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How to Expose Fake Instagram Influencers

These days, more and more people are deciding that they’d like to become bloggers. Being able to be your own boss, work whenever you want, and have unlimited upside potential can make becoming a blogger extremely enticing. If you’re willing to take the time and focus on quality strategies to build your audience, you can get there and offer real value to whomever you work with. I actually teach these quality strategies in my blogger course, feel free to take a look.

However, with the growing interest in this profession, many try to take shortcuts in building their audiences. People with a poor judgement and morals are opting for buying their followers and engagement. Unfortunately, like most shortcuts in life, trying to bypass time and real work will actually work against us in the long run.

Fake followers and fake engagement create no real value for companies that hire influencers. It’s sad to see many public relations and marketing agencies fail to identify fake followers and engagement. Being unable to identify these imitation influencers and bloggers wastes countless marketing budgets.

This is why I’ve decided to share my foolproof strategy for spotting and exposing these fake influencers and bloggers. I urge you all to take the time to learn the below screening process, to not get stuck with under or non-performing influencers!

1. Use a Follower Check Tool

The sudden increases and decreases indicate purchased followers.

There are a few tools available online which will help speed up the process of deciding who’s real and who isn’t. One of the free tools that I’ve used is called Social Blade. Simply enter the username of your target and you’ll get back useful data. Scroll down to the follower graph, look for sudden increases or decreases in follower count. When there is a large spike in followers, it almost always indicates a purchase of fake followers. A large decrease tends to indicate when Instagram purges fake accounts, and this would also indicate that someone has purchased followers. Even if someone is lucky enough to go viral, or get mentioned by someone very famous, it will most likely grow an account but not be in the thousands in one go.

What if the person’s following appears to be growing steady?

Even steady growth of followers can be faked, it’s called drip followers. You will not be able to spot drip followers easily because they appear to be natural when looked at as a graph. Instead, you’ll have to dive deeper into their account by following the steps below.

2. Compare Your Target’s Engagement Rates to Averages

The second method is to compare the average influencer engagement rates with your target. There was a survey done of 2 million social media influencers in 2016, it compared average likes and average comment rates to followers. These numbers can give us an idea of what typical engagement looks like.

Keep in mind that these numbers are simply the averages, not all users will follow these exact rates of engagement. As long as they’re within a reasonable range, a slight deviation might not necessarily equate to fake engagement.

0 – 1,000 Followers
Average Like Rate: 8.03% Average Comment Rate: 0.56%

1,000 – 10,000 Followers
Average Like Rate: 4.04% Average Comment Rate: 0.27%

10,000 – 100,000 Followers
Average Like Rate: 2.37% Average Comment Rate: 0.14%

100,000 – 1,000,000 Followers
Average Like Rate: 1.78% Average Comment Rate: 0.09%

1,000,000 – 10,000,000 Followers
Average Like Rate: 1.66% Average Comment Rate: 0.06%

To find the average rates of engagement, we must compare the data across several posts. To find the average like rate of a user, we should take the latest 10 photos (or more) of the user, and average them. We can then take this number and divide it by their follower count to get the user’s average like rate. To find the user’s average comment rate, do the same thing, just change the average likes to average comments.

Having too many comments or too few comments can both indicate fake engagement. However, if they’re within a reasonable range, it may not indicate fake engagement.

3. Analyze Individual Followers and Engagement

The final and most telling method to tell whether a user has fake followers or engagement, is to analyze the user’s following and engagement with a microscope, not literally you goose, put away your microscope.

Click on your target’s follower list, scroll down and take note of how often followers with no profile picture appear. Click on some of these users without profile photos and analyze their followers and following. Do they follow tons of people but have very few followers? If yes, there is a high possibility of it being a fake account (not representing a real person.) Do these accounts have many posts? Generally, fake accounts don’t have more than a dozen photos.

Repeat this process for users with profile photos. Many fake accounts are setup with photos and can be quite convincing to the untrained eye. If your target’s followers have very little activity, this would indicate another red flag and possible fake account. However, the biggest giveaway to fake engagement is the follower to following ratio of the people following and engaging with your target, mentioned earlier.

Use this same technique on the likes of your target as well as the commenters. In the the target’s comments, look for comments that don’t make sense, have poor grammar/spelling or are irrelevant, all reasons to suspect fake accounts.

Conclusion

These are the top methods I use to expose fake influencers. Remember to use your best judgement, not all followers with no profile photo are fake, and not all weird comments have been purchased (sometimes, they’re just weirdos.)

Be sure to run through these easy methods to confirm if an Instagrammer will be of value to your business or not. No more wasting your hard-earned money on bloggers and influencers who don’t produce results! If you’d like to learn how to become a blogger, growing an audience through quality methods to actually earn a living, check out my blogger course now!

31 Instagram Features, Hacks, & Tips Everyone Should Know About

Did you know you could schedule your Instagram posts in advance? Or optimize your bio to appear in the Explore tab?

There are countless lesser-known Instagram features, settings, hacks, and search options to help take your Instagram game to the next level. And we've compiled them all, here.

