Hi tiestoo, Instagram's latest update forced the "quality over quantity" rule.
When I started on instagram I made $281 using affiliate marketing my first week using 6 niche accounts with mobile email submit offers.
All I did was make a comment like "why in the world is everybody talking about
@username ?" On a high traffic trending pic.
Or you could even have 3 different accounts talking to each other on a high traffic comment thread to make everyone else curious lol
Example:"answer the above question via account 2 like "I've also seen numerous posts about that
@username page, I'm going to check it out"
Other users will follow because they now feel "left out" if they dont know. Social proof is key in IG marketing.
Leave mystery and they will come. Think always outside the box.
I have outlined a simple strategy involving mobile CPA and #hashtag traffic on my blog
On Twitter you see a section for trending tweets.
Instagram provides several sites that let you analyze data and trends so you can pick a mobile CPA offer based on results.
-webstagram.com(search via hash tag for exact number of pics)
-instawaves.com(use trending tags to know what pics to comment on with a lot of traffic, likes, etc)
-DMstagram app(just like FB messenger..send messages with signatures(cloak aff. Link in them while messaging followers)
I ran a test to see if I could get quality fitness leads from IG.
My 1st day I was able to get 170 leads mostly female to sign up via mobile opt in form on this page (@instaweightlossinfo) and they are now active on my subscriber list.
So answer to your question ..."yes" i am and there are many others making money with instagram.
Just like everything else on the net. It comes down to your setup. IG being your traffic source and pics being main medium you could simply watermark all uploaded pics with cloaked aff. Link URL.
They do go to the URL as I track free campaigns just as I would a ppc campaign.
Bit.ly cloaked links tracking data is enough to gather GEO data to see who is doing what with your profile url.
Landing page to Offer still works great for me also.
If you don't have software you can use tumblr as long as you don't place the raw affiliate link on the tumblr page (they'll ban you)
Just place your opt in form on the tumblr page and use that link as your profile link.
Hope that after you look at my blog post and see my case studies you benefit from it and you too monetize those followers you have and the ones you find following this method.
it works and I still use the strategy .
The "dog" niche is hot on IG I've seen mobile email submit offers on peerfly for these and they do convert as far as I have seen.
Hope I could help out some...
