10/03/2021
HOW TO GROW YOUR BRAND PRESENCE TO 10K ON INSTAGRAM
One of the most commonly asked questions we receive from business owners is what specific steps can be taken to grow brand presence/following on social media platforms; generally Instagram.
Instagram can be a very powerful marketing tool for business owners, and often provides significant feedback on who you should be showing your product or service to.
With that in mind, we’ve decided to give all of you the best and most efficient way to grow your business page on instagram to 10,000 (which we’ve found to be the benchmark most business owners look for early stage). This method is tried and true; we’ve done it time and time again for clients!
This is going to sound very simple, but rest assured it is the most effective and fastest way to grow both your following and engagement outside of ad campaigns.
For your first 500-1,000 followers, look for businesses and brands similar to yours. Same niche, or related. Ideally other product lines just like yours (ex. If you have a clothing store, find other clothing stores).
Engage with those accounts. Turn on post notifications, and when they post, like and leave a HELPFUL or insightful comment related to the post; don't just advertise your page or leave a generic "good post" type of comment.
Active and productive engagement will grab the attention of their audience, who will also be curious to know more about your brand. Also, be sure to follow the followers of your competitors early on. If they are interested in similar products, they may like yours too. This is a good way to grow in your beginning stages. An added benefit to this will be that instagram’s algorithm will eventually associate your page with your competitors, and will begin to recommend your page to people following those accounts.
The more complicated part comes from 1,000-10,000 followers. Post multiple times a day at set intervals to accumulate measurable data via post insights. Eventually, you'll be able to tag specifics that enable you to consistently hit explore page and accumulate more post notification subscribers. By that point, you should be able to turn each post into the equivalent of spending $250+ on facebook ads OR build your own organic funnel system.
We’ve found that this method generally takes only 12-16 weeks to see your first 10,000 followers. The best part: they’ll all be actively engaged audience members for your brand!
Good luck, and if you have any questions feel free to ask in the comments or send me a message! 🤝