Whether you're a recruiter looking to showcase your company's culture, a marketer in the e-commerce industry, or an individual who's just looking to use Instagram in the best ways possible, there are Instagram tips and features here for you.

Note: Before getting started, make sure you're operating on the latest version of Instagram. At the time of publishing this guide, the latest version is 15.1.1 on iOS and on Android. Please also note that although this article might demonstrate each tip below using an iPhone or Android device, all items on this list are available for both operating systems and can be enjoyed using the same step-by-step instructions.

Table of Contents: 

  • Instagram Account Features
  • Instagram Design Features
  • Instagram Optimization Features
  • Instagram Stories Features
  • Instagram User Preferences Features
  • Instagram User Search Features

31 Hidden Instagram Hacks, Tips, and Features

Instagram Account Features

1.
Add and manage multiple accounts from the same device.

Have a separate account for your dog? Don't be embarrassed; stand by your puppy profile. In fact, whether it's a pet account or a business account, you can add and manage this one right alongside your personal account.

Here's how:

  1. From your profile, tap the gear icon. To find this icon on an Android device, you'll first need to tap the three horizontal lines to the top right of your screen.
  2. Scroll to the very bottom and tap "Add Account."
  3. Add your other account by username and password, and you're all set.

To toggle between both profiles, hold down your profile picture in the navigation bar to view all connected accounts. You can also switch to a different account through the Settings page mentioned earlier. See what this screen looks like in the next Instagram feature, below.

2. See all the posts you've liked.

Ever wanted to see the posts you've Liked, all in one place? All you have to do is go to your own profile and click the "Settings" button in the top right — a gear icon on iPhone/iPad, and three dots on Android — then, click "Account", and finally "Posts You've Liked. "

To un-Like any of the posts you've Liked, simply go to the post and deselect the "heart" icon below it. Don't worry — the user won't be notified that you've un-Liked the post.

3. Hide, delete, or disable comments on your posts.

Twitter may carry a more "anything goes" culture of commentary, but your Instagram is your domain — and it's much easier to control who says what on your content. This is especially important if you manage a business account.

To Filter Comments by Keyword:

In the Instagram mobile app, navigate to "Options" and select "Comments." From here, you can toggle on "Hide Inappropriate Comments" and even enter specific keywords you'd like the app to police within each comment.

To Delete Comments:

Tap the speech bubble icon below the comment you'd like to delete, and swipe lightly to the left over this text. Select the garbage can icon that appears to delete this post. You can also do this to your own comments.

To Disable Comments Entirely:

To clarify, you can't turn off comments across your entire profile; you can only disable them for individual posts.

To do so, start posting an image on which you'd like nobody to comment. When you reach the page to add a caption, tags, and location, tap "Advanced Settings" at the very bottom. This will open a screen where you can easily switch on an option labeled "Turn Off Commenting."

4. Clear your Instagram search history.

We swear — this blog post isn't all about how to convince people you're not an Instagram creeper. But many of us can relate to the desire to clear our online search history everywhere, including on this particular social channel. Luckily, you can.

To clear your Instagram search history, go to your own profile and click the "Settings" button (a gear icon on iPhone/iPad and three dots on Android). Scroll down and click "Security":

Then, select "Clear Search History" at bottom of the screen, and then confirm by clicking the blue link, "Clear Search History".

5. Add another Instagram account to your bio.

Perhaps your company has more than one Instagram account for different aspects of your brand. For instance, HubSpot has a verified HubSpot account, a HubSpot Life account, a HubSpot Academy account, and a HubSpot Partners account.

To draw awareness back to its main company page, then, HubSpot links to the @HubSpot account in its other account bios, like in @HubSpotLife's account:

Fortunately, you have the option to include another Instagram account in your Instagram bio. To do so, simply type the "@" sign into your Bio, and then select the account you'd like to tag. Then, click "Done".

Instagram Design Features 

6. Add special fonts to your bio.

Here's an Instagram bio hack that can truly make your profile stand out. You can already add emojis to the bio beneath your profile photo, but your keyboard limits your creativity right there.

Using a couple of basic third-party websites, you can copy over some more special fonts not often found in the Instagram community. Here's how.

To Add a Special Font to Your Bio via Mobile:

Add a new font to your Instagram bio via your mobile device using a website like LingoJam. Open the site on your phone, type your desired bio text in the lefthand text box, and you'll see the same bio text in different typefaces appear on the right.

Carry your chosen font over to your Instagram bio by tapping it and selecting "Copy." Then, open your Instagram app, navigate to your profile, select "Edit Profile," tap the "Bio" section and paste your chosen font into the empty field.

To Add a Special Font to Your Bio on Desktop:

If you're editing your Instagram profile on your laptop or desktop, Font Space has a library of fonts you can download and copy into your bio in seconds. To do so, Find a font you like and select "Download" beneath the font's sample image, as shown below.

Downloading this font will open a folder on your desktop where you can pull a ".ttf" file that carries the various versions of this font. The file will look something like the screenshot below.

