I Grew My Photo Instagram to 10K Followers in 100 Days & Learned This
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How I grew my photography instagram to over 10,000 followers in under 100 days.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - 01:58 Intro
01:58 - 02:56 Free Reel Guide
02:56 - 03:44 Disclaimer
03:44 - 05:31 Lesson 1
05:31 - 06:32 Lesson 2
06:32 - 07:26 Lesson 3
07:26 - 08:33 Lesson 4
08:33 - 10:14 My Website
10:14 - 11:38 Lesson 5
11:38 - 12:20 Lesson 6
12:20 - 13:04 Outro
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for sharing all your knowledge and insights with us!!This is PRICELESS!!Couldn't be more grateful for being part of your creative journey and learning all this things along the way!!!Salutes from London and keep it up the good work!!😀
Yea, i like the thought behind this video but you are already well known as an experiment to show that you can grow another account doesn't show us anything really. To us, well me in particular, would have liked to see some random photographer of your choosing. We know what your photos look like so its easily identifiable, you have all your information on the new account that links back to your big following in some way so once someone sees that, in my opinion they will say oh this guy is well known and follow you. I would like to see you choose someone, let them post their photos while you guide them through post times, audience engagement, stories and reels, hashtags, post style (carousels, etc) and see if you can help them grow that way. We know you can grow and although i have watched you grow and put in the work i do believe that IG is not granting everyone the same level of exposure.
Lol Thanks, that's why I read the comments first for these types of videos.
Great points all around, wild there is probably a good few tips there are these videos are generally not worth watching. Everyone would assume he's talking about a fresh new account from scratch.
EDIT - yep they're definitely is at least one tip in their I'll consider.
Great idea! Sign me up for this “experiment”!
@@simonmaduxx6777 Exactly what I thought. I need to see the comments to see what others think because starting a new acct with an established acct is already defeating the purpose of starting from scratch
@@juskutyo Many people would kill for even 1600 followers which he called "lame". That was unfortunate. I've been stuck at 1500 for years...all the tips from youtube doesn't change some accounts, they are just categorized different.
My work has been used by popular accounts, and i get consistent, but small likes from my core group...but that doesn't hold enough weight for IG to want to push the account further. I've put years or work into IG, and its sucks to feel like it isnt being appreciated.
I only turned my private acct to a creator account 2 weeks ago to see if there's a difference. Posted twice since, but same deal, same eyeballs, same metrics from reels.
And no my work doesn't suck...so many junky content accounts with 10k+ followers.
I changed all my reels to 6 seconds...a bit better, but not breaking any records.
@@MagnitudeReviews Great point. Especially an account has has been around for a while and hasn't been growing. That would be a great test to see if any of these methods can move that needle, or is it really the algorithm picking winners and losers (it is)
do this with an incognito account and it will be worth something to us nobody’s :)
Yeah maybe I will now just to prove a point haha
Bruv made a new account with the same name, thats not the definition of "new photography instagram" when your work is well known on the social media...
A better experiment would be doing it without using your name/image or announcing it on your social media platforms to give you that head start and traction. This is kinda like getting the home run but starting from third base analogy. Just my two cents.
Hey @evan, I'm a huge, longtime fan of your work but I've gotta agree with many others on this one. It would be a much more accurate experiment to not broadcast at all that you are doing experiment and then conduct it under a totally anonymous new name with no reference at all to who you are or your other well established profiles/accounts. Hope you'll take that challenge on and report back. Great work as always. I honestly loathe IG, on general principle based on them selecting who's material to show to others. Should have just let folks search and find.
should be easy to just create a random account with a random name with a random profile picture that has nothing to do with your actual larger account aka this is how you make sure people do not know you seems easy to do to avoid attention from people that know you already , an actual new account with nothing to do with yourself would have, you know made it more of an actual better test
True but I don’t have enough time for that. This extra account and making content like this already a heavy workload. So this is what I can share and this value based strategy worked for my main page, my new page, and clients 🤷♂️
@@RanftEvan I think this is what people mean by "Out of Touch". If you used elements that already have a big following, recognizable photos, links to your other accounts, the average person wouldn't have that. Experiment is slightly skewed in my opinion.
