My Instagram Experiment
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Arisilenzio04
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Have you thought of how to monetize?
dutchie
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- Feb 10, 2010
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My ideas for monetization so far are S4S, OG Ads, and someone suggested email submits. I'm unfamiliar with email submits and OGAds but I've seen threads on here where people have had decent success with OGADS.
I have no idea when is a good time to monetize. There's a lot of do's and don'ts of IG that I don't understand. for example: Will my accounts get banned with a link in the bio? Is 5k followers a good time to monetize, 10k? Or is it a waste of time to build accounts and churn and burn is better?
I'm thinking if I build them up I have an advantage, because I haven't advertised or spammed my followers at all. And S4S could prove to be decent money, but idk.
I have no idea when is a good time to monetize. There's a lot of do's and don'ts of IG that I don't understand. for example: Will my accounts get banned with a link in the bio? Is 5k followers a good time to monetize, 10k? Or is it a waste of time to build accounts and churn and burn is better?
I'm thinking if I build them up I have an advantage, because I haven't advertised or spammed my followers at all. And S4S could prove to be decent money, but idk.
dutchie
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Account 1: 4125 (+425)
Account 2: 1440 (+325)
Account 3: 1490 (+215)
Account 4: 645 (+90)
Account 5: 128 (+85) (PERSONAL PROJECT. EXCLUDED IN NEXT UPDATES)
Account 6: 107 (+107)
TOTAL GAIN: (+1,300~)
TOTAL FOLLOWERS: ( 8,000~)
I cranked it up yesterday on some accounts and now 3 accounts are following up to 650/day.
I added Account 6 which is a different niche. I'm working with 5 niches. Account 5 is a personal project, I'll exclude this account from future updates. Account 3's niche is bad (hard to get content), so I'm thinking of making it a sub-niche of another account. This way I'll only deal with 4 niches. Account 4 is another niche I'm testing..If it doesn't perform well in it's next phase of following/unfollowing I'll make it a sub-niche of another account in order to have 3 niches. I'll throw in 1-2 more test dummy accounts to have 5 or so niches again and repeat the process. When I narrow it down to the 3 fastest growing niches I'll probably scale up from there and have 3 accounts/niche so that I eventually have 9 accounts. I already have 5 private proxies from my previous Twitter journey that still work. 3 of the accounts are due for unfollowing soon, and unfollowing lasts me like 4-5 days. I'll check in a few days from now when there's news
Account 2: 1440 (+325)
Account 3: 1490 (+215)
Account 4: 645 (+90)
Account 5: 128 (+85) (PERSONAL PROJECT. EXCLUDED IN NEXT UPDATES)
Account 6: 107 (+107)
TOTAL GAIN: (+1,300~)
TOTAL FOLLOWERS: ( 8,000~)
I cranked it up yesterday on some accounts and now 3 accounts are following up to 650/day.
I added Account 6 which is a different niche. I'm working with 5 niches. Account 5 is a personal project, I'll exclude this account from future updates. Account 3's niche is bad (hard to get content), so I'm thinking of making it a sub-niche of another account. This way I'll only deal with 4 niches. Account 4 is another niche I'm testing..If it doesn't perform well in it's next phase of following/unfollowing I'll make it a sub-niche of another account in order to have 3 niches. I'll throw in 1-2 more test dummy accounts to have 5 or so niches again and repeat the process. When I narrow it down to the 3 fastest growing niches I'll probably scale up from there and have 3 accounts/niche so that I eventually have 9 accounts. I already have 5 private proxies from my previous Twitter journey that still work. 3 of the accounts are due for unfollowing soon, and unfollowing lasts me like 4-5 days. I'll check in a few days from now when there's news
dutchie
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There's no need to update the followers as most accounts have been unfollowing the past 4-5 days and not getting many followers... Anyway, I gave OGAds a shot. Keep in mind I'm dealing with 6 accounts divided into 3-4 niches. I have 5 private proxies and I plan to scale up to 20 accounts, 2 niches. 3 niches tops. This is what I got after one hour. Only using 2 accounts to promote, with combined less than 6k followers.
dutchie
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UPDATE:
Accounts are handling their usual tasks..following/unfollowing, however one of my accounts was banned! It was the account I was using for OGAds
I've seen on other journeys people getting banned over links (or thats what they think).. I put the link in my bio, generated those clicks I posted here the other day, and BAM! banned the next day. I lost an account with 800 followers.
