Summary: Jeff Harmon gets expert advice from Instagrammer Josh Packer (@packtography) on how to grow your Instagram account. Within a couple of year Josh has grown his following to better than 50,000 without following many people. <br> <br> They walk through the following questions and more in the episode:<br> <br> How did you build up the following you have today?<br> <br> With only 385 posts on your @packtopgraphy account, and seeing how often you post to it since I am one of those thousands of followers, it can’t be very old?<br> <br> What was your original goal when you started your IG accounts?<br> <br> Has it led to clients for your photography?<br> <br> How much time do you spend on IG?<br> <br> Do you use any tools to post?<br> <br> Do you think the name of the account is important to getting followers?<br> <br> Is it important to keep a small number of following compared to followers?<br> <br> Do certain types of photos seem to do better than others?<br> <br> Have you run contests to expand your following?<br> <br> Do hastags make a difference on expanding your following?<br> <br> What is your strategy with hashtags?<br> <br> Do you use a tool for your hastagging?<br> <br> My own following is only at about 1,000 right now, BTW everyone can follow me @harmonjeff and the official account for the podcast @phototacopodcast, but I have two goals for IG and would like to hear your advice on how to get there because I think listeners will have a similar situation<br> <br> I want to bring attention to this podcast<br> I want to market my landscape photography to people who want to buy landscape scenes from Utah<br> <br> You seem to be using the Story feature on IG quite a bit, have you seen that help expand your audience?<br> <br> What do you think of the new feature that let’s you post up to 10 photos at once?<br> <br> Are you having similar success with other forms of social media other than IG?<br> <br> =====================================<br> Resources mentioned in the episode:<br> <br> <br> Improve Photography Facebook Live Video - How to Use Instagram to Build a Better Following: https://www.facebook.com/improvephotography/videos/1370925199585336/<br> Josh Packer’s Amazing Instagram Account: @packtography<br> Josh's Mentor Mark Handy: @markhandyphotography<br> Instagram Photo Josh Mentioned: https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ4DjfEhJ2m/?taken-by=packtography<br> MacPhun Luminar Discount Code: PHOTOTACO<br> <br> =======================================<br> Other Photo Taco Resources:<br> <br> Vote for Jeff’s “Cull” module idea to be added to Lightroom: https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/less_redundancy_actions_during_import_into_lr_instant_rating_during_import<br> <br> Photo Taco Archive: http://improvephotography.com/category/taco/<br> iTunes review link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/photo-taco-quick-photography/id980781096?mt=2#<br> Facebook Photo Taco Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/phototaco/<br> Photo Taco Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phototacopodcast/<br> Photo Taco email: phototacopodcast@gmail.com<br> <br> Jeff’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/harmon_jeff<br> Jeff’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/jsharmonphotos/<br> Jeff’s Portfolio: http://jsharmonphotos.com<br> Jeff’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonjeff/
