How to Get More Likes on Instagram (Instant & Organic Ways)
The best place to share content and aesthetic photos in the social world is Instagram. What started as a photo-sharing app has turned into a business growth app in the past few years. People are mad, over-marketing themselves or their brand, so that their posts reach a wider unexplored audience. No matter what people say, likes mattered in social media infancy and it will matter in the future too. Likes act as a go-to indicator for many brands to assess their reach. Today’s article will focus on how one can get more likes on their Instagram posts both organically and by spending some amount. It is always better to opt for organic reach but remind you, it takes lots of time, patience, and determination.
Instagram follows certain algorithms to empower brands and its algorithm keeps changing. The new algorithm starts with saving the post and ends with liking the post. Though it is the least important, it is a very friendly option for people who engage with the post. Just a double tap on the post is all that they have to do with minimal effort. The below-mentioned tips and strategies will act as the stepping stone for increasing likes on your Instagram post but always keep one thing in mind – high-quality pictures and consistently coming up with new ideas is the key that fits the lock to Instagram.
Buy Instagram Likes
If you are someone who does not want to wait for years to see results on Instagram, then this is the option for you. Buying sounds like a tempting option but this is not always the ideal way to increase followers and likes on your account. Likes are crucial to the success of a business on Instagram.
For example, if you run a shop that offers healthy alternatives to pizza and burgers, then you would want to post videos of the recipes you have created to increase the engagement by getting more likes but buying likes can be dangerous. It can have quite the opposite effect, thereby decreasing your engagement.
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Taking inspiration from other brands that have a strong presence on Instagram
Following your niche industry is not likely to give you a heap of fresh ideas. Do your research and find inspirational accounts to follow on Instagram for fresh and unique ideas. Watch quality posts of your closely-related competitive industries, industries as well as posts of industries that are unrelated to your niche. Even if you find a customer base that does not match yours, you might come across unique content ideas which fit into your strategy and you may utilize it to modify your posts accordingly to increase likes.
For example, you can make the use of illustrations to highlight a tutorial post that would have otherwise become complex through the use of videos. So, if a particular thing does not go your way, you can always use the takeaways from other brand’s posts to portray your idea.
Running a like-based contest on Instagram
Giveaways are an excellent way to increase followers, likes, and comments on posts on Instagram. Not only does it increase reach, but it can also help in the development of your sales and brand presence overall. It is very easy for people to enter and people love photo contests on Instagram.
Running a like-based contest is a piece of cake. All you need to do is host a contest where you announce a lucky winner for a specific product or service and ask all the contest participants to like the post to enter. You can also include other requirements like tagging friends and commenting on the post. People will enter these and increase your engagement rate. You may also collaborate or partner with other brands of your industry and help them too in growing their brand presence.
Creating and following a hashtag strategy
We have mentioned innumerable times and stressed the fact that hashtags are like the spinal cord of Instagram. Just like the human body cannot sustain itself without its cord, Instagram businesses cannot sustain without the maintenance of proper hashtag strategies on Instagram. To grow organically, you should utilize hashtags properly. This does not mean that you have to always use cliché hashtags. Watch out for what other brands of your industry are using and apply it for your posts as well. Search for hashtags that are most followed and relevant. If possible, try to create your brand hashtag and add your post to it so that you can create a collection of your best content. Creating a good hashtag strategy will expose your account to a massive number of people who are still unexplored.
Essentially, hashtags will help you, in the long run, to market your business and increase likes and followers for your business. Use hashtags in your stories and bio too because stories and bio do not have the like feature but the audience following the hashtag will be able to locate you and lead to expansion of your horizon.
Tagging the right audience and adding location tags
Giving proper credit is a good way to capture the hearts of the audience. Whenever you find it relevant, add proper tags and a good caption to the post. For example, if you have collaborated with an Instagram influencer to market or promote your products, tag them and give them proper credits. These tags might result in bigger brands finding your post and commenting on it.
Tagging people can lead to a win-win situation for both parties and not only does it increase visibility but also leads to customer loyalty.
Adding locations will also help. People randomly see locations on Instagram. So, if you have a post on that location, chances are they will come across your profile and like your posts too.
Memefy your brand and go with the flow!
You might just be thinking that we have gone crazy as no such words exist in the dictionary but trust us when we say that ‘meme’ (pronounced meem) is an actual word in the internet world. Memes are meant to entertain your audience by adding a tinge to your posts on a topic that is trending and camouflaging it with your brand. Younger generations are united on memes so you can imagine the engagement rate your brand is going to get.
But for the creation of meme content, you need to understand the kind of audience that consumes your content. If it is not appropriate for your business to post humorous content, memes can negatively affect your business and alienate your brand.
If you do a bit of research, you will see thousands of accounts dedicated to memes and trending topics and they are sure to make you laugh and brighten your day.
Mixing and posting a variety of content
In recent years, Instagram has introduced a variety of features like stories, IGTV, and Instagram reels expanding its type of content. The engagement for posts as well as stories have increased in the past and the metrics which were used to judge the performance have increased too. As for the stories, the metrics like story views and story replies have been included.