@@RanftEvan sorry might sound a bit rude,
so let me get this straight, you have time to plug your stuff multiple times to get people to sign up so you can have wider reach with your marketing, but you do not have the time to create a Instagram account that has nothing to do with you ? kind of looks like you do not value our watch time at all and instead that you where aiming to click bait and make some money from this, no thank you very much as some one that watches content online I find it very crappy that a content creator would simply go, nope my viewers are not worth the time to do things properly so instead you
- create a new account associated with your main large account
- knowing that Instagram will then recommend this new account to your current follower base , since if people engage with your main content Instagram will recommend this content
- then you simply sprinkle in that o looky what I did in 100 days you can two, just give me your email details so I can market to you
- then when people ask about that you just go, nope you do not have the time to you know create a Instagram account that has nothing to do with your actual large following account
sorry my sub and watch time might just be 1 person but I for one believe that content creators should actually take the time to properly create content for viewers , sorry man after years I will have to head out as I am not vibing with this
have a good one and keep safe
@@RanftEvan you should really not delete peoples comments, no problem i have a screenshot of my last reply so will just type it again
"sorry might sound a bit rude,
so let me get this straight, you have time to plug your stuff multiple times to get people to sign up so you can have wider reach with your marketing, but you do not have the time to create a Instagram account that has nothing to do with you? kind of looks like you do not value our watch time at all and instead that you where aiming to click bait and make some money from this, no thank you very much as some one that watches content online I find it very crappy that a content creator would simply go, nope my viewers are not worth the time to do things properly
so instead you
- create a new account associated with your main large account
- knowing that Instagram will then recommend this new account to your current follower base, since if people engage with your main content Instagram will recommend this content - then you simply sprinkle in that o looky what I did in 100 days you can two, just give me your email details so I can market to you
- then when people ask about that you just go, nope you do not have the time to you know create a Instagram account that has nothing to do with your actual large following account
sorry my sub and watch time might just be 1 person but I for one believe that content creators should actually take the time to properly create content for viewers, sorry man after years I will have to head out as I am not vibing with this
have a good one and keep safe"
Some useful info in here, but I would really like to see you try again with a completely anonymous account. I suspect it would be harder at least in the start, even if they don't know you following a 1500 follower account is more appealing than a 50 follower account
I have been told on multiple occasions that the reason I get no attention is because I do not show my face. I've spent 80% of my life avoiding the front of a camera. My cousin the professional photographer jokes that in candid pics I am always out of focus. The only one out of focus. In 2017 I purged all my social media (massive toxicity) and restarted in 2021 after wiping the dust off my camera. I've recently pushed past (mostly) my once bitten twice shy attitude towards growth. Hopefully I will get that notification since I did download the other one when it was first offered.
I disagree with that. I think personality plays a part but that can be translated through your voice, or style. The unavoidable variable here is reels are a big part of getting reach now
Instagram is straight trash.
"Suggested" feeds and "for you" ruined social media. Yes, you can change your feed to just those you follow but not many people know or do this.
I wish Vero had taken off. It could have been so good.
I appreciate your work otherwise I wouldn’t be here but I have to say that the minute you put your name on it made this test void for me.
You could have easily done a faceless IG page with a different name and a photo everyday.
Thanks so much for these tips. I'm about 35 days into my photo a day for a year challenge. Amazing how much time and effort it takes but have really felt my growth as a photographer! Looking forward to following you on your journey!
Good tips! Studio is looking super good! 🔥🔥🔥
Good points but if you really want to see the struggle change your name and see where you get! Thanks all the same
Thanks Evan. Love your TH-cam channel. Love from Ireland 🇮🇪
Thank you! 🙏
@@RanftEvan I’ve already used your idea with adding more photos to a post. Increased from the standard 1 to 6. Cheers Evan.
Bro your a legend this video was awesome man very inspiring
thanks for all you share!
thanks for the insights! time to build a strategy off what you said!
Love the attitude! Dm me if you need any help
-Wants to show the "Real struggle" everyone has
-Uses his name which is an already stablished brand and declares he did it like anyone else and that he wouldn't be able to do it otherwise which is a lie
-Everything was to promote a course
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Before watching I had already locked and loaded the «but you have a following» argument. Scratch that, ill test this strategy out! At an extremely stagnant account, id really like to find a work/posting pace that works. So far its been just photos.. One question though; would you rather start a completely new account, or continue an old one? Its about 6K followers, but likes are at 30 pr post, which looks kinda funny in correlation to the following if get what i mean? Thanks for making this video, definitely made me have a rethink about my ig journey.
Amzing ❤
Thank you!
What do you use to align the feed? :)
I have had an Instagram account for years (probably) but have never posted anything. Got tired of finding my images taken and posted all over the web often without permission, accreditation and often on a ad heavy site. How do you share your work as shared and not given away?
Do you not use hashtags in your carousel photos or Instagram reels?
Interesting vid. Always tough trying to figure this shit out, especially when im so picky and perfectionistic about what photos I actually post but then i only end up posting a few times a month. Is there anything to say on quantity vs quality?
I don’t know if there’s a direct answer but like I mentioned at the end my main accounts growth has slowed because I haven’t put as much energy into it. I think finding the balance point of what’s sustainable is key but varies based on person
Thanks for all of the information. Looking forward to the course.
