How to Grow an Instagram Account in 2024 (Easy Mode ✅)

Summary

In this video, Alex reveals a proven strategy for growing an Instagram account by over 50,000 followers each month in 2024. He emphasizes the importance of niche mastery, engaging with trending audios, using new Instagram features like polls in captions, and crafting compelling captions with a clear call to action. Alex also advises on the strategic use of effects, hashtags, and pinned content to boost visibility and growth. Additionally, he shares tips on optimizing your bio and utilizing keywords on videos to help the Instagram algorithm understand and target the right audience. The video is a comprehensive guide for anyone looking to significantly increase their Instagram following.

Takeaways

• 📈 Focus on Niche Mastery: Train your Instagram account to show content similar to your niche to get inspiration and trending ideas.
• 🎶 Utilize Trending Audios: Find and use trending audios in your posts to increase engagement and performance.
• 🎥 Edit to Trending Audios First: When creating original content, edit to a trending audio before posting to enhance the video's appeal.
• 🗳️ Engage with Polls in Captions: Use the new Instagram feature of polls in captions to boost engagement and follower growth.
• 📝 Improve Caption Strategy: Use a structured format for captions to increase watch time and show the algorithm that viewers are interested.
• 🔍 Use Keywords and Captions: Longer captions with keywords help the algorithm understand the post better, leading to better audience targeting.
• 🌟 Try Out Effects: Experiment with Instagram effects to potentially increase views and engagement.
• 🔄 Turn Off Facebook Recommendations: To focus growth on Instagram, disable Facebook recommendations to avoid misdirected views.
• 🏷️ Use Hashtags Wisely: Employ 3 to 7 hashtags to help the algorithm understand your content without overpopulating.
• 📌 Pin Content and Comments Strategically: Pin comments on viral posts to encourage follows and pin content after 30 days to maintain momentum.
• 🔗 Optimize Your Bio: Use your bio to attract and incentivize follows, focusing on community and value rather than selling.

Q & A

What strategy has been revealed to grow an Instagram account by over 50,000 followers in a month?

The strategy involves training your account for niche mastery, using trending audios, engaging the audience with polls in captions, optimizing captions with keywords, utilizing effects, turning off Facebook recommendations, using hashtags effectively, pinning content and comments wisely, and optimizing your Instagram bio.

How does training your Instagram account for niche mastery work?

Training your account involves liking and saving content in your niche for a few days, which helps the explore page to show more relevant content, providing inspiration for your own posts, hashtags, and captions.

What is the significance of using trending audios in Instagram content?

Trending audios can boost the performance of your content, as they are popular and currently being used by many users. They can be found by pressing the 'real' button and looking for audios with an upward arrow indicating they are trending.

How can polls in captions increase engagement on Instagram?

Polls in captions allow users to interact with your post by voting, which can lead to a high number of responses and increased watch time, signaling to the algorithm that the content is engaging.

What is the recommended format for Instagram captions to maximize engagement?

The recommended format starts with a hook (like a question), followed by advice, a story, or actionable steps that match the post. Credit the source or yourself if it's original content, include a call-to-action (CTA) to follow, and end with a relevant hashtag.

Why are effects considered underrated for increasing views on Instagram?

Effects can significantly enhance the aesthetics of your content and are similar to trending audios in that they can provide additional exposure if they are popular and used by many users.

What is the purpose of turning off Facebook recommendations for Instagram growth?

Turning off Facebook recommendations ensures that views and engagement are focused on Instagram itself. Views from Facebook do not contribute to growth on Instagram.

How should hashtags be used in 2024 to aid Instagram's algorithm?

Hashtags should be used to help the algorithm understand who to show your content to, with a recommendation of using three to seven single-word or short phrase hashtags to avoid confusing the algorithm.

What is the best practice for pinning content and comments on Instagram?

Pin comments on posts that are performing exceptionally well to incentivize new followers. Pin content to the top of your profile after 30 days when its momentum starts to die down to maintain its visibility.

Why is it important to optimize your Instagram bio for growth?

An optimized bio captures a user's attention and incentivizes them to follow your account. It should include searchable keywords, describe the account and brand, provide value to potential followers, and focus on community.

How can adding keywords on your videos help with Instagram's algorithm?

Adding keywords as text on your videos helps the algorithm understand who your content is for and can increase the chances of it being shown to the right audience.