Post by Admin on May 8, 2018 11:24:17 GMT
Ask Questions with Text Overlay
If you want your questions to trigger a stronger response, you should add them as overlay text to your Instagram post image instead of just writing it in the caption.
Instagram is all about visuals. People mainly use it to look at beautiful images. This social network is designed to drive more attention towards the images in the posts too. Look at the above post from Sumome for example. The image occupies most of the space while the caption occupies only a fraction.
Hence, if you want even more people to read the question and respond with comments, you should add it to the image itself. You can expand on this question and write a longer version of it in the caption.
Note: Only do this if adding the overlay text will improve the image and get you more comments. If the overlay text ruins the image, you should not add it.
Respond to Comments
As previously mentioned, when people leave a comment, it takes a bit of effort. They need to think and come up with a good answer and then spend a little time typing it.
So, you should appreciate their effort by responding positively. Thank them for their comment and provide answers if they too ask questions. If you respond to comments, it will encourage them to leave more in the future. This will only strengthen your relationship with your followers.
If you don’t have the time to respond to all of them. Respond to a few at least.
Stella Parks of Bravetart regularly responds to comments made on her Instagram posts. This is one of the reasons why she gets a lot of comments.
Run Comment and ‘Tag to Win’ Contests
If you are struggling to get more comments on your Instagram posts, you should run ‘comment to win’ or ‘tag to win’ Instagram contests.
To take part in these contests, all people need to do is leave a meaningful comment on one of your Instagram posts or tag a friend in the comments. Both these contests can instantly get you a lot of comments – especially the tag to win contests, as some of the people who are tagged in the comments will check out your post and leave a comment too.
An example of a tag to win contest can be seen in this post from Cactusclubcafe. To take part in the contest, people needed to follow Cactus Club Cafe on Instagram and tag a shopping buddy. As you can see the post got over 2,700 comments. It actually got more comments than likes.
Work on Getting More Likes
A study by track maven found that on average you get 1 comment for every 33 likes. Therefore, if you work on getting mor
e likes, you will naturally get more comments. So, here are some other stats from the above study to help you get more likes…
Mayfair and #nofilter work best: The study found that images using the Mayfair filter on Instagram get the most interactions.
Those with no filter get the second highest number of interactions and those with Inkwell get the third highest.
Use 11 or more hashtags: You get more interactions on Instagram when you use 11 or more hashtags.
So, don’t be afraid to add several of them. The hashtags you use should be both popular and relevant to get the best results.
To find very specific hashtags, you can use a tool like Keyhole.
Publish on Sunday: The study also found that the best day to post is Sunday. If you have a new account or haven’t posted much in the past, you should publish your most important updates on Sunday. But if you have been posting for a while and have plenty of data, you should analyse your updates using an Instagram scheduling tool and find your best time and days.
Give Your Post a Paid Boost:
Although getting your post featured on a Channel is awesome, it isn’t enough. You need to help your post go red hot.
After your content gets attached to the channel, you need to quickly drive lots of traffic to it. This will help push your post to top of channel, as opposed to being just listed on the channel in fifth position (or wherever it ends up being shown).
You have to get to the top spot. How?
Spend a few bucks (no more than $50) on Facebook and Twitter promoted posts. This will help quickly drive lots of traffic to your LinkedIn post. Or Visit SMMSUMO.COM website they do provide High quality Facebook Followers with real User and 2 years of replacement protection on there each services with MoneyBack Guarantee.