How do people get over 10k followers on Instagram with just 30-40 photos?

[Deactivated] on 14/02/2021 - 13:50
Last edited 14/02/2021 - 21:52

I know you can buy your dead followers from the web these days but i am coming across alot of profiles of self acclaimed lifestyle mums / fashion gurus uploading 30 to 50 mediocre photos and getting roughly 100 to 150 comments (also from people with mediocre content) but with 15k followers (and growing) its literally no investment involved and you can see it.

Someone taking a selfie against a wall or at beach gets 10k fan following and i am just wondering how???

I just started family photography and been investing in my skills and gear but i never get such attention, i am not a pro by any means but believe me its a very time consuming work and a requires alot of responsibility. I am offering extremely affordable sessions and trying to collab with others for free to get my name out there but the progress is very slow.

Should I also buy followers??

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  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 14/02/2021 - 14:04
    +7

    -> I know you can buy followers

    That’s it. That’s the answer.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2021 - 19:10

      Lmao.

  • MS Paint on 14/02/2021 - 14:05
    +7

    To be honest 123photo sounds cheap and dodgy to me. Sorry.

    Some nice images. All the best. Keep at it dude.

    • Hybroid on 14/02/2021 - 14:50
      +2

      Agree with this. You need a rebrand. The '123' web era is long gone and not attractive.

      Also, this is clearly self promotion.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2021 - 19:11
      -2

      It sounds cheap but how easy it is to remember.

      • Hybroid on 15/02/2021 - 17:03

        Not at all, quite the opposite it's forgettable. There's no connection to it, no personalisation, no personal affiliation. It sounds like a generic website and not something people want to go to. It's also something people will cautious about to avoid fakes/scams.

        Even your name would be better, 'Zain Photography' adds some character and association.

    • onetwothreefour on 14/02/2021 - 20:13
      +8

      Erm I take offense to this, I think 1234 is a good user name.

      • djones145 on 14/02/2021 - 21:51
        +2

        also a great password
        12345678

  • bazingaa on 14/02/2021 - 14:10

    I am offering extremely affordable sessions

    I think better to advertise in FB marketplace / Gumtree. You can also run an ad campaign in FB for a selected demographic.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2021 - 19:12

      Oh yes thats a good idea. i invested in Instagram marketing campaigns a little but the gain from it really low.

  • whitelie on 14/02/2021 - 14:23
    +1

    Follow everyone, and request they follow you in return….when they follow you, unfollow them.

    Pretty sure there's an app that does it for you ie removes people that aren't following you so it's a mutual thing. A mate has his own small business and would get heaps of followers per day requesting to him to follow them then noticed they would unfollow shortly after him accepting.

    I'd also suggest the social media marketing campaign route.

  • drose1 on 14/02/2021 - 14:28
    +1

    Follow rules number 1 and 2.

    • serpserpserp on 14/02/2021 - 16:14

      Then apparently number 3.

  • iNeed2Pee on 14/02/2021 - 14:37
    +1

    You know they have bought their followers……… when they post photos and only get about 100 likes when they have a tonne of people supposedly following them.

  • Hardlyworkin on 14/02/2021 - 14:49

    A nice set of teeth.

    • Switchblade88 on 14/02/2021 - 16:07

      Like a shark

      • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2021 - 19:28

        hahaha

  • SF3 on 14/02/2021 - 14:49

    If you are looking to boost your ego, Yes… but doesn’t sound like it, as you must have another perspective.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2021 - 19:30

      I am not rushing at all i have a full-time job and at this stage i am learning and developing, believe me. And all of my followers are locals and roughly half of them have inquired about the package etc.

  • HangryCakeStore on 14/02/2021 - 15:51

    Sheeps, just like people mindlessly following ad brands

  • DiLs on 14/02/2021 - 16:14
    +1

    by showing a lot of skin

    • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2021 - 19:24

      Yeah. dick picks are not allowed :p

      kidding. its a family photography service not boudoir.

  • witheredcouch on 14/02/2021 - 16:14
    +4

    I think you should remove the link to your instagram profile from this thread if you want it to come across as anything but shameless self-promotion.

    Also I heavily recommend a re-brand. 123Photo is not a brand name I would want to spend money with for photography, and I recommend against listing yourself as "affordable" in your bio. To me the brand name brings the image of cheap, generic imagery when it really seems you are trying to sell the idea of capturing moments. I would also say you should maybe be a tiny bit pickier on the photos you post as it is clear you are posting them to advertise your brand, and whilst there are some good shots there that I like, there are also a few that would put me off hiring you.

    • serpserpserp on 14/02/2021 - 16:18
      +1

      Also if you are a photographer these days get very specific. If you want to photograph instagram models, stick to that, stick to a particular style, do it for free to build your brand.

