1. Maximize size by posting in 4x5 portrait 0:20 2. Panoramas as carousels 0:40 3. Make sure images crop well as a square for the grid 1:22 4. Maximize potential of promoted post by adding a caption (ex. Add emoji and name) 1:53 5. Use around 27 hashtags 2:42 6. Add personality! 3:20 7. Add your post to stories 4:00 8. Reply to comments 4:47 9. Use the carousel feature 5:17 10. Delete bot followers 🤖 6:00 11. Plan your feed (feedr) 6:37 12. Pace yourself (post good quality) 7:30 13. Don’t let social media consume you 8:11
Great insights, Johnny! Planning the feed and posting in portrait has always been my go-to. For my captions and hashtags, though, I've been leaning on boost app social lately. Quick way to get those engagement levels up.
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Well, thanks algorithms for taking me here. best video about growing an Instagram. Thanks for all the tip! I will return with my results in a few months!
Great tips my man! Still, feels like my follower base has become stagnant, despite me following basically all the rules you've mentioned... I'm puzzled!
Great tips Jonny, thank you! One question: I'm just a general photographer, I make a living through my portraiture but I also love photographing nature, animals, interiors and I just post up all the pics I like (not very regularly). It looks a bit of mess (and your feed is so neat!). Should I just stick to the one discipline? Thanks Janie
Tip 1, Tip 2, Tip 4, Tip 4. Shouldn’t Instagram be only a nice and funny thing? Every app must become something to grew, to maximise visualisation, increase something...
Tip nr 1,1080x1350? Is this for mobile only ie. Lightroom mobile,if I shoot with my camera,does the same px apply,someone mentioned 2160px portrait view,if you export your picture from Lightroom desktop to your phone
Thank you for this video man I appreciate it! I really liked the tip where you mentioned to post quality photos over the sake of posting, as a portrait photographer mainly I usually have 3 photos of the same person in different poses so my feed looks uniform but I think I might just take a break from that and post the really good photos only the ones I retouched fully and break away from the 3 in a row photos. IG @Anto_productions what do you think?
Thank you so much! I recently just started my photography page , so these tips will definitely come in handy! Follow/check out my photography page pls @NekeiaPhotos ... thanks!
Thanks for these tips my dude! They are really going to help me out! I just started landscape Photography and its great to be reminded not to rush into it and that quality matters so focusing on that is more imperative than posting daily and have my work lack the quality it deserves. I look forward to your next videos! Sending good vibes your way!
Tip number 13 is the best! Life is outside social media although important for the business. Thanks for the tips! We looked for feedr but we can’t find it on apple store. Can you please maybe share a link? Thanks! Have a wonderful day from South Africa
tips no.7 is the bizarre one. I'm a photographer and I have almost 500 followers on IG. So every time I share my photo post to story, I can only get 30-50 viewers. But the weird thing is if I post a photo from my phone's gallery to the story, I can get more than 90 viewers. I have no idea why this happens By the way, my IG is @theokusetya
I am a blogger from KOLKATA, India. At first I was under shadow mapping for almost a week. But now it's happening randomly. There are followers who do want me to comment on their posts and "show some love", how to handle them without responding? I don't want to loose out on my followers. But again, when I do so..I am locked out from adding any word with my posts.
A carousel is all fine and good for a landscape like you showed, but what if your photo is one unitary subject that's long and horizontal - a reclining figure, a hot new sports car, the winning dog at Crufts, someone's super-yacht, etc? These would not look good fragmented into three vertical segments.
Sir, If I am going to open Instagram page for my Photography, Should I start this in my own name? or.. [Since, I already have a another name for the same] Please reply to this, as it would be very useful for me.
Thanks. Even though this is an old vid the tips are still relevant. The hashtags seem excessive though. Do hashtags still work as good as they used to? I always feel like that makes things look messy.
