6 Tips to Fix your Instagram Engagement
Ah, the ever-elusive Instagram engagement rate…
Instagram can still be the sweetheart it once used to be…but only if you give it what it wants 💜.
Here are my top 6 strategies to increase your engagement rate.
Discover Your Best Time to Post
Posting when your audience is most active is a quick and easy win. The easiest way to find out is to click on your profile>insights>followers.
Start CONVERSATIONS with stories stickers
A great way to increase engagement is to create conversations. It is a sure-fire way to gain more trust and authority on the platform.
Encourage your followers to engage by using the question, slide to reach, and poll. And get specific. For example, if creating a poll of “Have you had breakfast yet”, avoid using “Yes” or “No” as the options but instead use “Hell Yeah!” or “Can You Suggest”. This creates an opportunity to DM your follower.
Discuss controversial topics
This can be really tricky as you don’t want to show a stance that could affect yourself. But instead, ask your followers to share their opinion on a particular topic.
Go live with a similar account (preferably not a competitor)
Ever notice you get a notification whenever someone is live on IG? Also, I’d encourage you to invite your followers to join in the chat for some questions or just to say hi. IG will notify their followers as well that this particular person is live now.
Experiment with different post types
Instagram account can get a bit “stale”. It doesn’t excite their followers anymore as it’s soo predictable.
Engage with other accounts
@thestevenmellor posted about the 10x2 method. If you haven’t heard of it, basically:
Engage with 10 hashtags of your niche and 10 similar accounts of yours — leave 2 forms of engagement on their page (stories, comments or answering others comments).
There you have it guys. These are my top 6 tips to boost your engagement.
What do you think of this, or which one is your fav? Let me know in the comments ⤵️.
P/S: Tmr I will share how your engagement rate can tank, hitting rock bottom. Don’t want to miss this as I see lots of people falling for this.