      If you want be a wedding photographer, be that, don't try and be a "moments" person. A moment in nature is different to a moment for a family, to portraits to weddings to modelling. You just can't be broad from the get go. You have to be super specific, be an absolute weapon at it, then expand from there.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2021 - 19:33
      -6

      Nah i am happy with the brand name as it is extremely easy to remember and my clients are ok with it so thanks but that was just a useless suggestion.

      Don't follow me at all. I just wanted to leave it there for someone from similar background to provide some critical feedback.

      • witheredcouch on 14/02/2021 - 21:25
        +1

        I understand you are happy with it, and if you are truly okay with it, then that is fine, but just give it a rethink was my suggestion.

        Also, I am someone from a similar background who has provided some critical feedback and you have disregarded it.

        • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2021 - 21:33
          -2

          Apologies but there is really too much negativity in the comments so i thought you are going to bash me on just the brand name so i replied without reading the whole comment of yours.

          • witheredcouch on 14/02/2021 - 21:40
            +1

            @[Deactivated]: My suggestion would be that you are still at the scale where word of mouth is your friend. If people are extremely happy with your work, they will tell others, and the work will come. It will be the next step up from side-gig to full time that would really require instagram/promotion etc. For now, just focus having fun and taking good shots, the more you do that, the more you will succeed.

            And seriously, remove your Instagram link from this post. You have received enough "critical" feedback at this point, and it really just paints the brand in a bad light as self promoting.

            • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2021 - 21:56

              @witheredcouch: Fixed bio and link. Out of curiosity, would you want to mention which photo(s) shouldn't be there. Oh i did a Collab with a insta blogger and got nearly 20 bookings through her but your advise is making sense. its not my full-time gig yet but i just love doing this. Believe me, i am learning posing, editing, composition hence not really charging people huge bucks.

  • DiLs on 14/02/2021 - 16:23

    Dont follow the masses, sometimes the M is missing

  • AustriaBargain on 14/02/2021 - 18:02

    They could also just be paying for official Instagram ads.

  • spackbace on 14/02/2021 - 18:49
    +2

    Worth pointing out that there's so many amateur photographers now. It's like anyone who buys an entry level SLR and learns lightroom will suddenly be able to book multiple sessions.

    Don't try to make a hobby into a business if you don't first look into how saturated the market is

    • Jimothy Wongingtons on 14/02/2021 - 19:16

      That’s why I got out of it. I purely do it for my own enjoyment/ interest now. Wasn’t interested in trying to compete in the lower end market. And the skill level to compete at high end, I just lacked the dedication and time to train up for it (training in photoshop, Lightroom, marketing etc(

    • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2021 - 19:26
      -1

      Practice makes you perfect.

    • [Deactivated] on 14/02/2021 - 19:35
      -1

      I never did that. my entry level dslr was used solely for my own family photos.

  • iridiumstem on 14/02/2021 - 19:31

    If they are not "buying followers" (didn't know that was a thing), they must be doing something right?
    It might be how they make themselves more available somewhere, or how they make themselves easier to be found on Instagram with like hashtags, or it might be that you are not giving them enough credit where it is due.

  • YoungFriendly on 15/02/2021 - 07:32
    +2

    As someone who works in social, to get on the algorithm's good side you need to be posting a LOT, like every day.

    Everyone here is highlighting bought followers which is a real issue, but nobody's talking about how accounts trying to grow are posting a heap and then pruning their grid by archiving older photos that didn't perform or that bring down the overall page

  • TheOtherLeft on 15/02/2021 - 08:02

    Do you mean the articles from news.com.au using Insta as the basis for their content often quoting the number of followers is actually a lie????

  • afah0447 on 15/02/2021 - 13:13

    Big tits or big muscles. It really is as simple as that.

  • bargain huntress on 15/02/2021 - 15:43

    don't buy followers - they aren't real people who actually follow you or leave comments, they're just a number
    unless your ego is so fragile that a follower number actually matters to you?
    much better to have 20 real followers who like you and your stuff - they actually look at it and will sometimes comment and sometimes share - than 2000 fake followers who do nothing.

  • Techie4066 on 15/02/2021 - 16:56
    +1

    When there's no fake followers involved, they are "influencers"/got a lot of exposure in some way, or have archived many previous posts.

  • AS2035 on 16/02/2021 - 20:04

    They buy them

  • Mokr on 27/05/2021 - 14:17

    You have to engage with others, chat to them on insta, and other forums, be more than just an image, devote like 30 mins a day, post comments, reply to people, think about engagment,

    its a grind yeah,

  • ECE on 27/05/2021 - 14:19

    Post catchy or provocative photos 😷

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