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Instagram Automation/Botting is the Worst way to grow your Account

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I think automatic engagements can help to get organic followers.

Maybe. But whenever I post a new instagram, I get a lot of comments from people using bots and I can always tell. Their comments are always super generic and don't fit in the context of what I've just posted. I certainly don't engage/follow these people back.
 
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Maybe. But whenever I post a new instagram, I get a lot of comments from people using bots and I can always tell. Their comments are always super generic and don't fit in the context of what I've just posted. I certainly don't engage/follow these people back.

This is the point @Ziad is making, bots and fake engagement simply don't work in the medium to long term. Those trying to grow social media need to stop thinking about the numbers, and realize that a follower is a real person. A real person won't engage or connect to a spam bot message, they will do the opposite. You can focus on perfecting your copy to keep spamming people and trying to trick them into thinking a real person messaged them, or you can focus on creating genuine engagement between people.

And one of the best ways is good old fashioned word of mouth. I get tagged in sports videos, funny memes, local news, all the time on my personal facebook. instead of meeting mates at the pub after work and talking shit about the days happenings we connect online more often than not now.

lifes busy, jobs, businesses, relationships, kids... Pats and Jags are on right now and i've got half a dozen mates messaging me on WhatsApp and tagging me in social media content about the game, Bradys hand, the refs being in the pats pocket...

All that content being created by sports pages and meme pages are connecting my friends and I, NFL memes for example on facebook have 3.6 million followers. They don't post ads or tricks to get followers, they pump out shit loads of NFL memes, up to date content. How they monetise that is up to them but if you have 3.6 million followers you have a massive market that might be driven to website hits, buying merchandise etc.
 

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This is the point @Ziad is making, bots and fake engagement simply don't work in the medium to long term. Those trying to grow social media need to stop thinking about the numbers, and realize that a follower is a real person. A real person won't engage or connect to a spam bot message, they will do the opposite. You can focus on perfecting your copy to keep spamming people and trying to trick them into thinking a real person messaged them, or you can focus on creating genuine engagement between people.

And one of the best ways is good old fashioned word of mouth. I get tagged in sports videos, funny memes, local news, all the time on my personal facebook. instead of meeting mates at the pub after work and talking sh*t about the days happenings we connect online more often than not now.

lifes busy, jobs, businesses, relationships, kids... Pats and Jags are on right now and i've got half a dozen mates messaging me on WhatsApp and tagging me in social media content about the game, Bradys hand, the refs being in the pats pocket...

All that content being created by sports pages and meme pages are connecting my friends and I, NFL memes for example on facebook have 3.6 million followers. They don't post ads or tricks to get followers, they pump out sh*t loads of NFL memes, up to date content. How they monetise that is up to them but if you have 3.6 million followers you have a massive market that might be driven to website hits, buying merchandise etc.

Thank you!
 

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Maybe. But whenever I post a new instagram, I get a lot of comments from people using bots and I can always tell. Their comments are always super generic and don't fit in the context of what I've just posted. I certainly don't engage/follow these people back.

Automated comments are super easy to spot these days. Any potential customer who owns a reputable brand will be able to see through it with ease and run away from your page immediately. This is what @DanWasDrunk is trying to say.

Automation doesn't NOT help, but it definitely damages your page's reputation in the long run, especially if you're looking to make sales through Instagram.
 
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I have figured out a way to further the use of influencer marketing on Instagram and help posts stay longer on Explore, getting a lot more views and much quicker growth!
 
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I have figured out a way to further the use of influencer marketing on Instagram and help posts stay longer on Explore, getting a lot more views and much quicker growth!
Would like to hear more about that @Ziad!

Adding symbols or words on your posts will make people click more when you're on the Explore page. Although this can damage the look of your feed.
 

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Would like to hear more about that @Ziad!

Adding symbols or words on your posts will make people click more when you're on the Explore page. Although this can damage the look of your feed.

Using a larger network of high AND low follow accounts to continue engaging with a post that is already on explore helps keep the post on explore for much, much longer! I have a client for example, who averaged a gain around 4,300 followers before on every post that went viral. Now his average has gone up to 9,100 because the post stays on explore for over 2 days.

Hey @Ziad I was considering using Auto DM tool.

Is something like this safe? Automatic Instagram Direct Message ( Auto DM ) | Instazood

Auto DMing can get you banned unless you know the safe zone for it, AKA the maximum number of DMs you can do in a day, per hour etc.
 
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Any website developers? I have about 21 clients using this service now. Would love to launch an official website :)

Do you want me to link you in with a student? DM me some details if so.
 

