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Derek Videll: Social Media Marketing•www.socialbamboo.com

Ever feel like social media is wasting your business's time? Well, let's fix that!

The online marketing world is ever changing, so allow me to stay on top of these changes and how to respond to them for you. This show will give you your social media marketing news as well as your plan of action. We'll mostly focus on how to grow on Instagram, but also cover Facebook Ads, YouTube, TikTok, and any emerging social media platforms as well. To hear social media updates first, watch out for my Instagram stories @derekvidell then look to this podcast for a detailed explanation on what to do. For additional free and paid growth resources, go to https://www.socialbamboo.com. You can also check out my new podcast Instagram Marketing Pros to be the first to know of any changes to the Instagram app or algorithm.

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16: How to Gain 100 Followers in the Next 24 Hours

NEWER TO INSTAGRAM? You'll want to Start with my FREE Insta Accelerator Course before you listen to another episode, promise! In order to conduct my 100 followers in 24 hours experiment, I set up an Instagram for this podcast! Genius, huh. 🙄 I was able to collect just under 100 followers in the first 24 hours and did so without using the follow/unfollow strategy or asking my friends to follow my account! Find out more on how to do so in this episode and check out @derekvidell for a visual aid o...

Jan 13, 2019•4 min

15: How to Cross Pollinate Between Social Media Platforms

So you have a following on one social media platform or perhaps a lot of traffic coming to your blog and you’d like to convert that following to your Instagram account? In this episode, I will teach you my favorite strategy for cross pollinating between social media platforms in a way that will benefit you so much more than just gaining Instagram followers. Convert your Instagram followers over to other social media platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and even collect their emai...

Jan 11, 2019•10 min

14: How to Repost with Originality (SEE DESCRIPTION)

This strategy does not work NEARLY as well in 2021 as it did before 2019. This is because Instagram now slightly diminishes the reach on reposted content and people are much more likely to follow original content pages long term. SO! You'll want to Start with my FREE Insta Accelerator Course before you listen to another episode, promise! Has it been hard for you to come up with new content to post every single day? It can certainly be difficult when you’re always relying on making your own origi...

Jan 11, 2019•15 min

13: Effective Commenting on Instagram

NEWER TO INSTAGRAM? You'll want to Start with my FREE Insta Accelerator Course before you listen to another episode, promise! This episode is from 2019 and the course is made for 2021! So you’ve done your regular post for the day, thrown a couple story posts up, and now you’re wondering what else you should be doing to get more profile visits and followers? A possible answer for you could be what I like to call "Comment Blitzing". I will explain to you what "Comment Blitzing" is and describe to ...

Jan 10, 2019•9 min

12: Is Instagram Right for my Business?

NEWER TO INSTAGRAM? You'll want to Start with my FREE Insta Accelerator Course before you listen to another episode, promise! It's updated for 2021 this episode is from 2019! Is Instagram a platform for SOME businesses or for ALL businesses? If you find yourself using other forms of social media like YouTube or Facebook, is it even worth your time to set up an Instagram account if it's not going to be your main social media platform? Find out in this episode if it’s worth it for you to get your ...

Jan 08, 2019•5 min

11. Sending Web Traffic through Deep Links to Grow your Instagram Following

Have you ever wondered how certain links prompt your phone to “Open in App”? They do so with a business strategy called deep linking and in this quick episode I teach you why it is so important to use with your Instagram profile and how you can create deep links right away, for free! urlgeni.us This is especially important when sending traffic from Instagram to YouTube because you want them to be logged in when you send them to your video so they can easily like and subscribe! Also be sure to ge...

Jan 08, 2019•5 min

10: Running an Effective Sale on Instagram

So you get how to grow your Instagram following but don’t know how to effectively run a sale on Instagram? Or perhaps you’ve done some paid posts, but find you’re at best breaking even when using the same ad copies you’ve run on other platforms? In this episode, I detail how to use your own following and the power of a trending post to reach enough people organically to convert sales. Learn what changes need to be made before taking an ad you’ve run on a different social media platform and bring...

Jan 06, 2019•23 min

9: Increase Display Time on Image Story Posts

Currently, Instagram lets you run 15 second video clips or 5 second image clips when posting to your story. That's not a very long time to get your message across! However, using the hack I teach in this episode, you can get images to display for a total of 15 seconds on your Instagram story. Thus increasing the time a viewer has to read or swipe up! This is a quick episode but an important tip for you to utilize, so be sure to not miss out! Thanks for listening! Derek Videll @Derek Videll NEWER...

