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Ziad

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How much are you charging your clients right now?

Anywhere from $800 to $4000 per month. Depending on what they need.

Hey man, I started an Instagram account and quickly got my ability to like banned (didn't know it could get banned, I must have liked more than 350 pictures/hr). Since I started a few days ago my account isn't big at all, having this in mind. Would you recommend me to start a new account or to simply wait for the ban to end?

Wait for the like ban to be uplifted. It will last a day or 2.

Yeah - this is a much better approach. Instagram was the sole source of marketing for a womens' fashion project I had running, and my bot ended up 'liking' a pro-anorexia picture.

That caused a few minor issues.

If you bot, you shouldn't be liking anyway. Liking doesnt help you gain followers as much as it used to.

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That is cool thread and I like what you do.

The first thing - you do. Even you have got these accounts banned people here judging you and saying you may get your clients accounts banned, doesn't know what they are talking about.

I am interested in internet marketing for a several years and from time to time I do instagram marketing. Also I read a lot threads like this. So in my opinion you are on the good way. Thing that you are doing it manually is crazy. I would try to invest in a better proxies and bots and would set the bots to work slowly and not so aggressively. It shouldn't make any damage. You can even create a blacklist in the bot of the hastags and users, so the bot will bypass the shitty stuff. Anyhow even if it will like one or two images from 1000 which will be booties, it's very small probability that your client will see it.

I saw you are looking for website. I might help you with it for free to build a simple web as I need new referrers.

What about cold calls, it's awesome man, did you make it by yourself or you have hired someone?

Anyway I wish you a lof persistence in your highway to success.

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My website has already been designed and is almost ready. Thank you anyway. And I do cold calls myself :)

The temporary ban may only last a few days, but the warning lasts forever on your account. If you are trying to sell your account in the future, it will not be a "clean" Instagram account with no marks against it.

What? No, a clean account is a clean account which has no fake followers, likes or comments. That's it.
 
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I own several startups/tools in Instagram marketing space, some of them might be used by users of this forum. I will put this thread on my watch list, see if I can come up with some good insights for my own product developments :)

Good luck OP
 

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Closed 3 more clients today. Took me a week to close. Never give up!
Hey new here been watching your thread, very interesting approach you took but I like it you will be making top $ in no time.

To respond to one of your points, you don't want to use Bots as they may like/follow/comment on porn accounts there are bots out there what you can blacklist from Following/Liking/Commenting certain accounts or certains posts with # for eg you would set it to not follow all the major porn sites pornhub etc and all the major pornstars. You would then set it to not like/follow any accounts what associate with pornographic #s such as #Porn etc.

As for the limits and not getting your account banned using these bots here are the precautions you can take
- One Dedicated Proxy
- One Sim Card Per Account
Collect all the data of what you are doing manually on the account at the moment.

For eg. You are active on the account for 4 hours a day
within them four hours you like 100 posts
follower 400 people
comment on 12 peoples post

Let's suppose that's what you do and you get no bans as you are a human.

Now import all that data into the bot many people have the misconception that a bots a bot and cant be changed.
You can customize it automate the process for looking after the instagram accounts
Then eventually hire/get affilates for new customers.
All you will be doing is managing everything making sure everything is ok

In the contract you are sending to the clients state in the T.O.S you are not held responsible if the account is banned to cover your own back (Dont have to but rather safe than sorry)

If you are worried about getting customers accounts banned using IG or people don't know how to convince people on how to hand over the passwords remember... there are many stores out there ran by old people whos only idea of marketing is through TV.RADIO.Leadflets contact them and create them a Instagram if they dont see value offer them to create one for free and set the bot to work come back in a few weeks show them the growth etc and they will be more likely to buy.

When creating IG accounts dont create them.. New accounts get banned .. So what do you do make one leave it for a while then post? No that will take to long.. There are many people who sell Aged IG accounts (3-6Months) for as cheap as $2

Sorry for the spelling mistakes I as typing fast ... :) Anyway good luck let me know how it goes
 
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Ziad

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Hey new here been watching your thread, very interesting approach you took but I like it you will be making top $ in no time.

To respond to one of your points, you don't want to use Bots as they may like/follow/comment on porn accounts there are bots out there what you can blacklist from Following/Liking/Commenting certain accounts or certains posts with # for eg you would set it to not follow all the major porn sites pornhub etc and all the major pornstars. You would then set it to not like/follow any accounts what associate with pornographic #s such as #Porn etc.