Dont use it because there are serious people lurking in the shadows who think social media photographers are clowns get a book published watch the james Nachtwey ted talk and listen to his wish kmt
I have a question that I'm struggling with: Is is a good idea to delete followers that not active anymore, not even on their own account? I'm on Instagram for a long time and I use to have a waaay more engagement with a way less followers (slow growth though) but recently I had a look at comments on some of my old pictures and 80% of the people seem to not be using Instagram anymore, for years. At least not with that specific account. I sometimes hope that Instagram actually can tell the difference between a follower that sees your posts and don't care or a follower that even don't see them because of their past lack of interest for your content AND a follower that's actually not using instagram anymore! But maybe I'm too idealistic.
A really good set of tips and not patronising either. I've just watched another guy do something similar and he basically irritated the cr%p out of me as his feed seemed to consist almost entirely of him looking cool with a camera. I don't look cool, with or without camera, (well except for one pic and that was taken by a professional)
Since this was a year ago. Let me say that only FIVE hashtags is the key . I just got 1 mil views with only 245 followers on my company account. Trust me 5- 2 in your niche, 2 broad, 1 audience based
hey Jonny, nice video! I´ve deleted last weeks over 600 followers, cause they were bots or didnt interact with my profil. Does Instagram punish me for deleting those "fake followers"? Or is it better for my engagement that i deleted those? I thinking maybe about to start a new fresh account to hope my posts will shown to more people then at the moment.. Any tipps?
2:36 No no no no no. I thought that too, but it's not true. You can delete the promotion in-app and set up a new one. In between that you can edit the caption again.
One thing I started doing recently is not defaulting to 4x5 crop if my image is compromised by it. It makes my profile grid look slightly odd but I feel so much better when seeing my images in the crop that I intended, so it’s worth it for me.
Nope. You can absolutely edit a caption after promoting the post. You just have to DELETE the promotion (won't delete the post and is done in the promo dashboard). Then you can edit the caption again. All it does is delete all your data from that posts promotion, but you can take a screenshot of that of you really think it helps you.
@@ItsJonnyKeeley Found that out pretty late myself. Also consider recommending Creator Studio more. I mean, if people want to be more professional, editing and scheduling on the PC/laptop is just the way to go... 😳☺️
Good stuff. I wonder if the pano wouldn't be better in the first image of the carousel. I'd have to think about that, but granted, the first image wouldn't be the 4x5.
OMG I love your hacks. I intend to start a Photography instagram Channel but wanted to properly educate myself before I start. Everything that you said seems to make complete sense. Very helpful and usefull.
Somebody help me with just one question ..how do I escape compression by Instagram .. like I take pics at high quality but after posting it is been degraded .. both photos and videos ..can someone suggest a way to.prevent this please ?
I did not realize the impact this video would have when I clicked on it. Everything I was struggling with on my photography Instagram was answered. Thank you Jonny.
The second tip doesn't work all the time... For that to work you have to start from the far left part of the picture and go right. But that means that the far left part of the picture has to have some interest. And most of the times the interesting part of the picture is not on that part.
Today I posted a carousel post and did not get even a single reach from any hashtags. Usually i get atleast 50% reach from hashtags. Why this happened can anyone plz tell me?
I honestly watched a lot of videos like this but this is the only one that i consider as real, genuine tips. Especially the last one.. thanks for the quality of your work!
1. Maximize size by posting in 4x5 portrait 0:20
2. Panoramas as carousels 0:40
3. Make sure images crop well as a square for the grid 1:22
4. Maximize potential of promoted post by adding a caption (ex. Add emoji and name) 1:53
5. Use around 27 hashtags 2:42
6. Add personality! 3:20
7. Add your post to stories 4:00
8. Reply to comments 4:47
9. Use the carousel feature 5:17
10. Delete bot followers 🤖 6:00
11. Plan your feed (feedr) 6:37
12. Pace yourself (post good quality) 7:30
13. Don’t let social media consume you 8:11
@JOSEF BORG no problem!
thanks
can you do that with time stamps :p
the other element hi bro i think i have saved ur song of reel in my instagram
instagram vs reality reel yaa i have seen ur videos❤️nice to meet you
Great insights, Johnny! Planning the feed and posting in portrait has always been my go-to. For my captions and hashtags, though, I've been leaning on boost app social lately. Quick way to get those engagement levels up.
