Best Practices

1: Be Professional. — You should always use professional pictures for each Instagram account you post. Any picture that are less than professional should be removed at all cost.

2: Engage With Your Audience. — Always engage with your audience on every level especially in public. This allows your audience to build a bonded-relationship with your audience. REMEMBER: Everything you do in business is all about building relationship.

3: Post New Picture Daily. — Constant update is the key. Why? Well, it is because your audience wants to know every move and every step that you take in your business. So, do NOT post one new picture per month and expect your business will grow. That’s not possible.

4:  Track Your Links. — Be a geek. Always test the type of pictures that will result in a higher engagement rate versus the pictures that will waste your time. This allows you to increase your traffic with the right images on your Instagram account.

5:  Regram Other Users Images. — Regram other users posts, contact Instagram users in your niche, and find common ground on helping each other to grow each other followers. That’s the key to grow your followers on Instagram.

21 Instagram Marketing Tricks

Trick #1: Blast Emails to your list. — Instead of just following others on Instagram, send emails to your list and let them know that you are going to share cool tips and tricks on solving their problems on your Instagram page.

Trick #2: Follow 5 – 10 Instagram Users in Your Niche every day. —  Even though this technique is a little outdated, but in reality, it will seduce other users to follow you on Instagram.

Trick #3: Like 30 to 40 Instagram Pictures Per Day. —  However, you need to focus on those users in your niche. Even though this is a broad strategy, in reality, it will help you to get followers for your Instagram account.

Trick #4: Remove Instagram users who don’t follow you back. — You need to wait roughly about one week before you remove any users you follow on Instagram. Why is this important? Well, you want to work with only users who will reciprocate with you.

Trick #5: Put an Instagram Button on your website. — This allows other Instagram users to share your blog or squeeze page for free.

Trick #6: Add Instagram Pictures As a Journey of Your Venture. — You can add a daily picture to your Instagram as a way to tell your audience what you do on a daily basis. This allows your audience to see your daily activities in the form of pictures.

Trick #7: Add hashtag on each photo you post. — Do remember that you should always add no more than three close-related hashtag that helps you to get more targeted traffic from Instagram.

Trick #8: Make Friends with some Instagram users. — This allows you to tag their name every time you post on Instagram.

Trick #9: Take pictures on certain friends who have Instagram account. — The idea is the same as Trick #8. The concept is to make sure that you looked famous in front of your audience. HINT: You can always attend a seminar and take pictures with the attendees.

Trick #10: Add signature file for every outgoing email. — You just need to mention something like… “P.S. You can always follow my every move on Instagram at {{Your INSTAGRAM URL}}”.

Trick #11: Create A Special Discount in Exchange to Following You on Instagram. — Create a *SPARK* and incentive for your audience to Follow you on Instagram.

Example:

Create a contest where you can ask your audience to click on the “Follow” button to get a coupon code for a 90% discount on your latest product at $99. (Well, it doesn’t matter whether it is $99 product or $10 product. My point is… “Utilize the special discount”.

Trick #12: Reply to each Instagram post in your niche. — Remember: You should only reply to posts in your niche. For Example: If you are in the weight loss niche, only reply to posts within that particular niche. When you stay focus on that particular niche, you are able to maximize the results.

Trick #13: Create A Cash Contest. — You can use *real* cash as part of your contest where you ask people to follow you or engage conversation with your post on Instagram. In addition, you can also provide *gift certificate* that can be used to purchase your product.

Example:

  • 1st Winner = $100 + $500 Gift Certificates to YOURPRODUCTS.
  • 2nd Winner =   $75 + $400 Gift Certificates to YOURPRODUCTS.
  • 3rd Winner =    $50 + $250 Gift Certificates to YOURPRODUCTS.
  • 4th Winner =    $25 + $150 Gift Certificates to YOURPRODUCTS.
  • 5th Winner =    $75 Gift Certificates to YOURPRODUCTS.

Trick #14: Brand Your Name First. — It is important to brand your name such as: JohnDoeFans. This allows you to build your reputation as a public figure where you will attract loyal followers for your business.

Example: http://Instagram.com/johndoefans will be much better than http://Instagram.com/xyzcorp

Trick #15: Brand Your Business After You Brand Your Name. — Let people get to know first. Once they do, people will want to get to know your company and the progress within your company.

Remember: Instagram’s vision is all about photos and videos sharing. It means that when you brand YOU with photos and videos, you will create a higher engagement. This allows people want to connect with your business. It is that powerful

Trick #16: Schedule Your Posts Ahead of Time. — Use “ScheduGram” or “Latergramme” to schedule your posts on Instagram. This allows you to invest your time on building your business. NOTE: Search  “ScheduGram” or “Latergramme” on Google.com.

Trick #17: Target Buyer Keywords At All Costs. — Which one is more profitable? Wedding consultants or Wedding articles?

  1. When someone chooses “wedding consultant”, do you consider this person as someone who is ready to purchase?
  2. When someone chooses “wedding articles”, do you consider this person as someone who is ready to purchase?

Of course, the answer is obvious. When people choose “wedding consultant”, they are looking for a consultant. It means that they are READY to pay $$$. My point is for you to look deeper into your niche. This allows you to focus on a pot of gold rather than just a pot of pebble.

Trick #18: Track Your Link At All Cost. — If you don’t track, you lose cash. I know it is easy to feel that you don’t have the time. However, if you don’t track your link, you won’t be able to know which produces more clicks and which wall post give you a lower conversion.

Trick #19: Always Use Your Squeeze Page URL on Your Profile Description. — This allows you to build your subscriber base from Twitter. Always remember that your goal from Twitter marketing is to build your list first. NOTE: Studies have shown that each subscriber that you have is equal to $1 to $1.50 per month for your business.

Trick #20: Always Use Images that focus on the result you want your audience have. — Images are more powerful than words. Use them to show your audience what they can get if they utilize your products and services.

Trick #21: If you have nothing new to post, you can always publish image with motivational quote. — With so many negativities around us, motivational quotes will attract your audience to follow you on Twitter. (Yes, you can always gram motivational quote as often as you wish!)

Untold Secrets & Disaster Strategies You Must Avoid on Instagram Marketing

Disaster Fact #1: Enter the Instagram world just because everyone is utilizing Instagram — When you do this, be ready to waste a lot of time without knowing the reason WHY.

Disaster Fact #2: Don’t do enough research. — Who is your target market? Are they freebie seekers or potential buyers? What is your method on providing solutions? You MUST have these benchmarks before you enter the Instagram world.

Disaster Fact #3: Target everyone who speaks English. — Assumption is the key to disaster. If you want to build your business, you can’t just assume everyone needs to lose weight, make money, and have a low self-esteem. It is similar with cold calling.

Disaster Fact #4: Focus on following everyone on Instagram. — Remember: You should always focus on those Instagram users who are interested in your niche.

Disaster Fact #5: Selling crappy products to your customers. — Never ever commit these sins in business. Always focus on great products at all time. This is especially true in the age of social media.

Disaster Fact #6: Create your pictures on your own with Photoshop. — Unless you are a professional artist, please use the professional on Fiverr.com. It only costs you $5.

Disaster Fact #7: Avoid tracking your links on every wall post. — Unless you don’t care on wasting your time on Instagram, you MUST track your links on every post you publish. This allows you to know which post gives you the most traffic and which posts are wasting your time.

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