If photography is your niche. Your photos NEED to be the absolute best they possibly can. I don't mean to market but if you've got LR desktop Alex Ruskman's presets for LR have taken my content to another level.
That' the thing, isn't it? Finding other humans who will actually like what we are creating. I really feel that there are other people out there who will love what I'm doing, but it's just finding and connecting with them - and it has to be done in an authentic way. Thanks for the tips!
Problem is they like comment and reshare but barely anyone wants to follow anymore hell alot of people will just sit on your account check back in every now and then see when you post and just watch it but wont follow
I can't thank you enough for this video. Your perspective on social media is so refreshing, it seems modernity has caused most of us including myself to forgot the real purpose of social media: human connection! I've been doing this for 2 weeks now and have gone from 60 followers to 150 followers, all of them being in the exact same profession as myself from everywhere in the world! It has been so nice truly connecting with these people, what a simple but fantastic strategy, thank you so so much for reminding me of the beauty of social media. I wish you and everybody reading this happiness and success in all your ventures!
I found that the majority of people who use hashtags and have open accounts are looking for just likes and followers as well, and have a tendency to unfollow or disappear within the next few days or weeks. I found that showing your real personality and especially struggles, and emotions, help to attract real people and connections. And it doesn't matter what niche you are in.
agree now a dys ppl just want to see numbers , but i love to talk, to know others abt there life , we all will live once.. its such z good feeling to know abt others
You nailed it Anna! Why should we hide our struggles, our failures and successes and everything in between? Personally, I feel sharing how we got here aligns with our awakening. Those who like us as we are will stay, those who don’t will move along and if you don’t get me, that’s your issue, not mine. Much love in oneness to anyone who may read this!🙏🏻💞✨🕊
Exactly… people who like my posts multiple times in a row I already know they are in it for the follow for follow thing .. 😌 but liked the video nonetheless and gave it like for his upfront honest effort 🧚🏻♀️✨
Yeah, that happens to me all the time. I am into the 1800s Victorian dresses and 1980s fashion, and I get a lot of people who are into vintage as well, who just like a few to all of my posts without following. Or I get people who follow me for a few months and then unfollow. 🤷♀️ The true ticket is how many views you get on reels and posts cause then that's when we can get paid.
Wow, I never thought of that, I have my Instagram for 4 years now and still haven't gained that much. All these years I thought I just need to post content and that's it. I never go or find someone with the same niche as I am. Thank you so much Jonny. More Power!
Quite literally the best advised I've gotten so far to grow on social media. Thank you for keeping it so real and showing how to focus back to the human side of it all. Loved this video.❤
Wow! I've been watching many videos and reels recently about growing accounts, you're the only one who talked about growing connections with people! Thanks for the advice! 😊
This is literally the best video about Instagram growth that I have seen so far… thank you for reminding us to be human. It is such a simple message but it is literally what many of us need to hear 😊
Halfway through the video and I already agree with everything you said. At the end of the day you're just using a filter function or a magnifying glass to look into recent posts in your niche. That will better help you connecting with people that have an interest in discovering accounts similar to yours. Nothing wrong with that!
Thank you for the video. As a content creator myself, I can see how much you value your audience by skipping all the intros and getting straight to the point. I will also do the same for my future videos. Thanks again for helping us to connect with our audience in a more authentic and human way 🙂 Look forward to watching more of your content 😍
Thank you so much for this video. I definitely got more than I asked for. In this crazy world of social media we live in, it's nice to see people like you who still know how important it is to try and make real connections. Good stuff. 👍
Johnny. This may have been the most simplistic, precise & to the point video I’ve ever seen. It also seems like a great idea. I’m going to test it out. Thank you for sharing this information!
This truly was authentic, simple & direct! I'm an architect who's slowly but surely growing my business and l came across your video at the right time🙂
Wow! You have given me one of the best tips I have seen by far! I am just gonna close the video after it ends and follow your tips! Thank you for sharing such a nice and informative video🙂
Really appreciate your focus on building relationships. The human to human piece. I love the perspective I got from this of using the process as if I was at a workshop or event and I was networking with people I wanted to co-create with or meet 🙏
Love the simplicity of this. Most hacks ultimately end up just like this, be a human to the other humans here on this planet and things will work out like they should. Thank you for sharing!
