How Do People Get So Many Likes on Instagram?
We’ll show you how to get more likes on instagram in just a few easy steps!
Instagram’s developers created the platform to give you “a fast, beautiful and fun way to share your life with friends through a series of pictures.” Popular Instagram users focus on two key words in that statement: “Beautiful” and “friends.” If you approach Instagram with the same emphases, you‘ll improve your chances of standing out from among roughly 100 million other users, and increase the number of folks you compel to like your posts.
Hashtags
Many people don’t know anything about posting photos on Instagram. They assume it’s simply a matter of quickly snapping a shot and posting it, but unless they already have a decent following, it isn’t likely that anyone will see the photo. Instagram works much like Twitter when it comes to labeling photographs – while there is much more than a 140 character limit, hashtags are vitally important. Adding relevant hashtags will allow users searching for specific types of photographs to find yours. On the other hand, using hashtags that don’t have anything to do with the image can alienate potential followers.
Engagement
Because Instagram is a social platform, be sociable. Don’t just follow people, but take time to like and comment on their photographs. Also, acknowledge your own commenters and likers with thanks and follow them if they’re worthy. Some popular Instagram users challenge followers with questions or invite them to fill in blanks, make a guess about a photo subject or join a photo contest complete with its own special hashtag. They also post regularly. If you subject your followers to stretches of nothing or post overload, you may annoy and lose some of them. So, instead, spread out your posts recurrently and time them to coincide with when the majority of your followers are free to peruse their photo streams.
Interact With Your Audience
Don’t just say ‘thanks’ when someone comments on your posts, be human! Interact with your audience when they take the time to interact with you. Human connection is no Instagram hack, but it makes a big difference when it comes to user engagement.
Cross Promote
Be sure to include your Instagram handle everywhere you are; on your website, in your Facebook profile, on your business card… EVERYWHERE. Chances are you’ve been on other social platforms for a longer time and have been able to develop a stronger audience in these places, so let them know where to find you on Instagram.
You can’t expect anyone to follow you if they can’t find you!
Like Others Posts
Neil Patel randomly liked photos of people he didn’t follow on Instagram, and found that for every 100 likes he made he got around 21.7 likes and 6.1 follows back. This strategy continued to work even if he didn’t follow these people in response.
This strategy is dependent on your business goals, but it can be worth going through the popular Instagram feed and the feeds of popular hashtags, and Liking posts you find entertaining or useful – or from profiles which are related to your business.
This will help you gain both Likes and followers, which can further expand your reach.
Run like and tag to win contests
Like to win contests are an easy way to drive engagement.
For this type of contest, all you need to do is post a picture on Instagram and ask people to like the post to take part. As this is an easy process, plenty of people will likely do so, particularly if your prize is good. If your engagement is suffering, this is an easy way to boost it.
For stronger results, run a Like and tag to win contest, in which you ask people to not only like the post, but also tag someone they know in the comments. Some of the tagged people will also Like the post and tag someone else.
Stick to a schedule.
Posting regularly will earn you a lot of followers. If you go inactive, people will begin to think you are stopped using Instagram and unfollow you; however, if they know to expect a new photo once per week, then you can count on a steady increase.
Filter, filter, filter.
Using the right filters for the right photos will earn you followers the old fashioned way: by making your images fun to see. Knowing what the right filter for an image is takes time, and largely depends on the sort of emotion you’re trying to evoke with the photo. However, Instagram has 20 filters already included in the app, and more are available through a variety of image editing programs. Don’t be afraid to experiment and find out what works for you.