Once you have this font copied to your computer's clipboard, open your internet browser and log onto Instagram. com. Select "Edit Profile" and paste your downloaded font into your bio field. You can then edit the sample text that came with your font to write your new bio as you see fit.

7. Add special characters to your bio.

Not only can you customize your bio with a special font, but you can also add atypical characters that distinguish you or your brand — but that you wouldn't find on your smartphone's normal keyboard. These include §, †, or even ™ if your Instagram name features a trademarked product name.

To Add Special Characters From Mobile

Using your mobile device, install a free mobile app like Character Pad, which catalogs nearly every character and symbol you might need but won't find in the 26-letter English alphabet.

Open the app and find the character you want to add to your Instagram bio. In Character Pad, you'll simply double-tap the picture of your chosen symbol to paste it into a text box, as shown below. Then, copy this character to your phone's clipboard. (For our purposes, I double-tapped the half moon icon.)

Once you have your symbol copied to your clipboard, open Instagram, navigate to your bio, and tap "Edit Profile."
Hold down your finger on the field of your bio you want to insert your special character until "Paste" appears as an option, as shown below. Tap "Paste" and then "Done" you'll be all set.

To Add Special Characters From a PC

You can also insert special characters and symbols through Instagram's web client on a desktop or laptop computer. The easiest way is to use Microsoft Word's "Symbol" insertion icon, as shown below.

Select your desired symbol or character and copy it to your computer's clipboard. Then, navigate to Instagram.com and follow the steps above to paste your character into a particular part of your bio.

You might be tempted to simply Google search the special character you want, and at times it might work just as well as the steps above. But keep in mind not all special characters you copy from the internet are "clean" when you paste them into Instagram — some of them might become corrupted or not show up correctly.

8. Reorder filters to set your favorite filters at the front.

If you use Instagram a lot, chances are, you have a few favorite go-to filters, and others you never touch. To make editing photos easier, you can reorder the filters in your editing window.

To reorder filters, add a new post and begin editing it. When you get to the filters page, hold down on a filter you'd like to move, and then drag it to your preferred location. 

9. Use Instagram as a photo editor (without having to post anything).

Perhaps you love Instagram's filters and editing capabilities, but aren't quite ready to post the photo to your account — right now, or ever. To use Instagram as a photo editor without posting anything, all you need to do is publish a picture while your phone is on airplane mode.

First, be sure you have "Save Original Photo" turned on in your Instagram settings.

Then, turn on airplane mode — see instructions in #5.

Next, follow the normal steps to post a photo to Instagram: Upload the photo, edit it, and press "Share. " An error message will appear saying the upload failed, but you'll be able to find the edited image in your phone's photo gallery.

10. Insert line breaks into your bio and captions.

When you write a caption in Instagram, you'll see the keyboard doesn't give you an option to press "Enter" or "Return." The same is true for your bio. So how do all those people put line breaks in there?

It turns out that all you have to do is press the "123" key in the bottom lefthand corner of the keyboard, and the "Return" key will appear on the bottom right.

I know this tip sounds simple, but a lot of people miss it — myself included, until a colleague clued me in. We've seen some elaborate solutions out there for hacking through this problem, like writing the caption copy in another app, then copying and pasting it into Instagram. Thankfully, it's much simpler than that.

Instagram Optimization Features

11.
Optimize your Instagram bio to appear in the Explore tab.

Your friends, family, and coworkers might be your first group of Instagram followers, but growing your audience takes more than the people who already know you. One key way to do this is to get your profile to appear in Instagram's Explore page.

The Explore page, accessible using the magnifying glass icon shown above, is a browsing page that sorts the entire Instagram community by topic and keyword. These include "Fitness," "Style," "Science," and more.

Hashtagging your posts with these words can expose your content to the people browsing these topics, but you can also use them in your Instagram name and bio to promote your profile.

If Jane Doe is a marketing consultant, for example, she might want to make her Instagram name "Jane Doe Marketing," rather than simply "Jane Doe." Then, in her bio, she can include all of her specialties, such as "SEO," "blogging," "email marketing," etc.

12. Drive traffic to an external website.

One of the biggest frustrations people have with marketing on Instagram is that clickable URLs aren't allowed anywhere except the single "website" box in your bio. If you put a URL in a photo caption it'll appear as plain text, meaning users would have to painstakingly copy the URL, open a web browser, and paste or type it in there.

One sneaky way to get people to visit your Instagram profile, which is where that one clickable URL is allowed, is to use your photo captions to encourage people to visit your profile for a link. Then, update that URL frequently to point to your latest blog content, YouTube video, product, or offer.

Check out the example from food magazine Bon Appétit below. This photo's caption provides a text call-to-action to visit the user's profile so you can click the link related to the post.

 

Comfort food gone green 🌱. Brandon Jew, chef at @misterjius, put a spring spin on his mom's congee for @healthy_ish. Head to the link in our profile for the recipe. 📷: @laurashoots

A post shared by bonappetitmag (@bonappetitmag) on

Then, in Bon Appétit's profile, you'll see the link itself. Update this link frequently to point to your latest content or offer.

