This is great! your encouragement of focusing on the content was huge for me when I hit my first big slump on IG earlier this year...although I'm still convinced it was at least partially the magic algorithm...or Zucks just hates me.
I did want to add for the benefit of anyone hoping to grow their IG - I did a similar "hack" to get my first couple thousand followers. but instead of following folks, I went and would "like" every post under hashtags about running. It was probably a little less effective than following but it also felt less scammy. It still pops up notifications when people like your posts so it got me in front of a bunch of people.
This is great! your encouragement of focusing on the content was huge for me when I hit my first big slump on IG earlier this year...although I'm still convinced it was at least partially the magic algorithm...or Zucks just hates me.
I did want to add for the benefit of anyone hoping to grow their IG - I did a similar "hack" to get my first couple thousand followers. but instead of following folks, I went and would "like" every post under hashtags about running. It was probably a little less effective than following but it also felt less scammy. It still pops up notifications when people like your posts so it got me in front of a bunch of people.
-Nathan @running.is.dumb (now at 16k!)
So freaking good!!! Thanks for sharing hope and help, Joel!
Great story Joel. Despite working with you a bit I never knew most of it.