The Exact Strategy I Use to Grow My Instagram Account Organically

from Dishing Up Digital with Ellen Mackenzie · host Ellen Mackenzie

Do you love Instagram? Or do you lean a little bit towards more of the hate side? If you answered the hate side, don't worry, we've all been there. As entrepreneurs, Instagram can become a pain, a struggle, and slightly overwhelming. However, with the right strategies in place, Instagram can be hugely beneficial for the growth of your business, making more conversions, growing an engaging community, and signing more clients.    In this episode, I will be breaking down and sharing four different aspects and tips of my current Instagram growth strategy. If you really follow and embrace these four tips, you're going to see a significant difference in your Instagram growth, which means more clients through the door, more of that cash dollar in the bank account, and a thriving profitable business.  In this episode, you'll discover...   Why counting your followers is just a vanity metric The one thing that could be affecting your growth Putting your followers first  Reels: receiving free exposure  How to gain IG traffic away from IG Thank you so much for listening. If you are enjoying the Dishing Up Digital Podcast, please leave a review on Apple and let me know! Don’t forget to connect with me over on Instagram, let me know what you would like to hear in future episodes, and share this episode with anyone you think would benefit from it! Links & Resources:    The Dishing Up Digital School: www.dishingupdigitalschool.com Join my self-study course Get the Gram: http://www.getthegram.com/ Follow me on Instagram to enter my week of giveaways for the launch of the podcast: https://www.instagram.com/ellenmackenziee/    

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Do you love Instagram? Or do you lean a little bit towards more of the hate side? If you answered the hate side, don't worry, we've all been there. As entrepreneurs, Instagram can become a pain, a struggle, and slightly overwhelming. However, with the right strategies in place, Instagram can be hugely beneficial for the growth of your business, making more conversions, growing an engaging community, and signing more clients. In this episode, I will be breaking down and sharing four different aspects and tips of my current Instagram growth strategy. If you really follow and embrace these four tips, you're going to see a significant difference in your Instagram growth, which means more clients through the door, more of that cash dollar in the bank account, and a thriving profitable business. In this episode, you'll discover... Why counting your followers is just a vanity metric The one thing that could be affecting your growth Putting your followers first Reels: receiving free exposure How to gain IG traffic away from IG Thank you so much for listening. If you are enjoying the Dishing Up Digital Podcast, please leave a review on Apple and let me know! Don’t forget to connect with me over on Instagram, let me know what you would like to hear in future episodes, and share this episode with anyone you think would benefit from it! Links & Resources: The Dishing Up Digital School: www.dishingupdigitalschool.com Join my self-study course Get the Gram: http://www.getthegram.com/ Follow me on Instagram to enter my week of giveaways for the launch of the podcast: https://www.instagram.com/ellenmackenziee/

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