Today we are going to a 30-day magic. This article will reveal the ultimate Instagram Growth Hacks that will bring your account from 0 to 10K followers in 30 days. Before we start, make sure you tighten your seat belt and stay focused because you need to work consistently to make this magic real.
We divided this growth hack in 4 weeks of a month for a total of 28 days and 2 days for coffee break.
This growth hack is for those people who have just created a new account with 0 followers. Our aim is to take it to 10K followers in 30 days.
Disclaimer: The 10K followers promise is an approximate value; the steps we are going to follow will give you an instant boost in followers count, and probably you will reach in Ks of followers very easily.
Week 01 : The TakeOFF
The first week will start with TakeOff, and we will establish a strong foundation for your Instagram account. This process includes the following steps:
Step 1 : Make your Instagram account pretty
Making your Instagram account pretty will start by adding the basic details, like.
Profile Name
Name is the Game. People always miss this very important detail while setting up their profile. For sure, your brand name is important, but its a search term. A well-written profile name should always have a searchable keyword in it.
for. e.g., If you have a restaurant whose name is New Delight, then always remember to include Restaurant word in it. That's where magic begins!
Username
You can't miss this one. A username is critical because its unique in the entire world. Its your ID on Instagram. Super searchable.
If you include a keyword in your username, it will make you visible to anyone who searches on Instagram as well as on Google.
Remember that all business and professional profiles on Instagram are publicly available on Google; though you can see the posts of the account, its username and name are searchable.
Profile Picture
Profile picture has nothing to do with search or discoverability, but it affects your account visitorsminds. If you are a business, make sure your logo is rememberable.
If you have a personal or professional account, then choose a theme color for yourself and stick to it. You can also create a logo, mascot, or signature for your personal profile.
Bio
There's nothing more important than updating your BIO. You get 150 magical characters to make your profile standout. You know what's the best thing. There's no limit to how many times you can change it.
- Name: Make sure you choose an easily searchable name for, e.g., if you are a restaurant, then include this word in your name.
- Username: Usernames are also searchable on Instagram, so make sure to include meaningful keywords.
- Profile picture: The profile picture is the second most important thing to add in your profile, though it is not searchable, but it helps people recognise your Instagram account.
- Bio: This is the most important detail of your profile. It is not just about your account but also makes your account searchable. Make sure to include necessary keywords in it.
- Links: Instagram introduced a new feature of adding multiple links that give you the opportunity to take your audience to the sales point or engage with you on other channels.
- Number of followers and following: Followers and Following counts are a number that usually proves the authenticity of your Instagram account, so make sure you follow only relevant accounts through your account.
- Avatar : Instagram Avataar is a pretty new feature of Instagram, but its quite popular among influencers. If your Instagram account represents your personal brand, you must utilize this feature.
- Thread Username: Threads is a new app launched by Facebook that has a smiller feature like Twitter (X). Creating and adding your Threads username in your account gives you an additional chance of better discoverability.
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Step 2 : Avoid Boring Start of Instagram Posting
Many of us care about adding a so called "Coming Soon Post" , "Launch Post", "Count-Down Post" in our fresh Instagram account. Just Don't Do IT
When you have 0 followers in your account, nobody is watching your post, no matter what it is.
What your Instagram account need is a Spark to turn on the Fire.
You need to start with the most engaging post that you can create with your capacity. Depending on the trends of Instagram, it's better to go with Reels or Videos.
If Instagram finds your Reels to be engaging to other users, it will automatically boost your Account from 0 Followers to few hundreds of followers in one shot.
Other engaging posts types are Live Stream, Carousel, Collaboration Posts etc.
Step 3 : Find your community
This is the last phase of Week 01, we will finish this week by finding a community of your Instagram account. There's an old saying...
"You can do anything in this world but not everything"
That means that no matter how much you try, not everyone is going to follow your account or watch your content. The Instagram algorithm works on user interests, which means your posts and videos will only be shown to specific people with specific interests. That will be your community.
Before finishing Week 01, try to find all popular Instagram accounts that create similar content like yours. If possible, create a list of all accounts in an Excel sheet.
These competitor accounts in your community will help you improve your content strategy, find the right audience, and grow your reach.
Week 02 : The Booster
Week 02 will start with a booster to increase followers on your Instagram account. Its a myth that you need content to get followers; the reality is...
You need people to increase followers.
Mind-blown right? That's how it works.
