How many people are you following in order to get 50-90 followers/day?
somedevil
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- Sep 9, 2009
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From personal experiences, i follow a lot of big names in the niche i am interested in, people who have upwards of 100K real followers (usually they are 500-2m range). Very often they give shout outs, mostly to people who give them free shit, and more often than not i will click the link and checkout the other person's profile. I am sure many other do this too. However wether i follow them or not depends on what kind of content they have and how much it interests me.
I also feel that with Instagram people are much more willing to follow a lot more people than they would do on Twitter or FB. Instagram is only pictures with no external links, so a user can spend an hour looking at pics on his or her cellphone without being distracted by an outbound link.. With FB and Twit there's text-pictoral-video content all vying for eyeballs and if you follow too many others, your timeline can get very cluttered. No such problems in Instagram i feel. Just my two cents as a user.
I also feel that with Instagram people are much more willing to follow a lot more people than they would do on Twitter or FB. Instagram is only pictures with no external links, so a user can spend an hour looking at pics on his or her cellphone without being distracted by an outbound link.. With FB and Twit there's text-pictoral-video content all vying for eyeballs and if you follow too many others, your timeline can get very cluttered. No such problems in Instagram i feel. Just my two cents as a user.
How many followers did you have in total before the shoutout?
Spuffed
Power Member
- Sep 1, 2014
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4480 and got to around 4510?
mistercasanova
Junior Member
- Feb 18, 2014
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It depends on your niche, the creativity and level of interesting shit on your account. That's a shitty amount of followers to gain from a shoutout of an account that large. The account was perhaps full of fake followers and likes, to give the idea that it is a legitimate big account.
Just some factors.
RoundedPixels
BANNED
- Aug 22, 2013
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You sure those aren't fake followers? Was the account even in your niche?
I'm not an expert, but it sounds quite low. Did the account you got shoutout from had a good amount of likes per picture?
Spuffed
Power Member
- Sep 1, 2014
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To be fair the account got like 7-10k likes per video.
They were legit, not in my niche though... although my niche is quite general, it's my brands' IG.
Yeah, around 7-10k per post.
mistercasanova
Junior Member
- Feb 18, 2014
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If you'd PM me that account's name, I can let you know if it's fake or half-fake or real. Up to you.
That's just kind of hard to believe that you had such a low follower intake. But.. I guess you DO take that risk once you buy shoutouts.
I follow 200-550 per day, and like every 17s.
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JayRaby13
Junior Member
- Jun 22, 2014
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I sell shout outs via instagram on very large accounts and I can tell you it COMPLETELY depends on the relatability of your niche and the quality of your content to the account that is posting the shoutout. You can get a high number of followers if the quality is great and it is s related niche, but if it's neither of those you will barely see results at all, no matter how big the account.
- Jun 20, 2013
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if you can make good money throughs shout outs only then invest.
I would do research with iconosquare.. target particular hashtags in your niche, open new tabs for pictures with 200+ likes and look for accounts that post an e-mail at the top of their page and have over 50k followers. These are the guys you want shouting your accounts.
printerkid
Registered Member
- Oct 8, 2014
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Probably not your best bet. Unless it looks like a true, believable endorsement I wouldn't bother.