It is hard to believe that it can be easy to increase Instagram engagement in a short space of time. Before getting great results on Instagram I always thought that getting any kind of love on Instagram was hard work. Let me know if you can relate to these feelings with it comes to social media and Instagram. I ditched social media years ago because it was such a time suck with very little payoff. I don’t find it drives much traffic to my blog but I do make connections with brands on IG and have monetised it as well. All that said, IG is exhausting I put a ton of effort into reaching 10K followers on IG. I finally got swipe up this month and... tada... I have a grand total of $0 affiliate sales and X sessions from IG Stories. IG was the first to go for me, just like you, I find it totally exhausting, and it is almost impossible to stay on top of all of these consistently. The truth is that Instagram seem to work for some accounts which would be strange seeing that it is just a platform. Could it be that, like everything else, people have bad experiences depending on their actions on the platform? In this post, you will learn a number of tips, tricks and tools that you can use to improve your engagement and results on Instagram. Disclosure: Please note that this post may contain affiliate links which means that if you buy one of my recommended products I get paid a commission for sharing the link at no additional cost to you. I only recommend products that I have tried myself and have experienced success. What is Engagement? It would make sense to spend some time diving into what is classified as 'engagement' when it comes to Instagram. A few weeks ago, I spent some time outlining necessary information that spoke to social media metrics and why it is important. When it comes to Instagram, engagement is essential for boosting your visibility on the platform. Engagement will consist of the following: * Likes* Shares* Saves* Direct messages* Profile visits* Website clicks* Emails* Comments Essentially, it involves getting your audience to take specific actions after viewing your post. The most important thing to note is that if you are only getting likes then that engagement is not enough to alert the algorithm. In fact, it would be best to get a combination of these activities on your posts in the Instagram feed. Now that you have a great idea of what constitutes engagement let's spend some time finding out how to increase Instagram engagement for the long term. The Anatomy of a Post In order to improve your results on Instagram let's look at the Instagram post in a little bit of detail. Compared to Pinterest you have to admit that creating a post on Instagram can be a lot easier. Many months ago, I went into a lot of detail on the anatomy on a Pinterest pin which you can find here. Basically, you have the image, the captions and the hashtags. At this point, you are probably thinking if it is so simple then why is it so difficult to increase your engagement on Instagram. Well,
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