Use Instagram hashtags for maximum exposure. Here is the hashtag strategy.

Use Instagram hashtags for
maximum exposure?

Here is the hashtag strategy:

Hashtags are very important if you want to promote
your posts to the audience who is not following you.
Hashtags on Instagram are used by a large number
of people who want to make their content discoverable
and this strategy works by using target hashtags.

Purpose of hashtags:

Hashtags are used to reach your post to the audience
who is not following you. It means you can make your post
reachable to the audience who does not know about your
existence only by including hashtags. Sounds awesome?

Isn’t it?

Well, some people believe that hashtags don’t work
and some say that they play an important role in promoting
your posts to people who are not in your followers.

INSTAGRAM HASHTAG STRATEGY TO GET EXPOSURE.

How to use hashtags

Hashtags work if we use them appropriately. Some people
only use 5 to 6 hashtags and some use more like 20 to 30

The best way to use hashtags is to add more as you can.
The more you use hashtags, the more your post can reach to the audience. I recommend using 30 hashtags because of the number of hashtags matter.

 And thirty hashtags are maximum. Surely, you can use maximum hashtags to expose your post. So start adding hashtags from today.

Comments vs caption

Some say that hashtags work when you put then in the
caption and some say they work when you add them in
comments. 

According to my experience, both of them work the same.
The caption or comments does not matter. The only thing
that matters is how you are adding and using them, how
precisely you are working on your content etc.

Which hashtags don’t work?

Banned hashtags don’t work. Instagram has banned some
hashtags ( permanently or temporarily) 

Banned hashtags may promote something inappropriate
or because of the users, hashtags got banned. 

How to know that hashtags are banned?

A very simple way to know that hashtags are banned is to
check your hashtags first before adding. Check their recent
post. If the recent posts are not visible, it means the hashtags are banned.

Always find hashtags before posting your content.
Find relevant hashtags for your post. When you go
through hashtags before posting, you will find some
relevant hashtags too and by checking recent posts
of certain hashtag.

 Hashtag searches will help you reach better than just randomly
add hashtags on your posts because if you haven’t searched
hashtags before then how do you know about users who are
using hashtags.

 If there is a gap of months in a recent post of the particular
hashtags then it clearly indicates that a certain hashtag may
not be able to help you reach. So always use those hashtags
that are frequently used. This helps you to reach your target
audience

List of banned hashtags:

#date

#dating

#desk

#DM

#ILoveMyInstagram

#InstaBaby

#IG*

#Hawks

#HotWeather

#FitnessGirlss

#HardWorkPaysOff

#Gloves

#HumpDay

#Lean*

#LoseWeight*

#Like*

#Leaves

#Lulu

#Master

#MirrorPhoto

#Models

#MustFollow

#Nasty

#NewYears

#NewYearsDay
#MileyCyrus

It clearly shows that #mileycurus is banned that's why the recent posts are hidden.

How to find the best hashtags?

It is not difficult to find the best hashtags. It only requires your
practice. Finding the best hashtags means finding hashtags of
your niche. 

Hashtags relevant to your niche means to add those hashtags
that are relevant to your content. For example, if my content
is about photography then it would become inappropriate if I
use hashtags of technology, painting, beauty, etc.

Hashtags that are irrelevant to your content can leave a bad
impression to the audience and in this way, you cannot find
your target audience

I’ve seen a lot of people using the wrong hashtags. When I go
through hashtags before posting, I also find irrelevant content
that does not fit into the hashtags. I also feel awkward when
I am searching for phones and there comes food.

So always use relevant hashtags and your niche hashtags to
get exposure.

Popular hashtags

Some people believe that if they use trendy hashtags, they can
reach more of their target audience but the fact is if the trendy
hashtags are “RELEVANT”

Let me share an example: An actor committed suicide and
people are using his hashtags because hashtags regarding
that actor are trending. So what does that mean? 

You shouldn’t use popular hashtags even if they are trendy
in your region unless your content is relatable. You shouldn’t
use hashtags related to the deceased in your food blog.

Also the “branded hashtags” do work too. You can make your
business hashtag but after a lot of research.
Branded hashtag means your business or company hashtag.

Here is the list of hashtags that are popular on Instagram :

#love

#tbt

#photooftheday

#picoftheday

#beautiful

#cute

#happy

#fashion

#beauty

#instamood

#photography

#instagram

Combination of hashtags

If you use hashtags that are only popular you cannot
reach your audience. You have to use a combination of
hashtags. It means using a combination of popular hashtags,
and some medium hashtags, then hashtags including 1000
or 100 posts.

This combination works for me so it can work for you too

Example:

If I am posting content about photography. I am supposed to
use hashtags about photography that are trending and using
some hashtags including thousands of posts and some that
have hundreds of posts

This combination helps you to reach the audience that has
the same interest as you. Always remember that using
hashtags of your niche can help you reach the audience of a
similar niche. In this way, you can grow by hashtags. 

Why people find hashtags useless

When you keep that thing in mind that hashtags won’t work
then how can they work for you? If you believe that hashtags
work then you will work on them. When we work on things,
they start working for us. 

When I started my Instagram account, I literally had no idea that hashtags work. After viewing a lot of stuff I started to work
on them.

Firstly, I used about 10 to 11 hashtags then I came to know that
30 hashtags are maximum then I started to add 30 hashtags on
my post and yes it worked. I don’t say they work a lot for me
but they do work.

If you are using specific hashtags repeatedly, your content
may get blocked by Instagram. So don’t use similar hashtags
repeatedly.

All this depends on your practice. It requires more practice to

have a grip on them and it will work for everyone

Stay consistent and use best hashtags, use your niche
hashtags and these will help you reach your target

audience and also make a community that will help you to
grow better.

Consistency is the best key that helps us to reach our objective.

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