TOP 5 INSTAGRAM MISTAKES TO STOP DOING | WHY YOU ARE NOT GROWING ON INSTAGRAM
In this post I want to share Top 5 Instagram Mistakes to Stop Doing and why you might not be growing on Instagram as fast as you hoped. I want to share how to stop doing those Top 5 Instagram Mistakes and how you can fix them and start growing on Instagram.
Are you just starting on Instagram and trying to figure out how to grow your audience and engagement or have you been on instagram for a while and feel like despite all the effort and time you are not growing and getting much engagement? Do you want to save time and money instead of wasting months and years of figuring it out yourself? Are you an entrepreneur, content creator, blogger or a new coach and want to use your Instagram to get more visibility and monetize your brand and business? If you answered yes to any of the above questions you are in the right place. So let's get down to business.
MISTAKE #1. ENGAGEMENT GROUPS
I see so many bloggers and content creators using engagement groups, feeling overwhelmed and tired of using all of their time engaging with same accounts every day instead of reaching new accounts, growing and getting genuine followers.
How Engagement Groups work?
Engagement group is a group of people using an app (like WhatsApp or Telegram etc) where they post Instagram links or let other members of the group know when they make an Instagram post so the others could go on the Instagram post and engage with the post (like, comment and sometimes save) in exchange for that person going to the certain amount of previous posts or links posted in that group and engaging with those posts. Basically it is engagement in exchange for engagement. Sometimes if the group is really big, one person must go and like and comment on hundreds of previous posts from other group members before getting any engagement on her/his post, so it is really time consuming.
Some Engagement Groups cost money.
Some people even pay bunch of money to be part of an engagement group where they get all the engagement without the need to engage in exchange with what it might be hundred of posts before getting some engagement back. So basically the admin of the group sets up all these rules and a person must comply with all the rules in order to be a member of the group. Some groups will require you to pay a monthly or yearly fee to get some benefits like you wouldn't need to engage with previous Instagram posts in order to get engagement on your own post.
What is your end goal what comes to your Social Media and Instagram?
You have to ask yourself what are you trying to achieve with your Social Media and Instagram.
First of all if you want to be an entrepreneur, blogger, content creator, consultant or coach and want to actually monetize your brand and business, so you don't gain anything from pure and basic engagement. Those people will only engage with your content in exchange for engagement and it is all fake and they won't convert into sales. People in those engagement groups are not genuine followers because all the care about is getting that engagement back on their posts.
Second of all being part of an engagement group is actually hurting your Instagram growth, because instead of growing and getting new followers you are spending all of your time engaging with same users when you could be spending that time reaching out to new accounts and getting genuine followers that will convert into sales.
Third of all it can become really overwhelming and stressful where you can't even keep up with it anymore and it may result in you just wanting to give up on your social media and Instagram. If you want to grow on Instagram fast like I did, remember to download my FREE ULTIMATE INSTA GUIDE
MISTAKE #2. NOT PROVIDING ENOUGH VALUE
Do you know how many people want to become entrepreneurs, coaches, influencers and content creators or fashion bloggers etc? Truth is that this industry is really saturated these days. How many fashion bloggers are out there doing the same thing, posting the same outfits and asking their audience to buy those outfits? Many. So why a person who is interested in fashion should follow you instead of someone else who is wearing and posting about the same outfit?
What you have to realize is that you have to stand out, you have to provide value to your audience. People love to learn and follow someone who is providing value-based content. So you have to figure out how you can provide knowledge and information to your audience and also pick your niche.
For example check out my INSTAGRAM to see how I show my existing, potential and new followers what kind of value I can provide through my content.
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MISTAKE #3. CAPTION NOT CATCHY ENOUGH
Everyone who uses Instagram knows, that it is mostly a visual platform. People scroll Instagram without reading the captions. So make sure they stop scrolling when they see your post.
How to make your Instagram follower to stop scrolling and read your caption?
The first sentence of your instagram feed post has to be catchy, so that person who is scrolling the Instagram feed will actually stop and click on your post to read the rest of your caption. Make sure you put a good and catchy sentence in your instagram feed post to catch your followers' attention, you can use the following tips:
ASK A QUESTION
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
QUOTE
So make sure first words of the first sentence of your caption are telling your followers what the post basically is all about if you really want to catch their attention.
More in my YouTube video below:
MISTAKE #4. NOT ADDING CAPTIONS TO YOUR INSTAGRAM STORIES
Instagram stories are a big part of growing on Instagram and connecting with your audience. That is why if you are posting a story about something and talking to the camera you should add captions in your stories to let your audience know what is it that you are talking about.
First of all the stories are usually muted and you actually have to tap it to unmute it. Most of the people are usually at work or somewhere else where they can't unmute the story so if you don't have a caption, they wouldn't know if it is something of interest to them.
Second of all adding captions would really make it a better experience for your audience and followers. People usually only have few minutes at work when they are on a break to scroll those stories and if there is a summarizing caption that actually interests them, they can follow along and unmute the story and actually pay attention to what you have to say.
MISTAKE #5. NOT ADDING CTA
It is always a good idea to add a link in your bio for your followers and potential clients. You might want your followers to go to your LikeToKnowIt account or some other affiliate website to shop the products you post about or you want to drive traffic to your website, blog or maybe another social media platform.
What many content creators and bloggers don't remember is to put a CTA (= Call To Action) in your bio on top of the link telling potential followers and clients why they should click on the link. Call to Action in your Bio is a primary CTA. And you might want to include a secondary CTA in your feed post, so if a potential follower or client finds a post of yours for example through a hashtag you could attract that follower or client through the secondary CTA in your feed post by asking to click on your link in the bio in which situation that potential follower or client would be forced to go on your Instagram profile in order to find the link. As additional tip I would say don't include any suspicious looking links in your bio, because people might not want to click on a link that looks weird and scammy.
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Make sure you fix these top 5 instagram mistakes most of the content creators and bloggers are making. And if you are interested in learning more about how I grew to over 20K Instagram followers organically in 1 year remember to also download my FREE ULTIMATE INSTA GUIDE
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Thank you for your time and reading this and see you next Wednesday. In my next Blog Post I will be revealing How to Make over $1,000 on ONE Instagram post, so stay tuned.
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