Plus, if you have a verified Instagram account, you can also add links to your Story. Read more about this feature here.

13. Sell products from Instagram using Shoppable Posts.

You might already know you can tag people in your Instagram posts as (or after) you post new content. Now, you can tag products — and direct your viewers to a product page to buy what they saw.

To Add an Instagram Business Account

You'll need an Instagram Business account to publish shoppable posts. You can get one by selecting "Edit Profile" on your Instagram profile and tapping "Try Instagram Business Tools," as shown below.

To Tag a Post With Products

Once you've launched an Instagram Business account, you'll need to enable product tags to use them on a post that depicts a product. Navigate to your settings using the gear icon from your profile page, and select "Products." Tap "Continue" and follow the prompts to connect a "product catalog" to your business profile.

With product tags enabled on your Instagram Business account, you can now upload new posts and tag your photo with products you find from your product catalog. Here's what a shoppable post can look like:

Image via Instagram

14. Create an auto-complete quick reply for standard responses.

Responding to user comments and questions is incredibly timely, but fortunately, there's a hack to streamline the process and make it more efficient. (Note: This only works on Instagram Business accounts.)

You can simply create a one-to-two word phrase that can act as your shortcut to a longer standard response you might send often. To do this, click "Business" in your Settings, and then "Quick Replies" — or, click the three-dot chat bubble icon on bottom of screen, and then click "New Quick Reply".

Add a shortcut you can enter for the response. For instance, you might type "returnpolicy" as the shortcut for a longer response, i.e.: "Hey there. We're sorry you don't love your purchase. Fortunately, we permit 30-day returns, no questions asked. Please send us your order confirmation number to get the process started."

Once you've added a shortcut, you can either type the shortcut "returnpolicy" into the comment box when you want it to auto-generate, or you can tap the three-dot chat Quick Replies bubble icon at the bottom of your screen to choose from a response you've created. (Read more about Quick Replies here.)

Image Source

15. Pin your Instagram post to Pinterest.

Instagram doesn't have a natural integration with many social networks (except Facebook, its parent company) for publishing Instagram posts to other social accounts.

But with respect to Pinterest, image-loving platforms stick together. Here's a backdoor way to Pin your latest Instagram Story to Pinterest:

On the Instagram mobile app, tap a post to view it in full, then tap the three dots to the top-right of the image. Select "Copy Share URL" to attach the picture's link to your clipboard.

Open the Pinterest mobile app — or download it; you'll need it for this step — and navigate to your profile page. If you have the latest version of Pinterest downloaded, it might ask you as soon as you open the app if you'd like to produce the image from your clipboard.

If not, select the "+" icon to the top right to add a new pin, and you'll see a menu of options where you can add your "Copied Link" to a new Pin or board on your profile.

Instagram Stories Features

16. Create a collection of saved posts.

In addition to being able to view all of the posts you've liked, Instagram also has an option to save or bookmark certain posts in collections that you create.

Start by going to your profile, and tapping the "Settings" icon at the top-right of your screen, and then select "Saved":

Next, press the "+" button and name your new Collection.

Click "Next", and select images from your "Saved" section.

To save photos for future collections, tap the bookmark icon below the post you want to add, as shown below:

Then, go back to your saved photos by following the previous steps.

You'll see the photos you've saved — to add them to your Collection, select the Collection you want to add to, and tap "Add to Collection." From there, you can add any of your saved photos.

17. Create Stories Highlights to show Stories for longer than a day.

Like in Snapchat, posts to your story only stick around for your followers to see for 24 hours. But sometimes, you have a story that deserves more daylight to be told.

That's where Stories Highlights comes in, a feature by Instagram that allows you to save stories together in the same space on your profile page. If you ever wondered what that "New" button with the "+" icon was below your profile image, this explains it.

To make a Stories Highlight, tap this New option and select any number of past stories in your album:

Image via Instagram

Then, give it a cover photo and a name to display as its own Instagram Story on your profile page. You can remove Stories Highlights at any time by tapping and holding down this story.

18. Reorder Instagram Stories highlights.

The Highlights on your Instagram feed act as your brand's portfolio — you can use Highlights to demonstrate your company's values, showcase new products or services, or categorize various topics you post about frequently.

For instance, The North Face uses its Highlights section to highlight various initiatives that are important to the brand, including a section labelled "VOTE", "Global Climbing Day 2020" and "Summer Basecamp":

Since a user can only see the first four highlights when they first come across your feed, you'll want to ensure your first highlights are the ones you're most proud of. To do this, simply follow this trick:

1. Hold down the highlight you'd like moved to the front of this list and click "Edit Highlight" when the slide-up appears.

2. Next, find an image or video you'd like to add to the highlight. (Don't worry — you'll be able to delete this within 30 seconds, so you don't need to choose one that will stay on the highlight.)

