how long after you stopped botting did engagement return?

[David Vojnović]

There are tools that take hourly snapshots of the follow/following. It stores it in a database.

Speedy, i already sent you a PM, are you please able to check it out... i beg you. I will send new one. I used to bot in the past and now i am all in organic growth. I struggle for 2 months now learning about IG algo and all that stuff.

 

[HumorPig]

Does anyone have optimal setting for MP Block followers to help ensure fake followers are blocked to keep engagement up?

 

[tux]

Does anyone have optimal setting for MP Block followers to help ensure fake followers are blocked to keep engagement up?

No one will give you their exact settings, just try and see what works for you

 

[willteasle]

No one will give you their exact settings, just try and see what works for you

Does anyone have optimal setting for MP Block followers to help ensure fake followers are blocked to keep engagement up?

I've just set it to unfollow users who havent posted in 400 days. should get rid of dead wood. I'd love it if mass planner had an option for unfollowing those that habet liked the last 'x' amount of posts lol

 

[HumorPig]

No one will give you their exact settings, just try and see what works for you

Obviously not expecting someone to give me their exact settings, just looking for tips...

 

[tux]

Obviously not expecting someone to give me their exact settings, just looking for tips...

I already gave it, read the thread

 

[HumorPig]

I've just set it to unfollow users who havent posted in 400 days. should get rid of dead wood. I'd love it if mass planner had an option for unfollowing those that habet liked the last 'x' amount of posts lol

Awesome thanks for sharing!

 

[tux]

I've just set it to unfollow users who havent posted in 400 days. should get rid of dead wood. I'd love it if mass planner had an option for unfollowing those that habet liked the last 'x' amount of posts lol

That's a lot of data to scrape and would just increase the CPU consumption

 

[EnhancedHuman]

I've just set it to unfollow users who havent posted in 400 days.

How do you do that? I couldn't find that option in MP

 

[manabout]

SO if someone did F/UF, they literally have to go clean for a full 12 months before they can start talking to brands for sponsorships.

Have you or anybody you know been turned down by a brand because they said you were botting?

There are tools that take hourly snapshots of the follow/following. It stores it in a database.

Oh please, you think companies are going to sit there and take hourly snaphsots of your account to see if you are botting before they decide to work with you? You are being ridiculous and scare mongering for no reason.

 

[colorme]

Whats your reach on a 100K account? Those that unfollow tend to have 5-10% reach.
Prove me otherwise.

It depends on the niche and brand that their doing the collaboration with. But it should be at least 2,500 likes and 20+ comments within 24 hours. If the brand is well known, and the posts are creative, likes can hit 4K+ and 80+ comments within 24 hours. All in all, good brands know that you can't really measure what's coming in from Instagram, other than a surge in site traffic and maybe some sales. Even then, some brands will not see sale increases until a few weeks afterwards, and by then, their is no way to say if it was this or that influencer. Hey, even with a tracking link, not all influencers will keep it up for longer than 24 hours. Brands know that they better spend money to advertise, otherwise their competition will sign up the influencers and get the word moving toward their product.

 

[Easyslider01]

How do you check to see if you've been shadowbanned? My engagement has dropped and I wasn't using a bot for months. I was also losing followers, until I recently started botting again.

 

[colorme]

Have you or anybody you know been turned down by a brand because they said you were botting?

Oh please, you think companies are going to sit there and take hourly snaphsots of your account to see if you are botting before they decide to work with you? You are being ridiculous and scare mongering for no reason.

Anyone that has worked with brands knows that the brands don't give a shit about follow/unfollow. They care about results and most of the time it's about who you know, not what you know or how big the influencer's numbers are. Anyone saying otherwise has no experience dealing with brands, and is only fear-mongering.

 

[willteasle]

That's a lot of data to scrape and would just increase the CPU consumption

Weirdly it stopped at 66 blocks and said "no users to block"
surely I couldnt only have 66 followers on a 33k account who havent posted in 400 days :/
Also, should I unblock them afterwards? so Ig see I dont have a block list of 10k... I mean they still wont be following me again right?

 

[tux]

Weirdly it stopped at 66 blocks and said "no users to block"
surely I couldnt only have 66 followers on a 33k account who havent posted in 400 days :/
Also, should I unblock them afterwards? so Ig see I dont have a block list of 10k... I mean they still wont be following me again right?

