BOOST YOUR

INSTAGRAM
GROWTH
A Simple How-To Guide On
Growing Your Instagram Account &
Creating Premium Content

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 FROM 0 - 10,000
FOLLOWERS
IN 20 DAYS
Thank you for giving me this opportunity to present you with
some great information that I have discovered which has been
crucial for the growth of my own account.
I hope you can find similar success after reading this!
When I first made this eBook, I had just reached 10k followers in
20 days as you've heard.
6 months later (today, February 10th, 2019) my account
(@getjoemoneyright) on Instagram is now at 157k followers.
The tips you are about to read will be very helpful in building the
foundation for your growth journey.
10,000 followers in 20 days is almost unheard of. That was not an
easy task and it required a lot of hard work, dedication, and
commitment.
Are you ready to commit?
The truth is, anyone can do this and it's NOT too late to start. 
This is a value-packed, simple to understand guide to help get you
started in growing your account, business, or brand on Instagram. 
Let's get right to it. 
 OVERVIEW
1. CHOOSING YOUR NICHE
2. STYLE & DESIGN
3. RELEVANT HASHTAGS
4. HACKING INSTAGRAM
STORIES
5. SHOUT4SHOUT
(S4S)
6. ENGAGING WITH
FOLLOWERS
7. PROVIDING VALUE
8. BONUS: ENGAGEMENT
GROUPS
9. AN UPDATE FROM JOE
MONEY FOR 2019
CHOOSING YOUR
NICHE
BUSINESSES
You already have your business underway. Your
Instagram account should include relevant content
related to your business, customers, and industry.

BRAND (INFLUENCERS)
If you're growing your personal brand, you need to
focus on your passion and expertise. This is where
athletes show off their skills. Models show off their
good looks. Comedians display their best jokes. 

NICHE ACCOUNT
If you don't have a business, and you don't want to
create an online personal brand, you can create
what's called a NICHE ACCOUNT. Similar to The Joe
Money Podcast account (@getjoemoneyright) where
the focus is on business, personal finance, investing,
stock trading, side hustles, and more, you can create
your own account and post about content that you
are passionate or knowledgeable of.
Pick anything from memes, sports, music, finance,
food, fitness, motivation, or celebrities.
If creating infographics are down your alley, this
would be a great place for you to start.
STYLE & DESIGN
One of the biggest reasons behind the success of The Joe
Money Podcast Instagram account has to do with the
style and design that was chosen. The number of DMs
received on this topic were a big reason behind the
creation of this e-book. So let's dive in.

CANVA APP
All content created for the Instagram account has been
done with the Canva App. Adobe Photoshop and other
editing software has never been used. You don't need a
background in graphic design to break-out some solid
content either. We've upgraded to Canva Pro which gives
us access to some great icons that aren't available with
the basic package.

PICTURES/ICONS/GRAPHICS
Everyone asks me where to find the icons that we
use on all of our posts. Finally, we're revealing our
mega secret! Flaticon.com is where we used to get
our icons when we first started, and now we primarily
use the icons that are already included within the
Canva app. This is another reason why Canva is such
an amazing tool.
If you need free stock photos, I recommend heading
over to unsplash.com to find free photos taken from
amazing photographers from all around the world.

COLORS
Stick to 3-4 main colors that you will use. Your
BACKGROUND, the TITLE, and the TEXT of the post.
People like consistency from post to post, not an array of
random colors lacking structure. You can use 1-3 colors
for your text as well.
 RELEVANT
HASHTAGS
I'm sure you've come across many accounts that
use the full allowance of 30 hashtags per post. The
Instagram algorithm doesn't like that, and neither
do your followers. 

RESEARCH BEST HASHTAGS

Use a Google Search to find relevant hashtags
related to your niche. Websites like hashtagify.me
can give you insights and detailed information
regarding the best hashtags to use and when. It's
also smart to watch and see what the best
performing accounts in your niche are using.
Checkout Google Trends as well to see what's hot.