3. Click "Done" in the top right corner.

4. Now, your Highlight will be first in the list. To remove the image or video you just added, follow the above instructions and simply un-check the image you added. Your highlight will remain at the beginning of the Highlight reel.

19. Change your Instagram Highlights Icon without publishing it to your feed.

The image you choose for each Highlight should accurately depict what type of content users can expect to see if they tap the Highlight, so you'll want to choose a compelling, engaging image.

However, if you have a design, logo, or image you'd like to use that isn't in your Instagram feed, it's still possible to make it the Highlight Icon.

To do this, click "Edit Highlight" (same as the step above):

Next, click "Edit Cover". Scroll through your camera roll to find an image you like.

Once you choose an image from your camera roll, click "Done". Your Highlight cover image is now an image you've never posted on your Instagram account:

20. Schedule posts in advance.

Instagram being a mobile app, you're probably in a routine of taking photos and posting them to your Instagram Story on the fly. But, you can also pre-post them from your computer for a set day and time in the future.

This feature is available with a social media scheduling tool, as well as HubSpot if you have an Instagram business account. If you have this business profile, switch to it via the Instagram mobile app and follow the prompts to connect it to Facebook.

Depending on the social scheduling tool you use, you might not include this step. Once you've toggled to the right account, however, you'll launch your scheduling tool, navigate to your current connected profiles, and see Instagram as an available integration.

21. Use 'Type Mode' to enhance your Instagram Stories.

Instagram Stories is a feature of Instagram that allows you to post ephemeral photos that show up separately from your profile and only last 24 hours. It's a great function for helping like-minded users discover your profile on Instagram's homepage.

But since its beginning, Stories have become quite creative, and it takes more than a pretty filter to stand out to your audience. Enter "Type Mode," an option similar to Snapchat that gives you the power to caption Stories that need extra context to resonate with someone. Here's how to use it:

1. Open Instagram Stories by swiping right from your Instagram feed. This will launch your smartphone camera. Then, take a photo or video and press the "Aa" icon to the top-right of your screen, as shown below:

This "Aa" icon will open Type Mode, where you have five fonts to choose from: Modern, Neon, Typewriter, Strong, and Classic. Here's what a sample Story looks like with Modern font:

22. Post content from other users to your Instagram Story.

Although Instagram Stories are a great way to give your content exposure on your followers' homepages, you might not always have something Story-worthy. In those times, you can share an inspiring post from someone else through your Instagram Stories. Here's how:

1. Find a post you want to share in your Instagram Stories and tap the paper airplane icon, as shown below.

Instagram Account: @Freddysusa

This icon will open a screen allowing you to send this post to specific followers, or add to your Story. Tap the latter option, as shown below.

Tapping this option will automatically turn the post into an Instagram Story, which you can edit and design to your liking the same way you would any other Instagram Story.

Instagram User Preferences Features

23. Get notifications when your favorite people post.

Never want to miss an Instagram post from your favorite influencers again? You can choose to get a notification every time a specific user posts a new photo. All you have to do is turn on notifications for each user individually.

To turn on these notifications, visit a user's profile, click the three dots in the upper right-hand corner of the post, click "Notifications" from the menu, and finally toggle on notifications for either posts or stories from the menu that appears.

Instagram Account: Jen Reed @thesisterstudioig

Want to turn post notifications off? Just follow the same steps. It's important to note that you must enable notifications from the Instagram app in your phone's settings — here's how.

  • To allow notifications on iPhone/iPad: Go to "Settings," then "Notifications." Choose "Instagram" and then turn on the setting to "Allow Notifications."
  • To allow notifications on Android: Go to "Settings," then choose "Apps," then "Instagram." Select the option to show notifications.
24. Hide Photos You've Been Tagged In

When someone tags you in a photo or video on Instagram, it's automatically added to your profile under "Photos of You," unless you opt to add tagged photos manually (see the next tip).

To see the posts you've been tagged in, go to your own profile and click the person icon below your bio.

Next, click on an individual post (any in the group of tagged photos) and click "Edit" in the top right. Then, click "Manually Approve Tags":

Then, to hide the posts you've been tagged in from other users, select the posts you'd like to remove from your profile, and when you're done, tap "Hide Photos" at the bottom of your screen. When prompted, tap "Hide From Profile."

This won't remove the posts themselves from Instagram, but it will remove them from your profile, so you and others can't access them.

25. Adjust your settings to approve tagged photos before they show up in your profile.

As we mentioned in the previous step, when someone tags a photo or video of you on Instagram, it's usually added to your profile automatically. But, you can change your Instagram settings to enable manually selecting which photos you're tagged in that show up on your profile.

To add tags manually, follow the same steps above to get to the photos in which you've been tagged, and click "Edit" at the top right of your screen. Tap "Tagging Options," and select "Add Manually."

You'll still be notified when someone tags you in a photo. Once that happens, to manually add a tagged photo to your profile, tap the photo you were tagged in, then tap your username and select "Show on My Profile." And if you'd rather it not be visible, choose "Hide from My Profile" instead.

