- What is going on everybody, my name is Chris Hau
and welcome to another Hau To tutorial.
Today we're talking about getting more comments
on your Instagram photos, that's just generally
more engagement on your Instagram posts.
Without further a do, let's jump right into it.
Woo!
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Tip number one is captivating captions as well as
asking a question within those captions.
So now you have your photo you
also have to write a caption.
And don't waste this opportunity
by just putting emojis.
Ps any time someone just puts emojis with their photo,
I'm always like, "uh such a wasted opportunity".
This is your chance to share a story, share something
emotional, ask questions to spark a conversation.
Instagram is a social app, it's meant for sharing photos
as well as sharing experiences.
So take this opportunity to write a good caption
that will actually get people to want to comment
and tag their friends and like and engage with it.
This is what this whole app is about.
So make sure you're spending the time writing
a good caption, that's what will get you more comments.
Okay so by this point you guys are probably familiar
with Instagram Stories and this is a great opportunity
that if you post a photo to Instagram,
use the audience that's checking out your Instagram Stories
to direct them to your Instagram post.
This is kind of like a no-brainer, this is something
that I do almost all the time.
Pro tip in something that I use pretty much every time
I post a new photo is that I go to my main bio page,
I hold down on the latest picture
and screenshot it right away
and then that's a photo I can upload to Instagram Stories
and use to funnel those people to my Instagram post.
From there a few other little tips that you guys can do
is either make the photo black and white and be like
"click on the main page and go check out my bio
if you guys wanna see the color version of it".
Or grab one of the little penguin faces
or the little heart faces that Instagram allows you
to use on Instagram Stories.
Put that over someone's face in there,
cover some sorta spot on the actual image itself
and then people will be like more compelled
to go check out the image.
These are little incentives that when people see this
they're more likely to go from Instagram Stories
to your Instagram post and actually go
and comment it at that point.
Alright the next tip is to do an Instagram Live.
Now the cool thing about Instagram is it will prop
your fan base or your audience that you're doing
an Instagram Live.
So post your photo and then jump right onto live.
This is your chance to share a behind the scenes
or emotional response to that photo
so that people are more likely to engage
with that piece of content because they know
the story behind it.
So, try out Instagram Live.
Alright tip number four is to have some sort
of incentive or contest.
Now obviously you don't have to be giving away Iphone X's
to get a lot of comments.
You can start with something small.
In my case I like to use digital products.
So I have lightroom presets that I'll often post on my
Instagram Story being like, "whoever comments on
my latest Instagram post has the chance to win
some lightroom presets".
There's different incentives for different audiences
so whatever incentive works for your audience, try that.
Alright so for the next tip, this is something
I truly believe in.
It's replying back to every single comment,
obviously within a reasonable amount of time.
Now number one, this will double your comments
if you get two hundred comments from friends
and family and fans,
you're gonna have four hundred comments in total
cause you responded back to every single one.
Number two, this increases your chance with algorithms
so if you respond back to every comment it's gonna be like
"oh this is a popular post".
You're more likely to have your post seen.
And the third thing, and this is more of like a tip.
Actually respond back with a genuine comment.
If someone wrote a comment on your page,
actually respond back.
I remember seeing on Mango Street's Youtube video recently
that they stated specifically that a genuine comment
was something that was longer than four words
and hadn't been repeated in the past.
So you can't just keep saying "Thank you for commenting",
"Thank you for commenting", "Thank you for commenting",
"appreciate it".
Actually write back a genuine comment,
if somebody writes something meaningful,
well write something meaningful back.
They took the time to write on yours so share the love.
Number six is to have relevant hashtags.
Now the whole idea of hastags is that
it groups photos together.
So click on those hashtags in the groups of photos
that you wanna be a part of and go on comment on other ones
and this will increase your chances
of finding other creators.
And if you go and comment on a photo that's similar
they're more likely to comment back so if you wanna
get more comments go and comment on similar content.
Cause you're gonna most likely receive that in return.
As an example let's say somebody had a photo in person
and you were like "hey that's a great photo",
well they're probably gonna respond back saying
"hey that's a great photo".
It's the same thing on Instagram
so treat it like an actual human interaction
and you're more likely to get more comments.
Number seven, this is an obvious one
but actually posting at the right time.
No-one's gonna comment if they're
not actually on the app.
So look at your analytics or
at least just post at a regular time
and find out whatever time is best when your audience
is actually using the app.
So posting at the right time.
Tip number eight is actually picking the right photos
to post, the one's that will get the most amount of likes
and comments the ones that'll spark a conversation.
Now if you're anything like me, you go out
and you take a thousand photos
and then you pick ten to edit and then you just start
bugging everybody which photo should I post.
- [Starbucks Employee] Hey there thanks
for picking Starbucks, what can I get for you today?
- Yeah uh, which photo should I post?
- [Starbucks Employee] Sorry?
- Shall I post this photo? Should I post this photo?
Lizzie?
- Mmm Hmm.
- Which photo should I post?
Should I post this one?
- Yeah.
- Or should I post, uh this one?
- Uhm that one.
- Um I showed you, I just showed you the same photo twice.
- THey're both really good,
you should just post whichever one you want.
- Not helpful.
So I found this app, it's called Cinnac.
And essentially they have solved my problem
as for figuring out which photo I should post
to my Instagram from certain photo shoots.
And essentially what it allows you to do
is upload up to twenty photos to a set.
And then what it will do is the people who are on the app
can click on your set of photos, they'll start randomly
presenting photos to you from that set.
And you can just pick your favorites by swiping along them.
And essentially the app will tell you
this photo was the most liked photo.
And you'll find out probably which photo
is gonna perform the best on Instagram.
Alright guys those are my eight tips for getting more
comments on your Instagram posts.
Also thank you for allowing us to do
a little comedy routine, hopefully you enjoyed it.
Actually go check out Lizzie below, she's actually
much nicer in person than on social media.
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THere's tons of more content coming
and will catch you in the next video.
Peace out everyone.
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