How to make money as a photographer on instagram

7 ways to make money from your Instagram photography addiction

Are you guilty of spending a little bit too much time scrolling Instagram and spending all day styling and crafting the perfect post? Well it's time to turn your favourite hobby into some pocket money with our list of top ways you can flatlay and get paid!

Sell your images as Stock photos

There are loads of different websites for selling your photography earning you anywhere from 25c up to hundreds of dollars per download. While some of these website are exclusive others allow you to list your photos across multiple platforms to increase their exposure.

Petapixel has a complete guide to how much you can make selling your photos at the different stock image sites

Print your images onto items to sell

Sites like Redbubble (pictured), Zazzle and Society 6 make it effortless to print your photos onto almost anything. Want to make a gorgeous calendar or even a cushion cover? When you sell a product, they will produce it, package it and ship it for you, so that you can focus on making more art!

Affiliate marketing

Affiliate marketing is basically when you promote a product and get paid per sale. Brand partners will provide you with an affiliate URL or discount code so they can track how many of your friends and fans purchase after seeing your post. You’ll often see bloggers doing this with sponsored or product inspired posts and it works much the same way with Instagram and other social platforms.

Check to see if your favourite brand has an affiliate marketing program or build your own using sites like Referboard.

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Become a brand rep or ambassador

Brands love to partner with talented creatives to help promote their products. If you are crushing on a brand keep your eye out to see if they run any brand rep programs, you likely won’t get paid but will usually get some free stuff in exchange for your posts.

Check out Instagram hashtags like #brandrepsearch or #brandambassadorsearch to explore current options

Enter photo competitions

There are lots of other creative photo competitions you can enter to win prizes. Not only do you have the chance to snag fab prizes or thousands of dollars in cash but competitions are a great way to test the limits of your creativity and improve your technical skills.

Check out Photo Contest Insider for a full list of competitions to enter

Try your hand at influencer marketing

There are loads of influencer marketing agencies and apps out there like Tribe, Hypetap and Scrunch. Usually you'll need to have a minimum of 5,000 followers to participate, high engagement and be regularly producing quality content. The only catch with some of these apps like Tribe is you’ll need to create the content first and pitch for the work with no guarantee you’ll get paid!

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How to Make Money as a Photographer on Instagram? - Pixobo

Entering photography was tough 10 or 15 years ago. From the costs of the cameras and equipment up to the print publication, photography wasn’t simply accessible to the average person. However, with the emergence of smartphones and social media, especially with the photo-sharing social network Instagram, photographic work can now reach a much larger audience.

With a user base reaching 1 billion active users (as of June 2018), Instagram is a huge platform for professional photographers where they can show their work to the world. Even just amateurs and photography enthusiasts are taking advantage of what is virtually a free photo exhibit. With this in mind, lots of Instagram users out there (also known as Instagrammers) are also using this platform to make money.

You might ask, is it really possible to make money off of Instagram? Just to give you an idea, Kim Kardashian actually netted $500,000 off only one Instagram post in 2015, which is more than the monthly salary of the US president!

You might say, “But I’m no Kim Kardashian! I’m not popular nor mainstream! I’m just an ordinary butt-ugly guy who loves shooting breath-taking photos and posting them on Instagram. How can I make money off that?”

Of course, you won’t make $500,000 off one Instagram post right away. It takes hard work if you want to be successful at anything, and the same goes for making money out of your Instagram photos.

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How Much Money Can a Photographer Make Through Instagram?

Before we go on further, just how much money can a photographer make through Instagram?

According to Business Insider, depending on the number of followers and their engagement, a single sponsored Instagram post can net between $500 to $1500 for an account with a little over 100,000 followers.

For accounts with over 1 million followers, they can make six-figure incomes and as much as $9000 per post.

For those with a smaller following, the figure varies. Tribe, which is a tech company providing an online marketplace for brands looking for popular Instagram accounts has shared these figures in relation to the number of followers:

So whether you’re a seasoned professional photographer or an enthusiast who do photography as a hobby and wants to make a living out the photos and selfies that you’re shooting from your smartphone, I’m gonna show you the ways you can make money as a photographer in Instagram and how you can attract more followers.

How to Make Money as a Photographer on Instagram?

1. Selling Your Photographs

Yes, this can actually work on Instagram because your photos are limited to 1080px by 1080px on the social media platform. And if your photos are truly captivating and inspirational, people would want the high-resolution versions of those.