26. Hide ads you don't find relevant.

Instagram tries to show you ads that are interesting and relevant to you. You might see ads based on people you follow and things you Like on Instagram, or the third-party websites and apps you visit.

If you see sponsored posts you don't find relevant, though, you can let Instagram know and slowly teach its algorithm what you like and don't like to see.

To hide ads on Instagram, tap on the three dots to the right of a post labeled "Sponsored," and choose "Hide This. "

From there, it'll ask you to share why you don't want to see the ad anymore.

You can also opt out of seeing ads based on sites and apps off of Instagram and Facebook from your device's settings. Note that even if you choose to opt out of seeing these types of ads, you'll still see ads based on your Instagram and Facebook activity.

  • To limit ad tracking on an iPhone/iPad: Go to "Settings" and choose "Privacy," then "Advertising." From there, choose the option to "Limit Ad Tracking"

  • To turn off interest-based ads on Android: Go to "Google Settings," then "Ads." From there, choose the option to "Turn off interest-based ads."
27. Send photos privately to your friends.

Posting photos with all of your followers or with the public isn't the only way to share content on Instagram. You can also share them with individual or multiple users, kind of like a Facebook message or group text message.

You can either send a new photo to friends, or send a photo that you or someone else has already posted.

To send a new photo privately, upload a photo and begin editing it, as you would when editing a new post. When you get to the "Share" page, tap the top where it automatically says "New Post," but when prompted, select "Direct Message." From there, you can pick and choose whom you'd like to send the photo to.

You can access your direct messages at any time by clicking the mailbox icon at the top right of your homepage.

To send an existing photo privately, start by opening the post you want to share — it can be your own or someone else's, as long as the latter has a public account. Next, click the paper-airplane-like icon below the post, then select who you want to receive it when the "Send to" box appears.

User Search Features
28. Search Instagram users without an account.

As much as Instagram would like to see you ultimately create an account for yourself or your business, you can peruse the beautiful brands, people, and dogs that are waiting for you without an account to see if it's worth signing up.

There are two ways to search for people on Instagram without logging in:

Entering a Username at the End of the Instagram URL

The first way to search users without an account is by using an Instagram username you already know, and adding it to the end of "www.instagram.com/."

For example, if you were to start with our Instagram username — which is simply "HubSpot" — you can enter the following into your browser's address bar: www.instagram.com/hubspot. This will bring you to our Instagram profile as well as the elusive search bar at the top of the page:

Once you've reached this page, you can use the search bar to the left of the "Sign Up" button to browse users who are already active on the platform.

Googling Them in an Instagram Site Search

A slightly "hackier" way of looking up users without an Instagram account of your own is to simply search their name in a Google site search. This means telling Google to only look up search terms on a website of your choice (in this case, Instagram).

To site search a user, open a Google search and type the following: "site:instagram.com [name of user]."

By keeping all the text prior to the brackets in your search bar, you can shuffle through names of people and businesses and Google will produce results that live only on Instagram. Here's what a site search looks like for HubSpot, below. As you can see, Google produces our main profile, our culture-focused HubSpot Life profile, Instagram posts that include the #hubspot hashtag, and our HubSpot Academy Page.

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29. Upload and browse video content on IGTV.

IGTV is one of the biggest new features by Instagram to date. This acronym, as you might assume, stands for "Instagram TV," and it's basically an Explore page just for users' video content. The main benefits of IGTV? You can upload videos more than 60 seconds long, and you can create your own channel with, perhaps, a video series that can be broadcast across other video platforms like YouTube.

Navigate to IGTV by going to your Explore page and selecting "IGTV" at the top, as shown above. A page will appear featuring topics and videos by some of the most prolific IGTV video creators on the platform today.

As you view more videos, the topics you see on the IGTV homepage will begin to adapt to your interests and serve you more content around those interests. And, naturally, the same goes for your target audience.

Create an IGTV channel by tapping the "+" icon to the top right of your screen, as shown below:

With an IGTV channel created, you can then upload videos directly from your smartphone's camera roll to your channel.

30. Look through pictures without accidentally liking them.

It's pretty easy to learn how to like something on Instagram — so easy, in fact, that people do it accidentally: It's just a quick double tap of the photo once you've entered its full view.

The thing is, it's so easy to do quickly by mistake.

So, here's a quick Instagram cheat for you: To look through someone's photos without "double-tap paranoia," scroll through Instagram feeds with your phone set to airplane mode. Without internet access, you won't be able to Like a photo, even if you accidentally double-tap it.

The pictures won't load in the first place if you start on airplane mode, though. You'll have to go to the feed first to load the posts, then turn on airplane mode, then start scrolling.

When you reach the end of the first rows of posts and want to load more, simply turn airplane mode off, let more load, and then turn it on again. Cumbersome? Maybe a little, but it could be worth the paranoia mitigation.

