20 Ways to Build Your Instagram Following

Post 3 Times A Day:

This is the perfect sweet spot, posting more than this can inundate your audience. Posting less frequently might mean that people don’t encounter your content.

Have A Consistent Brand, Across all of your channels on social media, use the same account name, the same logo etc.

Use Lots of Hashtags:

Instagram lets you use up to 30 hashtags… and you should use them all! If you could enter the lottery 30 times for free and also follow the hashtag , why would you only enter once? Each attempt is a free chance to gain more followers.

Find The Sweet Spot:

Avoidoverly popular hashtags, or overly sparse ones. Aim for hashtags that have around 30,000 posts to stand out while still reaching a wide audience.

Use A Variety:

That said, the best plan is to use a wide variety of hashtags. A less popular hashtag might allow your content to stay at the ‘top’ for much longer. A more popular one has potential to reach a massive audience and go ‘gangbusters’.

Tip#6: Use Same Filter:

Portrait images stay on the page longer when scrolling vertically, and so they tend to enjoy better engagement.

Use A Set Style:

Having a single style throughout all your posts helps to give you a stronger branding and means that viewers can easily identify whether your page is right for them. Many brands use the same filter in every post!.

Stories are a useful way to post content that doesn’t match your branding – and to give an insight into your daily life.

How Much To Charge:

Got a huge following? If you’re wondering how much to charge for sponsored posts, the going rate is $1,000 for every 100,000 subscribers.

Post at 10am-3pm on Weekdays:

Research shows that this is the optimal time to post to get the most likes and shares.

Or 6pm GMT:

If you’re posting for a global audience though, then post at 6pm GMT. This will ensure the maximum number of the most engaged audiences are awake and active.

Use Stock Photos:

Not sure how to make a successful Instagram account without taking photos? Use royalty free photos from a stock site.

Use Video:

Video actually has higher engagement than photos!

Place a Link in your Bio:

Shorten it with bit.ly or a similar tool. This is useful for getting more people to your website or sales page from your Instagram.

Choose a Good Profile Picture:

This should demonstrate the kind of content you will be posting on your main page.

Interact:

Remember, Instagram is a ‘social’ platform. Respond to comments, like other pictures, and follow people.

This will create new opportunities for marketing and provide an easy way for people to contact you.

Get Verified:

This creates more authority and adds even more unique tools and features.

Instagram Live lets your audience get to know you better, helping to build more trust and hopefully sales.

Find your Value Proposition:

Think about what you’re selling and what people will be moved by.

Yahoo Yahoo also called cyber crime seems to be the trending job among youth these days. It is a vice that has eaten deep into the flesh of some youths with the objective of 'quick money, no stress'. I don't know their full mode of operation, but I know they pose as people that they aren't then scam others. As far as the Nigerian law is concerned, online fraud is a crime. In this article, I will share with you 4 jobs that will earn you more money than online fraud. I know you're shocked that they're actually jobs that pay more than internet fraud.

The first is affiliate marketing.

I know you might have heard about this, and you probably want to know more. What is affiliate marketing? What does it take to be an affiliate marketer? Age requirement and restrictions?. My simple definition of affiliate marketing is a kind of job or a process of promoting a product and earning a commission or profit on every sale you make. Let's say you promote a products worth N20,000, you might be given a commission of 10% which is N2,000. Imagine 50 people buy that same product through you (2,000×50=N100,000)on just a single product.

You can even have more customers by owning a website or YouTube channel where you can share your affiliate link to drive more people to purchase your product. I think once you're 18 and above, you're qualified for the affiliate marketing program. There are different affiliate marketing program you can sign up for (Amazon, Jumia, Konga and the list goes on).

Personally, I think and know this is better than scamming people because you're making your money even without a capital and it's legitimate. I know people that make million in a month without leaving the comfort of their homes.

Youtubing

You watch people's YouTube videos everyday but, do you know they get paid for it? If you're a Nigerian you can earn so much from it because the monetization is in dollars. If you don't have enough gadgets, like a video camera, studio lights and all that, you can still make a proper video from the comfort of your home. Once you have an Android phone with a clear camera and enough video editing apps, you're good to go, lol.

How do I monetize? In order to monetize you need to reach a balance of $100 or more from views. You'll have to garner at least 20,000 views if you get paid for $5 per 1,000 views. Once you're successful enough to attract more traffic to your channel, you can advertise on it and get paid for the ads.

Just choose the niche that will attract people, entertainment, cooking and skin care etc. All you have to do is to post interesting videos, isn't this better than scamming people? Isn't it quicker and legitimate? Of course it is. Through youtubing, you can make people purchase your product like i mentioned earlier, by putting the affiliate link in the description box.

Ebooks writing

If you will ask me, I think if you're well educated then you have a writing skill even if it's little. You need a space and discovery for that skill. For example, I never knew I could be a free lance writer but, thanks to opera news hub for giving me the space. So, are you a writer already? Or an upcoming one? There's an opportunity for you to make money by just writing ebooks. Ebooks writing is an act of writing and publishing educative books for sale on various online platforms. The common online store people use for this is Amazon.

To be a successful eBook writer, you need to chose a topic that matches with the interest of your audience. Break down each chapter as you write it for the sake, use comprehensive English that even the layman will understand. Design your eBook and most importantly MARKETING! You'll have to market your eBook everywhere you can, because the more people read it, the more you make profits.

According to a popular website called author's earnings about 200,000 ebooks writer on Amazon earn $10,000 or more a year. You can be part of the 200,000 if you are consistent in writing and if you're able to capture the reader. You can even add affiliate links that's related to the theme of the eBook, but you'll have to be careful because not all booksellers allow affiliate links.

E-commerce

This is also known as electronic commerce or internet commerce refers to the act of buying and selling of goods and services using the internet. If you don't have goods to sell, you can be a middle man. For example, you can inform people who want to sell properties to make sales through you. They'll give you a percentage of goods brought. Unlike affiliate marketing, the commission is not fixed. If you sell a piece of land for 10 million naira, you can agree with the seller and receive a commission of 500,000 or more. The higher the price of products sold, the higher the commission.

You can also buy goods at wholesale price then resell with a profit attached to it. You'll need to have a strong audience on various social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. This is a quick way to make money which many people are ignoring. All you need is a enough audience that will purchase your products.

The most interesting part of these jobs is that, you can work from the comfort of your home and most times, you don't need a capital to start. These jobs are the best one can do during this pandemic. They're flexible, comfortable and easy to start up. Remember, online fraud is a crime and does who indulge in it should be ready to bear the penalties.

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