For real! That app is dope. The unique reel features are on point!
So good to hear the last two tips out loud. So comforting. Especially when we’re stuck inside. Thanks so much for this.🌻
Yeah, its so important! Thanks for watching.
So true
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Well, thanks algorithms for taking me here. best video about growing an Instagram. Thanks for all the tip! I will return with my results in a few months!
Thanks, man, you've just solved a long time problem of mine.
The numbers 12 and 13 speak more to me.
I'm glad, they are the most important, by far. Thanks for watching.
Tip 13 is my fav. I've felt burnt out and took a long break.
Whats your IG id?
14. Leave Instagram because "it is no longer a photo sharing platform".
Check my recent videos, I address that.
Instagram is a waste of time for photographers.
SO HELPFUL!! Bookmarking this so I can watch it again later. Thank you! Love the last tip to not let social media lead what you do.
Glad it was helpful! That last one is super important!
Great tips my man! Still, feels like my follower base has become stagnant, despite me following basically all the rules you've mentioned... I'm puzzled!
Instagram is mainly for duckface boob shots
Then try something new, pay ads for messages, make giveaways, engage with polls, make mini tips stories.
What about the feedr app? Does it still exist? I can't find it in the App Store : (
Search for Inpreview, its a good one :)
@@jnrmarcio Thanks!
Great tips Jonny, thank you! One question: I'm just a general photographer, I make a living through my portraiture but I also love photographing nature, animals, interiors and I just post up all the pics I like (not very regularly). It looks a bit of mess (and your feed is so neat!). Should I just stick to the one discipline? Thanks Janie
Tip 14 - make a UA-cam-vid explaining how to get IG engagement. Full circle baby!
“there is only one you, and you are the best at being you” 💜
Tip 1, Tip 2, Tip 4, Tip 4.
Shouldn’t Instagram be only a nice and funny thing? Every app must become something to grew, to maximise visualisation, increase something...
Tip nr 1,1080x1350? Is this for mobile only ie. Lightroom mobile,if I shoot with my camera,does the same px apply,someone mentioned 2160px portrait view,if you export your picture from Lightroom desktop to your phone
Thank you for this video man I appreciate it! I really liked the tip where you mentioned to post quality photos over the sake of posting, as a portrait photographer mainly I usually have 3 photos of the same person in different poses so my feed looks uniform but I think I might just take a break from that and post the really good photos only the ones I retouched fully and break away from the 3 in a row photos.
IG @Anto_productions what do you think?
Great photos, your feed looks good! I wouldn't change it unless you're really sure.
Thank you so much! I recently just started my photography page , so these tips will definitely come in handy!
Follow/check out my photography page pls @NekeiaPhotos ... thanks!
Thanks for these tips my dude! They are really going to help me out! I just started landscape Photography and its great to be reminded not to rush into it and that quality matters so focusing on that is more imperative than posting daily and have my work lack the quality it deserves. I look forward to your next videos! Sending good vibes your way!
Feedr is apparently no longer available... is there any other app you'd recommend?
I wanted to know about this also i hope someone answer us
It’s a shame it was a a great simple app. Try later or preview. They have free options.
Tip number 13 is the best! Life is outside social media although important for the business. Thanks for the tips!
We looked for feedr but we can’t find it on apple store. Can you please maybe share a link? Thanks! Have a wonderful day from South Africa
tips no.7 is the bizarre one. I'm a photographer and I have almost 500 followers on IG. So every time I share my photo post to story, I can only get 30-50 viewers. But the weird thing is if I post a photo from my phone's gallery to the story, I can get more than 90 viewers. I have no idea why this happens
By the way, my IG is @theokusetya
My reach has gone to such shit that I'm just completely discouraged to post at all :(
What’s your @?
@@ArnoldMontes @artyari
Same
Same😭😭
I have the same feeling !
I am a blogger from KOLKATA, India. At first I was under shadow mapping for almost a week. But now it's happening randomly.
There are followers who do want me to comment on their posts and "show some love", how to handle them without responding? I don't want to loose out on my followers. But again, when I do so..I am locked out from adding any word with my posts.