  • To turn on airplane mode on an iPhone/iPad: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen and click the airplane icon. Or, go to "Settings" and then "Wi-Fi," and switch "Airplane Mode" on.
  • To turn on airplane mode on an Android device: Swipe down from the top of the screen. Then, swipe from right to left until you see "Settings," and then touch it. Touch "Airplane Mode" to turn it on.
31. Browse posts from certain locations.

One fun thing you can do on Instagram is browse photos and videos from a specific location, or taken near your current location. I like to do that when I'm planning a trip somewhere, or want to check out a new restaurant and scroll through the pictures taken there.

Here's how to do both of these things.

To Browse Posts From at a Specific Location:

You can either search for a specific place, or you can click into a geotag on an existing photo.

To search for a specific place: Tap the magnifying glass icon at the bottom of your home screen, which will bring you to the general search page. When you click into the search bar at the top, four tabs will appear. Choose "Places," and type in the name of a place. When you press "Search," it'll show you all the top and recent posts that were geotagged with that location.

To look at posts with a certain geotag: Go to the photo that's geotagged with that location, and click the geotag. It'll show you all the top and recent posts that were geotagged with that location.

Browse Posts Near Your Current Location:

Follow the same instructions above to get to "Places." Tap the search bar, and select "Near Current Location."

Choose which geotag you'd like to browse from the options that appear. Let's say I chose to browse posts with the Museum of Science geotag. When I click "Museum of Science, Boston" on the menu, I'll see the top and recent posts that were geotagged at that location.

How to Get Verified on Instagram

A verified badge (the blue check beside a celebrity or brand account name) tells users that you're, in Instagram's words, "the authentic presence of a notable public figure, celebrity, global brand or entity it represents".

For instance, there are plenty of "Reese Witherspoon" fan pages on Instagram, but there's only one real Reese Witherspoon account, as verified by the blue badge:

To request a verified badge, you must be a public figure, celebrity, or brand and meet certain requirements. If you've determined you fit Instagram's criteria for verification, follow these steps to request a badge:

  1. Go to your profile (the person icon in bottom left corner).
  2. Tap the three lines in the top right corner.
  3. Click "Settings" > "Account" > "Request Verification"
  4. Fill out the form, including username, Full Name, Known As, Category, and government-issued phoot ID.
  5. When you've filled out all form fields, click "Send".

It's important to note, you won't necessarily receive a verified badge if you request one. Learn more about what happens after you request a verified badge.

Instagram Features & Hacks

I might be biased, but Instagram is one of the most fun (and visually appealing) social apps around. And now, with these tricks, you can use it to an even fuller extent.

Plus, many of these features can help to enhance your brand's presence on Instagram. Now, you know how to use the app more efficiently, to make sure you're only tagged in photos you want to appear on your profile, and have even more ways to engage with the people by whom you'd like to be discovered.

 

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How to find out who owns an Instagram account: the spy game

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There are a lot of fakes on the Internet now. People try to deceive each other by pretending to be other people. What are the reasons? Variety. Someone just wants to be not himself, and someone is trying to make money on someone else's personality. Either way, we should be suspicious of anyone we don't know. Therefore, let's talk about how to find out who owns an Instagram account. nine0005

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  1. Ways to find out who owns an Instagram account
  2. Official request
  3. Being smart
  4. How to find out the page on Facebook to which someone else's Instagram profile is linked
  5. How to find out which email
    6. is linked to someone else phone number on which someone else's Instagram is registered

Ways to find out who owns an Instagram account

There are not so many ways to find out whose Instagram account we are looking at. However, it is not the quantity that matters, but the quality and your ability to apply what I will describe. So, let's look at how to get information about who owns the Instagram page. nine0005

Official request

Can we send a request to Insta support and get full information about the account owner? The privacy policy is the basis of all the latest innovations. Therefore, if you write to the administration, you will most likely be ignored or simply not given the necessary information. However, you can write to law enforcement agencies to request the name of the owner from the administration. This method is time consuming and usually not worth it.

Being smart

Mentions of the author's real name can be on the page or from his friends. Study user posts, collaborations, other social networks. If there is absolutely nothing there, you can ask the person himself or his friends in direct. To search for accounts on other services, you can use a nickname from Insta - usually people use the same combination of words in it on all sites.

How to find out the Facebook page to which someone else's Instagram profile is linked

Sometimes you want to figure out how to find out which page Instagram is linked to. This information can also be used to find the owner, because you can connect a business account only if the photo network account is linked to FB.

So, the ways can be as follows:

  1. By possible Facebook friends . Connect Insta and FB, and then see what kind of friends the second social network has offered you. If you follow the "victim", she will be on the list.
  2. Nickname . I already wrote about this above: many people use the same nickname in many social networks. Therefore, to find a person, add what he calls himself in the photoset after www.facebook.com/.
  3. From personal pages in FB . To switch to a business account, you need to create a personal page on FB. It's kind of like a public. People rarely bother with a creative name and run this page. Therefore, most often it is empty and is called the same as Insta.
  4. By content . Some include an automatic "Share" option on Facebook. Take some photos, do an image search and see the results. Perhaps there will be what you need.