11-20 HASHTAGS
It looks spammy when you have the maximum 30
hashtags under your post. With the new Instagram
algorithm, the strength of each is lessened with
every additional hashtag used over a total of 20.
Studies have actually shown that 11 or more is the
best way to boost interaction on a post for every
1,000 followers by over 442%.

PUT IT IN THE CAPTION

Many people believe posting your hashtag as a
comment is better than as part of your post
caption. Don't do this, as your post will be
separated from the hashtag comment and will
essentially be worthless. 
 HACKING
INSTAGRAM
STORIES
Instagram stories were a massive addition to the
social media site a couple years ago. Sorry
Snapchat lovers, but IG stories have taken over. 

POST STORIES DAILY

Hacking Instagram stories can be huge for your
growth on Instagram. The new algorithm only
allows about an average of 10% of your followers
to actually see your content. Stupid!
By adding a story, you have a better chance of it
showing up on your followers' recent IG stories in
which they may click on it to view. 
It is very possible that this person would have not
seen your post earlier that day, but did get the
chance to see your IG story.
Do this 5-10 times per day or more, and you are
quickly increasing the number of accounts that will
see your posted content and engage with it.  
More and more users are beginning to view the
stories on their account each day. Join in on this
gift of attention. 
More views = more likes = better chance of
getting your posts on the explore page (more later
on that!)
 SHOUT-FOR-
SHOUT
This is one of the single-most important strategies you
can implement today to increase your account growth
immediately. If you're not doing this, start.

S4S GROWTH HACK

Whether you have 50 followers or 125k, this strategy is
one of the most cost-effective ways to grow your
account...because it's FREE.
Network with other accounts that are in the same niche
as you, with a comparable amount of followers. This way
you can ensure that both parties are benefiting from the
transaction.
You have to DM other accounts and see if they want to
do this with you. You will both send each other a piece of
content that you want the other to post, and you will
agree on terms. 
One of the more common strategies for this is a 24 hour
Instagram story. A lot of accounts don't want your
content on their page forever, so they put it on the story
as it disappears.
This strategy gives both accounts involved more
exposure to potential new followers.
Make sure you get them to post the @username of your
account as a link so followers can easily make the
transition over to your account. 
And don't waste the time of accounts with 150k followers
by asking them for SFS when you have 45 followers.
Sure, you can pay them for a shoutout, but don't
disrespect them by asking specifically for SFS.
ENGAGING WITH
FOLLOWERS
It's called SOCIAL MEDIA for a reason. The
purpose of the platform is to connect with others
and create a community.
If you are trying to build a brand around your
business or self, you need to be engaging with
each one of your followers that leave a comment
more now than ever before.

