Today's podcast is all about how to get real Instagram followers! This is installment three of four in our series about the four evergreen key components that don't change on Instagram. If you missed Episodes 1 and 2 of our series, you can go back to season 2, Episode 13, “Does Your Instagram Bio Attract or Repel Potential Clients?”, and then Episode 14, “Rate Your Instagram Content with These Proven Techniques?” These can be found in the links below, but those are the first two key components; a solid bio and a solid content strategy to draw in followers and convert to clients. So today we're talking about gaining real Instagram followers. I wanted to add some fresh tactics from our recent research. My team and I are always researching trends and changes on the platform to keep you and my membership in the loop. Be sure to follow or subscribe to the podcast to get episodes when they drop! Before I share today's episode, if you're listening the week of November 22nd, the very day this drops, I want to invite you to my Instagram Live today on Instagram at 1:00 PM. On my @authenticmarketingpod Instagram account, I'm going to share the very next evergreen component to a solid account right there. It's all about how to drive traffic off the platform and onto your podcast, website, blog product, wherever you really need followers to go. It works, so set a reminder right now to meet me at the Live so you can ask questions! We’ll discuss component number four for developing a solid Instagram strategy. So check out my Live if you’re listening today November 22nd at 1:00 PM on my Instagram, Eastern standard time. I'll give number four there and I'm going to spill the beans on my early Black Friday sale that starts today. You don't want to miss it! The early bird bonuses are out of this world. They're only around until midnight, the 24th of November, 2021. Think: Instagram meets email list building for a brilliant marketing plan to create solid followers, readers, and conversions for your marketing. Click below for show notes! https://www.ruthiegray.mom/real-instagram-followers/ Episode 13 https://www.ruthiegray.mom/instagram-bio/ Episode 14 https://www.ruthiegray.mom/instagram-content-strategy/ Take our Reels personality quiz! https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/611fc03c688e1f0017ed5f53 Click below to purchase the Authentic Online Marketing School! https://ruthiegray.lpages.co/authentic-email-marketing-school/ We've discussed component number one of the four Evergreen components on Instagram-- a solid bio. Number two is a valued content strategy. In this series, I took a walk down memory lane about our local cafe we frequented each Sunday after church, when our kids were growing up, it was a whole experience. I liken that to your bio and how people look at that to see the kind of the vibe you're putting out and what you offer. The choices behind the counter, the food served that day that I liken to your content. Today our topic of gaining real Instagram followers falls along the lines of community. You must build community in order to gain followers, it's simply essential. You can't gain followers without establishing community. I always say community grows opportunity. I teach this a lot inside my community and in every new program I release, including the one released just today. There’s always a community team building aspect to it because that is so important for growth. And so the cafe grew community through committed frequenters like us going there and then telling others how much we loved it. Some Sundays after church we'd invite friends to join us for the experience. And they told their friends and they told their friends and so on and that built their following. Word of mouth is spectacular for building your brand and business. When people become committed followers, they share your content. That, my friends,