So simple, yet so true. I think we often forget about the fact that we need to network and interact with others in order to gain followers. I'm Idanitee and a digital artist... in case anyone is reading this and interested 😊
well said, it's nothing wrong, until you're genuinely following them and liking their posts, and commenting, the problem arises when you are doing all of that just to increase your number, rather than connecting with others
Thanks for the reminder of going back to the basics of being a human with proper morals, ethics and character. The simple universal Golden Rule that all religions, and even those who don’t have one should follow; “treating others the way you yourself would like to be treated.”
This is excellent advice. 👏🏽 I was doing a lot of this already on my own idea.. however it’s very nice to get some reassurance I was on the right path. I did span like in the recent hashtags 😂 I thought be good to show love but I see how it can be bad. Thanks for your points and break downs. 🥂
Hey @superrbensonn I did the same mistake of quickly following many people.. now is I see Instagram is not pushing my reels as before so what I should do now ?
@@mmnworks the reels aren’t getting as many plays because so many are doing them. They’ll feature someone like this UA-cam in the fyp for a week and he’ll get 10k but people like you and I have to get seen and Instagram doesn’t support us. I suggest we don’t follow people who don’t follow us. If we make them less famous we’ll be able to fit in. But following people who don’t follow us shows Instagram we are fans but we are not we are hidden competition. Just flood it bro. Post 2-3 times a day. Also DONT post on the algorithm times. If you notice everyone does at the same time at 10-1 or 3-5 or 7-10 before, in between and after Instagram is dead. You notice that?? Post on the times it’s not the algorithm like I have and I noticed my reach go up cuz no one post but me and a few numbers. Everyone waiting for a certain time. Smh 🤦🏽♂️ lol network bro. Comment share posts make friends!!
Hi John, My niche is poetry/quotes and I am based in India. I am trying to influence the region of followers to tap into the markets of other countries, especially US and UK. Can you discuss a bit on this please? How I can gain followers from other countries?
This is actually really great advice, in theory, but it looks like it is no longer possible. Instagram has now removed the "recent" tab for hashtags. You can only see "Top Posts" and "Recent Top Posts" now. (aka its impossible to see the less popular posts with out scrolling a billion miles down a hashtag) Side note: Does this effectively make hashtags irrelevant for growing your audience now because hashtags only will show posts which already have a ton of traction?
I get followers daily,quite a lot, I recently discovered that all my recent posts,the last 3months or so,are on the Explore page, so it must be that right? But I have a problem,with the plenty of followers I get daily,half of them are Forex/Bitcoin accounts,I’ve blocked so many every day,is there another way to deal with these traders from following me?
I was having a lot of issues with bitcoin comments and followers. So I just kept blocking them and enabling the “ prevent any future accounts this person makes from following you “ Now I the bitcoin spam accounts and comments is slowing down. So I think slowly with time it does make a difference.
That was a refreshingly follow-able, thoroughly informative, video! I'm not a techie, and very new to the Instagram "thing", so I've been looking at various videos to try to get the basics. They've mostly left me zoning out, and feeling more confused than before watching. Thanks for posting this, Jonny.
Helpful, indeed - THX! I’m always a little dejected by the banning and rules set to “catch” us. I feel for example that everything but reels and TikTok are not proliferated as much as other content.
Thanks for sharing, very helpful! One question tho...how can we expect someone to follow if we're not following them. Will a simple and sincere like/comment suffice?
Thanks for watching. That depends on their interests and your followability. Example: if someone is about to build a house and thinking about planning and you were an architect making short videos full of value on the subject. They would probably follow.
Seem to be getting loads of spam / zombie accounts following my account. Is there anyway to stop this? It’s so annoying and takes up to much time. 🤷♂️
They're bots lol, but there's no proven ways to get rid of them, so I'd suggest you do focus on growing your Instagram and growing your business if you've one. What you focus on grows. Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help & serve you.
Thanks a lot for the video! 🎥 A lot of it was really new to me, especially the 'meeting real persons' part. I'm a filmmaker/photographer from the Netherlands 🇳🇱, really into creating nice stuff and was looking to gain more instagram buzz. So thank you for the video!