This means that you should take full advantage of this type of content and try out every type of content and cross-promote them. You can post something and add it to your stories. The viewers of your story might visit your feed and view your post and like it too. IGTV feature allows you to post lengthy videos so you can add DIY or tutorial kinds of videos.
Instagram reels allow you to post sort 10 15 seconds of video of lip-syncing or a clip of dance to entertain your audience. So, go forward and try every content possible, mix and match to see what works best for your brand.
Keep your caption game strong
Captions for the post are as important as the picture quality. If you are creative then do it yourself but we would suggest hiring a content writer who will write the captions for your social media posts and add an interesting angle to them. If you are doing it your way, do not go overboard with often-used words. Try to add words to which the audience can relate and find meaningful.
We do give stress to a lot of captioned posts so make sure you are also up to date with your caption game because many people in the audience look forward to the captions for your next posts. The skill will take some time to get ingrained but when it does, it would take you a long way. People who love to read captions will visit your page surely and like your posts too.
Creation of more video content
Video content gets more views and engagement as compared to photos or random posts. And if you are getting more views, you can get better likes and comments too. Ti has also been noticed that video content receives more comments as compared to aesthetic photos in a profile. We do not find any reason to not do this! Are you still waiting??
If you run out of ideas which is a very practical situation, you can go for posting behind the scene videos. People enjoy seeing behind the scene videos of events that you have hosted, special occasions or parties, or even a dance or singing video which can show fails or bloopers.
2020 was a glorious year in the history of Instagram when it released Instagram reels. Since then, the growth of video content on the platform is not showing any signs of stopping. With the incorporation of content strategy, your engagement rate is sure to increase. It might feel a bit complex to make videos but with the use of correct video making and editing apps, you can do wonders for your video strategy.
Using Calls To Action in Bio and cross-promoting your content.
Calls to actions are links embedded in the bio or you can even add them to your posts to make people visit your website or something related to their post. It can be as simple as liking the post also.
Including a call to action makes viewers redirect to their sites also thereby increasing engagement. You can even cross-promote your content by mentioning the links of other accounts to your Instagram bio.
What you can also do is cross-post your content on other social media channels. You have to link all the social media accounts like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest so that the content gets posted everywhere simultaneously and you save time.
Practicing consistent posting
Consistency is the key to almost everything in the world. Whether you want to learn a new skill, lose weight, achieve higher grades, consistency will help you a lot in life both personally and professionally. Instagram success also relies on the consistency of posting.
But this does not mean that you will keep spamming their feed with posts. Even if you are a content creator influencer or a small business on Instagram, try to create a content calendar for yourself and stick to the schedule. A content calendar will help you to post the right quantity of content in a week without compromising on the quality of the posts and without letting the fear of losing the audience fill you up.
Various social media management tools for scheduling posts are available on the internet for free so make use of them. These tools will save a lot of time of yours by doing things on their own. Sit back and relax after posting content and watch Instagram in action!
Tips to Get More Instagram Likes Organically
Growing Instagram organically is a difficult nut to crack. You might see a drop in engagement and stagnation of followers which can be frustrating. His results in people sorting to third party apps to buy Instagram likes and followers which is a tempting option we have mentioned earlier. But if you are guided the right way, you can do wonders in increasing your reach organically. Below are mentioned some tips to increase your Instagram post likes organically –
Plan Ahead
After carefully researching your audience, you will get a clear idea of what kind of content works well in the industry and what your competitors are doing to revamp their strategy. Now, it is time to focus on your content strategy. This means that you should not post anything which you think will not do well. Instead, follow a well-rounded plan, stick to a scheduled time of posting and follow that religiously.
Planning will give a competitive edge over others but do not plan for too ahead. If you have content ideas, save them for later. Do not post everything at once otherwise, you might run out of content and lose out on precious followers.
Influencer Marketing
As Instagram is evolving day by day, so is influencer marketing. People have started pursuing it as a full-time job with lots of scope in the future. Being an influencer does not always mean that you will have to have thousands and millions of followers on the gram. Even if you have 500 followers, you can be considered an influencer. Brands approach such influencers who promote their products to the audience.
If you are a small and new brand, you too can collaborate with an influencer within your budget and ask them to promote your business. People who follow the influencer will visit your site, which will enhance engagement, followers as well as will drive more likes to the posts and comments too.
This will expose you to a whole new audience and bring engagement in a very organic way.
Feature your account on the pages of big businesses
Sounds difficult right? But it is not if the quality you provide is good. A few things which you should do to get a feature on big bands pages are as follows-
- List out all the big brands that provide goods and products of your niche.
- Every big brand has its own hashtag so make use of these hashtags in your posts, stories as well in your bio. Make sure that the spelling of the hashtag is correct. They will find and locate you and feature you on their page.
- Many brands keep their emails in their bio. Use it and send messages to them regarding how you love their feed and their way of maintaining the gram. But make sure not to spam their emails with too many emails.
We hope that you will try to incorporate the above-mentioned strategies to suit your brand needs. The Instagram algorithm is such that you do not have to do much hard work. All your work will be done by Instagram itself. We can assure you that with these tips you can increase your engagement rate and improve it to a significant extent. Good things take time so you will have to wait patiently and continue doing your part.
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