4:3 crop ratio looks bigger.... Should I use that instead of 4:5 ?
A carousel is all fine and good for a landscape like you showed, but what if your photo is one unitary subject that's long and horizontal - a reclining figure, a hot new sports car, the winning dog at Crufts, someone's super-yacht, etc? These would not look good fragmented into three vertical segments.
Instagram, put pressure on yourself, do extra work, panic, is it worth it for 90% of Instagramers?
Sir, If I am going to open Instagram page for my Photography, Should I start this in my own name? or..
[Since, I already have a another name for the same]
Please reply to this, as it would be very useful for me.
Thank’s Johnny nicely put together and some great tips. 👍🏼
Thanks very much mate
My Instagram game is pretty shit man, thanks for this 🙌🏼
Agree with the slow it down. I recently said to a friend, “that guy posts so much he’s obnoxious “
Thanks you earned a subscriber I just bought a drone and I became a photographer
Thanks. Even though this is an old vid the tips are still relevant. The hashtags seem excessive though. Do hashtags still work as good as they used to? I always feel like that makes things look messy.
Stupid question but do you use your own personal account for photography or do you use a 2nd account for exactly photography if so why ?
Thank you, that was very informative and I look forward to applying your tips!
Dig this video man, super helpful.
Dont use it because there are serious people lurking in the shadows who think social media photographers are clowns get a book published watch the james Nachtwey ted talk and listen to his wish kmt
I have a question that I'm struggling with: Is is a good idea to delete followers that not active anymore, not even on their own account?
I'm on Instagram for a long time and I use to have a waaay more engagement with a way less followers (slow growth though) but recently I had a look at comments on some of my old pictures and 80% of the people seem to not be using Instagram anymore, for years. At least not with that specific account.
I sometimes hope that Instagram actually can tell the difference between a follower that sees your posts and don't care or a follower that even don't see them because of their past lack of interest for your content AND a follower that's actually not using instagram anymore! But maybe I'm too idealistic.
Literally watched the whole video. Great video. Very well done
I like the last one man! 👍🏽
ótimo vídeo parabéns!! Obrigado
Tip 13 got you a new subscriber. Thank you! ❤️
Very informative, thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Good tips but you might want to talk a little less monotone because you sound sad
A really good set of tips and not patronising either. I've just watched another guy do something similar and he basically irritated the cr%p out of me as his feed seemed to consist almost entirely of him looking cool with a camera. I don't look cool, with or without camera, (well except for one pic and that was taken by a professional)
Thanks mate, glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching.
Superlens15 go and check it out
Cool video, thank you for sharing!
Since this was a year ago. Let me say that only FIVE hashtags is the key . I just got 1 mil views with only 245 followers on my company account. Trust me 5- 2 in your niche, 2 broad, 1 audience based
I have a newer video where I test exactly what your saying when they announced that.
7:08 this app not showing on Play Store, why??
Very good, thanks! These are simple and easy to applicate tips, way more suitable for me as a photogrpaher, than what some other pages recommend.
is there like Android version of Feedr app? Can't seem to find it... Thanks!
Anyone has a suggestion for me:
My Instagram page looks very random because my photos don’t all match an aesthetic. What should I do?
Remember you can archive posts, it removes them from grid without deleting them.
hey Jonny, nice video! I´ve deleted last weeks over 600 followers, cause they were bots or didnt interact with my profil. Does Instagram punish me for deleting those "fake followers"? Or is it better for my engagement that i deleted those?
I thinking maybe about to start a new fresh account to hope my posts will shown to more people then at the moment..
Any tipps?
Everything you do, do it organically.
Such an amazing video!
Thank you so much for those tips, will make sure we use them on our Instagram page @filterfreefotography
Glad it was helpful!
How do I add my post to story? Can I do that now after already posting over 50? Great video your lighting and music is puuurfffectt
It's the little plane icon no your post.
Can'T Find the app you talked about
Would you recommend app for android like Feedr
Really solid tips, thank you!
awesome brother. new photographer. love it
Last tips are my best brother. Thanks.