This video actually made a lot of sense. I'm struggling to build somewhat of a platform rn and it's soo frustrating cause I'm pitting in the work and getting like zero back. Meanwhile someone records themselves doing a one 2 second dance and bam. Their viral.
Love the honest, genuine & straight to the point information. No websites or fake bots suggested. I am trying to grow my instagram for my car detailing business. Definetly hitting that like & suscribe button. Glad to have found your video. You seem like a great & genuine person 💯
Thanks, Jonny, for sharing your insights. Would love to see the follow up vid. you'd mentioned about making an IG page/content that is "followable". Didn't see the link you'd mentioned. Did you ever make this content, and if so, where may I please view it? Best, Dave Jay
Literally to the 1% who's reading this, God bless you, and may your dreams come true, stay safe and have a wonderful day ❤
I wish you well 🙏🏾
Amen
Thank you! You to
you too bro🌺
Same to youu✨
If photography is your niche. Your photos NEED to be the absolute best they possibly can. I don't mean to market but if you've got LR desktop Alex Ruskman's presets for LR have taken my content to another level.
why the spam, didn't expect to see so many likes :P
i love how go straight into it and not dragging the video on and on till the point, nicely done
Totally agree with you, it’s so difficult trying to grow a UA-cam channel and instagram account, in my case I just started 2 weeks ago….
Agreed.
That' the thing, isn't it? Finding other humans who will actually like what we are creating. I really feel that there are other people out there who will love what I'm doing, but it's just finding and connecting with them - and it has to be done in an authentic way. Thanks for the tips!
You got Instagram?
Same
@@darkwizardhighok
Problem is they like comment and reshare but barely anyone wants to follow anymore hell alot of people will just sit on your account check back in every now and then see when you post and just watch it but wont follow
lets connect and grow
I can't thank you enough for this video. Your perspective on social media is so refreshing, it seems modernity has caused most of us including myself to forgot the real purpose of social media: human connection! I've been doing this for 2 weeks now and have gone from 60 followers to 150 followers, all of them being in the exact same profession as myself from everywhere in the world! It has been so nice truly connecting with these people, what a simple but fantastic strategy, thank you so so much for reminding me of the beauty of social media. I wish you and everybody reading this happiness and success in all your ventures!
That's exactly what I felt watching this video.
If ur reading this be patient it will workout🙌🏾
help me lol
We hope so! 🤞
@@34Buck474 do you need more followers
Ty man :)
Thank you, I know this is a long journey but I'm prepared to Hold Strong
I found that the majority of people who use hashtags and have open accounts are looking for just likes and followers as well, and have a tendency to unfollow or disappear within the next few days or weeks. I found that showing your real personality and especially struggles, and emotions, help to attract real people and connections. And it doesn't matter what niche you are in.
Yeah that’s solid advice.
agree now a dys ppl just want to see numbers , but i love to talk, to know others abt there life , we all will live once.. its such z good feeling to know abt others
You nailed it Anna! Why should we hide our struggles, our failures and successes and everything in between? Personally, I feel sharing how we got here aligns with our awakening. Those who like us as we are will stay, those who don’t will move along and if you don’t get me, that’s your issue, not mine. Much love in oneness to anyone who may read this!🙏🏻💞✨🕊
Exactly… people who like my posts multiple times in a row I already know they are in it for the follow for follow thing .. 😌 but liked the video nonetheless and gave it like for his upfront honest effort 🧚🏻♀️✨
Yeah, that happens to me all the time. I am into the 1800s Victorian dresses and 1980s fashion, and I get a lot of people who are into vintage as well, who just like a few to all of my posts without following. Or I get people who follow me for a few months and then unfollow. 🤷♀️ The true ticket is how many views you get on reels and posts cause then that's when we can get paid.
Wow, I never thought of that, I have my Instagram for 4 years now and still haven't gained that much. All these years I thought I just need to post content and that's it. I never go or find someone with the same niche as I am.
Thank you so much Jonny.
More Power!
did you use the technic? and how did it grow the last 4 months?
