My Top Ten Tips For Instagram Everyone Should Know

I've had instagram for over a year now and just wow. That is actually crazy. I remember when I first got it and it made me sooooo happy. Since then I've grown my account to almost 1.5k and I've started doing collabs with brands which makes me super happy. :) People ask me a lottttt for tips for insta which has made me realize I still haven't done a blog post on it???? Um what???? So today I am collabing with the awesome Grace and we will both be sharing our top ten insta tips. After you read this post make sure to go check out her post over on her blog. :)

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1. Post Good Quality Photos

I know this is so duhhhh and at the top of everyone's tips list but seriously!! I am not saying what pictures you have to post because of course the unique photos makes your account unique but they should be good quality. This means:

-not fuzzy

-you can actually see the main focus of the photo

-it's not dark 

How to help that:

-don't use the front facing camera

-natural lighting is always best

-golden hour is a real thing, photos are soooo good when the sun is setting/coming up

Related: How To Take Awesome Photos With Your Phone

2. Use all of the hashtags

Instagram allows you to post 30 hashtags per post and not using absolutelly alll of those is a waste! Hashtags are one of the best ways for people to find your account. 

tips:

-the more specific the better 

-relevant to the photo and to the audience you want to attract 

-don't make them to long

-always have more words in your caption then hashtags or else it's just annoying 

-put the hashtags in the post itself (not the comments) but at the end of the post 

3. Post Consistently 

You need to actually post more than once a month. If you don't post a lot then it will be a lottt harder to get people to follow you. Plus when you do post they will have already forgotten about you since they followed you like two weeks ago so they will either unfollow or just not be engaged. I would recommend posting every other day more then every day cause I think it's just the right amount of posting consistently but not the spammy amount that might annoy people. 

4. Be Active On Other Peoples Accounts

This and hashtags are basically the main ways to grow your account. Set aside time every day to actually engage with your followers and comment nice things on there posts. When people comment nice things on my posts it makes me sooo happy and definitely makes me want to follow them. 

5. Only Follow Accounts You Enjoy

There are a lot of people that will follow back there followers or do follow for follow and follow/unfollow and hey that works for some people. I personally believe though that you should only follow accounts you reallllllllly enjoy. This makes instagram more fun and makes it so much easier to be active because you genuinely enjoy what's on your feed. 

6. Make Friends

Friends are pretty much the best things in the entire world. They just are!! Making friends on instagram is sooooo essential for both growing your account and also just having fun. If you make a lot of online friends there will always be someone online even at like 3 in the morning when all of your irl friends are asleep because time zonessssss. If you think someone is super cool just reach out to them! Even if they have a bigger following than you I promise they are not as scary as they seem. :) 

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A Post About Friends 

7. Make your captions personal

I've noticed that when my captions are talking about my day more then just my new blog post they do sooooooooooooooooooo much better. I never thought people would be interested in my life but they for some reason are????? Your followers want to know you and who you really are! You might have amazing photos but if you don't engage and share, then it basically means nothing.

8. Post On Your Story

This one hundred percent goes with the one above and just being personal with your followers! Especially if you're more of a niche account and share actual facts/tips/something in your posts and less your life it makes it even more essential to use your stories. Share little bits of your life and use all of the cool features like questions and things like that! 

9. Make Your Photos Go Together

I'm not saying necessarily have a super rigid theme and only post one color but to make your feed as a whole, look good. Maybe for you this means taking more photos outside and maybe having kind of a greenish theme or using one filter for all of your posts. Personally I use the filter P5 on VSCO and it gives all of my photos a blue tint and I love it. I would recommend planning out your photos in advance with an app like UMUM to make sure all of the photos work together and everything. 

10. Have A Good Bio + Username + Profile Pic

These are all super important because they are the first thing that people see.

For bio: Share a little bit about you and use that link!! If you have any other social media accounts this is a perfect place to put it.

For username: 

-make it something that kind of shows what kind of posts you have

-easy to remember

-not to long

-either interesting or have your name

Profile pic: 

-of your face

-close up

-bright

-clear  

I really hope that that was helpful to y'all!! If you liked it make sure to also check out Grace and her post! I would super love to follow all of y'all on insta so if you have an account make sure to link it down below! If you don't follow me you can find my account here. Also feel free to share all of your tips in the commmmmmentssss. :)