“Tagging a location in your photos lets people in your area see your photos more easily. Tagging a general location (like ‘Downtown LA’ instead of a specific restaurant) will increase the chances that people will see it.”— Carlo Pacis, blog.wishpond.comTagged: Instagram, tags, Location
“One of the best ways to get more likes on your Instagram photos is to use your photo’s caption to ask a question. This is a great way to drive not only photo likes, but comments, too.”— Short Stack, shortstack.comTagged: Instagram, Questions, comments
“Running a simple like-to-enter giveaway is one of the best ways to get more likes on Instagram. Because the barriers to entry are low (it’s just a double tap away), it’s easy to rack up a ton of likes on your giveaway photo.”— Carlo Pacis, blog.wishpond.comTagged: Instagram, Giveaway, Contest
“The best time to post on Instagram is on Wednesdays between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm.”— Short Stack, shortstack.comTagged: Instagram, Timing, Social Media
“If the lighting can't easily be fixed, try black and white.”— Erin Frye, buzzfeed.comTagged: Instagram, Black and White, Lighting
“Don’t go nuts with your hashtags! A hashtag paragraph, as I like to call it, at the bottom of your photo is not savvy. It can look a little overzealous and cluttered. Instead, stick to using 1-3 relevant hashtags per photo.”— Short Stack, shortstack.comTagged: Instagram, Hashtags, tags
“Stop using the front-facing camera for selfies. It's convenient, yes, but the rear-facing camera (the one on the back of your phone) takes pictures at a way higher resolution. Bye-bye, grainy images.”— Erin Frye, buzzfeed.comTagged: Instagram, camera, resolution
“Link your Instagram account to your other social platforms (like Facebook and Twitter) to share your account and the media you post with your fans in other areas. This helps to leverage the profile traffic and views you generate in your other platforms to point them towards your Instagram profile, g…”— Carlo Pacis, blog.wishpond.comTagged: Instagram, Blogs, Social Media
“You can easily gain thousands of new followers each day by getting featured. Unfortunately, Instagram doesn’t really share how they choose users, but if you get added to their suggested users list, you’ll get tons of exposure.”— Karen Tumbokon, digitaltrends.comTagged: Instagram, Followers, Featured
“Meet Instagram influencers, whether online or in person. Start developing relationships by leaving intentional comments on their photos.”— Kati Holland, blog.patreon.comTagged: Instagram, Influencers, Networking
“Adjust the photo brightness before playing with filters.”— Erin Frye, buzzfeed.comTagged: Instagram, filters, Brightness
“Don’t be scared of posting often. As long as you’re not posting ‘just because,’ posting more photos doesn’t lower overall engagement.”— Kati Holland, blog.patreon.comTagged: Instagram, Posting, Quantity
“Be funny, ironic, or outrageous–just don’t be BORING.”— Larry Kim, smallbiztrends.comTagged: Instagram, Funny, Ironic
“Quality > quantity, so only post photos you’re proud of.”— Kati Holland, blog.patreon.comTagged: Instagram, Quality, Quantity
“Images with green, blue, and grey attracted the most number of likes while those with pink, yellow and orange got least attention.”— Fox Fans, foxfans.comTagged: Instagram, Colors, Blue, Green, Grey
“Make sure your profile is public.”— Lindsay Kolowich, blog.hubspot.comTagged: Instagram, Profile, public
“If you notice that photos you post in the mornings are consistently earning you more likes, comments, or followers than those posted in the afternoon or evening, then adjust your content schedule accordingly.”— Sarah Dawley, blog.hootsuite.comTagged: Instagram, Morning, Night, Time
“Structure your photos with more edges, and you will see the likes and comments per post soaring up.”— Fox Fans, foxfans.comTagged: Instagram, Edges, comments, likes
“Embed your Instagram photos in your blog posts.”— Sarah Dawley, blog.hootsuite.comTagged: Instagram, Blog, Photos
“Post on Sundays: Sundays see the fewest images posted, so posting then may get your images more visibility.”— Jayson DeMers, forbes.comTagged: Instagram, Sunday, Weekends
“Announce your Instagram account to your followers on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or any other social network you’ve already built a following on.”— Sarah Dawley, blog.hootsuite.comTagged: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest
“Make sure your bio is complete. Include relevant keywords and hashtags, and a link back to your site. Above all, don’t be spammy; this is a guarantee that no one who reads your profile will follow you!”— Jayson DeMers, forbes.comTagged: Instagram, biography, Blog
“Focus on one specific object in a photo with your actual phone camera, not with Instagram's blur tool. Manually tap on your camera screen to decide what the main focus should be, then take your photo. This looks less heavily edited and much more professional.”— Danielle Tullo, cosmopolitan.comTagged: Instagram, Blur, Focus
“Search for and follow people who are using popular hashtags like #followme and #likeforlike. Many will follow you back!”— Jayson DeMers, forbes.comTagged: Instagram, Follow Back, Hashtags, Entrepreneurs, Small Business Strategies
“Make a better caption or bio by copying and pasting text with line breaks from notepad or texts. You can't make a line break directly in Instagram, but if you want to have a more intriguing bio or caption that requires one, copy and paste your caption (line breaks included) into Instagram.”— Danielle Tullo, cosmopolitan.comTagged: Instagram, captions, Notepad
“Don’t be abstruse (overtly complicated, like that choice of word).”— David Christopher, blog.tailwindapp.comTagged: Instagram, Words, Complicated
“Pictures that are primarily blue get 24 percent more likes than photos with red as the primary color.”— Christina Newberry, blog.hootsuite.comTagged: Instagram, Blue, Red, Colors
“Use natural light as often as possible to improve the quality of your photo. Even if you're inside with dim lighting, face a window to get as much natural light as possible.”— Danielle Tullo, cosmopolitan.comTagged: Instagram, Lighting, Natural Light
“Be sure to choose an aesthetic for your feed and stick to it. Any major change can throw users off and suck likes away from your posts.”— Christina Newberry, blog.hootsuite.comTagged: Instagram, Themes, Aesthetic
“Take a few extra seconds to leave a comment that shows you actually looked at the picture and you’re far more likely to create a connection.”— Natashalh, natashalh.comTagged: Instagram, comments, compliments