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HOW TO GET TRAFFIC FROM INSTAGRAM TO OUR BLOG

Hi to all,

Here i am writing this article because of many people trying to get traffic from INSTAGRAM. I think

this guide will be helpful.

Instagram is one of the hottest visual social media platforms, bringing a human and approachable

aspect to your brand. If you have a brand account on the Instagram, then your main attention is to

grab more followers’ every day.

Photos or images as you know make social media surfers go gaga. At Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest we

have noticed photos drive more traffic to the websites, so on Instagram it is not something new.

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Instagram is one of the hottest visual social media platforms, bringing a human and approachable

aspect to your brand.

Instagram has over 300 million users who have taken billions of photos, so your potential customers

are already using it daily.

This huge adoption of Instagram is a great marketing opportunity since it is now part of your

customers’ native behaviour.

Every one of us blogger absolutely hates the fact that Instagram doesn’t allow us to post clickable

links on our profiles.

At least I know I do. For me, ways of getting traffic to my blog still include old school ways like

posting the link on Facebook, publishing a post on Twitter.

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1. Use a Teaser:

Many people (including yours truly) tend to use Instagram as a way to keep up and follow blogs. I

feel like I stay up to date with many of my favorite bloggers by following them on Instagram while in

fact I don’t know half of the collabs, shoots and awesome things they do through instagram.

Your traffic won’t probably increase by just posting your blog pictures; it might even go down

because people feel like they’ve seen it all.

But if you just show a detail shot and write a teaser with it such as ‘find out what shoes I wore with

this outfit by checking out my blog’ you will most likely see an increasing amount of traffic coming in

from Instagram.

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2. Remind people of the existence of your blog:

This sounds very logical but until one of my blogger friends recently mentioned this I actually

realized that I never remind people of the existence of my blog through Instagram. I just post snaps

of my travels and daily life but until then I didn’t mention anything about my blog for a while.

Just remember, many people who follow you might follow because someone suggested it, Instagram

suggested you or because of features on other accounts and it might as well be so that a lot of your

followers on Instagram are not even aware of your blog. So always keep spreading the word guys.

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3. Use Appealing images:

Make sure the blog content you post to Instagram is amazing. Instagram is an amazing way to

showcase your business, your blog. You have to make it people’s worthwhile and become people’s

priority to visit your blog and put time in that.

You’ve joined Instagram, you’ve started following others and they’re following you back, but now it’s

time to post photos to Instagram. Choosing the right angle or filter may seem intimidating, but it’s

much easier once you understand how to use the features to the most.

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4. Use Instagram Badges:

Instagram made icons is the easiest tool to link back to your account and drive the traffic back to

your online profile. Learn the way to add Instagram badges at the tutorial in Instagram blog to create

your own badges.

5. Be Active and Engaging:

If you really want to grow an audience and create brand advocates, Instagram is the place to do that.

But you have to be as equally open, engaging, and active with your audience. You want to like and

comment on a lot of other people’s posts.

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6. Use of #Hashtags

Last but not least just like Twitter, Instagram uses hashtags to organize photos. If you have used

Instagram, then you might have noticed that the picture description has many hashtags, which

makes the picture more searchable.

Some hashtags are popular than the other, but it is advisable to use the relevant hashtags that fits

your brand image. Instagram search engine is more powerful than the Twitter, therefore if you start

adding more hashtags, better becomes your chances of getting your images discovered by more

number of people. Use at the most three hashtags as more than 3 makes people believe that the

photo is a spam.

Research a little to see which hashtags are popular on Instagram. Include them in your pictures to

reach out to the refined target.

“Do I need to use hashtags?”

No, you do not have to use hashtags, but we suggest using at least one (up to a maximum of three)

to increase the chances of your photo being seen, which also helps you build a larger consumer

base.

“Can I make up my own hashtag?”

Yes! Create hashtags that directly reflect your business. Some examples would be your business

name, tagline, etc. Get creative!

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The Perfect INSTAGRAM Profile Infographic

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These were my tips! Keep learning new things from me. I will share more tips soon.....