Daniel Arnold, a Brooklyn-based photographer made $15,000 in one day selling his collection of photographs he took while walking the streets with an iPhone. And this was 2014 when he only had his email to send his stock pictures.

Now you can post your photographs on Instagram and use mediums in which you can upload and sell your stock photos like Twenty20, 500px, and Foap. Depending on the platform and size of the photo, you can sell each photo for $5 to $10. And because the people buying your photographs are not buying the rights to your photos, you can sell the same photo over and over again.

Related: 17 Best Websites To Sell Your Photography (With Tips On Most Profitable Photos To Sell!)

You can also sell your photos as prints on another product using services such as Printful and Teelaunch which lets you put your photos on phone cases, posters, pillows, and more.

Another method you can try is to post some of your photos on Instagram to tease your followers and put a link to your Patreon account where they can pay a fee to become a “patron” in order to view your entire collection. The fee for being a patron starts at $5 and will vary depending on the levels of membership and the amount of gated content that you’ll provide.

Related: Profitable Photography: Selling Stock Photos For Beginners

2. Offer a Paid Service

Are you a professional photographer offering services on special occasions like weddings or anniversaries?

Instagram is your best pick for boosting your photography business. Finding prospective clients can be hard but you can leverage Instagram to promote your business and spread the word to your local area.

Post your best shots that you got from covering events and make sure to use the right hashtags and geotags (more on that later) so clients in your local area or the vicinity where you do your photo coverage will definitely notice you and will consider booking with you.

Once you’ve built a good amount of followers, it’s time for the next step…

Related: 7 Tips On How To Promote A Photography Business On Instagram

3.

Be an Influencer

This is the next step and the most important one in making six-figure income through the social media platform. With the staggering amount of users browsing Instagram every day, it’s no wonder that brands are seeing Instagram as a powerful advertising tool.

Investing in Instagram marketing actually guarantees more sales compared to traditional advertising on TV or in print. That’s where you come in.

Basically, an influencer is anyone who’s built a large following and an online reputation by creating great content and sharing them on different social networking mediums like Youtube and Instagram, thus having the reach and influence.

Brands are struggling to do this so they partner with influencers instead to spread awareness about their products. The thing is, you don’t need to have a massive amount of followers in order to land sponsorship from a brand and become an influencer.

Remember, having hundreds of thousands or even millions of followers doesn’t always equate to more money from being an influencer (because 100,000 fake followers won’t amount to much). It’s your followers’ loyalty and engagement (the number of likes, comments, and shares) to your content that counts.

Neil Patel says: “If you have 1000 followers who are engaged, the potential to make money is there. The sweet spot is between 3000 to 5000 followers so you would want to build up to this amount before you engage in influencing.”

The influencer industry could be set to explode. It was worth $1 billion in 2017 but could soar as high as $10 billion by 2020. Also, 80% of influencers prefer Instagram for brand collaboration, so no wonder there are 8 million business profiles on the social media platform.

As you can see, the influencer industry is a billion-dollar business. If you have a modest following of a few thousand (coined as a micro-influencer), small startup brands will enlist you to advertise their products usually for between $5 and $20 a post.

However, once you acquire a large number of engaged followers, the amount that you can earn can rack up real quick. Top influencers can actually charge brands $500 to $30,000 per post.

Once your reputation as a photographer on Instagram has grown big enough, the bigger and more popular brands will likely find you. But you can also reach out to them directly by enlisting yourself on influencer marketplaces like Shoutcart, Tribe, Fohr Card, or Grapevine.

However, as a photographer, you have to be careful of finding the balance between posting your content and sponsored posts. People follow you because they are interested and want to keep seeing your quality content. You’ll most likely turn off prospective followers if they only start to see sponsored posts.

4. Affiliate Marketing on Instagram

This is very similar to being an influencer, however, the Instagrammer is more focused on making sales for the brands in exchange for a commission rather than just spreading awareness for the brand. This can be done by adding a tracked link to the bio section of your profile or in the caption of each post.

There are marketplaces that offer affiliate programs like Amazon and ClickBank, so consider visiting these sites if you’re interested.

All of these money-making methods on Instagram are good and all, but they’d all be in vain if you don’t have a good photo-shooting device and a good amount of followers.

The DSLR vs. Smartphone Debate: What Device Should You Use to Take Photos?

