How to grow fast on Instagram

Instagram is the most popular social network of the moment and, in fact, you too have decided to be part of it. Therefore, you created a profile and started posting different content both in the Feed and in the Stories. After some time, however, you realized that you were unable to achieve the desired results and would like to understand what you did wrong.

How do you say? That’s how things are and, therefore, you wonder how to grow fast on Instagram? In this case, don’t worry, I’m here to help you: in the next chapters of this guide, in fact, I will provide you with several tips regarding the strategies you can implement to increase the popularity of the content you publish and, consequently, that of your profile.

If you can’t wait to find out more, sit down comfortably and just take a few minutes of free time, so that you can carefully read the advice I am about to give you. You will see that, by carefully following my instructions with commitment and constancy, you will succeed in the intent you have proposed. At this point, all I have to do is wish you a good read and a big good luck for everything!

Index

• Preliminary information
• How to grow on Instagram for free
  • Create quality content
  • Get inspiration from popular content
  • Interact with users
  • Use hashtags
  • Increase your content coverage
• Sponsor your own content for a fee

Preliminary information

Before explaining how to grow quickly on Instagram, I would like to say that you can succeed in this intent even for free – just put in place some strategies aimed at creating quality content and making good use of all the features of the platforms -, but clearly there they take time and effort to achieve results.

To speed up the times, it is possible to resort to the sponsorship of your own content, but clearly we are talking about a paid solution. Other paid solutions, which are talked about a lot online, are those that plan to buy followers and likes on Instagram through bots, i.e. automatic users. Well, I advise you to stay away from it!

The use of automation tools is strongly prohibited by the terms of service of Instagram and, therefore, using them could result in a temporary or even permanent ban of your account, moreover, these are solutions that create ephemeral numbers, of little real value.

In this guide of mine, therefore, you will only find tips on how to grow on Instagram without bots. All clear? Yup? All right, then let’s get started.

How to grow on Instagram for free

Having made the necessary premises, I start this tutorial by providing you with the main tips that will allow you to grow on Instagram for free, or in any case with the minimum investment necessary to purchase the hardware tools necessary for the creation of your content, such as a latest-generation smartphone or a professional camera. Read on to find out more.

Create quality content

In order to grow quickly on Instagram, it is first of all necessary to create your own editorial strategy relating to the creation of high-quality content. Your intent, in fact, must always be to aim for quality, in such a way as to constitute a highly distinguishable presence within the well-known photographic social network.

Obviously, in order to create content you will need, as mentioned, to invest in hardware: I suggest you buy a smartphone with a high-level camera to which you will then have to associate apps that allow you to have manual control over the shooting parameters (for example Camera FV-5 for Android or Halide for iOS ).

Alternatively, if you have a larger budget, you can evaluate the purchase of a professional camera, perhaps following the advice I gave you in my dedicated buying guide.

In addition to the hardware necessary for creating content, it is necessary to have the most important software or apps for photo retouching. For example, I recommend that you consider using apps like Snapseed for Android and iOS, VSCO for Android and iOS, or Photoshop or GIMP for Windows and macOS.

As for video editing, there are many programs you can use (for example Adobe Premiere Pro for Windows and macOS or Final Cut Pro for macOS), but don’t forget that there are also some great apps for editing videos such as Inshot for Android and iOS.

Finally, as regards the possibility of creating stories in an advanced way, with ready-to-use themes and filters, I suggest you make use of apps such as Insta Story for Android and Made for iOS.

Get inspiration from popular content

During the content creation phase it may happen that you are faced with a creative block; therefore, I want to advise you to take a look at what is the Explore section of Instagram from time to time, in which the contents most appreciated by users are promoted by the social network.

This section can be visited through the Instagram app for smartphones, but also from a PC, through its official website or using its application for Windows 10.

Therefore, to get started, log in to your Instagram account and, if you are using the smartphone app, press the magnifying glass icon located at the bottom. From the web or from Windows 10, on the other hand, press the compass icon located in the upper right corner, in order to see the posts, stories and reels most appreciated by users.

Obviously I recommend that you do not copy the formats of others but only take inspiration from what are the most popular contents on Instagram, in order to create a new type of content that stands out for its uniqueness.

Interact with users

In addition to creating multimedia content, to grow on Instagram it is also important to interact with users, in order to create a real virtual community and retain their audience.

In this regard, you should know that Instagram provides several tools to allow interaction of people, starting with “likes” (the heart icon ), comments (the cartoon icon ) and sharing (the icon of the airplane ), which can be used on all the contents published on the well-known photographic social network.

Less known, but equally important are the tools that Instagram makes available in stories to stimulate interaction between users: quizzes, polls, live broadcasts and the possibility of asking and/or receiving questions. Use them consistently to engage followers and you will surely have a return in terms of popularity.

Use hashtags

Another suggestion that I want data is the one related to the use of hashtags, that is the labels that are used to categorize the contents published on Instagram, in order to help people find what corresponds to their interests.

In fact, you must know that on Instagram it is possible to insert up to 30 hashtags in the caption of the published posts; however, these must be used in a conscious way and, in fact, it is important that the hashtags are relevant to the published content, in order to avoid that they are removed or that your profile is subject to penalties.

A solution that can help you in this regard is that relating to the use of online services, such as Top Hashtag and All-Hashtag which, in a similar way to apps such as HashTags for Instagram for Android and Top Tags for iOS / iPadOS, help to identify the most popular hashtags related to the keywords you are looking for.

Increase your content coverage

If you want to make sure that the content you post on Instagram is seen by as wide an audience as possible, I suggest you switch to a corporate Instagram account and, consequently, link a Facebook page to it, in order to expand the your social audience.

To do this you must act through the Instagram app, by going to the Settings> Account> Pass a business account. Also, at the end of the configuration, remember to move the lever relating to the possibility of simultaneously publishing Instagram posts and stories on the Facebook page you connected to ON.

The other social networks that you can connect to Instagram, to reach a larger audience, are Twitter and Tumblr: to connect them, go to the Settings> Sharing section on other apps of the social network app for smartphones and tablets, in order to log in to the latter social networks and, consequently, activate the simultaneous publication of the contents on all profiles connected by you.

Sponsor your own content for a fee

If you want to grow quickly on Instagram and you have the opportunity to invest money to do so, the best solution you can use is certainly the one relating to paid sponsorship of your content.

This possibility, available for corporate Instagram accounts, allows you to promote the content you have published, giving it greater prominence within the well-known photographic social network.

The cost of the promotion depends on your budget and, therefore, if you intend to evaluate this possibility, I advise you to deepen the subject, reading my guide on how to sponsor on Instagram.