First off, I don't automatically follow them just because they follow me; which probably accounts for numbers going up and down.

Secondly, if I am following someone it is because I like them or their content. I really don't know who is following me although many come up and introduce themselves and take a selfies with me

Ok, last questions from me :)

Some of the photos on ibiza account does not give any feature/credit to photographers. Does that mean you choose not to give credit/feature sometimes? How you decide which photos to credit and which not to?

Unless these not credited are your photos...

And - how do you direct followers to your business, in this instance to your Ibiza guise business.
Or is it only your description of "Helping you have the best time in Ibiza" and that is it?

Lets say you have an Ibiza guide website you want to direct people to. How do you do it? Can you post a link up? Or do you only link to it via messages? Something else?

It exists. 3 dmcas and you are shutdown, no matter how big you are. Generally happens if you don't credit the source

I am reading about some guy on reddit, he has 40 accounts, 3 mill followers total. He steals photos (unwatermarked) from the internet. He claims he only received few messages asking to take those photos down and he complied. With that many accounts, posts and followers it does not seem like a huge risk (he only post stolen pictures).

His niches are not adult though, but stuff like camping, weed etc.

Ps: he also says do not steal content from other IG pages and he stress that out. So it seems like no big deal (in terms of banning) to take content from the internet, just not from IG (uncredited).

Great! I didn't know that. I think the key is to know who would dmca and who wouldn't. There are some amazing professional photographers on instagram and I wouldn't recommend re-posting any of their content without permission. I imagine those are the guys that will give you trouble.

Hey when you get a chance could you drop me an email? askshap at gmail ;) Thanks

Some of the no credit photos are my own (not many) the others were found on other sites that aggregate content and had no credit. Anytime the original poster is known I'd credit.

The ibiza account was set up just to test a theory. I wanted to take the same approach of what we did with fitness and see how the response would be in a different market. See if it would respond the same way in terms of growth and see if there would be any requests or inquiries for any of the posts.

Driving traffic from instagram is not ideal and not efficient. There are only three ways to have clickable links. #1 is in your profile. So what most people do is keep changing the link in the profile to what they want people to click. IE If you want to rent this house click the link in my profile for more information. #2 is via direct msg. PEople would have to hit you up first for that. This is the least efficient. #3 is with instagram stories you can now link to the url you want them to hit. Probably the most efficient at the moment.

Yeah I think it all depends on the approach you want to use. The one thing I've noticed is that the big accounts that have really good engagement are really good at picking great content. It's not as easy as it may look.

Cool post. One thing i see people doing to get more followers ia to use a catch account on tinder. So a hot girl or guy...then in the about section include the instagram.

I can see that. So many tricks being used. I think it boils down to what is your end goal. The end goal on the leggings account is to build a following and sell leggings so any approach that is a short cut to tricking people onto the account will yield such a small actual following it's not really worth that time. But if I had a dating platform I was trying to launch then yeah that would work great ;)

fiddy IG tactics

And if you reverse engineer that....if you do get their permission after explaining that you love their photography...and give them some props in your comments...you'd be amazed how many will offer you extra :thumbsup

Will do, my friend :thumbsup

True! Other content creators will msg you notifying you of new posts :thumbsup

Tip: Never post images users on IG send you in a PM asking you to post. Common trap of competitors, after you post they'll wait a bit, then they'll DMCA.

Sorry if was already discussed - is mass planner recommended tool?

Hi Shap

I would be interested in following your wife's journey as she ventures into the apparel business if she talks about it on a blog or instagram. My wife looked into getting into the womens fitness/yoga pants market but it's pretty saturated and we didn't pursue it any further.

Sure thing here it is
https://www.instagram.com/beths.leggings.journey/

So my main goal for her to do do exactly what you mentioned. Document and discuss the journey she's on. So far she hasn't done that. Just doesn't like creating content (video/photo). Just something she really doesn't like to do (even on holidays she's not the one taking photos of us). I'm working on it though.

I'm definitely going to have her blog about the entire process. Everything she's learning. She's learned so much already. Really fascinating industry and very slow to get from idea to sample product.

Shap - What Iconosquare plan did you end up subscribing to, to get the info you needed? Thanks

I took the Elite Yearly one

Bots op

Do you mean a scheduler? I think so. I don't use one but every standard tool has it included.

Awesome. I would take a look at Gymshark, they don't have the best products but they've been able to leverage social influencers to build a massive brand in a very short time.

Gymshark have killed it. Bombshell are crushing it on Instagram as well.

Have you hired any bots/networks to elevate you, or do you plan to?

It's just like a new forum, lots of fakes to comment/like etc. to bring real likes/comments etc.

No i haven't. I know what you mean we did exactly that on Twistys and Gaytube. Didn't use bots just used manpower. Had every employee comment on every piece of content and as a result that conversation taking place really sparked others to join in and start posting comments as well.

How many IG accounts can you, 1 person, legally have?

They made it so you can switch within 5 accounts with one username, but they do not specifically say if 5 acc. is the limit that one person can have. Meaning 5 is just the number to use with one login, but not necessary total number of accounts allowed for 1 person to have.

Good question. I've had trouble registering new ones from my phone or computer. I'm not sure.

New ones as over 5? :)
As 5 must be the least possible amount, based on that one login to all accounts thingy officially allowed and presented by IG.

I did...and sent another email today about some influencers I've watched and their story...good coverage :thumbsup

Amazing! Got it thanks! Will reply too :)

How's your Instagram success treating you Shap? Any updates?

Off topic: Do you think theres a need for an Instagram posting service?

I started a little facebook advertising business on the side, but I'm not really liking it. Theres so much writing and much focus on ads and pay to play on everything. I'm thinking of switching to Instagram as a side hustle.