hi man, just posted this thread in instagram. I'd love your input as you definitely know your shit. It's a long read but I promise it's worth. Copy-pasted below:
this guy over here’s strategy: actually I can't link it but if you google "reddit instagram blue print" it's the first result
I sourced him above and extracted below the essentials, along with my input
DISCLAIMER: if you’re a broke ass, don’t read this as I can already tell you you will say “KEK KEK SO EXPENSIVE JUST DO THIS THING THAT I DO IN WHICH I WASTE A LOT OF MY VERY INVALUABLE TIME FOR THIS AMOUNT”. So if you believe you can think a lil bit over the average, please keep reading. I’m looking for a long run. He’s saying:
1 - Choose a niche, create an account and set it up (bio, posts etc)
2 - After 100 posts, acquire social validation. Buy followers and likes. I’d say he’s talking about some more expensive followers that look legit, not the usual bangladesh-no-profile-pic type. Now IDK what’s the potential of these fake accounts
But, for instance I used the trial of this page “storm likes”. 50 likes for free. these accounts look pretty legit, some of them even have stories. How they manage to do that, I don’t know. They may have a small pool of accounts who are very good or of actual people who sign up for like for like - I wouldn’t know.
I’d appreciate input of the knowledgeable people here - how legit can these accounts look?
3 - He’s saying “You have 100k+ followers. You have 300+ posts. Your posts get 800-1000 likes per post”. Honestly (and this is my input) if I see an account with 100k followers and 800 likes it looks fake as fuck. So (again, just my idea), I’d say it would be worth sustaining those followers with likes. I know, this is the costly part. So not “4 posts per day” as he says, but one a day (actually depending on your budget lol).
So follower and like-wise you’re bullet proof. What else? Comments. He’s suggesting using engagement pods. Moreover, I’d say using hashtags can bring those generic comments from bot-controlled accounts. Then, there’s nothing really that can expose you in front of the masses. People like us who are lurking here might catch on to it but here’s what I probably should have mentioned in the beginning:
I’m seeing this strategy if you believe you are already good and have a skill/story to tell, not product to sell. Meaning: you do videos, you are a singer, you are a good photographer. So you have your social image on steroids (and obviously keep on working on doing your stuff that actually attracts people). Because now new people will be even more incentivised to follow you, get in touch. And that’s not even the main point
The main point is it gives you social proof for other artists to connect with. For companies so that you can collaborate. Okay, you might say this strategy means investing 5k. But in the long run I’m sure you’re aware you’re able to get thousands per post. I even know numbers - this guy who’s in my town has been paid around 1k (or more) per post with 100-120k followers. And I’m talking 3-7% engagement rates - not crazy healthy. Heck, 3% is actually low.
I’m asking you to tell me any weakness in this strategy. Especially since I’m not sure about the technicalities - this guy says that when you inject your post with those fake likes, you’re still able to get to trending hashtags or explore. Now, naturally I’m aware that this won’t work with low-quality fake accounts as Instagram will catch on to it instantly. But again, how good can these fake accounts get? I’m doubting they can be so good so that your post will get to trending hashtags or even explore because of them. Any idea?
