Vekkata
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- Nov 3, 2012
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Okay, first excuse me for my bad grammar English skills. I will also skip the intro part and go for the method. Also i won't reveal my niche. So.. lets begin !
Lets first talk about numbers and time.
I was looking for a formula that can give you a idea how much time you need to spend to get 10k followers ( around 1k likes per pic for 24h ) and how much traffic that kind of account can drive. Couldn't find anything, so I have tested myself. I know the traffic really depend on the niche and still some statistic would be good if you could see.
What I use is FollowLiker, found it to be the best so far. Before 3 months I did set up brand new account (not aged). Was using (and still use) the default settings and even lower. So for 3 months I have 10k real followers and receive 1k likes per picture in 24h. This account provide me around 100 UV daily. It's not much, but let me explain you how to get the most of it.
The monetization part.
No matter in what niche you are, you would want to do this:
- Use your IG for User generated Content
- Collect mails
The rest is up to you: Maybe adsense, maybe affiliate. Stay away from CPA, if you want to build something that will last longer. Just my humble tip. Instagram can change the unwritten rules any time and people who use too agressive ways for monetization to fail hard.
So how to make someone to give you mail and to actually provide content for you ( image + text )?
What I do is to tell people that i give shout outs, lead them to a page with submit script and on all fields (Name, Mail, IG username, Text area, Upload Image ) I put "required". That mean they can not submit, unless they fill every field. Also at the text field area i put 200 characters required. Less than 200 characters ( this is around 3-4 sentences ) and the system will tell them to write more. At the end, when the user successfully submit, you have his name, mail, image and text. Okay, for mail marketing it's clear: you want his mails so you can promote him stuff later, build relation and bank it. What about the image and the text ? Well I had a test before 2-3 years ( it was blackhat attempt to cheat the SE with "trashy" content ) and the test was a fail and success in same time. I've learned that no matter what content you post, if you have lets say 50k "article" of it, you will drive traffic eventually ( 5-6 ) months. Without hardcore SEO, just more social signals, anyway this is another story.
So, my point is this: Collect the content from people, it will pay you later with SE traffic. And collect their mails for mail marketing later. You can also put adsense without a problem, because you have unique content.
So what I'm saying is that I do give free shout outs. Daily I receive about 20 submits from those 100 visitors, so i collect 20 mails and receive 20 "articles". At the submit form i do explain to people that submissions does not guarantee posting in the IG account. So from those 20 submits I pick the best 4-5 quality images and give them shout out. When I reach 30k followers, i will add option in the submit form that will allow people to pay for guaranteed shout out. Depending on the paid requests i receive, I will rise or lower the price for the shout out. My goal will be 6-7 paid requests daily with optimal price. I want to wait, because i really want to provide people followers, not just take their money.
To try my method you will need to code or pay for your site, because there are no ready site scripts that have those features. Maybe you can set up wordpress and use some plugins, I have tested and I can tell that there are options if you can't code it yourself ( like me, I'm doing this with friend ). Lets be clear. I do not want you to PM me with offers to buy the site script or any information. This thread is not about this.
Also I want to share my dreams and expectations about this project.
In the next 5-6 months i hope I will have 30-40k followers and 3-4k likes per picture. That will increase the interest of the users and provide me at least 5x content and mails. This will be the time when I will give them option to pay for the shout out and also buy membership, where i will provide eBooks, information about the niche, products and other interesting things. I also hope that i will manage to grow another account in the same niche, using my big account. Build an empire. I will expect to receive at least 300 submits every day and some traffic from the search engine. Forgot to mention that I'm planning a weekly conquests. The picture that get most likes every sunday receive shout out 100% guaranteed. So people share their post in their own social networks, asking friends and followers to help them with the likes. That will bring more and more visitors in my site.
Now I want to ask a few questions:
Anyone who have accounts with more than 50k followers, share some information, please. I'm interested in:
- How long took you to gain your followers ?
- After which numbers (followers) your account start to "explode" ? With other words, how many followers/likes per picture I need so I can appear in popular and become viral ?
- Share how big your accounts are and how much traffic you receive
- Do you have more interesting way of monetization than the usual ?
