Hey, welcome back to the Six Figure Mastermind. Marianne here with you. And
today we're talking about how to network on Instagram. And I've got this like
super top secret thing that I want to share with you. I'm not even going to say
the name of it yet. But keep watching, going to tell you all
about it.
So, let's talk about how to grow your social media organically. Obeying all of
the rules of the algorithm but still spiking your growth in a very massive
powerful way. I've got this like super top secret tool that Facebook itself
won't tell you about, that Instagram itself won't tell you about. Because it's
not a feature of either one of those platforms. However, it is a feature that
both of those platforms absolutely love. It's called the pod, okay? And a pod is a
group of individuals who have brought together by one individual who are in
charge of bringing likes comments and shares to each other's posts. Basically,
this is the way it works. You need to be able to start a conversation whether
it's through Instagram or through Facebook with an entire group of
individuals. And let's say your are a travel blogger. You know, I do a fair
amount of travel blogging on the side and I'm going to be really wise to pull a
group of other travel bloggers together. Whether you're a business coach, whether
you're in photography, whether you are in you know advance sales, a marketing group
with me, whether you're doing any kind of business whatsoever. Product or service
based. If you're online, you want growth. Bottom-line and you want to be reaching
out to other professionals either in your area or that you can collab with on
a JV scale. So, for example if you are wedding photographer, you want to collab
with designers, you want to collab with wedding dress vendors, you want to collab
with stationary companies, anyone that's involved in your process. Put them in a
pod with you. And a pod is only a group message that's going out to everybody.
Here's how the pod works. Whenever you post on Instagram ,you're going to share
a link to that post in the pod. Every time a link gets posted in the pod to an
Instagram post, it's everyone's responsibility in that pod to go back to
that Instagram post, give it a heart and leave it a comment more than three words
long. That is so key in order to trigger the Instagram algorithm. Now, Instagram
loves instantaneous feedback. So, the best thing to do is be on top of this pod and
be commenting and posting within an hour, okay?
So, If you're going to be putting a like on it or going to be commenting on it. The most
pivotal time is within an hour that the post was originally made, okay? Does it
still count if it's after an hour? Absolutely. But it makes sure it's
something that you can regularly check on. It just takes a few seconds to go and
like and leave a short comment on a post. Now, if you get more than 10 to 12 people
in any group message or group pod, it's going to take a lot more time than you're
probably going to be happy with to get through all of those posts. And also, I
wouldn't recommend doing more than 2 posts a day per person, okay? Instagram
doesn't like it. They'll kind of flag you for spam. And it's going to take a lot more
of your time, okay? So, imagine this: Imagine you have an Instagram pod
together with about 10 or 12 people. You go in there, you make a post and then
everyone in that pod goes to that post gives a like and gives it a comment, okay?
That's going to trigger Instagram and say, "Okay, this this post is getting seen by
some people. It's getting interacted with by a lot of people. We're going to boost it
up because it's popular." Instagram is all about what is popular. That's why the
newsfeed is set up the way it is. The most popular is at the top, alright? So,
once you get that pod running, you also want to make sure... If someone's
scratching your back, you do them a favor, scratch their back, right? So, anytime
you see a post go into the pod, you go in, click on the link, go like the picture, go
leave a comment and take care of each other. The key to keeping up is to like
the comments once you have made an action on the post. And then, once you've
cut up on everyone's posts, go ahead and leave a thumbs up or a heart or whatever
it is to mark your spot so that you know you didn't miss anything.
So, you're caught up. This system works. I can't tell you how much growth, how many
new contacts, how many new joint ventures, how many potential clients I've gotten
from just boosting the organic reach in a way that has instagrams personal stamp
of approval. Because you're not using bots, you're not using third-party apps
and you're keeping yourself genuine authentic and real. Keep the Instagram
pods going and in fact, if you have time, create more than one Instagram pod. You
know, share the love, make sure people are interacting. I have a rule in my pods
that if you don't interact consistently for a week, you know, I'll do an audit and
then check post and make sure that everyone on that
post is commenting. If they're not, I give them a warning. If they're still not, I
say, "Hey, it looks like you're not using this feature. I'm going to go ahead and take
you out of the pod and bring someone in who would like to be a part of it." Okay?
No one likes dead pods. So, let's keep the Instagram pod active and you feel free
to moderate that however you'd like. First things first, when you start the
pod, make sure that everyone knows the rules of the pod and that they're posted
for people to check back in on and see. So, if you're wanting to grow an
Instagram pod... Actually, you can use the comments below to leave your Instagram
handle and start the conversation right there and start growing your community.
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