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I dont want a student. I need a professional

I got connections for both if you want to PM me details/budget.

No pressure though - just figured I’d reach out.
 

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A lot of you PMed me asking me for results I've gotten with my methods I use. Here's a few:

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I blurred out their usernames because I'm not sure if they'd like their results to be posted like this on a forum. If you want to see the pages yourselves just shoot me a message.
Hey just out of curiosity, how did you get these screenshots? Do you have different people managing each of these accounts or do you use multiple phones for a specific reason? Just caught my eye that one screenshot has AT&T as the telephone provider, another has KPN, one has T-Mobile, one has Sprint and the other two are on Android phones. Just hoping to clarify as I'm looking to manage all my accounts on just two phones if possible, and wondering if there is a reason to not do this.
Thanks!
Eric
 

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Hey just out of curiosity, how did you get these screenshots? Do you have different people managing each of these accounts or do you use multiple phones for a specific reason? Just caught my eye that one screenshot has AT&T as the telephone provider, another has KPN, one has T-Mobile, one has Sprint and the other two are on Android phones. Just hoping to clarify as I'm looking to manage all my accounts on just two phones if possible, and wondering if there is a reason to not do this.
Thanks!
Eric

The screenshots were from clients themselves. They use different phones etc. and I ask them to take a screenshot so they can witness the results themselves.
 

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During the free trial that you offer new clients, what do you specifically do to get their content to go viral? Do you use power likes, DM groups or both?
Also, where do you recommend a beginner go to get affordable power likes for their clients? I found this site called BoostSocial and am curious to hear your thoughts on whether you think their power likes are worth it.

Thanks,
Eric
 
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Each program can be customized. if the person himself does not understand, there are many sites where you can ask for advice (for example, bigbangram.com/blog). such programs can help many people. Of course everything should be in the complex. I use the software and happy.
 

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Interesting stuff. I've recently been learning about instagram growth for clients. They are a destination wedding planner and their biggest results absolutely came from an influencer actually having a wedding with them. Incredible results, people actually messaging them with double the budget of what their normal average is (50k to 100k).

Instagram bot tools scare the crap out of me the more I look into it. I'm only using it for scheduling now. Even though with the tool I'm using, you can get pretty defined with who you follow and how often all actions are performed daily/hourly etc. It did work, but still, worried it's playing with fire. So just scheduling for now.
 

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Instagram works best for practically everything, as long as you know how to PROPERLY use it and grow it. It is the fastest growing social media platform, therefore I don't see why you shouldn't get into it. :)

I've been on the edge about marketing on Instagram. i remember this summer there was a large trend of "smma" or other marketing agencies. i also have a friend who says that he started one up and focuses on Instagram marketing. to me it feels like getting into Instagram marketing at this point is gonna be violating the commandment of entry. should one go about it as an agency, helping others grow their Instagram accounts, or is the knowledge useful for when you're trying to grow your own company's Instagram?
 
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I've been on the edge about marketing on Instagram. i remember this summer there was a large trend of "smma" or other marketing agencies. i also have a friend who says that he started one up and focuses on Instagram marketing. to me it feels like getting into Instagram marketing at this point is gonna be violating the commandment of entry. should one go about it as an agency, helping others grow their Instagram accounts, or is the knowledge useful for when you're trying to grow your own company's Instagram?
I hear you. And I've seen the social media manager I was using before pull their hair out when they get shadowbanned by Instagram, or get locked out oftheir Facebook and add accounts etc. Way too much control to those platforms!

In saying that, social management requests seem to be coming my way, so I'm using it as a chance to get paid to learn for when I need to use it on my own projects in the near future.
 

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Whats the best way to unfollow X amount.
 

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Whats the best way to unfollow X amount.
There are many apps to help you do that. I recommend follower chief I used it personally and it can help you unfollow 250 people at once. It will take about 5 minutes to complete.
 
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There are many apps to help you do that. I recommend follower chief I used it personally and it can help you unfollow 250 people at once. It will take about 5 minutes to complete.
Is it a good idea to unfollow so many accounts in one go though? I would think Instagram algo may find that unnatural behaviour. But then again, I'm paranoid AF lol.
 

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Is it a good idea to unfollow so many accounts in one go though? I would think Instagram algo may find that unnatural behaviour. But then again, I'm paranoid AF lol.

I got temp banned for unfollowing so many LOL
 

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There are many apps to help you do that. I recommend follower chief I used it personally and it can help you unfollow 250 people at once. It will take about 5 minutes to complete.


Thanks!
 
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One of the best tutorials I've seen on how to become an influencer lol.

 

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