With over one billion Instagram users pumping out daily posts, stories, IG Live and IGTV the platform is starting to get crowded and noisy. There are a lot of people clamoring for your attention and it’s getting more difficult to get noticed and stand out.
Since I’m constantly in the platform for my own Instagram account as well as my client’s accounts that I managed I am often asked for advice; and so here are my recommendations:
In all my years in using Instagram I have found the best way to stand out is to focus on the intersection of the following four factors: 1. Emotive photography. 2. Captivating storytelling which; 3. Resonates and speaks to your tribe. 4. All of this has to be delivered with an element of surprise and intrigue to cause a pattern interrupt.
Lisa
February 24, 2019I have been following your accounts for over a year now and I love your tips! Thank you for taking the time to research and for sharing your invaluable insight. You are my go-to for Instagram tips and I enjoy processing your advice, implementing it in my own way through posts and stories and seeing the results! You rock 🙂
Maggie Loves Orbit
February 25, 2019So glad I can share a different perspective and that it helps!!!!
katie
February 26, 2019Thank you so much for your helpful tips! I’ll be sure to apply them to my own Instagram and hopefully can become more successful like yourself. There was a lot of content within this article that I did not know, which is very refreshing to read.
Maggie Loves Orbit
February 26, 2019Thank you for reading and I’m glad you found it useful!
Beth
February 27, 2019These are such wonderful pieces of advice. I absolutely love your Instagram account and it helps to have things laid out in such a straight forward way.
Maggie Loves Orbit
February 27, 2019Thank you so much!!!
Missy Zane
February 28, 2019Great tips. Thank you!
Maggie Loves Orbit
March 2, 2019Thank you!
Hindy
March 1, 2019I actually just started on Instagram this week, I’ve been avoiding it and now I see why!! Your post is amazing, full of really helpful tips and advice particularly for a newbie like myself. There’s no way I can produce anything near as interesting as your images, I definitely need to find someone to do it for me!!
Maggie Loves Orbit
March 2, 2019I have an IG page BarkCommunity I share tips there if you’re just starting =) and photos can be phone photos… just getting content out regularly is probably step one.
Michelle & The Paw Pack
March 1, 2019Thanks for the tips! I’ll for sure be implementing them on my own Instagram accounts. I’ve never been a big social media person but for whatever reason I’ve found Instagram to be more enjoyable than any of the other platforms. I especially love having one place to share pictures of my pets, increasing my audience so I have even more “pet people” to interact with would be awesome.
Maggie Loves Orbit
March 2, 2019hehe yup Instagram is not going away and it’s a lot of fun.
Jana
March 1, 2019I did open an account but I cannot bring myself to actually making any use of Instagram.
Adriana
March 2, 2019Thanks for all the tips we all need to learn new things every day and being Instagram a trending channel that isn’t going away we need to be more educated on how to grow it.
Maggie Loves Orbit
March 2, 2019It’s like microblogging – just photos and content … none of the hard stuff really. Blogging to me is MUCH more difficult.
Ruby and Kristin
March 2, 2019I always enjoy your approach to Instagram. It’s interesting because I do much of what you discuss above on my blog much better than I do on Instagram – which is definitely why my blog audience is my most engaged, devoted, and invested audience. I’ve never quite figured out how to translate my blog mojo to my Instagram – probably my fault because I spend most of my time on blog posts and then sometimes rush through Instagram.
Maggie Loves Orbit
March 2, 2019Omg I’m the reverse. I told myself if I could channel my IG mojo to the blog and be able to write longer form blog content then I’d be ok lol. We all have different strengths and I loved your article about the Westminister show I was laughing reading it. Thank you for stopping by.
Ruth
March 2, 2019I started Instagram with my laptop about 4 months ago I think and have over 400 followers so feel really good about that, I try to put up one photo a day sometimes more and have also been adding videos. I am happy with how I am growing and your tips are going to help me more, thanks
Sonja of Montecristo Travels
March 3, 2019Love your tips. Sadly I need to hire someone because I have a full time career that takes up easily 16+ hours a day. I want to do all this but just can’t fit it all in. Maybe when I retire…LOL
Alex
March 3, 2019Really awesome tips! I think a lot of people want that simple, easy answer for instagram, and as you showed, there isn’t one! I will definitely be sharing this post with our friends <3
Thanks for sharing
-Alex and Navy
http://www.navycorgi.com
Emilia
March 3, 2019I have a hard time with instagram, I’m not a visual person and I’m not a good photographer. But I’m trying to do something. This was really helpful. I bookmarked for review again later.
Sweet Purrfections
March 3, 2019Very informative post. Instagram isn’t my social media of choice, but anything to help is greatly appreciated.
Marjorie Dawson
March 3, 2019I am definitely not an Instagram person. There is so much work here to even find your USP let alone find the time to generate enough visuals to generate traffic.I remember the wonderful I Party with Bruce Wayne who says she spends upwards of 5 hours A DAY on IG – posting and also responding to people.
IG seems shallow and fickle. People disappear from your list of fans as fast as they arrive like small children stamping their foot at not being entertained. Once my blog starts getting decent traffic I might give it a go but even Pinterest seems to generate more interest and traffic which is odd because I don’t do anything much there!
Rebecca Sanchez
March 4, 2019These are truly great tips – we’ve been fans for a while, so it’s amazingly wonderful that you are sharing your inside scoop with us! I am going to re-read and apply some of your techniques – thank you! ?