There’s a saying that your best camera is the one you always have with you. The beauty of having a smartphone is it’s very quick to take out your phone to shoot those rare picture-perfect moments that you can post on Instagram.

However, no matter how good your smartphone camera is, it is still significantly inferior to the quality of images a DSLR or mirrorless camera can produce. With DSLRs, you can manipulate aperture, depth of field, focus, and even change your lenses depending on the situation.

They also produce RAW pictures that have much more detail than JPEGs and are much more capable of producing good shots under low lighting. So if you have the funds to invest on a DSLR camera, please do so.

Related: Is Buying A DSLR Worth It?

The smartphone crowd might argue that cameras on smartphones are improving rapidly as more high-end smartphones are introduced every year.

However, the technology behind DSLR camera sensors is also improving massively. This means even if the smartphone camera improves to a point of taking the same quality of pictures that a DSLRs can shoot today, the camera sensor technology of a DSLR or a mirrorless camera would have improved relatively so the former will always be inferior to the latter.

That’s not to say that smartphones are not capable of producing high-quality professional shots. If you’re not willing to spend some money on a DSLR camera, your smartphone camera should be sufficient when it comes to the quality of the images.

Related: 5 Reasons Why Some Phone Cameras Are Better Than A DSLR Camera

However, don’t just use any smartphone camera. An average person can discern the difference between a beautiful, well-composed photograph and a grainy, pixelated picture of your flower pot in your backyard.

Though the latest flagships of iPhone or Samsung might seem pricey, there are much more affordable high-quality shooters out there like the OnePlus 6 and Huawei Honor 10.

Check out this list of the best smartphones that can be used for photography.

Related: Sony A6400: Best Camera For Vloggers?

How to Promote Your Photography Profile on Instagram and Increase Your Followers

Over 95 million photos are shared daily on Instagram but 70% of these posts don’t get seen. And if your posts don’t get seen, you’re unlikely to attract new followers and brands will never find you.

So you want to take photography seriously, take it to a whole new level and make money as a photographer on Instagram?

The first step is to attract loyal and engaged followers. Sure you can use hacks and tricks to build your follower count to a value that might look attractive to brands. That doesn’t mean anything if you have very few likes, comments, and shares on your content. So here are the tips on how to build your follower count:

1. Create a Proper Profile

Put on a really good profile image that looks professional. Or a good photo of your main subject matter that defines your photography niche. Use a “logo” that is easy to memorize and remember. Put on a description that will draw the attention of prospective followers. Provide a link back to your other social media channels, website or blog.

Related: Instagram Photography Names Step by Step Tutorial for Photographers

2. Focus on a Particular Niche

Your niche will define your particular brand of photography. Your followers will expect you to maintain a particular subject matter when you post your photos. It’s not wrong to delve into other niches but as much as possible concentrate on a specific type such as travel, landscapes, food, fashion, or a particular type of photography.

Related: What Is The Most Profitable Photography Niche?

3. Post Your Best Photographs

Be selective on the images that you’ll upload. Pick the most stunning and compelling images from your collection. It doesn’t matter what type of gimmick you’re gonna use to drive traffic to your Instagram profile. You’re not gonna do well if your photographs are not awesome.

Choose the ones that are relevant to your niche and you know are valuable to your followers. You don’t want to turn them off with irrelevant content.

Related: 13 Most Popular Types Of Instagram Photos That Will Get You More Likes And Followers

4. Be Personal to a Certain Extent

You can post your personal photos like your day-to-day life, important life moments, or behind the scene shots but keep it to a minimum. Generally, follow the 80/20 rule: 80% of your posts for your brand of photography while the remaining 20% for your personal and behind the scene posts.

5. Post Consistently but Do Not Overdo It

1 to 2 quality posts per day is much better than 5 “nothing special” posts. Keep your audience interested by posting regularly but not too much as to annoy them. Schedule your posts and stick to it. Generally, the best times to post on Instagram are in the morning at around 10 am and another one at night after dinner.

6. Use #Hashtags and Geotags

Once you tap the search bar on the Instagram app, you can search in different categories such as the Top posts, People, Tags, and Places. Hashtags always start with a # sign, and they’re a great way for others to easily find photos on Instagram with a specific theme or content.

If you can use hashtags cleverly, you can definitely attract new followers this way. The general rule is to keep your hashtags from 5 to 10 per post. You can add more, but it will look spammy and cheap.