Quite literally the best advised I've gotten so far to grow on social media. Thank you for keeping it so real and showing how to focus back to the human side of it all. Loved this video.❤
Hey wanna be friends on Instagram ❤
Jemal Mohammed yusuf
Wow! I've been watching many videos and reels recently about growing accounts, you're the only one who talked about growing connections with people! Thanks for the advice! 😊
I think you're the most honest on UA-cam treating this topic, no lies just nothing but the truth 🥰keep the good work up
@@amat7687 you know that's isn't true isn't it?
This is literally the best video about Instagram growth that I have seen so far… thank you for reminding us to be human. It is such a simple message but it is literally what many of us need to hear 😊
Well said ❤️ Social media is for Humans not for bots ❤️
'Recent Posts' doesn't exist anymore. Any tips for overcoming this latest BS hurdle?
Halfway through the video and I already agree with everything you said. At the end of the day you're just using a filter function or a magnifying glass to look into recent posts in your niche. That will better help you connecting with people that have an interest in discovering accounts similar to yours. Nothing wrong with that!
Thanks mate, glad you agree!
reach the above ☝️☝️name he did help me recover mine all thanks to him I got my acct back
I feel like just quitting instagram cause of low followers. BUT ILL NEVER QUIT BECAUSE IM A FIGHTER
You can grow your account without paying for engagement or dealing with bots or BS.
youtube.com/@oagrowth
Never give up ❤
I love how both of theses tips are soo authentic. Networking is learning to work and co-exist with each other.
After 1yr and some months this is still the best explanation ❤
literally after so long a video that explains things properly. great video boss
This was the best lesson I’ve learned in the 2 months I’ve attempted to be a “creator”. Thank you!
Someone tried to explain this to me once but you simplified it and I appreciate it! Thanks!
Thank you for the video.
As a content creator myself, I can see how much you value your audience by skipping all the intros and getting straight to the point.
I will also do the same for my future videos.
Thanks again for helping us to connect with our audience in a more authentic and human way 🙂
Look forward to watching more of your content 😍
Thank you
@@ItsJonnyKeeley exactly the kind of advice I was looking for! Thanks
i have a digital book for you which can help you to grow your instagram account . please send me your email id?.i will send you.........
I think you look like a nice person behind those words but who am I to judge......
@st_brizi thanks alot for this video. God bless you
Wow, this is actually good advice. That's pretty rare for UA-cam. Props to you, Johnny.
they removed the recent tab 😩
Any work around for that?
Thank you so much for this video.
I definitely got more than I asked for.
In this crazy world of social media we live in, it's nice to see people like you who still know how important it is to try and make real connections.
Good stuff. 👍
My pleasure dude, have a great new year.
Loved this Jonny! Always a good perspective shift watching your videos!
Johnny. This may have been the most simplistic, precise & to the point video I’ve ever seen. It also seems like a great idea. I’m going to test it out. Thank you for sharing this information!
This truly was authentic, simple & direct!
I'm an architect who's slowly but surely growing my business and l came across your video at the right time🙂
Just now seeing this and the advice was helpful. The main thing I'm trying to do as a content creator is to cultivate a community of real people.
Wow! You have given me one of the best tips I have seen by far! I am just gonna close the video after it ends and follow your tips! Thank you for sharing such a nice and informative video🙂
Great to hear, thanks for watching!
Really appreciate your focus on building relationships. The human to human piece. I love the perspective I got from this of using the process as if I was at a workshop or event and I was networking with people I wanted to co-create with or meet 🙏
Very inspiring
The best trick is our website 😂
Hay
That's exactly what I've been looking for Thanks so much! 🙌🙌🙌
Love the simplicity of this. Most hacks ultimately end up just like this, be a human to the other humans here on this planet and things will work out like they should. Thank you for sharing!
Finally video that states simple steps. Thank you
It’s so refreshing when other content creators don’t click bait or run around in circles!!
I always get very easy actionable help from your videos! Thank you!
That is helpful. I’m going to try this one right now. Thank you!
me too
Does it work ?
I loved this so much. Such great way of opening up doors with REAL people
1:11 There is no such option of recent posts.
This is brilliant, practical, safe and really well explained. Thank you
So simple, yet so true. I think we often forget about the fact that we need to network and interact with others in order to gain followers.
