Simple Strategy To Make Money from Instagram

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Is it possible to make money from Instagram? Of course it is – people are doing it every day. Here’s a simple strategy to generate passive income on Instagram.

Tools Required

  • Instagram Automation Tool (e.g., Mass Planner)
  • Dedicated / semi-dedicated system to run the tool on (Grab a free server from Amazon!)
  • Having an established, active & engaged Instagram account really helps (social proof!)
  • Some time

The Method

  1. Cold call local small businesses – or you could even place an ad on Craigslist – and offer your services as a Social Media Expert (“SME” ™️️). Feel them out – are they doing anything on Instagram at the moment? How’s their engagement? Would they like improve their reach & see more foot traffic?
  2. Build a rapport with the business – this is a legitimate offer – you aren’t trying to scam them. Offer them proof via your existing account, or perhaps other accounts you’re managing.
  3. Offer to manage their Instagram campaign for a flat monthly fee. What do you charge? It all depends on their interest, the demand, the size of the business. Good old fashioned sales skills go a long way here.
  4. Once you’ve signed the deal, you’re basically going to use Mass Planner to target relevant hashtags within 10 – 20 miles of the business. Generally, this would be anything posted with the #cityname tag. Get creative here & think of other ways to target local customers.
  5. Profit!

Obviously this is the 30,000 foot overview of the method, but it does work. I’m currently working with 5 local businesses & making around $1000 per month – 90% on autopilot.

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Be creative, show some results & offer excellent value. You’ll have people calling you! There’s absolutely no reason why anyone reading this couldn’t benefit & begin to make money from Instagram today.

Share your thoughts and / or suggestions for this method in the comments below!

Time To Unfollow Everyone On Instagram?

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With it’s most recent update to Article 19 of the Platform Policy, Instagram continues the trend of crippling 3rd party access via it’s API. Perhaps it’s time to unfollow everyone on Instagram (?).

As you may be aware, in June 2016 Instagram instituted changes to it’s API that severely crippled the functionality of many popular 3rd party apps. An additional change went in to effect in December which further limits the usability of many applications, including many of the well known Instagram followers trackers.

"Don't use follower information for anything other than analytics without our prior permission. For example, don't display these relationships in your app." - Instagram Platform Policy Article 19

Plain English – 3rd party apps can no longer show who follows and / or unfollows you.

The silver lining? This may be a great time to unfollow everyone!

We’ll discuss the pros & cons of the follow / unfollow method in future posts, but if you’re one of the disciples of this method…

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Because everyone is blind at the moment! Normal users with run-of-the-mill app store tracking tools won’t be able to notice that you’re gone.

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