Geotag is a link to the specific location of your post. If you enable “Add Location” to your Instagram settings, it will be added automatically, or you can add it manually. This way your posts will appear when another Instagrammer searches for a specific location on Places category.

So what’s a clever way of using hashtags so your posts can appear on top of searches more often?

For example, you took a beautiful photo of cherry blossom trees in Kyoto, Japan. Before you post your photo, make a little hashtag research first on Instagram. Searching for #cherryblossom reveals 5.3 million posts which means using this hashtag alone will not generate views for your photo.

The hashtag #cherryblossomtree has 70.1K posts, which is a lot smaller but still a large pool of posts. If you make your search a little more specific like say #kyotocherryblossoms or #kyotosakura, this will reveal a couple of hundred to a few thousand posts.

You would want to use a mixture of hugely popular hashtags and small ones to your posts to make sure you have a wide range of people seeing them.

Then finally, add a hashtag that is unique to your brand of photography like say #<your name or your brand’s name>photography.

Also, a word of advice: consider adding a #sponsored hashtag when you post sponsored content to respect your followers’ trust.

Related: Best Instagram Photography Hashtags To Use As A Photographer

7. Use Filters

Especially if you’re using a smartphone. Ditch the Instagram filters and use app-specific filters to your photos before posting them. There are several filter apps out there but one of the more popular ones is VSCO. If you’re well-versed in using Adobe CC products like Lightroom, you can use that to make your photos look more amazing.

Related: Do Photographers Edit Their Photos?

8. Be Creative on Your Captions

Captions are your chance to elicit an emotional response to your followers. This will keep your audience engaged and people will most likely follow you if you have compelling captions.

Try to do storytelling on your posts. If you’re doing wedding photography for an instance, you can write down a short story about how the groom proposed to her bride. Use open-ended questions to trigger a discussion from your followers in the comments section.

9. Get Your Followers Involved

Interact with them. Reply to their comments. A great technique that some Instagrammers use is to run a giveaway. Create a contest with the prize being a signed print of one of your best stock photographs or a product with a print of your images. This is a great way of attracting more followers.

10. Build a Relationship with Other Photographers

Find and follow other Instagrammers within your niche. Compliment their work. They will most likely respond and follow you back and this will also increase your exposure as well.

Follow these tips and most likely, you’ll build a good amount of following on Instagram. And this way, you’ll be more visible to other brands and they will likely collaborate with you to create sponsored posts so you can make money as a photographer on Instagram.

As with other money-generating businesses, success doesn’t come overnight unless you go viral which is very hard to do. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication.

Patience is key. Don’t be discouraged if you don’t get much traction from other people. Just stick to what you do best, slowly build your audience over time so you’ll eventually – and hopefully – make money.

And the most important thing is you gotta love what you do. Passion is what drives most people to success.

Related: Instagram Rules And Regulations For Photographers

6 ways to make money on Instagram posting photos

Table of contents:

1 Is it possible to make money on Instagram posting photos?
2 ways, how to receive money for photos on Instagram
- 2.1 photos of photographs
- 2.2 Content for other people
- 2.3 Sale of services
3 alternative methods of earnings on Instagram
- 3.1 Advertising
- 3.3 Selling training courses
4 Questions from our readers

Who knew that the people we laughed at in 2008 would be in such high demand today? Everyone remembers this boom, when half of the creative graduates rushed to enter the photographers and video editors. Do you remember how they laughed and said: “Well, where will you work? Filming weddings? Today, the picture has changed dramatically, specialists in this area have many opportunities to earn money via the Internet. Instagram has become one of the tools that opened the curtain on the world of photography. Let's talk about how to make money on Instagram by posting photos.

Is it possible to make money on Instagram posting photos?

There are many ways to make money in social networks: from completing penny tasks to entire online stores that operate exclusively on communication services. Such sites come in different directions: on VKontakte, for example, this is text, and on Instagram - photos and videos. Therefore, the question "How to make money on Instagram in the photo?" quite logical. The answer will please you: of course you can. And in what ways to do this, let's talk further.

Ways to get paid for photos on Instagram

Running Instagram itself consists of posting photos. But what are the specific ways? First of all, we will consider direct ways to earn money, and then indirect ones.

Photos for sale

The most obvious. You can make an entire portfolio by posting your own work. Place a watermark, name a price, and build your promotion to attract customers. Moreover, you must be aware of the latest news and be zealous about your work. Otherwise, the story will repeat itself with artists who simply steal other people's work and earn on them.