Very good video , straight to the point
Where can I see the video on how to delete the bot followers 🤖?
(How) Can you influence where IG crops your image? I believed you couldn't which is why I always post pre-cropped squares...
By tip three I liked and shared. Great video! Thanks for the tips! 🙌🏾
What app is used for posting panoramas?
Good advices
You look like young thomas Shelby
2:36 No no no no no. I thought that too, but it's not true. You can delete the promotion in-app and set up a new one. In between that you can edit the caption again.
Nice find, thanks for the tip.
Thank you for these tips ✨ wow I seriously needed this
One thing I started doing recently is not defaulting to 4x5 crop if my image is compromised by it. It makes my profile grid look slightly odd but I feel so much better when seeing my images in the crop that I intended, so it’s worth it for me.
That's good, it's important to stay true to your intended image.
I have an Instagram account with 9000 not account followers what can I do ? 😂😂
If you mean bot account, you could try and clean it but do it slowly otherwise you'll get banned.
Nope. You can absolutely edit a caption after promoting the post. You just have to DELETE the promotion (won't delete the post and is done in the promo dashboard). Then you can edit the caption again. All it does is delete all your data from that posts promotion, but you can take a screenshot of that of you really think it helps you.
I found this out after the video, nice tip! Thanks for pointing it out.
@@ItsJonnyKeeley Found that out pretty late myself. Also consider recommending Creator Studio more. I mean, if people want to be more professional, editing and scheduling on the PC/laptop is just the way to go... 😳☺️
Yep 👍 you got one sub from me
Tip about hashtags: Don't pull a DiGiornio pizza. If you see a hashtag trending, make sure you know WHY it's trending and what it's about.
Good stuff.
I wonder if the pano wouldn't be better in the first image of the carousel. I'd have to think about that, but granted, the first image wouldn't be the 4x5.
Thank u really good video
OMG I love your hacks. I intend to start a Photography instagram Channel but wanted to properly educate myself before I start. Everything that you said seems to make complete sense. Very helpful and usefull.
Very good video with useful tips that I will probably use, also lots of common sense. Thank You for the video 🙌
Photographer or not these are good tips for anyone.
And quick simple explanation.
Thanks good video 😊
Somebody help me with just one question ..how do I escape compression by Instagram .. like I take pics at high quality but after posting it is been degraded .. both photos and videos ..can someone suggest a way to.prevent this please ?
I did not realize the impact this video would have when I clicked on it. Everything I was struggling with on my photography Instagram was answered. Thank you Jonny.
Can you please tell me the way of using your 2nd tips????
The second tip doesn't work all the time... For that to work you have to start from the far left part of the picture and go right. But that means that the far left part of the picture has to have some interest. And most of the times the interesting part of the picture is not on that part.
That's fair, but it's best to pick pictures that work.
TERRIBLE VIDEO,GREAT TEACHER,THANKS FOR TEACHING ME .......
Thank you, Damian. (I think)
I didnt find Feedr for android. Anybody knows if it changes only future posts or also your past posts? Thanks
Your background light is very distracting
Hey dude, I got rid of them a while ago.
Excellent advice Paul.
Really great tips, thanks very much!
Thank you!
I get better results with a 4x5 crop at 2400x1920 72 dpi
These are good tips. I prioritize quality and take care of how the feed looks, but I never thought of posting carousels just for engagement reasons.
What do you mean by well researched hashtags? I research but I still get vague hashtags. Thanks!
Feedr no longer available?
Thanks genius 👏
great tips, thanks!
Great video, really useful information, relevant and i love all the little pop up phone examples too. Thank you!
#12 & #13 ⭐ - Pure GOLD! - 100% agree as a fellow Photographer 😊👌
Today I posted a carousel post and did not get even a single reach from any hashtags. Usually i get atleast 50% reach from hashtags. Why this happened can anyone plz tell me?
Odd, was the post different content to usual?
@@ItsJonnyKeeley no!! they are regular post
I honestly watched a lot of videos like this but this is the only one that i consider as real, genuine tips. Especially the last one.. thanks for the quality of your work!
Great video's 😀