Instagram Journey

stxrm said:

I use my phone to upload pictures.

Basically, I have an app called "instasave" for my android.

I just open the app and enable the saving feature, open Instagram and go to a big page in the same niche as me and click "copy link" on a certain picture and the app will automatically save the picture for me.

Now that I have the picture, I upload it and then comment my hashtags.

I don't really use a schedule for uploading; however, I might consider sticking to a schedule.

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The bot I'm using for automation provides an optimization graph which tells me the best time to post for engagement. (The bot is GMT2)

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androiddeveloper said:

So, you don't give them credits ? You don't even change md5 hash in those images ?

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Kn0b360 said:

I'm noob, but isn't md5 only for like google search images?

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ZtxOne said:

Hi OP,

Interesting write up you got here, I have a question regarding the shout-outs.

How much would you charge for a shout-out? Is this based on how many followers you have e.g 10k follower compared to a 100k follower base?

For the payment system how will you prevent charge backs? I understand you are young so your banking options may be limited, as you have mentioned a cheque account.

Thanks and good luck.

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proxified said:

Good going man, all the best for your journey.
When do you plan to start monrtizing?

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stxrm said:

Well, I sort of already have.

If somebody comes to me for a shoutout, they get a shoutout. (For money of course)

When I plan to start advertising promos/my own Shopify products will be at around 15-50k followers.

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stxrm said:

I haven't really worked out a solid way to prevent chargebacks.

Most people, however, won't charge back, especially if they bought a shoutout for their business. (It's personal shoutouts which are the most risk-based)

You can make people need to send in payments as "friends and family".

The second option for preventing chargebacks would be messaging them saying "no refunds after payment has gone through".

This way, if they do chargeback a payment, you can provide evidence that you had a no-refund policy after payment goes through.

You could always just ring up PayPal support and they'd most likely understand the situation.

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proxified said:

what's your current engagement rate and how much do you charge?

How do you go about getting shoutouts?

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ZtxOne said:

Have you looked into a Crypto type payment for the shout-outs?

Regardless of what it is, surely there is banking options to prevent charge backs, I would have to look into.

Thanks.

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stxrm said:

For my gaming account with 3,480 followers, my engagement rate is 19.8%

For my skateboarding account with 2,732 followers, my engagement rate is 9.47%

For my cars/drifting account with 1,702 followers, my engagement rate is 9.39%

For my fishing account with 681 followers, my engagement rate is 13.35%

For my skateboarding account with 2,732 followers, my engagement rate is 9.47%

For my fitness/babes account with 1,489 followers, my engagement rate is 9.54%

For my second fitness/babes account with 1,081 followers, my engagement rate is 16.61%



I think only accepting crypto payments would definitely draw away potential businesses from buying shoutouts.

This would simply be due to a lot of people not owning any crypto.

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proxified said:

Your engagement rate is pretty good. I am impressed. How do you go about getting orders for shoutouts for small accounts, if in case you don't mind sharing.

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stxrm said:

Accounts literally just come to me, aha.

Just put in your bio "DM me for promos/business".

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mohmed3000 said:

Good luck with your journey OP

Do you think pets niche is good nowadays ?

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