#InstaFamous. How To Get The Most Out Of Your Instagram

Bikini photo here, smoothie bowl photo there: It seems nowadays there is no escaping from the social media influencer lifestyle. While your feed is still full of blurry pictures from drunk nights out and other embarrassing pictures from years ago, suddenly, everyone you know seems to be an ‘influencer’. They are all using the same filters, same poses, picture-perfect posts AND actually, get a whole lot of likes and comments on it. But HOW DO THEY DO THAT? Here are five tips to make you #instafamous.

1. Link in BIO

Always thought the Bio of Instagram was unnecessary to fill out? Seemed like a random place to put some boring text? Wrong. You can differentiate yourself from the crowd with the content you place in your Bio. What are your talents? What makes you special? Who are YOU? A catchy bio makes people want to follow you, so what are you waiting for…?

Oh, and if you have no talent or are anything special, just post something hilarious, will work just as good!

2. FEED YOUR FEED

By now we all know the standard Instagram poses, popular places and pretty food-pictures. Why would we continue liking it, if everyone posts the same type of content? Try to be unique and create your own content that fits with your style. Try to keep your feed lively but avoid chaos. Consider using the same types of visuals, same colours or theme in every post to make your feed appealing, clean and look professional. Still, feel the urge to post embarrassing drunk stories? Post them in your Instagram stories, so they will disappear after 24 hours in oblivion and your feed will stay nice and clean.

3. Location TAG

Influencers have an active lifestyle traveling from one place to the other, but so do you. Well, maybe not from Paris to New York in a day, but sure you move your ass around town to i.e. restaurants, school, work, etc. Add Location tags to your pictures from now on. This will help people who are looking if the place you are at looks good. Big chance they will look at your picture on your profile for this information: FREE LIKES AND VIEWS FOR YOU YEEY.

4. #HASHTAG

We know, we know… Hashtags… Who uses them anymore, right? Well, YOU from now on, and not without reason. With the use of hashtags, your profile and pictures will be easily findable by fellow Instagram users. Don’t overdo it nor use random self-made tags, but rather go for popular hashtags like #food #photooftheday #love since this is where people are looking on. Want to stand out even more? Try to make it a bit more specific and use hashtags more like: #veganfood #organicfood etc. PS. You can use up to 30 hashtags per post…!

5. INTER-REACTION

“All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.” —Alexandre Dumas. This motto also stands for online success. Give a little love and support to others, and you will receive this in return. Create engagement with your followers by liking, commenting on and sharing their posts. Another tip is to show who you actually are by using Instagram-Live Feed. People love to get to know the person behind the screen and with a live session: your followers get to know the REAL you! Show them that you are more than the picture-perfect mainstream Instagram Influencer Wanna-be. Including your pimples and fat rolls, you usually edit out of course. WHO CARES?

6. SHOW YOURSELF

Tried all these tips but nothing worked yet? It might be possible that your account is on ‘private’ and not accessible for non-followers. I know it might be scary to put yourself and your feed out there but change your profile to Public for once and for all. Users will be more tempted to follow if they actually see what content you already put up and know what they can expect. Good Luck!