Creating content for other people

Instagram has a very high demand for quality images. Therefore, people who make cool content will not sell. Provided that they are promoted or collaborate with someone.

Sale of services

Photo shoots are now also in vogue. People want to put good pictures on the Internet. There are also retrogrades that collect real paper photo albums, in which you can’t invest anything.

Alternative ways to make money on Instagram for photographers

It cannot be that the income consists only in the ways already listed. Cunning and enterprise: these traits are common to all nations. And in terms of making money on Insta, people were able to find other ways.

Advertising

Collaboration with brands can provide you with a decent income. If you have a large and active audience, then advertising posts will sell like hot cakes. In general, good pictures are the key to success in a social network.

Partner programs

This is perhaps the most universal way to generate income. Good content will draw attention to the words that you have placed under it. And there may be an affiliate link, by clicking on which users will bring you some money.

Sales of training courses

Education courses are doing very well on Instagram. The typical Instagram user isn't just a TP who exclusively photographs food. One of the trends is self-education and obtaining skills for additional or even other basic income. Photography courses are a great option in this regard.

How to make money on Instagram posting photos? This is a fairly general question, because all the activity on this site is precisely this. So, when a blogger takes pictures of himself in the gym on his phone and advertises Nike, this is also income from uploading photos. In this article, we talked about how a photographer can realize himself in this social network.

Questions from our readers

#1. Can you make money by uploading other people's photos to Instagram?

You can, but it's illegal and your account can be blocked at any time.

#2. Are there orders for photos on Instagram?

Yes, these are mainly online stores that need high-quality photos of their goods. But to find such an order is quite difficult.

#3. I photograph various landscapes, architectural structures, etc. How do I sell photos for Instagram?

You can sell such photos not only for Instagram, register on photo stocks, and put your work up for sale there.

If you still have questions, ask them in the comments. Also watch videos on the topic.

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Content plan for a photographer (2022) - What to write about and how to manage Instagram for a photographer?

I am often asked how should a photographer manage Instagram? What to write about? Where do you get ideas for posts? In this article, you will learn the basics of creating a content plan that works in 2022.

Let's start with the fact that a photographer, like any other specialist, should start with the basics: target audience analysis, positioning, account packaging, and only then think about a content plan.

In this article you will learn:

Description and profile header

Before your content, the first thing a visitor to your account sees is the description. Therefore, let's go over the main nuances in the profile header and highlights.

In the "Name" field in the profile settings , enter the keywords that will help you find potential clients who are interested in a photo session here and now. The main such phrase for you is “ photographer ”. I also advise you to add the city in which you work here.
For example: Photographer Moscow .
The first line in the profile description is a hook. Avoid standard, boring phrases, do not write your first and last name. Add here a description of the audience's pain or problem .
For example: Need photos for Instagram?
The following lines are your tuning and benefits. How are you different from other photographers? Why book a photo shoot with you? What are your advantages and benefits?
For example: First photos in 2 hours .
The last line is call to action . Think about what you want the profile visitor to do? Signed up for a photo session? Did you write in messenger?
For example: Sign up for a photo session at the link .
Next we have a link. Make a simple page with a description of the service and contact details. I am for you to have your own website, but if you are not ready yet, then use services like taplink.ru , mssg.me , linktr.ee and analogues.

We go down and rest against the "Actual Stories" or as they are also called - highlights.

Read also: how to blog on Instagram in 2022.

Current stories

Here you can select stories that will be in front of readers. The photographer can post reviews here, the photo shoot process, the retouching process, his training, portfolio, photo shoot schedule.

Highlights are a great tool to connect with your audience. Subscribers see them even earlier than posts, so don't fill them with junk in the form of your latest meals and trips to Turkey. In relevant stories, you can answer questions people are interested in:

Schedule and available dates . You can update this story once a week, people don't have to ask for free dates. Both you and them save time.
BTS or backstage . Show bright moments from your shootings: unusual shots, funny moments, funny cases.
Prices . Don't be like a cuckoo who only lists prices in Direct. Be transparent, tell about the cost of your services and possible discounts for a birthday or when buying several photo shoots.

For more information on the design of the hat, read the large material about the profile header.

An example of a photographer's content plan

Content plan is a publication schedule for a profile. Most often, it is done in the form of a table that includes four elements: date and time, heading, post purpose, and hashtags. Of course, this is an approximate structure and you can add the details you need to the plan.