Don't unblock them, IG doesn't care about it. If you are using MP then make sure then number of recent followers is set to 33k , so it will go through all 33k users , by default that setting is 200

 

[speedypro]

It depends on the niche and brand that their doing the collaboration with. But it should be at least 2,500 likes and 20+ comments within 24 hours. If the brand is well known, and the posts are creative, likes can hit 4K+ and 80+ comments within 24 hours. All in all, good brands know that you can't really measure what's coming in from Instagram, other than a surge in site traffic and maybe some sales. Even then, some brands will not see sale increases until a few weeks afterwards, and by then, their is no way to say if it was this or that influencer. Hey, even with a tracking link, not all influencers will keep it up for longer than 24 hours. Brands know that they better spend money to advertise, otherwise their competition will sign up the influencers and get the word moving toward their product.

I asked a specific question. Following number means shit to me if a 100K has only 6% reach. Do you even know what that means? How many people see your content. That is what brands want to see. Engagement/Likes/follows can be faked. If you have a 100k follower account w/ 10% reach, it means only 10K people see it due to the algorithm.
I've seen 5K accounts w/ 40K reach. 800% reach.

Simple question, what is your average reach/impression per single post. A simply number will suffice. Screenshot is even better.

 

[manabout]

I asked a specific question..

How about you reply to my specific question? Have you or anybody you know been turned down from working with a brand because they thought the account was botting?

 

[colorme]

I asked a specific question. Following number means shit to me if a 100K has only 6% reach. Do you even know what that means? How many people see your content. That is what brands want to see. Engagement/Likes/follows can be faked. If you have a 100k follower account w/ 10% reach, it means only 10K people see it due to the algorithm.
I've seen 5K accounts w/ 40K reach. 800% reach.

Simple question, what is your average reach/impression per single post. A simply number will suffice. Screenshot is even better.

What numbers mean to you, may not be what brands are looking for.

I handle many accounts for clients. I've never posted their info here and I'm not about to start doing it for you. You don't have to take my word for it. But there are others here in BHW that also work with brands or for brands and would call me out if I was being a Trumpist. ie. Alternative facts, lier, whatever you want to call someone making up shit.

Brands will take follower and like/comment numbers over reach. That is just how they work. A 50K account may reach 5K, while a 200K may reach 4K (2%). Guess who'll they sign up? Yeah, the 200K in a heart-beat. Brands don't care about algorithms, they care about numbers up front - total followers, total likes, total comments. And, like I've said before, it's not what you know, it's who you know. If you buddy at the brand or PR knows that you fake it, they'll look the other way. This is not a monopoly toward Instagram accounts, it happens in many, many, other markets. You get the money, because you know the honey.

 

[speedypro]

How about you reply to my specific question? Have you or anybody you know been turned down from working with a brand because they thought the account was botting?

Yes. It is in the contract for "Influencer Terms and Agreements" for many Fortune 500 brands.


Here is an example of a T&C that "prohibits" botting. Caught, payment denied.
http://www.rebelcircus.com/blog/influencer-terms/

 

[speedypro]

What numbers mean to you, may not be what brands are looking for.

I handle many accounts for clients. I've never posted their info here and I'm not about to start doing it for you. You don't have to take my word for it. But there are others here in BHW that also work with brands or for brands and would call me out if I was being a Trumpist. ie. Alternative facts, lier, whatever you want to call someone making up shit.

Brands will take follower and like/comment numbers over reach. That is just how they work. A 50K account may reach 5K, while a 200K may reach 4K (2%). Guess who'll they sign up? Yeah, the 200K in a heart-beat. Brands don't care about algorithms, they care about numbers up front - total followers, total likes, total comments. And, like I've said before, it's not what you know, it's who you know. If you buddy at the brand or PR knows that you fake it, they'll look the other way. This is not a monopoly toward Instagram accounts, it happens in many, many, other markets. You get the money, because you know the honey.

Instagram marketing is reaching a point where ROI is required. Influencers are competing against cheap FB/IG placed ad posts that have real measureable conversion metrics. If you are selling a pair of LVMH hand bags, they want to make sure your audience are 25-55 women in major metropolitan cities. Not 18 year boys from Guatemala.

There are examples of high count IG influencers w/ 300k accounts doing live stories with only 7-10 viewers. Brands are not stupid, they see that. 7-10 viewers? I can spend $50 on FB / IG ad buys that target the hell out of my demographics and measure that in FB pixel/Google Analytics.