Not a big deal because I'm moving at my own pace and haven't scaled up yet. I replaced the banned account and I've been trying a different landing page, but I can't seem to earn on OGAds anymore. Not sure if its my niche or the approach (only using 2 small accounts). I know for a fact I'll see growth if I scale up, but I'm scared of scaling up and making accounts for a not-so-good niche. Proxies are limited and I don't want to use them churning and burning on a crappy niche that barely gives me earnings
Accounts are handling their usual tasks..following/unfollowing, however one of my accounts was banned! It was the account I was using for OGAds
I've seen on other journeys people getting banned over links (or thats what they think).. I put the link in my bio, generated those clicks I posted here the other day, and BAM! banned the next day. I lost an account with 800 followers.
Not a big deal because I'm moving at my own pace and haven't scaled up yet. I replaced the banned account and I've been trying a different landing page, but I can't seem to earn on OGAds anymore. Not sure if its my niche or the approach (only using 2 small accounts). I know for a fact I'll see growth if I scale up, but I'm scared of scaling up and making accounts for a not-so-good niche. Proxies are limited and I don't want to use them churning and burning on a crappy niche that barely gives me earnings
fickra
Newbie
- Oct 15, 2015
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Nice journey,
Just wanted to share my today's stats, as i also started my journey with OGads and Instagram.
It is day 10 and I have 9 IG accounts of which 1 is down and I am looking to scale it up in coming days.
Today amount made till date: $60.58
(Note: Also tried my hands with Adscend Media already made $38.00 there).
Just wanted to share my today's stats, as i also started my journey with OGads and Instagram.
It is day 10 and I have 9 IG accounts of which 1 is down and I am looking to scale it up in coming days.
Today amount made till date: $60.58
(Note: Also tried my hands with Adscend Media already made $38.00 there).
soa0611
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- Apr 20, 2015
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Hey man, nice stats!
1. How many people do you follow by 1 acc?
2. DO you use your own landing pages or OGads domains with Web2.0 re-direct?
fickra
Newbie
- Oct 15, 2015
- 37
- 3
All my accounts are new so, I only have limitation of 300 follow per day.
No I wont use OGads domain, Instagram will possibly ban the account after some days, so to be on safer side use some free domain providers available in market, and create a nice and simple landing page depending your niche.
Good Luck.
raishehzad61
BANNED
- Aug 17, 2014
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Good luuk freinds with your journy
soa0611
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- Apr 20, 2015
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Do you put your own domains links right in Instagram account's bio?
fickra
Newbie
- Oct 15, 2015
- 37
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Yes and also to be on safer side i use one domain per 5 accounts that keep my domain and accounts non-Spam in the eyes of IG.
soa0611
Elite Member
- Apr 20, 2015
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Thanks for useful tips.
how were you starting following?
like 1st day - 50 people by 1 acc to follow
2nd day - 100 people by 1 acc to follow
?
fickra
Newbie
- Oct 15, 2015
- 37
- 3
You I follow daily 299 people per account and also make sure I am following people interested in same niche.
soa0611
Elite Member
- Apr 20, 2015
- 2,790
- 2,537
Are you following this amount from the 1st day?
zanderzero
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- Oct 17, 2013
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Nice thread. Good luck OP.
dutchie
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- Feb 10, 2010
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Time to test more niches and scale up. I have 5 active accounts, 3 niches. I had 7 at one point a few days ago but unfortunately 2 got banned promoting stuff for IG Ads. Im giving up on that niche, it was a trendy one thats dying out. My largest page is Niche 1, its getting a 25% followback ratio. However one of my newest pages is getting close to a 40% followback ratio. Wondering if its just the hashtags though. I'm definitely going to make it a priority when I scale up, but first I have to see if there's good engagement with those types of accounts going forward.
I'm scaling up soon. I just bought 10 aged IG email verified accounts, so expect updates with 12+ accounts in the future.
UPDATE:
Account 1: 4800~ (+675~)
Account 2: 1900~ (+460~)
Account 3: 2050~ (+550~)
Account 4: 1,685~ (+1,000)
Account 5: 370~ (+260)
TOTAL GAIN: (+3,000~)
I'm scaling up soon. I just bought 10 aged IG email verified accounts, so expect updates with 12+ accounts in the future.
UPDATE:
Account 1: 4800~ (+675~)
Account 2: 1900~ (+460~)
Account 3: 2050~ (+550~)
Account 4: 1,685~ (+1,000)
Account 5: 370~ (+260)
TOTAL GAIN: (+3,000~)
fickra
Newbie
- Oct 15, 2015
- 37
- 3
Yes I start following 300 from very first Day.