to your page. Also, make sure you put the account on “business” so you can see insights, those are super important so you can telegraph where the majority of impressions are coming from. You want most of them to derive from the explore page because it has the highest potential for impressions. It’s important to remember that growing as successful page takes time, you’re most likely not going to go viral immediately, but still you have to remain consistent with your posting schedule, engagement groups and f4f method. Eventually, it will pay off.
Bonus:
To get a lot of story views, repost high quality (TIKTOK) videos within your niche and after the first few times of doing so, they will start hitting the explore page. Make sure you only do 1 every 24 hours, or it’ll drastically effect the reach each story has.
It doesn’t matter what niche you’re in, these are by far the MOST ACTIVE tag sets on Instagram.
NEW HASHTAG METHOD
Instagram is acting against tags that are grouped together in a paragraph by reducing their reach and impressions, when using tags trying to turn the paragraph into a sentence
Ex:
Omg this is such a #funnytext honestly I love #relatabletextposts along with #twitterthread #funnytextposts like its pretty great when #tumblrtextposts are funny because it makes me feel #tumblrtextpost I gotta say #tumblrmeme like seriously so good #tumblrfunny and I love this #textpostaccount is reminds me of #relatablepost and like okay wtf #oktweet if this isn’t #comedy then I guess it’s #funnyquotes like omg #nichememes I can’t get enough of these #threads and #perfectsayings and I benefit from #selfcarethreads then it kinda hits me like #hitsblunt and sometimes #confessions I love #dankmemes and #twitterthreads they complete me, #twittermemes like literal goals #relationshipgoals why are you’re reading this? #relatableposts
#teenpost omg like #confess and wow #confesses this #relatablequote I just #relatablequotes wow #fessing lool #confessed omg #confessionaccount sike #confesssing lool #confession very #oktweet and like #sorelatable so #icanrelate omg wow #quotepage I can’t #funnytweets get out #sarcasmonly lmaoo #dailymemes demons #quotes #heartwarming #beautiful #inlove
#truelove #love #relationshipgoals #stillstandingchallenge #newchallenge #neverfoldchallenge #worldstar #junglechallenge #howcouldyouplaymechallenge #fromtimechallenge #loveyourzchallenge #letter2youchallenge #thevoice #tentoesdownchallenge #tentoesdown #tentoeschallenge #10td #10toesdown #10toeschallenge #10toesdownchallenge #sosickchallenge #sogonechallenge #makeitviral #sadraps #sadvideos #explore #explorepage