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Make a content plan for your blog, do not blindly copy tables from the Internet. Always consider the features of your account. For example, I'll show you what a content plan for a photographer might look like:

Note that the example alternates between different types of content. You don't bombard readers with only helpful or engaging posts. You work in balance, because this is what a content plan is for.

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Post topics for a photographer

Below is a list of 10 ideas for your posts, but it's important that you know how to find them yourself. Topics for posts come when you know your target audience and keep an idea bank. So, what can you write to the photographer about:

Examples of work - post edited photos. Try to match photos to each other, thanks to this technique, the Instagram profile will look holistic. People subscribe to stylish profiles and put more likes.
Show the technique you use and explain why Nikon is better than Canon (or vice versa).
Give advice to models on how to loosen up and not look like a tree in the photo (hello, this is about me).
Make a list of things to bring to the photo session.
Tell us about 's plans - what, who or where will you shoot in the near future.
Raise controversial topics - only such that ordinary people understand what the subject of the dispute is.
Post acquaintance . Such a post can be published on a regular basis, for example, once a month. The number of your subscribers does not stand still, and you grow as an expert and can tell you exactly how: you bought equipment or received training in lighting.
Tell stories that happened during photo shoots. For example, I needed a small pin for my wedding. No one had it, except for the photographer.
Show clients exactly what your work is . For example, renting a studio, arrangements with a make-up artist, an hour of work, 10 processed photos, a flash drive as a gift, etc.
Customer testimonials . Feel free to record video reviews immediately after the photo session. If everything went smoothly, then the client is satisfied, the client's eyes are burning and the review will turn out to be sweet.
Answer subscribers' questions . Try to respond promptly both in a personal and in the comments. Especially when it comes to prices. Be transparent and do not write “Answered in PM”. It's infuriating.

If you're having a hard time coming up with ideas for posts, you're trying too hard. Let go of your muse, turn on your powers of observation and start keeping a bank of ideas. And do not forget to use delayed posting, it saves a lot of time.

Stories for a photographer

Information for beginners. Stories is a content format where you can post photos or videos. The maximum length of the video is 15 seconds, the link in the story can be placed when the account has 10 thousand subscribers.

Photographers can post to stories:

Workflow . Show readers how meticulously you prepare for the shooting, meet with clients, how the photo shoot goes.
Pieces of life . You don't have to be an expert in a jacket and a camera around your neck. Be human, show your values, talk about loved ones or what you value in life.
Before and after . For example, before and after retouching, screw in a poll like: “How is it better?”. People will see your work and get involved - that's what you need.
Finished work . Can you publish a series of finished photos, talk about the nuances of shooting, maybe some funny story happened at the photo shoot?
Customer testimonials . Screenshots of correspondence, designed pictures, audio messages, videos - use all possible and available options.
Reader surveys . Let's add an element of involvement, ask subscribers what topics they are interested in, what they are worried about before the photo shoot.

In stories you have a huge scope for creativity, you are only limited by your imagination. Well, the rules of Instagram. For example, you can't post pictures or videos of women's nipples.

Profile promotion

I understand that you want secret secrets, but I have to disappoint you. The promotion of a photographer on Instagram is no different from the promotion of other professionals. All actions are quite simple and banal:

Make quality content : beautiful photo + meaningful text. This will allow you to keep the attention of subscribers and reduce the cost of attracting new readers.
Be friends with big bloggers in your city . Do joint projects and photo shoots, agree that a photo is from you, from a blogger post mentioning the photographer's account. The main thing is to talk about the nuances BEFORE starting work.
Buy ads from bloggers . In order to be recommended, it is not absolutely necessary to work with someone, you can simply pay for a post or recommendation in stories. Advertising with bloggers is a great way to promote when no one agrees to barter from point #2.
Run targeted ads . Without targeted advertising, not a single large Instagram profile is promoted. Only through this method of promotion can you reach a really large number of subscribers.
Use hashtags and geotags . Put hashtags in the first comment, do not publish them in the body of the post. Use 5-10 thematic and medium frequency hashtags. Don't use high frequencies like #followforfollow, #girl, #summer. This is garbage that will not bring you new customers.
Links to your Instagram in other social networks. networks or on the site.
Remove Reels . The new short video format is great for photographers and also allows you to reach new audiences for free. You only need to create cool content and choose the right hashtags. Read how to record your first rils on Instagram and get thousands of views tomorrow.
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