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Therefore, in order to establish contact with a person for commercial purposes, it is important to find this information.So, now we will discuss how to find out which mail an Instagram account is linked to.0005

  1. View contacts . A business account allows you to add a button for quick communication by email. See if the user has done so, and you can quickly find the information you need.
  2. Read About Me . If the user did not make a button with a box, he could place it in his bio. This is not the most convenient way to connect with subscribers, but people sometimes do this.
  3. Website box . If there is a multilink, there is a chance that the mail will be there. Open and see. I believe you will be lucky. nine0012
  4. Somewhere in the profile or other social networks . Sometimes, when it comes to commercial profiles, their owners can leave mail in the comments in order to communicate with dissatisfied customers.

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How to find out the phone number of someone else's Instagram

Knowing the mail and phone, you can already hack a person. But, perhaps, the number is the most difficult to find. This is information that people are extremely reluctant to leave in the public domain. For security, many commercial profiles use additional contacts to communicate with customers. So, it is far from certain that we can trust the data that we find.

The methods are the same as for the mailbox:

  1. Button to call.
  2. "About me" page.
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  3. Comments, publications and more.

How do I find out who owns an Instagram account? Email, phone number and real username are the information that is important for generating leads and increasing earnings. True, not very good people can use this skill to hack and deceive people.

How, knowing the phone number of an Instagram profile, how to hack it?

There are many ways to hack, but we will not talk about them, because this is an illegal activity that can lead to serious punishment. nine0005

How can I check if I've found the correct Instagram mailbox?

Ask. This is the most legal way. You can also find out part of the mail name by going to password recovery.

How can I find out which numbers in my phone book have an Instagram profile?

Open your page, click on the three horizontal lines in the upper right corner, select "Interesting people". The top line will be "Connect Contacts" or "Connect Contacts". Click on the blue button to the right of it. nine0005

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  • 1 How to find out whose Instagram
  • 2 Search from the Instagram
  • 3 Poll Suburb in Instagram survey in Instagram.
  • 4 Applications for finding a person on Instagram

Instagram is a popular platform among both ordinary users and scammers. There are many fake accounts on the social network, with the help of which a person tries to deceive other users. nine0005

Impersonal pages are also common - there is no information on them, except for the nickname. It is possible to find the owner of the page. The basic way that is allowed by law is an official appeal to the prosecutor's office or the police.

After that, the certified document is sent to the Instagram administration. If the reason for the request is serious, the admins will consider the appeal and allow you to access the personal information of another user.

This method is complicated and is only suitable for situations where you have become a victim of scammers or your Instagram account has been hacked. A positive response to the request is received by a few users. nine0005

How to find out whose Instagram is

But in addition to serious actions, you can try to find out on your own whose Instagram it is and its owner. Watch our video tutorial step by step.

Other ways to get the information you need include:

  • browser nickname search,
  • profile picture search,
  • subscriber survey,
  • information search utilities.

How to find owner information by nickname in browser:

If a user has entered his first and last name or nickname on Instagram, you can search information about him through search engines to understand who owns Instagram.

To do this, enter your Instagram nickname, any known information and start the search. A user with the same nickname can be registered on VKontakte, Tik Tok or Facebook. On these platforms, you can find additional information and identify the owner of an Instagram account.

Instagram profile picture search

If there is no nickname in the account or a photo is uploaded in addition to it, search for the user by it. To do this, take a screenshot of the screen - you can use it both from your phone and from a PC.

Then crop the picture so that there are no extra letters, numbers or other images. After that, in Google or Yandex, start searching by image.

If there are similar materials on the Internet, they will be highlighted after the search is over. Then you can go to the resources where the same files are published to see information about the owner. nine0005

Instagram follower survey

Profile may not contain personal information or photo content. In such situations, interview followers who may be familiar with the page owner. As a rule, fake accounts can be followed by those people who are being followed.

To find out whose Instagram profile is in front of you, unsubscribe to people in private messages - the text should contain a greeting and a specific question.

It's a good idea to state why you need the data because not all people will agree to share personal information without a good reason to do so. nine0005

It is better to look for people not among those whom the user has subscribed to - the number can exceed both 1000 and 10000 people. In the field with followers on Instagram, there are usually fewer people if this is not a blogger or brand account.

Applications for searching a person on Instagram

There are many services on the network that find information about a user by his id. However, often access to data is paid or the site belongs to scammers.

If I ask for a login, password and bank card number on the page, this is a 100 percent fraudulent site. If only the username and password, then the page can be used, but make sure that the developer is trusted and reliable. nine0005

Data retrieval utilities also appear regularly. Below is the search process through a special program - Tooligram:

  1. Find the application on the network or GooglePlay, AppStore and download it to your phone.
  2. Then install the utility and register.
  3. Next, open the section called "Task Manager".
  4. Find the conversion function in it.
  5. Next, specify the id of the user about whom you need data. The system will open the profile and the data it has collected from it. Some items are available to those users who have subscribed to the application with payment.

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