IG ALGORITHM - ENGAGEMENT
Comments of 4 words or more are counted for
engagement by the newest algorithm update. Any
comment under 4 words, or of a single emoji, are
not recognized by the algorithm, meaning that
they don't count towards engagement statistics.
So step your game up and actually put some effort
into responding to your followers!
They will appreciate it, the algorithm will honor it,
and you will see more growth because of it. 
Followers like to feel a touch of human interaction
here and there. Not only when you have 100
followers, but when you have 10k, 155k, and 2.7
million. Show them that you are different. 
The power of creating relationships with your
followers and other people in your niche can
potentially open up a whole new world of
opportunities.
 PROVIDING 
VALUE
Too many people are losing because of this
right here.
Pay very close attention.
Your followers know when you are doing it for
the money.
Plain and simple .
Stop selling EVERYDAY.
Stop selling when you have 2k followers.
Stop selling just to make money.
Stop asking your audience for money when you
have not yet provided them with any value.
So, what do you do?
Give, give, give.
This strategy has been popularized by Gary
Vaynerchuk as of late. He pushes this one hard.
Give so much that when you do decide to finally
"ask" or "sell" that your audience feels
OBLIGATED or GUILTED into buying from you,
just because you have provided them with so
much insight, value, and information
beforehand. 
The power of social proof is real. Customers are
much more likely to buy from someone who has
250k followers than 1,200 followers.
 BONUS:
ENGAGEMENT
GROUPS
This is one of the newest and best ways to grow your
Instagram account in 2018/2019.
Honestly when I first started this account and joined an
engagement group, I didn't think it was going to help at all. I
didn't ever expect to be at my current 157k follower count as
I type this, with the massive support and following behind my
online brand that I've created. 
An engagement group is simply a group of accounts in a
similar niche, that all agree to like and comment on each
other's posts every time they post. 
You can set one up with the accounts you've networked with
for free and do this through Instagram DMs or a telegram
group.
Or you can join services that offer this. It is unknown for sure
at this point if Instagram is for or against the use of
engagement groups. However, most large accounts today
were assisted with the help of an engagement group at the
start of their journey.
The IG algorithm likes to see a lot of engagement in the first
hour that you post. When you get 100 likes and 100
comments in the first hour, your post has a much better
chance of being shown on the EXPLORE page.
This is where gold is struck. This is where people find your
account.
This is not buying followers. You're not following/unfollowing
(IG does not like that) you are simply networking with others
to help each other grow. 
Getting on the explore page is the single-best and quickest way to
see your followers skyrocket overnight. 
This is where people who do not follow you yet have a good
chance of seeing your content based on other similar accounts and
posts that they already follow and engage with.
The engagement group gives you an opportunity that you never
had before by helping you display your content to thousands of
more people.
This growth strategy has been used by The Joe Money Podcast
team on the @getjoemoneyright Instagram Account to grow from
0 to 10k followers in 21 days (update, now 157k in 6 months.)
Personally I stopped using the engagement group at 10k
followers. After that, growth never slowed down, but actually
INCREASED exponentially once we reached 20k followers.
Most of the methods that were used from 10k and beyond can be
found in our most recent eBook, The Ultimate Guide For Growing
On Instagram And Making Money In 2019, which is available on
our website for just $9.97 right now.
However, this guide should give you a pretty good idea of how and
where to start, and you can build off of this foundation by
purchasing our most recent guide.

[END]
KEEP READING
FOR UPDATES
MADE ON 2/9/19
AN UPDATE FROM
JOE MONEY
As our success continues, we have seen a lot of
accounts succeed and a lot of accounts fail since
reading this free eBook and purchasing our Ultimate
Guide that we just mentioned.

Uniqueness is key. If you are reposting content

created by others, or recreating posts that have
already been made by an account such as ours, you
won't succeed.
You need to focus on creating a unique brand
identity which becomes utterly recognizable.

Joining an engagement group does not guarantee

success. While engagement groups can assist your
growth if used properly, it does not promise
followers or account growth.
If your content sucks, nobody is going to follow you.
Simple.

Posting everyday is essential. Daily SFS is crucial up

until 30k followers.

Just don't be lazy and stop being entitled. Work hard

and prove to the market that you deserve to be
followed.

Right now your account is unknown and you have to

change that. You can't make posts for 2 weeks and
then message me complaining about slow growth.

Adopt a long term mindset and focus on creating

great content instead of staring at your follower
count.
AN UPDATE FROM
JOE MONEY
Thank you for taking the time to read through our free
Instagram Growth eBook guide!

We started our account in early August of 2018 and the

information in this eBook was created during the first
week of September. But we just updated this today in
February of 2019.

At that time our account was at 10,000 followers.

Today is February 9th, 2019 as I make this update, and
the account is now at 157,000 followers!

Everything you just read still holds true to this day and
still exists as a piece of our everyday growth strategy.

However, since we've grown from 10,000 followers to

our current 157,000 followers, we have come up with
and discovered many more strategies and methods that
have boosted our growth substantially.
All of these strategies are available to you in our Ultimate
Guide For Growing On Instagram And Making Money In
2019 eBook which is available on our website at
thejoemoneypodcast.com/ig-growth-ebook

Thank you again and best of luck with your Instagram

journey!

Be sure to send us a DM with any feedback, questions, or

just to chat.