Episode #600
How to Generate Traffic From Instagram When You Have No Followers
March 23, 2018

In episode #600, Eric and Neil explain how you can generate traffic on Instagram. Tune in to hear how you can leverage social media in order to grow your business.

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:

  • [00:27] Today’s Topic: How to Generate Traffic From Instagram When You Have No Followers
  • [00:40] Make sure you’re using the right tags.
  • [00:43] There are tools like RiteTags to help you with this.
  • [01:04] Promote your Instagram on your other social accounts.
  • [01:10] Get the most engaged people to follow you.
  • [01:18] The more engaged your followers, the more viral your post will end up being.
  • [01:28] Eric finds the most engaged users in his industry and engages them on social media.
  • [01:52] Start doing stories and when people watch, get them to go to your website.
  • [02:13] Instagram Pods are a way of getting people together and like each other’s posts.
  • [02:57] Eric likes Unity Influence, which is a platform where you can find influencers (NOTE: Eric has invested in this company).
  • [03:22] When someone likes 20 pictures all at once, it doesn’t have as great an effect. If someone likes your photo and nothing else, your post will get a bigger bump.
  • [03:54] Eric hired a company that kept reposting other people’s motivational quotes and doing power likes.
  • [04:05] This doesn’t actually add value, so if you’re going to do something like that, you may as well use Canva.
  • [04:25] You also need to have the right content that caters to your target audience.
  • [04:32] Also, consider buying another Instagram account.
  • [04:45] The account that you buy doesn’t have to be active before you buy it, but it should be in your field.
  • [05:20] That’s it for today!
  • [05:23] Go to Singlegrain.com/Giveway for a special marketing tool giveaway!

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