I'm Idanitee and a digital artist... in case anyone is reading this and interested 😊
i think thats awesome you being a digital artist. ive never really gotten the hang of it😅
I like how you went straight to the point and I don’t even noticed it hahaha, Anyway thanks for the great tips👏
Thank you for this 😃 I am reminded that YES these are people not bots. So much pressure going on with numbersss. This saved me.
Thank you for making this video and highlighting the fact that connecting is important. Love it💯🙌
Totally agree! I recently started my UA-cam channel and instagram account to engage with wonderful people out there 😊
well said, it's nothing wrong, until you're genuinely following them and liking their posts, and commenting, the problem arises when you are doing all of that just to increase your number, rather than connecting with others
I use these approaches all ready 🤸 Sometimes it goes very well 🥰
Great video and tips, as always. Thanks for the advice!
Thanks for the reminder of going back to the basics of being a human with proper morals, ethics and character. The simple universal Golden Rule that all religions, and even those who don’t have one should follow; “treating others the way you yourself would like to be treated.”
I don’t have the same options when I do a search. I don’t have the “RECENT” option.
they removed it I'm pretty sure
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GETTING TO THE POINT - AND FOR YOUR TIME - MUCH APPRECIATED.
Short, informative, and helpful. Thank you!
Very helpful, will do ...Thanks Jonny!
You’re the most basic and honest person. This might work
Thank you so much.
This is excellent advice. 👏🏽
I was doing a lot of this already on my own idea.. however it’s very nice to get some reassurance I was on the right path. I did span like in the recent hashtags 😂 I thought be good to show love but I see how it can be bad. Thanks for your points and break downs. 🥂
Hey @superrbensonn I did the same mistake of quickly following many people.. now is I see Instagram is not pushing my reels as before so what I should do now ?
@@mmnworks the reels aren’t getting as many plays because so many are doing them. They’ll feature someone like this UA-cam in the fyp for a week and he’ll get 10k but people like you and I have to get seen and Instagram doesn’t support us. I suggest we don’t follow people who don’t follow us. If we make them less famous we’ll be able to fit in. But following people who don’t follow us shows Instagram we are fans but we are not we are hidden competition. Just flood it bro. Post 2-3 times a day. Also DONT post on the algorithm times. If you notice everyone does at the same time at 10-1 or 3-5 or 7-10 before, in between and after Instagram is dead. You notice that?? Post on the times it’s not the algorithm like I have and I noticed my reach go up cuz no one post but me and a few numbers. Everyone waiting for a certain time. Smh 🤦🏽♂️ lol network bro. Comment share posts make friends!!
@@OP_SB Hi Buddy this was very motivational, I will work as your tips. What your Instagram page name ?
@@mmnworks Thank you! Superrbensonn
Thank you for this video. Can you make video on how many reels we should be creating to gain followers. 🙏🏼🥰
Thank you for this info, will give it a go and see how that goes.
First time watching your channel, definitely recommend 🙏🏾🙏🏾
I started watching with the mindset of gaining followers. I ended it with the goal of making connections
Great!
Love it. Short and straight to the point 🙌
Thanks!
I started to follow you.
You can’t view hashtags recent anymore. It just puts random
Thanks Jonny, your video was really helpful bro
This is great advice. We are all humans looking for genuine interaction. Will definitely use this to find my tribe.
John, can UA-cam shorts be shared as IG Reels or do they have to be optimised first? Thanks.
Great advice straight to the point! Thank you!
Subscribed. Exactly the info I needed at the moment. Hope to see more of this type of contents. Thanks Jonny🙏
This is the way. Thank you for keeping it so real
I actualy learned a thing or two, thank you for this video Jonny
Exactly how I connected with my followers. Great video!💛
I do this and it definitely works!!
Thanks so much for sharing
Really can try
Thank you for the information! You got straight to the point and backed it up! 😀
agreed 🤝
This is soo different from rest of the videos about Instagram followers, thanks alot
Hi John,
My niche is poetry/quotes and I am based in India. I am trying to influence the region of followers to tap into the markets of other countries, especially US and UK. Can you discuss a bit on this please? How I can gain followers from other countries?
Hey there! My niche is also poetry and writing. What's the name of your page?
Add trending soundtracks like ncs for your quotes.
