hey everybody it's mike and here's cookie the dog cookie's here with us today i'm petting her
her little sternum right here she loves that she's really excited here about these pets
all right hey everyone what's going on as you know martha's in la right now
at an event so you got me today you got the mike and cookie show we got the cookie show
here she's a big girl she's a grown-up girl um so today we're talking about what i've entitled nine
expert instagram growth tips true or false this is gonna be a fun game where we say if
they're true or false like back in elementary school true or false tests right that's what
we're gonna do we're gonna do it with you live here on the screen it's gonna be a good time hey
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at the end if we have time we're gonna put all your comments up and talk to you at the end okay
let's see here okay so hey let's start this fun game nine expert instagram to growth tips
true or false these are actual like tips i took from instagram experts and they were actually
all true but i i reworded some of them so we can have fun playing true or false here okay
but just just for the sake of of the experts that i took these from they were all good experts i
just changed it up so it would be fun hopefully that makes sense uh okay so let's get on with it
let's do this it's going to be a good time number one logging off after you post boosts your reach
so they're saying that if you log off after you make a post and then if you log out of instagram
you'll get a better reach you'll get better interactions with your audience you think
that's true or false what do you say let's see what you guys say true or false somebody tell me
over there in the comments false johnny
let me check my cheat sheet uh false you are right johnny false tanya says false too that is right
false um logging off after you post boosts your reach that is not correct i don't know if that
like though i looked up the the answers too um if that makes sense like i saw it was on a lot
of lists uh from a couple years ago that said like hacks to boost your instagram following so
maybe that's where that myth comes from i'm not sure but okay let's go number two
people buy your stuff at any size following what do you guys think
true or false people buy your stuff at any size fouling what do we think
what do you think cookie huh what do you think do people buy your stuff i buy you a lot of stuff
you tear up a lot of stuff true we got true we got true from hannah
we got true from johnny we got a lot of truths you guys are smart that is true very true um you know
if you've been watching these instagram specific videos i've been making for like the last month
um you know that uh i've kind of went into this stuff with like the uh the trend report and
everything that people can buy your stuff at any size following i think there's that myth that uh
i think it stems from the the idea that you need like a 10 000 followers to get like the swipe
up feature on your stories uh that it's like uh i think a lot of the myths stem from that so that is
true good job everyone you guys are killing it on this okay number three let's see if you edit your
caption it resets your engagement true or false if you edit your caption it resets your engagement so
that means all of your likes all of your stuff goes back to zero if you edit your caption
this is a thing that people talk about here and there uh let's see what do you think
anybody got any ideas if you edit false fitzgerald right in there
false that's correct if you edit your caption it resets your engagement that
is false good job everyone you guys are killing this all right number four
saves aren't the most important engagement
all right you'll see a lot of buzz right now about saves on instagram that like out of likes comments
shares saves are the thing to get what do you think false angel says angel reyes says false
you are correct we should be trying for all engagements
um again this is like this this comes from those articles that say like the best uh the best
instagram hacks right now things like that and that's where people kind of like propagate all
this stuff they keep regurgitating whether they say that saves are the most important engagement
all the engagements are important okay that's that's the truth and again like i said the experts
had all right answers in my opinion i just worded them so we could have fun with this game so okay
that was number four number five are we ready for number five i think so make all your posts look
alike to get more engagement so you know this you know you go to people's uh instagram feed and it's
like the grid is like a picture a quote a picture a quote a picture it looks like a checkerboard so
yes the last heather the last one was true that uh saves aren't the end-all uh linda mae meyer says
false let me let me check my cheat sheet because i'm still don't have my my full mind here as i'm
recovering from the thing uh i still haven't gotten my full mental capacities back so let
me check my cheat sheet five even though i know this answer uh false yes false linda's correct
you don't need to make all your posts your your grid look all the same or like a checkered board
to get the best engagement um again i think that comes from the early days of instagram where like
the celebrities would do that and then everyone followed in suit so all right you guys are
doing great at this uh let's see number six hashtags are necessary for growth on instagram
hashtags are necessary keyword necessary for growth on instagram what do you think cookie
you use hashtags yeah you you've used a few hashtags what do you think let me know
let me nope nope amanda tanya say false yes
false look it up do a little research you know like google hashtags on instagram right now
there's been a lot of initiatives from instagram yourself they're telling you that hashtags are
on their way out okay because i and personally i think it goes back to the black hat seo days
um where like you could kind of instagram like the instagram algorithm ultimately wants to be
human-proof it wants uh people the audience to validate you know how relevant you are
so they don't want us to be able to cheat that not saying that any one of us would cheat that
uh but that's a way that people previously did that with hashtags right because you can
you could essentially make a video about making chocolate chip cookie dough and you can tag it
entrepreneurial advice right that's that's what they want to get rid of so uh you're
you're going to continue to see this initiative by instagram to lessen the the the validity
of hashtags and make it more of a system to like uh categorize your content okay let's pick it up
great job there people number seven we're getting to the end here reels should be informative for
your audience what do you think what do you think real should be informative right or
you hear people say oh your reels should be like your tic tac you should be all crazy you should be
