- Good afternoon, gentlemen.
I'm Ollie, it's Make Me That Guy.
Today we're gonna be talking about Instagram hacks
and a few bits of knowledge which you should have
if you're trying to build a serious Instagram account.
A serious Instagram account, what does that even mean?
If you're trying to get followers,
if you're an Insta-whore like myself who is always
out for the followers, out for the follower gains.
Anyway, enough of that.
Instagram is low culture, but we're all obsessed.
So if we're gonna do it, let's do it properly.
So hack number one.
Okay, basically you need to be aware
that Instagram has a certain algorithm.
It often changes it, but there were changes fairly recently
where the algorithm means that once you drop your picture
it will be shown to a certain amount of people
who regularly like your pictures, and who are you followers.
Then, if enough of them like and comment,
it will begin to optimize your picture more
and show it to more people of your following list.
Then it will be shown on their search page
to their followers, and that's really the stage
at which you're gonna start to pick up
those likes off randoms.
Which is what you need if you don't have
a massive following, to get a picture which does fairly well
in comparison to the ratio of your followers, obviously.
So, how can we make sure that the most amount
of your faithful, trustworthy followers
are gonna see that picture and like it?
First things first is, have good pictures.
Alright, so check out our video
on how to take good Instagram pictures.
Ding. (ding)
That's a killer right there.
That can help you to actually get
the right looking pictures.
But then the second part of the game,
once you have good content
and specific content for your niche,
is gonna be to make sure that most people see it
and thus have the chance to like it.
So first things first, right.
Drop your picture at the time it suits
your locality and you most, okay.
I think the best time to post is between
3:30 and four o'clock on a Wednesday afternoon
or a Thursday afternoon.
From my own tests, the tests of some of my clients
I've helped with social media,
and stuff I've researched online,
those tend to be the best days.
I've seen a lot of studies, I've googled, and they're online
saying each day has different things, blah, blah, blah.
I would stick to 3:30 mid-week on a week day,
and I'd avoid the weekend, okay.
So drop your picture at that time, okay.
That is gonna be extremely important.
It gives you the most chance to get
the hits you need in that first hour.
Okay, that's gonna take us on to our second point.
Having got the right picture and dropped it
at the right time, the first hour is the golden time.
Thus, you must do our second Instagram hack.
This is very important.
So now, as we explained, the algorithm,
if you get enough traction, enough comments,
enough likes, enough people engaging with your post
in that all important first hour, your post will be shown
to way more of your followers and will thus pop up
on their search page,
and more of their followers will see it.
And it has a chance of going viral
in the best case scenario.
Okay, so thus that first hour is the all-important time.
First point, be aware of the algorithm.
Drop it at the right time, but then how can you maximize it?
There are people doing this.
Big Instagrammers all over the world now
are forming syndicates, where everybody in the syndicate,
a WhatsApp group usually, I'd imagine,
has to go on the minute that person sends an alert,
sends a message on the WhatsApp group
saying, "Please like my picture and comment."
Everybody in that WhatsApp syndicate has to instantly
go online, like, and comment on that picture.
Clever, right.
I don't see how it works if there's like
10,000 people in the group.
10,000 people are all getting messaging at the same time.
I don't understand it.
But there are ways of doing this.
You too can form your own mini syndicate.
Alright, mini syndicate can be you,
three of your mates, and your own mum.
Still better than no comments.
So, yes you could form a WhatsApp group
where you and your mates, 10 of you,
every time you drop a picture you say
"Picture dropping, please comment."
And everybody in the group has to comment on it.
You then respond to the comment,
and that is the kind of traction you need
to give that picture a better chance of being optimized.
It's all about engagement and the comments,
and you replying to comments,
and the banter on your page is part of that engagement.
So you could have a small Instagram group, or a big one,
where you all comment on each other's posts every day
or whenever you drop them.
Make sure you help optimize your posts like that,
or you simple, every time you do a post,
you hit up every single one of your mates,
and you say, "Mate, comment on my picture.
"Please, comment on my picture,
"comment on my picture, "comment on my picture,"
to like 15 or 20 people of your friends.
Even that will help, and you comment back on their comments.
"Hey thanks for the support,"
even though you just told 'em to do it.
Hello, Instagram loser shit.
And then, a conversation gets going
and there's more engagement on your page.
That is how to use comment
to help optimize your Instagram posts.
Hack number three, just when you thought
that you can comments on lock.
You didn't, did you?
(clicks)
You didn't listen to point number three
'cause I was only point number two.
So here it is.
Instagram are not fools.
They also are aware of bots, robot accounts,
and rubbish companies which basically
sell fake likes and fake followers
whilst claiming to be doing an organic process
I'm going to explain in a minute,
to help the people who pay them money
to grow their accounts, right.
The key to this is never to use these bots,
optimization Instagram apps or companies.
They're all rubbish.
I'm gonna explain them in a minute,
but first let's finish off comments.
Finally, Instagram are aware of these companies
which buy fake comments, fake likes, fake followers.
Thus your comments have to be over five words.
A little heart, or "looking great" will no longer suffice.
Instagram have picked up on that,
so now you need to have five words in your comment.
So when you say to your buddies, "Dude, please comment,"
they're likely just to say, "Cool,"
or a heart, or a fist touch or something.
That's not good enough.
It's too obvious it could be a bot,
and Instagram picks up on that
and thinks, "That's sketchy."
And it doesn't affect you in a positive manner,
optimizing it, and in fact I'd imagine the bot comments
probably de-optimize you.
That will come into our next point.
So your comments have to be over five words long,
and Instagram will see they're real
and will promote your post even more.
Okay, our fourth and final hack.
I referred to it in point three very quickly is
these Instagram growth apps,
companies, con men.
You heard it, con men.
Alright, I like saying that, don't know why.
Anyway, basically they are a con.
They're a rip-off.
There are companies all over the internet which claim
"With our organic team, we like and unlike,
"and follow and unfollow the correct accounts
"to make sure that your posts are seen,
"and you're engaging with the right following for you,"
blah, blah, blah.
This is all not true.
Basically, they're all applications.
They're all some kind of program,
some dude in a call center somewhere in Russia or India
who is much cleverer than me in technology,
has invented and is basically a load of robot accounts
liking your stuff, commenting your stuff, and following you.
But none of them are real, so the minute you stop paying
these growth companies, or apps, or whatever they are,
all of your likes will fall off,
and all of your comments will fall off.
You'll be left with five, 10, 50, 100,000 fake followers
who will then not engage in your future posts.
So, never pay for followers.
Never pay for growth apps.
Never pay for likes.
You will get yourself in a vicious circle where
you bought followers.
Oh, but now my follower-to-likes ratio isn't right,
so now I've gotta buy likes.
Oh, but now my likes-to-comments ratio isn't--
So you gotta buy comments.
And it goes on, and on, and on.
You find yourself trapped in a web of deceit and lies.
- Liar!
- Instagram web of tears and pain.
You'll have to start a new account
'cause you will have screwed up your real account.
So, do not buy followers.
Do not use the gram and growth apps
or companies which are out there.
The only way you can really grow your account
yourself manually is to like people's pictures,
like multiple pictures every day,
to follow and unfollow accounts, and to have better content,
and to be a sexier motherpucker.
Alright, welcome being sexier.
Okay, alright, good.
So there we have it gents, and women.
It's quite a female-friendly video today.
That was four, was it five?
I don't know, it was one or the other.
Don't complain, it's all free.
Instagram hacks, stuff you should know
if you wanna make sure you're using
your Instagram account correctly.
I'm Ollie, it's Make Me That Guy.
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It's all love.
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