My first Instagram journey!

Thanks for sharing your journey. Really your doing better.Actually Instagram journey is perfect for the newbies because only few strategies are enough for that.If you are a newbie then you took better decision.I also can see your update. That's really positive.
Guys, what about your targeted income? and how many account you have crated? Please keep in mind without exact target it'll hard for you to reach the targeted goal.
Please keep update in a continuous way..
 
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Hey guys! Here to give you an update for month 5 of the journey! Still going at it. Here are. The results so far, won't post how many I'm following cause it's irrelevant,
Follwers: 15.5k (+3500)
Likes: about 1400-1700 (+300-400)
Posts:290
Revenue: 40 (+10)
So I've been focusing on growing the follower base, I'm happy that I got over 3k this month, I feel like it's growing slowly but atleast it's consistent. I have a feeling it might grow faster soon ish. I also sold one permanent shoutout the other day which is why I made 10$ more. Although according to the buyer he netted almost no followes from it even if the picture got 1.7k likes and had like 20 comments. I guess shoutouts in the pet niche isn't the best. I might start deleting old pictures and post them again so I won't have to keep finding new better pictures, I just finished un following yesturday so now I'll be following for the next few days. I'll update you guys next month on the stats, I hope to reach 20k by next month (aiming for a 4-5k growth!)
 
Currently month 6 of the journey! Haven't given up :) I have been focused on growth, happy with the numbers below! The engagement have been heading strong and since school is going to be over in 3 weeks I decided to start 2 more accounts in different niches, probably fitness and maybe fashion or luxury. Due to this I'll probably be selling my account once I reach 30k, anyone have any ideas where I should sell my account and how to safely sell it? Other then that theres nothing much that's new, haven't sold a shout out since last month but I've been having a few offers, did a few sfs and I bought a app to mass unfollow which is working great. Here are the numbers
[followers:20.1k (+4.6k)
Likes: 2100+
Comments: about 20 per pic
Posts:354
Revenue: 40
Ive also seen a boost of 150 new followers today which is also a unfollow day and this surprises. Me as I usually gain or go even when I used to unfollow so I'll look into that, hopefully organic traction has picked up :)
 
Month 7 of the Journey! Here is an update: So I spent most of last month trying to find a buyer for the pet account since summer vacation was rolling in and I wanted to spend my time on a different account, this time in the fitness Niche. The pet niche has little oppurtunities in my oppinion and I was able to find a buyer for 450$. I sold the account once it reached 23k followers, It had over 10% engagement.Here are the new stats for my new fitness account, note that this is 2 weeks in, and I will now be updating every 6th of the month.

Followers: 1550
Likes: around 200 (some pics have 500)
Comments: between 5-10
Posts: 29
Revenue: 500$
 
Hey guys, Back with an update this is the one month mark from starting my new Fitness IG! I've been focusing on the growth of the page, the engagement has been following suite which is nice. Of course, I'm not happy with the growth, I'd like it to be faster. I'm aiming 100k in a few months or so if possible, I want to start monetizing asap. What I've done is I scraped a few pictures from bigger pages, I need to do that again today. I've joined a few engagement groups which have helped me get my growth in the first few days. Since the account was relatively new, I was very conservative at first with the follow/unfollow but then I decided I'd go a bit more ham. I'm currently doing about 1.1k followes for 3-4 days and 1.3k unfollows for also 3-4 days. I've also signed up my account for shoutcart but for some reason they have been very troublesome lately.. I can't get my account to be active even if I meet all their requirements. I hope I get that fixed up soon as it's some potential shoutouts I'm losing. Here are the stats for the first month!

Followers: 8650 (+8650)
Likes: about 1000 (+1000)
Comments: about 15-20 (+20)
Posts: 64 (+64)
Revenue: 500$
 
Thios is Month 9 of my journey (month 2 of my new Ig journey) I've been growing my account really well, I'm bummed out that during the month I had to wait 2 weeks to get a new phone (mine broke) and I was banned for 3 days which really slowed the process. I think for next month I can aim for a 10k+ growth, (let's hope) I've been doing well in terms of shoutouts, the fitnesds niche seems to be doing pretty well, and the growth is pretty good. I think I'll have a hard time keeping up with a 10 % engagement, as fitness varies but I'll simply have to focus on getting high quality pictures and trying to expose those. So here are my stats for the 2nd month!
Followers:13.8k (+5200)
Likes: about 1k-1.5k (+200-300)
Comments: about 20-35 (+10)
Posts: 116 (+52)
Revenue: 600$ (+100$)
 
Nice to see you journey and look at your updates.
What is your monetization strategy?
All the best ;)
 
marbinx said:
Nice to see you journey and look at your updates.
What is your monetization strategy?
All the best ;)
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Thanks for following! Currently I've been mainly doing shoutouts only via shoutcart, with decent engagement I get between 1-3 shoutout requests per week which is nice, but I'm mainly focusing on growth. I feel as you grow, the monetization will come through itself as brands/ opportunities will contact you rather then you making the effort to contact them
 
Back at it with Month 10 Update, Our new IG page has been growing quite well, slightly off my goal but quite close so it`s not a big deal, we`ve been selling a lot of shoutouts lately as well which is good but the faster we grow the better. I`ll be trying to push it as far as I can this month as next month I go back to school and might not have as much time as I do now. I also have a friend who gave me their account. it`s a fashion account currently sitting at 6k but it has really good engagement, organically it constantly gets 700-800 likes and 5 or so comments. I`ll keep posting on that account once a day leaving it on standby and following/unfollowing when I have time. For now the focus is the fitness page but I will be growing the fashion account once the fitness one becomes less hands on. Here are the stats fort he month.