As for the limits and not getting your account banned using these bots here are the precautions you can take
- One Dedicated Proxy
- One Sim Card Per Account
Collect all the data of what you are doing manually on the account at the moment.

For eg. You are active on the account for 4 hours a day
within them four hours you like 100 posts
follower 400 people
comment on 12 peoples post

Let's suppose that's what you do and you get no bans as you are a human.

Now import all that data into the bot many people have the misconception that a bots a bot and cant be changed.
You can customize it automate the process for looking after the instagram accounts
Then eventually hire/get affilates for new customers.
All you will be doing is managing everything making sure everything is ok

In the contract you are sending to the clients state in the T.O.S you are not held responsible if the account is banned to cover your own back (Dont have to but rather safe than sorry)

If you are worried about getting customers accounts banned using IG or people don't know how to convince people on how to hand over the passwords remember... there are many stores out there ran by old people whos only idea of marketing is through TV.RADIO.Leadflets contact them and create them a Instagram if they dont see value offer them to create one for free and set the bot to work come back in a few weeks show them the growth etc and they will be more likely to buy.

When creating IG accounts dont create them.. New accounts get banned .. So what do you do make one leave it for a while then post? No that will take to long.. There are many people who sell Aged IG accounts (3-6Months) for as cheap as $2

Sorry for the spelling mistakes I as typing fast ... :) Anyway good luck let me know how it goes

Thank you for the tips!
 

YungBuck

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Just curious what are you doing for growth, ShoutOuts , Follow/Unfollow , Getting on the search of a specific #
How much are you charging your customers? (* Are you only doing IG marketing not offering any other services )
Are you also managing the posts on the accounts
 

Ziad

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Just curious what are you doing for growth, ShoutOuts , Follow/Unfollow , Getting on the search of a specific #
How much are you charging your customers? (* Are you only doing IG marketing not offering any other services )
Are you also managing the posts on the accounts

Quick Update! Been MIA for a while.

I am about to launch IGBrander.com and target audiences in the mass who can afford to grow their Insta. Charging a much lower price than what I usually do because I will be using bots (on safe settings, I have over 2 years experience with them) and helping people grow their insta. From kids to any companies wishing to obtain a target following. :)
 
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You said you were DM'ing people on IG to grow your accounts, I'm just curious what are the sorts of things you're saying or asking or offering?

Thanks.
 

Sheps

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Never offer anything to sell. Just a polite welcome message and tell them what your page is about :)

Like "Hi cupcakelover92 really like those strawberry cupcakes you made, I think you'd enjoy my page we post all the best cake pics on IG."

That sort of thing? Sorry to be so pushy on this but I've been wanting to try my hand at the IG game for a few weeks now trying to learn as much as possible. (And the cold call/msg/dm is a weak point of mine).

Thanks :)
 
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Ziad

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So from now on you bot your clients account for $77? You go for quantity now?

$77 or $177 depending on the service they choose. And yes, I've been getting a lot more clients now who are super happy with proceedings :)

Like "Hi cupcakelover92 really like those strawberry cupcakes you made, I think you'd enjoy my page we post all the best cake pics on IG."

That sort of thing? Sorry to be so pushy on this but I've been wanting to try my hand at the IG game for a few weeks now trying to learn as much as possible. (And the cold call/msg/dm is a weak point of mine).

Thanks :)

Something like that, yes :)
 

James Fake

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What do you consider a "safe" account to start using a bot?

Meaning, lately, I've been seeing my new IG accounts get several checkpoints that you have to confirm with a text. Not only that; but often times, even with being organically active.. the account still gets deleted.

I'm assuming there's a certain time frame an account has to be active or a level of certain activity reached?
 

Sheps

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What do you consider a "safe" account to start using a bot?

Meaning, lately, I've been seeing my new IG accounts get several checkpoints that you have to confirm with a text. Not only that; but often times, even with being organically active.. the account still gets deleted.

I'm assuming there's a certain time frame an account has to be active or a level of certain activity reached?

Assuming you're not posting spam/porn etc then either your account is likely very young (under one month) and you're posting and liking too much currently. Or you're posting/liking/commenting waaaay more than the majority and IG thinks you're a bot or botting. If your content is getting reported often that could mean IG put tighter controls on you if that happens a lot they're more likely to ban or delete.

Also after a ban you'll want to wait about a week to start really going for it again.
 
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Ziad

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What do you consider a "safe" account to start using a bot?

