I strongly advise against this, you will destroy your IG account!
There are tons of ways to gain followers that won't hurt your account, be patient.
If you need detailed instructions you can check out my eBook where I explain the methods for growing an IG account
You can prevent it by changing your username, by doing this your profile link will change and the bots will not be able to find your page.
Unfortunately you will have to remove the existing bot followers manually
You are completely right with wanting to grow organically, bot accounts will destroy your chances of that. I have also written an eBook where I talk about organic growth and what bot followers do to an account.
Yeah promoted posts are useless for growing your account, iWiking had a good tip already. There are many things you can do, like shoutouts, giveaways etc.
If you really want to know more I'd suggest you this eBook it has a lot of useful information that helps grow an IG account packed together
It really depends, there are a lot of ways of how you can work on your engagement rate and "save" your account again.
I would suggest that you try to resurrect your account but if you notice that it is hopeless just start over.
You need to know that a lot of people are facing a lower engagement on Instagram in general and this is due to one of their newer updates.
If you notice that things are hopeless you can just start over, check out this eBook about Instagram Growth to make sure that you keep a healthy account
There are a lot of things you can do to increase your engagement, I'll list some below
These are things that can help you out a lot, if you want more detailed information I would highly recommend you to read my eBook about Instagram marketing
I started one my account last month and got it to 1.1k followers. The first few stages are rough but once you got an engaging audience the growth becomes easier and faster.
I used the methods described in this eBook
Once you know what you need to do it's not as hard anymore
There are many methods for growing your account.
Use of Hashtags, Shoutouts, Engagement Groups, Engaging with other people on IG etc.
If you are really into growing your account you should check out this eBook it contains all you need.
Hey, it should be free in Canada as well, let me drop you the CA link
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08HY4B191
let me know if this works =)
It's from my eBook and you can find it on Amazon
If you want to help her grow her account then you should gift her this eBook it's a good start.
It is, you can mostly do it yourself tho if you learn how stuff works If you want to get into it I can recommend you my eBook about Instagram Marketing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HY4B191
You can do giveaways and paid shoutouts
I recommend you checking out this eBook it's a good investment if you want to learn more about Instagram growth
Create your own, this is the best and easiest way =)
if you are interested in more you could check out my recently published eBook which contains engagement groups and how to start one successfully
Thanks for the comment!
I actually have published a whole eBook with marketing methods, you can check it out on amazon
Here are all the local Amazon links I could find:
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