I just made a new Instagram account so I could pursue my astrophotography (and other random photos) hobby. I already posted 5 very nice photos within the first hour of seeing up my new account.
That was yesterday and I’ve noticed that despite the photos and the hashtags I’ve only gotten 2 likes on 2 of the 5 images I posted and I’ve had no profile views so far.
If I had posted on tiktok I would gotten alot of views and likes within minutes of posting. But to have nearly no likes and no views at all after hours later.
It gets really discouraging. Is there something I’m not doing? I try to use hashtags that are really active and use as many a I can but I find that no matter how many hashtags I use it won’t make a difference.
Any one have advice how I can increase my chances of actually getting decent views/likes quickly and start growing my following?
serious responses only please
Couple of things.
One post per day. No more, no less.
Instagram stories, dont just add your post to the story, but make dedicated images to be posted to your story, like behind the scenes, how I got this shot etc.
Tag reposter pages and get them to repost your content with credit.
Reels, you have to post reels now. You can still get decent traction on photo posts, but a significant percentage of your posts will have to be video rather than stills.
Persistence. It took me far longer to crack 500 followers than it did to jump from 1k to 2k.