Meaning, lately, I've been seeing my new IG accounts get several checkpoints that you have to confirm with a text. Not only that; but often times, even with being organically active.. the account still gets deleted.

I'm assuming there's a certain time frame an account has to be active or a level of certain activity reached?

Be really cautious if you're starting a new account. Gradually speed up your settings. Don't do something irrational. These are some of the basics.
 

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Congratulations! How many recurring clients do you have now?
What do you mean with 'marketed'? Did you create ads, did you run a campaign, did you activated your network?

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Hello!

I am new to FLF but I have been surfing around for quite a few days now. I made an account so I could engage with this community and learn more about Instagram (read through a couple of threads).

I've been in the Instagram game for a couple of years. I ran 100 accounts but most of them got banned/deleted. I made a come back a couple of months ago. Thorough testing allowed me to realize what Insta's limits are and how to grow accounts more effectively.

I decided to offer my services when a random tshirt brand on Insta DM'ed me and asked how I'm gaining so many followers so fast. I told him "I can do it for you for $500 a month". His tshirt brand grew about 1,500 followers per month and he made about 125 sales accross 3 months. That was the first time I actually made money off Instagram. $1500 USD in 3 months off 1 account. Not bad!

That's when I decided to market my services in my best possible way. Only yesterday a client signed on with me to grow his Instagram for $600 USD per month. His brand is in the e-learning niche.

I am creating this thread to track my progress, get tips from all the pros in here and also offer my piece of advice for Instagram marketing. PS: I am still learning myself therefore I am no "Instagram Guru"

My goal is simple. Make $10,000 a month from this and invest in a digital marketing business I have been interested in for quite some time now. I actually invested $2000 in that business and only realized I need more funding and growth. That is for another progress thread ;)

I am currently only finding clients for Instagram marketing through Upwork. I've never cold called, but now would be a good time to start.
I am looking to outsource my social media marketing on Instagram. How would you say you differ from the other agencies/marketers?

In a general sense what should I look for in an agency and instagram marketer?

Thanks,

MG

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Hey Ziad, I have been growing my personal account really slowly over the past few months. I want to increase things and grow faster. Your services sound really interesting but the only thing I'm interested in is getting a bot that likes 150+ pictures everyday as I have been seeing good organic results manually liking about 100 pictures a day.
 
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Ziad

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I am looking to outsource my social media marketing on Instagram. How would you say you differ from the other agencies/marketers?

In a general sense what should I look for in an agency and instagram marketer?

Thanks,

MG

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What makes me different is experience and caution. I always proceed on Instagram with caution in order to make sure my client is ONLY getting the kind of followers that are interested in him or his business. And I have 2-3 years of experience to back it up. Have grown a lot of accounts on Instagram :)
 

Ziad

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Hey Ziad, I have been growing my personal account really slowly over the past few months. I want to increase things and grow faster. Your services sound really interesting but the only thing I'm interested in is getting a bot that likes 150+ pictures everyday as I have been seeing good organic results manually liking about 100 pictures a day.

Send me a PM and I'd be more than happy to help you with your account :)
 

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I've been following your progress and things seem to be going well - great work!

On your website, you mention monthly 1 hour Skype consultations, what do you talk to your customers about?

I'm also curious as to what sort of posts you do. If you take on, for example, a customer who sells cupcakes do you just post related images? Where do you get the images from? Sorry to smash you with questions.
 
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Ziad

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I've been following your progress and things seem to be going well - great work!

On your website, you mention monthly 1 hour Skype consultations, what do you talk to your customers about?

I'm also curious as to what sort of posts you do. If you take on, for example, a customer who sells cupcakes do you just post related images? Where do you get the images from? Sorry to smash you with questions.

In the first consultation I ask customers what they are looking for, research their business, inquire as much as I can about their Instagram page and tell them how everything will work out and how many followers they can gain and how that will help them or their brand. From then on, I catch up once a month with my clients for feedback and to see if they are satisfied with my service. If they would like anything improved etc.

The posts I do, 99% of the time are given to me by the clients themselves. In one case, I handle a client who just wants to grow his personal account and wants to be famous. He is an entrepreneur so I curate motivational and luxury posts for him. If it's a brand who I'm working with, I highly recommend that they send me content they'd like to be posted on their page.

Hope this helps and no worries, you can ask me anytime :)
 

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Do you have a contract or something similar you send to clients? Any recommendations there?

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