# How to Get Your First 1,000 Instagram Followers \| Ep\. \#489

**URL:** https://www.singlegrain.com/episodes/marketing-school/how-to-get-your-first-1000-instagram-followers-ep-489/  
**Published:** 2017-12-02  
**Updated:** 2017-12-19  
**Author:** Selena Templeton  
**Summary:** In episode \#489, Eric and Neil give advice on how to increase the number of your Instagram followers\. A lot of it is as simple as interacting and engaging others\.\.\.  

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In episode #489, Eric and Neil give advice on how to increase the number of your Instagram followers. A lot of it is as simple as interacting and engaging others on the social media platform. Listen in for more specific advice on how to get your first thousand followers.

**Time-Stamped Show Notes:

- \[00:28\] Today’s Topic: _How to Get Your First 1,000 Instagram Followers_
- \[00:44\] Gaining [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/) followers by doing “shout for shout”
- \[01:59\] Promote your social media profiles by cross-linking them all and linking to them from your website.
- \[02:58\] It’s harder to rank on Google organically, because if it wasn’t, they wouldn’t get money from ad revenue.
- \[03:14\] If you have an email list, link to your social media profiles in your blasts.
- \[03:50\] Interact and engage on Instagram to make your profile more visible.
- \[04:35\] That’s it for today!
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