- Share some advanced tips and tricks if you have some
Best Regards
Lets first talk about numbers and time.
I was looking for a formula that can give you a idea how much time you need to spend to get 10k followers ( around 1k likes per pic for 24h ) and how much traffic that kind of account can drive. Couldn't find anything, so I have tested myself. I know the traffic really depend on the niche and still some statistic would be good if you could see.
What I use is FollowLiker, found it to be the best so far. Before 3 months I did set up brand new account (not aged). Was using (and still use) the default settings and even lower. So for 3 months I have 10k real followers and receive 1k likes per picture in 24h. This account provide me around 100 UV daily. It's not much, but let me explain you how to get the most of it.
The monetization part.
No matter in what niche you are, you would want to do this:
- Use your IG for User generated Content
- Collect mails
The rest is up to you: Maybe adsense, maybe affiliate. Stay away from CPA, if you want to build something that will last longer. Just my humble tip. Instagram can change the unwritten rules any time and people who use too agressive ways for monetization to fail hard.
So how to make someone to give you mail and to actually provide content for you ( image + text )?
What I do is to tell people that i give shout outs, lead them to a page with submit script and on all fields (Name, Mail, IG username, Text area, Upload Image ) I put "required". That mean they can not submit, unless they fill every field. Also at the text field area i put 200 characters required. Less than 200 characters ( this is around 3-4 sentences ) and the system will tell them to write more. At the end, when the user successfully submit, you have his name, mail, image and text. Okay, for mail marketing it's clear: you want his mails so you can promote him stuff later, build relation and bank it. What about the image and the text ? Well I had a test before 2-3 years ( it was blackhat attempt to cheat the SE with "trashy" content ) and the test was a fail and success in same time. I've learned that no matter what content you post, if you have lets say 50k "article" of it, you will drive traffic eventually ( 5-6 ) months. Without hardcore SEO, just more social signals, anyway this is another story.
So, my point is this: Collect the content from people, it will pay you later with SE traffic. And collect their mails for mail marketing later. You can also put adsense without a problem, because you have unique content.
So what I'm saying is that I do give free shout outs. Daily I receive about 20 submits from those 100 visitors, so i collect 20 mails and receive 20 "articles". At the submit form i do explain to people that submissions does not guarantee posting in the IG account. So from those 20 submits I pick the best 4-5 quality images and give them shout out. When I reach 30k followers, i will add option in the submit form that will allow people to pay for guaranteed shout out. Depending on the paid requests i receive, I will rise or lower the price for the shout out. My goal will be 6-7 paid requests daily with optimal price. I want to wait, because i really want to provide people followers, not just take their money.
To try my method you will need to code or pay for your site, because there are no ready site scripts that have those features. Maybe you can set up wordpress and use some plugins, I have tested and I can tell that there are options if you can't code it yourself ( like me, I'm doing this with friend ). Lets be clear. I do not want you to PM me with offers to buy the site script or any information. This thread is not about this.
Also I want to share my dreams and expectations about this project.
In the next 5-6 months i hope I will have 30-40k followers and 3-4k likes per picture. That will increase the interest of the users and provide me at least 5x content and mails. This will be the time when I will give them option to pay for the shout out and also buy membership, where i will provide eBooks, information about the niche, products and other interesting things. I also hope that i will manage to grow another account in the same niche, using my big account. Build an empire. I will expect to receive at least 300 submits every day and some traffic from the search engine. Forgot to mention that I'm planning a weekly conquests. The picture that get most likes every sunday receive shout out 100% guaranteed. So people share their post in their own social networks, asking friends and followers to help them with the likes. That will bring more and more visitors in my site.
Now I want to ask a few questions:
Anyone who have accounts with more than 50k followers, share some information, please. I'm interested in:
- How long took you to gain your followers ?
- After which numbers (followers) your account start to "explode" ? With other words, how many followers/likes per picture I need so I can appear in popular and become viral ?
- Share how big your accounts are and how much traffic you receive
- Do you have more interesting way of monetization than the usual ?
- Share some advanced tips and tricks if you have some
Best Regards
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