Do you think the same growth strategy works with Facebook?
Do you post the same time everyday or just whenever? I’ve heard that matters and that it doesn’t…🤷🏻♀️
No mine is super random. I don’t think the time matters as much as just consistency giving the algorithm something to potentially show people. Sometimes it could be a post from a previous day that makes it to someone’s feed
3:35 hold up lmfaoooo how does starting a totally anonymous new account not "align with your goal of sharing a photo everyday?" What a useless experiment. "Little bit of a jumpstart" lol.
Mate, I really like your content but you suffer from strong survivor bias. Your name and brand is attached to the new account, it is not even close to actually starting a fresh account. At some point the followership overlaps with your main account and then instagram starts suggesting this account to your main followership, causing them to follow your new one as well.
The tips itself and the process are good insights though and really should help. it might be setting you up for success though without your brand, one still needs some luck as well.
I don’t know what to tell you. It wasn’t working, then I made changes and it worked. So now I’m sharing those changes 🤷♂️
And as i Said. The Progress and the Changes are Great Tipps. Really appreciated.
What do you think about hashtags?!
You should do an Instagram page where you never reference it because I remember several times you referencing the other Instagram page on your other social medias that are popular
It would have been a better test not linking it to your main account. And in reality most photographers don’t have hundreds if not thousands of curated photos/content lying around and ready to post every single day. Most small accounts create on the go and post whenever possible. I get it, if you don’t post very often it’s much harder to grow.
Still, the test is just not realistic.
how much you are earning from this new account? I see ads while going through this account
Stoppped watching arou d 3:20
I’ve been stuck at 500-600 for the past 2 years. Threads is even worse.
The part of the video where I talk about the funnel and showball effect is key. Reels are great to draw people in with value and then have them exposed to your art/mission
Thanks Evan. It’s good to know what makes this tick.
@@RanftEvan I switched over to reels late last year even with content from Tokyo and it still hasn't moved to needle. The only thing different is that now I produce reels. Great tip.
Not hating. However other photographers are doing these things and it's not moving the needle. Do we point back to the same lame advice of just being consistent and post that good times of the day and all of the other hyper generic tips that's been paraded on TH-cam videos for years?
The whole point of reels is supposed to expose your account to more people that don't follow you. But if you're putting up good work and they still don't follow you then it's not about the work? It has to be about other things then.
I personally believe that some accounts just magically get chosen after a certain amount of feedback and engagement and other ones just get lower weighted.
Threads is terrible! All the folks that hate Elon moved to threads.
I’m less than 30 seconds in, but I’m assuming it was reels…
I dont want to make reels I want to make photos!!
thats why instagram sucks right now, you have to do what everyone was doing, use the same trend sounds ...
Pues ya llevo menos de un mes y solo tengo 500 subscriptores y no me molesta en absoluto que tenga 10000 o un millon de subscriptores porque estoy harto y cansado de ver las copias y copias iguales y hasta se copian el equipo fotográfico , los filtros y toda eda mierda. Este video me confirma que no son la mayoría lo que atrae , en absoluto.
The fact that you told your followers and got that head start completely ruined the experiment because you’re already starting off with an advantage. Please redo the experiment without telling your followers or linking your current accounts to make it valid
Hey Evan, where's the link on how you built your Squarespace website? I'd love to see that process.
It's a shame to see so many people complaining when you're dishing out free help. I have just under 1200 followers on the gram at the moment, which I've built over 4 years. Thinking about ramping it up and trying this out, will report back!
the insights are great and probably accurate, but they are still skewed due to you popularity. You were getting like counts that the average person doesn't get. I don't know anyone getting a like count of 300 sub 10K followers
First 🎉 😂
Real MVP 🙏
Nah using your name was not the way to do this
Love u though lmao
nope, id rather 10 people who hire me, than 100k followers etc
Joke really. Not honest at all. You should have done this experiment completely silent. Then reveal the results months later. You can still do.
Having that jump start and mentioning to your following that you were creating a new ig account was not cool.
Folks need to stop complaining and just try his formula.
Folks should really stop trying to tell folks what they need to do and just do as they wish themselves. That probably makes too much sense on these broadband streets though, huh? 😂
it all depends on how much work you are willing to put into IG, I made my IG account on March 12th, I post 1 photo a day, add a few hashtags, and comment on the "support" reels and I have 70 followers and average 30 likes a post. I do all that on my break at work so for a low-effort account I think I am doing ok. I don't do videos or stories just post and I do think I am limiting myself a bit with the 1 post a day, I am sure I can get more if I do 2 or 3 post a day.