“You wouldn't tell Shakespeare how to write a sonnet, and you don't tell a social media guru how to get a hashtag trending, okay? So step back.”— Jake Weisman, Matt Ingebretson, Baron, Baron Vaughn, imdb.com
“Avoid spammy unspecific hashtags. Some hashtags, like ‘love’ are the most tagged on the platform nearing 100 million tags! If you use that tag, it will become irrelevant in less than 3 minutes and the majority of people who use that hashtag will never see your picture.”— Garin Kilpatrick, smartonlinesuccess.com
“If you just post pictures of your food or your feet don’t expect to light up your Instagram with dozens of likes and new followers, no matter how many hashtags you use.”— Garin Kilpatrick, smartonlinesuccess.com
“Search for and follow people who are using popular hashtags like #followme and #likeforlike. Many will follow you back!”— Jayson DeMers, forbes.com
“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.com