like showing videos of your cat jumping off uh the roof hopefully your cat's not jumping off the roof
or you should be like flossing uh in a onesie or something like that right what do you think real
should be informative true heather martin says true johnny lipford says yes you guys are right
that is very true the 2022 instagram trend reports said that instagram reels are moving away they
want to move away from absurd content and they want to make reals the place for people to go to
be informed okay so that is very true real should be informative and educational for your audience
you know i'm a big proponent of that all right let's see here number eight
if you post twice in a day the first post stops getting shown
what do you think true or false huh flossing in a onesie right i said that
uh johnny likes the mike show i like the mike show too i miss the martha show
if you post twice in a day your first post stops getting shown let me know what you think folks
true or false i'm just gonna reveal it if i don't get it true or false here
all right my little comments section might be broken it's like beeping but it's it's not showing
me uh that is false big false on that i think that's just one of those urban myths that was uh
that was set out there just because someone had a hunch they're like oh hey i posted and my first
post isn't i've posted twice in a day and my first post isn't getting any more action all right so
that's just a long running myth that if you post twice in a day your first post stops getting shown
to people that is a myth that is false okay and the last big one our last one of the day you guys
having fun with this uh let's see if you promote a post your instagram won't continue to grow without
so this is basically saying that if you promote then you need to continue to promote or your posts
won't get uh get shown or your posts won't get uh interaction what do you think true or false
what do we think on that if you promote a post your instagram false heather martin says false
tanya says false
you've got a lot of false you must be right that's right false
that is a big false that really goes against the whole i mean ultimately all
the social medias they want you to grow your following organically okay and authentically
so i mean that really goes against everything about that initiative okay um
just like like us i mean on instagram we've you know i'm kind of obsessed with instagram um
martha and our team and me we've been growing our instagram and i've seen some really big results
uh we've kind of exploded on there and on youtube recently in the last uh in 2021
so you know we're all about organic growth and i would probably be doing a disservice
if i didn't mention this um if you want to learn to grow your social media organically um that is
like a huge part of of our flagship program uh home-based revolution and just because martha
is in la at an event right now doesn't mean we aren't still having these conversations
um we want you in our programs uh if you want to message living the dream with martha her facebook
business page let's do this true or false cookie the dog rainbows and unicorns whatever you want
um we're still having these conversations uh our team martha i and our team we're on a mission to
create co-create co-create 1 million invincible families by 2026 and what is an invincible family
that is a family that can do what they want when they want with whom they want how they
want it is a family that isn't chained to the metaphorical desk of corporate america
if that sounds wonderful to you that's exactly the type of person we want in these programs
just message martha's business page facebook business page living the dream with martha
and we want to see where we where you can fit into our programs and uh so we can all be on the same
page about creating those one million invincible families uh let's see what are you guys saying
uh melanie being a new instagram user this is really helpful mike
thank you thank you i love instagram uh if you look in the last month when
you know when martha's gone i do i i usually do the videos or the lives here
you'll see that most of them have been about instagram so i am an instagram person
johnny likes the mike show
heather uh reminded me that i said flossing in a onesie
i could do that for you if you want maybe tomorrow's video oh yeah so tomorrow i'm
doing a live two because martha's still in l.a she doesn't get back till sunday so hey if you
want to do me a favor let me know what you want tomorrow's video to be about i would say put it in
the comments of this video if you're watching it on facebook or youtube don't use the live comments
that are happening right now use the actual comments of the video so you know below the video
write what you want me to talk about tomorrow um you know i got lots of knowledge on instagram
youtube technical stuff like how we make videos graphic design you let me know and i'll take
like the one that most people are saying and i'll make it the video for tomorrow uh
melanie may you each choose to create and enjoy an amazing day as you continue to
make positive difference in the lives you touch as only you can brain heart
thank you smiley face butterfly wonderful well said melanie
one million families will create a tidal wave yes yes yes that's correct thank you
love hbr we are so grateful thank you so much everyone me and cookie the dog
we're gonna go outside and maybe go potty well cookie will go potty it's cold it's cold
in florida right now like tomorrow it's only going to be 40. today it's like 68 is the high
right now it's like 50 something but more tips on how to make reels okay
uh write down one for that topic but keep them coming would you know how
to take parts of martha's videos to make shorts would love to know how to take parts of martha's
videos to make shorts okay that's kind of technical um as far as like editing of videos
i don't really i don't think i would really do justice on showing you
how to do that because a lot of times you need to choose an editor and that's a whole another
bag of worms like i use adobe premiere pro which is kind of like the industry standard
but is also intimidating and can be have a huge learning curve so i think a better video would
be something to start where we say you know what platform should you use to edit your short videos
i don't know because assembly of the videos you're going to find a million wonderful experts
that can show you exactly how to do it in the great in a great way that's really
why i don't teach how to make like physically make reels because there's just so many people
that i if i were to do it i would just be regurgitating what they say because
they do it so well uh mike have you heard of vedizi or kapwing i've heard of vedizi uh but
yeah i'd have to look up cap wing maybe i'll do that here um but alright everyone
thanks for being here love you all see you tomorrow god bless bye bye