Hello, welcome back I'm Mark Brown and
this is our 'Instagram Masterclass' and in
this video we're gonna show you how to
get your first 10,000 followers on
Instagram. So it's harder than ever
before to get new followers on Instagram
but by following our techniques I'm going
to show you exactly how to do that. So
first let's look at the psychology of
Instagram and this may be something that
you've not really thought about before
but let's think about your own personal
Instagram if you're posting one great
photo every now and again and you're
thinking why am I not get interaction
what I want you to do now is take a look
back through your Instagram feed and
look at your other photos now think of
the psychology here if you're putting up
one good photo and then the next photo
is a photo of you getting drunk a photo
of your pizza a photo of your cat if
someone clicks on the photo which is
really cool about your singing or your
photography and then they come across to
your feed
and your profile and they see these
other pictures of pizzas cats and other
things that you're picking up are they
going to follow you probably not it's
not a great look and it shows that
you're probably even though you've done
that one great photo you're probably not
gonna do this kind of style on a regular
basis so it's time to clean up your
Instagram and clean up your Instagram
act so the first thing I want you to do
is go to your Instagram feed and look at
your photos first delete any photo which
makes you look bad your niche bad or any
terrible photos you've got Pinter's of
cats of things that people who are
looking for your niche would be
interested in so go through and delete
them first of all next what I want you
to do is have a think about your exact
niche so if you're a singer watching
this then your photo should really be
photos of you singing recording videos
that you're putting out or you focus on
on your album earth or something like
that so go through and have a look
keep those photos delete the rest so the
next top tip is to curate and think
about your feet now there's some apps
you can get like later which help you
organize and position your
feed but what I wanted you to have a
look at today is look at your feed and
first of all think about the colors that
you're using or the looks that you're
using for your photos what works great
is when people use color tones and
images so let's say you focus on the
color orange when you start putting
photos together they should I ever have
an orange kind of look to them or you
focus on orange things within their
photos and then when someone comes to
your profile it kind of looks dead
professional it looks really interesting
if people are more likely to follow you
based on that if you've got a great feed
and a little tip I would recommend is
think about your first six to nine
images how do they look because remember
when someone clicks your profile this is
going to be the first thing they see and
if that looks bad you're probably not
gonna get a following the next thing I
want you to clean up is your biography
have a real think about what your
biography saves about you does it make
people want to click and follow you does
it make people want to find out more for
example if you're at Carr photographer
and at the moment it just says John
Smith I like drinking at the weekend is
anyone gonna follow you not really make
it appealing say John Smith Carr
photographer awesome car photography in
the UK follow me for the latest car
images works much better if you're a
singer if it just says Jesse Smith 24
London it doesn't give too much away so
if you're a singer put Jesse Smith R&B
singer-songwriter follow me for free
songs and exclusive content people are
much more likely to follow him and make
sure to include a link to your website
or other social platforms if you have
any our next top tip to gain more
followers is to make sure you use your
Instagram stories Instagram stories is a
great way of showing your
behind-the-scenes footage or just what
you do on a daily basis but it's
important to make sure you still think
of this as a high quality thing that you
need to do if you follow someone like
Jesse driftwood you'll see they do this
to a whole nother level
Jesse's Instagram stories are absolutely
kind of unique and they're shot
perfectly they're edited perfectly now
of course you may not be able to do what
Jesse does but have a look through some
of our Instagram stories have a look at
some of the
people that you follow and see what
they're doing to get a bit of
inspiration
remember it's called stories because you
should be telling a story about yourself
don't just post a boomerang it's been
around for years it's getting dull think
about how you can tell a story and trust
me that will get you more followers and
as well once we're inside stories it's
important to use hashtag and geolocation
tags
so if you haven't seen our previous
video on how to use hashtags make sure
you click the link above or below this
video to see that but basically hashtags
are a great way of categorizing your
stories and they can be found when
people search that hashtag and they can
actually find your story as well as your
main feed images geolocation tags are
great if you're set a small business or
if you're performing if you're a singer
and you're performing in a certain area
or a certain city so if you go on to say
the geolocation of Manchester you will
see all of the stories that people in
Manchester have posted today and you can
be jumping into that story feed of
Manchester or the city or location that
you're in and that's a great top tip to
gain more followers
now once you've been posting some great
stories for a few days you'll want to
make sure you're using your highlights
feature this is within your profile and
remember everyone who comes to see your
profile will see your highlights so for
example if you're a car photographer you
could use these highlights to focus on
particular Instagram stories that you've
made about a low alloy wheels or BMWs or
Mercedes or whatever it is that you
photograph if you're a singer you could
categorize the kind of songs that you
make so you could have a covers
highlight or original material highlight
or behind the scenes footage highlight
and that gives again someone another
reason to give you that follow so the
next top tip is once you've cleaned up
your Instagram feed you've been posting
some great stories it's to keep it going
keep posting regularly as this will
really help you gain more followers and
remember you can actually use your
analytics to see what times of day or
what times in a week are the best times
to post and if you're using a hashtag in
your new stories or Instagram feeds
remember to give them some time we
started using the hashtag editors keys
hashtag and obviously to begin with
there was no one you
and no more posting images and just
after a few months we've now got over
1,000 user-generated images within the
hashtag so post regularly and you'll get
new followers and you'll reap the
rewards as well on Instagram and finally
make sure you get involved in the
community if you've watched our previous
videos you know that's our number one
top tip for actually gaining more
followers if you just post and walk away
you're not really getting involved in
the community at all so are you being
involved in the community your name your
profile will pop up much more regularly
and people are much more likely to be
interested and find out what you do
they're gonna come to your new clean
profile and they're gonna hit that
follow bum
so our next tip here is to make sure you
check who you're following and who's
following you your post will only be
seen by about 20% of your Instagram
followers so let's say you're the car
photographer and you're getting people
follow you who are not really interested
in cars then you're not gonna get any
likes you're not gonna get any comments
on your feed you really want to start
following people who are inter-caste
because they will come back and follow
you and also the people who are
following you also need to be in your
niche it also generate more likes more
comments and that will really help your
following and this tip is for you
professionals out there if you're new to
Instagram this may not apply to you yet
but if you're a professional
photographer say a wedding photographer
or professional singer looking to get
more gigs from your Instagram game then
you could use Instagram ads now I'm not
gonna go over this too much in this
video so make sure you subscribe to our
channel and hit that notification bell
and then you can see when that Instagram
ads video goes live
but basically Instagram ads are a great
way to target more followers with your
images based on the niche that you're in
so I hope these Instagram tips have
really helped you and I hope they really
help explode rock Instagram growth if
you've got any Instagram tips or there's
anything that's worked well for you
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