Followers:22.1K (+8.3K)
Likes: About 1800-2k (500)
Comments: 40-45 (+10)
Posts: 179 (+63)
Revenue: 725$ (+125)
 
Still Updating regardless of the low amount of interest on my journey. It has almost been a year since we have started and only the 4th month of my fitness account. The growth of the account has been really great, I'm aiming for 50k by next month easily, maybe more, I have recently increased my shoutout prices but will probably maintain the current rates as I have seen a decline in buying even if I have earned more, which is a good thing as I prefer selling lower amounts of shoutouts at a high price rather then a high amounts of shoutouts at a low price.I was lucky as I got a picture which reached the explore page, and got about 15k likes which net me a 2k followers which was really helpful this month. Somewhat disappointed that shoutcart has increased their rates for pretty much every member as I was edging closer to the 20% fee. Guess we'll have to stick to the 30% and maybe get a few private shoutout orders. I've been looking for other popular shoutout sites but for now, shoutcart seems to be the best one. Here are my stats for the month, if you have any questions feel free to ask away.

Followers: 36.1k (+14k)
Likes: 3k+ (+1000)
Comments: 75-90 (+30)
Posts: 243 (+64)
Revenue: 921$ (+196)
 
Also just wanted to point out that I think my decision to sell my pet account and start a brand new account in a more profitable niche was successful as comparing my month 4 pet account to my month 4 fitness account I have exactly 3x more followers in that timespan as well as 10x more revenue
 
5th month update! I've had great growth since last month and was aiming for a 20k growth for the month but it was stumped by the last two weeks. I think the problem was activity and hq pictures. By the end I had less time and posted pictures that weren't as high quality as my previous ones. The hq definitely effects it as it gives pictures a higher chance to get 10%+ engagement and that easily gets me 300 followers from that picture alone. Secondly I did not post for about 18h which was a long time for me and I lost a bit of activity which lost me momentum. I think getting back on schedule would be good but Ive had less time with university. I'll definitely only get hq pictures from now on though as it definitely helps In my opinion. Now off to revenue. I was able to sell for about 450$ of Shoutouts which was definitely a huge gain from last month. I also sold 10 Shoutouts for a company from 350 ending the month at an amazing 800$ profit! I was definitely happy with this result but Ill have to work on consistency as I will not always be able to advertise for companies for that high amounts. My goal will be to achieve 100k in the next 2 months, which will be extremely hard but possible if I do everything right! Let me know if you have any questions. I will leave you with the progress report!

Followers: 51.4 (15.3)
Likes: 4k+ (+1000)
Comments: 80+(10)
Posts: 308 (+65)
Revenue: 1721$ (+800)
 
nicb34 said:
5th month update! I've had great growth since last month and was aiming for a 20k growth for the month but it was stumped by the last two weeks. I think the problem was activity and hq pictures. By the end I had less time and posted pictures that weren't as high quality as my previous ones. The hq definitely effects it as it gives pictures a higher chance to get 10%+ engagement and that easily gets me 300 followers from that picture alone. Secondly I did not post for about 18h which was a long time for me and I lost a bit of activity which lost me momentum. I think getting back on schedule would be good but Ive had less time with university. I'll definitely only get hq pictures from now on though as it definitely helps In my opinion. Now off to revenue. I was able to sell for about 450$ of Shoutouts which was definitely a huge gain from last month. I also sold 10 Shoutouts for a company from 350 ending the month at an amazing 800$ profit! I was definitely happy with this result but Ill have to work on consistency as I will not always be able to advertise for companies for that high amounts. My goal will be to achieve 100k in the next 2 months, which will be extremely hard but possible if I do everything right! Let me know if you have any questions. I will leave you with the progress report!

Followers: 51.4 (15.3)
Likes: 4k+ (+1000)
Comments: 80+(10)
Posts: 308 (+65)
Revenue: 1721$ (+800)
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Great bro! So your revenue increased by $800 this month..May I know how you're monetizing the accounts? Shutout or sold some accounts?
 
share4win said:
Great bro! So your revenue increased by $800 this month..May I know how you're monetizing the accounts? Shutout or sold some accounts?
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appreciate it mate! I am mainly monetizing via shoutcart. The 30% fess are killer but at least you get a lot more requests then you would normally get from people contact ting you. I've also sold a bit of Shoutouts directly through contacting me but that wasn't very significant. All my income is shoutout based and will probably continue this method for a while and try to milk it. I have a 2nd account that's growing as well in a good niche and once this one gets to around 100k I'll put more focus on the second one
 
Awesome man! Keep with it and you will no doubt see success.
 
nice!! when people started to ask you shoutout? 20K? You opted for less quantity shoutouts but more expensive or weekly cheap shoutouts?
 
secretunk said:
nice!! when people started to ask you shoutout? 20K? You opted for less quantity shoutouts but more expensive or weekly cheap shoutouts?
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Great question! When I started off I set my prices quite low. I looked at the competition in my niche and since I had over 10% engagement I knew I was going to appear above other sellers at cheap. Prices since. My shoutcart score was much higher then theirs. Therefore, I opted for cheaper prices and I sold a few every week. My starting 2h price was at $4, compared to my competitions starting price of 5$. As I increased in followers I opted. For more expensive Shoutouts as I received more and more and I didn't want to crowd my account with spammy advertisement.
 
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