Jan 06, 2019•3 min

8: Is Follow/Unfollow a Good Strategy in 2019?

NEW TO INSTAGARAM? Get my FREE Insta Accelerator Course as your first order of business! We are no longer still in the times of giving all our Instagram followers a follow back. Because let's face it, this isn't Facebook and we don't have to follow every one who follows us like accepting a friend request on Facebook would do. So in this episode, I will outline to you what it means to use the Follow/ Unfollow strategy and whether or not it is a method you should use. Follow, unfollow has been one...

Jan 04, 2019•9 min

7: Targeting Followers in a Specific Area

NEWER TO INSTAGRAM? You'll want to Start with my FREE Insta Accelerator Course before you listen to another episode, promise! Ever wonder how to not just get followers, but followers specific to a certain location or population? Perhaps you’re a brick and mortar store trying to bring in local customers or you’re trying to get followers that are from your target demographic with online marketing. Listen to this episode to learn the 3 biggest things you could be doing to target your dream customer...

Jan 03, 2019•8 min

6: 3 Tips to Increase Engagement on your Instagram Posts

On a platform that encourages people to just keep scrolling, how can you create posts that people will actually stop and look at? Here are three simple tips you can apply right away to increase the engagement on your Instagram posts. These are easy and applicable tips that work! No excuses, try them out for yourself to see the benefits they can have! Learn how to influence more likes, comments, and shares on your next 13 minute commute :) Thanks for listening, Derek Videll @igmsecrets is now @de...

Jan 02, 2019•13 min

5: How to Test Hashtags (NOW OUTDATED SEE DESCRIPTION)

This strategy unfortunately no longer works! Which totally sucks because it was so useful. So instead, I recommend you Get my FREE Insta Accelerator Course to learn how to find the best hashtags in your market with current 2021 Instagram marketing strategies! Enjoy! ----- Hosted by Derek Videll Want to Get Interviewed on this Show? Book Here Learn How to Run Profitable Facebook Ads Yourself: Complimentary Marketing Consultation Learn How to Get your Meta ads ROAS Over 5 DWY Meta Ads: Learn How t...

Jan 02, 2019•14 min

4: Getting Larger Instagram Accounts to Shout you out for FREE

NEWER TO INSTAGRAM? You'll want to Start with my FREE Insta Accelerator Course before you listen to another episode, I promise! This episode details the best way to do a "Shout out for shout out" on Instagram. Doing a "Shout out for shout out" (S4S) is a quick way to outreach to other Instagram accounts with a following similar to what you are trying to pursue! But there’s a right way to do it and a not so right way to do it. By listening to this episode you will learn the right way to do a S4S ...

Jan 02, 2019•11 min

3: When is the Best Time to Post on Instagram?

NEWER TO INSTAGRAM? You'll want to Start with my FREE Insta Accelerator Course before you listen to another episode, I promise! We've all heard the saying "timing is key," but did you ever think about applying this idea to when you post on Instagram? Posting on the right day and at the right time can have a major impact on how many people actually see your Instagram post. Two of the same posts could get a completely different amount of engagement when posted at different times. So what is the ke...

Dec 31, 2018•8 min

2: The Best Hashtag Strategy for Instagram in 2019

NEWER TO INSTAGRAM? You'll want to Start with my FREE Insta Accelerator Course before you listen to another episode, I promise! From this episode, you will learn how to use hashtags properly in a way that quickly grows your Instagram following. We will discuss the best strategy when using hashtags with your content to get followers from the right places. How many hashtags should you use? What kind of hashtags should you use? Are hashtags even necessary? All of these questions and more are answer...

Dec 31, 2018•12 min

1: Defining Your Account on Instagram: Picking a Specific Niche on Instagram to Own Your Space.

IF YOU'RE JUST GETTING STARTED I RECOMMEND YOU GET MY FREE INSTA ACCELERATOR COURSE BEFORE LISTENING TO ANY OTHER EPISODES! Get Insta Accelerator Course for FREE : www.igmsecrets.com/insta-accelerator In a world of millions of customers and thousands of businesses, niched down experts/specialists are the preferred “go to people” for information. Appealing to a niched down market is a quicker way to grow your Instagram following by directly reaching out to a specific market rather than trying to ...

Dec 31, 2018•4 min

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