@@akulavara2940 no 😳
@@akulavara2940 it does not do anything good 😅
@@cutiemeowie8352
It will atleast add a fresh intent for the videos but it will take some time to get plenty of views 🙃
I can't find the "recent" button?!
Me neither😂
Nice video buddy - Real brief/straight to the point and very useful
Thank you for the "GOOD WORK" :)
this is a no bullshit guide thanks!
Thanks for watching
Great video, although i think that there is no recent posts button anymore...🙃
Absolutely amazing video, straight to the point! 🤝
I can't just get it
My friend got lots of real followers form a site.
Which one?
Witch one????
This is actually really great advice, in theory, but it looks like it is no longer possible. Instagram has now removed the "recent" tab for hashtags. You can only see "Top Posts" and "Recent Top Posts" now. (aka its impossible to see the less popular posts with out scrolling a billion miles down a hashtag)
Side note: Does this effectively make hashtags irrelevant for growing your audience now because hashtags only will show posts which already have a ton of traction?
This is helpful. Nice and simple and on point. Does this work for music?
Always useful info and tips. Thank you my friend.
I get followers daily,quite a lot, I recently discovered that all my recent posts,the last 3months or so,are on the Explore page, so it must be that right? But I have a problem,with the plenty of followers I get daily,half of them are Forex/Bitcoin accounts,I’ve blocked so many every day,is there another way to deal with these traders from following me?
I was having a lot of issues with bitcoin comments and followers. So I just kept blocking them and enabling the “ prevent any future accounts this person makes from following you “ Now I the bitcoin spam accounts and comments is slowing down. So I think slowly with time it does make a difference.
That was a refreshingly follow-able, thoroughly informative, video! I'm not a techie, and very new to the Instagram "thing", so I've been looking at various videos to try to get the basics. They've mostly left me zoning out, and feeling more confused than before watching. Thanks for posting this, Jonny.
Thanks, glad it was helpful!
If you are watching this be calm and do it then I assure it will work
That's actually a great tip it works! Thank you 💜
Helpful, indeed - THX! I’m always a little dejected by the banning and rules set to “catch” us. I feel for example that everything but reels and TikTok are not proliferated as much as other content.
Love it. So well delivered!
Thank you!
Finally, this is what i was looking for!!!
True, genuine and authentic way… ❤
Great video, relatable and realistic.
Valuable content you got going here. Genuine, authentic personality. Thanks for all that you do!
Thanks for sharing, very helpful! One question tho...how can we expect someone to follow if we're not following them. Will a simple and sincere like/comment suffice?
Thanks for watching. That depends on their interests and your followability. Example: if someone is about to build a house and thinking about planning and you were an architect making short videos full of value on the subject.
They would probably follow.
Wow! I've never heard of this strategy, but I love it (It actually sounds like a lot of fun)! Thanks for this Jonny!
Yes its new
Seem to be getting loads of spam / zombie accounts following my account. Is there anyway to stop this? It’s so annoying and takes up to much time. 🤷♂️
They're bots lol, but there's no proven ways to get rid of them, so I'd suggest you do focus on growing your Instagram and growing your business if you've one.
What you focus on grows.
Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help & serve you.
It doesn’t work anymore
Sure?
Basically, Be social on social media🤷🏽♀️. Thanks 🙏
Thanks a lot for the video! 🎥 A lot of it was really new to me, especially the 'meeting real persons' part. I'm a filmmaker/photographer from the Netherlands 🇳🇱, really into creating nice stuff and was looking to gain more instagram buzz. So thank you for the video!
This video actually made a lot of sense. I'm struggling to build somewhat of a platform rn and it's soo frustrating cause I'm pitting in the work and getting like zero back. Meanwhile someone records themselves doing a one 2 second dance and bam. Their viral.
Ikr...even I feel that
Thanks for the advice
Love the honest, genuine & straight to the point information. No websites or fake bots suggested. I am trying to grow my instagram for my car detailing business. Definetly hitting that like & suscribe button. Glad to have found your video. You seem like a great & genuine person 💯
Thanks, Jonny, for sharing your insights. Would love to see the follow up vid. you'd mentioned about making an IG page/content that is "followable". Didn't see the link you'd mentioned. Did you ever make this content, and if so, where may I please view it? Best, Dave Jay