In the start of week 02, we will create at least three pieces of content, most probably reels, and post them. After that, you need to do networking.
There are few ways to do so...
1. DM your Community Leaders:
Hope you remember we created a list of Instagram Accounts in your community in first week; we are going to use it now. Drop a message to them asking for initial boost to your account. You can use the one of the following draft message to hook them up.
Hello, My name is [your personal name (don't use instagram username)], I have just started an Instagram account for the similar niche like you. I am really influenced by your work, and want to ask you something
Hi. My Name is [ your personal name ]. Your work inspired me to create similar kind of Instagram account. Can you give some time to help me out?
Hello, I have been following you for a long time and need to ask something about your work. Please reply.
You are really popular in this [ niche name ] community. How did you reach there?
These are one of the several ways to spark a conversation with your Instagram community leaders. They are at the top of your community, so probably they will not reply to every single message that pops up in their inbox.
Try to think of a way that will invite them for discussion. You need to create a bond with them so they will not hesitate to promote your account for free.
2. Like Booster
You might have seen or heard an account suspension notice while commenting or messaging insanely on Instagram. But you will never hear that an account get suspended because of liking alot of posts.
The reason behind it is Instagram love "Hearts." It means it will never suspend an account for liking posts, reels, stories, etc.
That's what we are going to use as a weapon.
You need to follow these simple steps:
- Go to other big Instagram accounts in your niche.
- Choose any post or reel from their profile.
- Go to the comment section of that post.
- Start liking other people's comments.
- Do it as much as you can.
If you still don't get why we did it, then let's understand what we just did.
Whenever you hit like on other comments, that person will get a notification that someone (you) liked his comment.
That notification will have your account clickable username. By clicking it, another person can easily come to your profile.
It will ultimately increase your profile visits and also increase the chance to get more followers if they like your profile, which we already made pretty in Week 01.
The good thing about this method is that its easy and effective. Since you chose the profile that has a similar niche as you, they most probably have the audience that you want.
3. Become a Story Donor
You might be thinking of creating an amazing Instagram story that will be seen by a lot of people.
But wait a second, you still have few followers to see your Instagram stories. So, It's time to be a Story Donor.
You need to follow the steps below:
- Go to your community leader's Instagram account.
- Choose any of the followers of that account.
- Post their follower's posts or reels on your Instagram story.
- This will give them free credit, and most likely they will follow you.
4. Broadcast Channels
If you are creating an Instagram account in 2025, then you most probably heard about Broadcast Channels. Its a kind of group chat but with some limitations. The good thing about Broadcast channel is it let you bulk message to people who are in the channel.
For creating a broadcast channel, you just need Instagram user IDs of people you want to add to the channel. You can find these IDs from your community leader's Instagram account's follower lists.
Once you create a broadcast channel with all the relevant audience, you can share the reel you have created or spark a discussion to engage the audience.
Week 03 : Content is Queen
After doing all the hustle mentioned for Week 02, you might have gained a few hundred followers on your Instagram account. So, Week 03 will be purely focused on creating content. This week we will create as much content as we can because Content is Queen.
The reason why we called Content is Queen because, unlike King, Queen looks pretty and attractive. Same way we want our content to catch the eyes of our audience.
While creating posts or reels, keep these points in mind:
1. Create Micro Posts
Don't waste your time creating a well-researched post; focus on creating micro posts. Try different topics within your niche, try remixing other reels, try question post. try a poll, etc.
2. Don't Sell
Even though you created Instagram account for business purpose, its never a good idea to sell in organic posts. Try creatng post that helps others, provide some information, or entertain them.
3. Make everything Attractive
If you feel your post cannot catch other's eye, DONT POST. Instagram is all about cathing user's attention and hold it. Try to make your first frame, first image attractive enough to move their eyeballs.
At this stage of your Instagram account, don't worry about likes, comments or saves. JUST focus on creating as much post as possible. IT ALL COUNTS LATER.
4. Focus on Instagram Hashtags:
Some marketer said Instagram hashtags are dead but the reality is its not easy to remove any of the popular Instagram features so quickly. You can still use Instagram hashtags to categorize your posts.
This give you another chance to experiment the right set of hashtags for your Instagram posts. If you are unsure about how hashtags work and how to use it then read our Ultimate Hashtags Strategy posts for a comprehensive explanation.
Week 04 : The Grand Finale
Congratulations! if you have reached till Week 04, Its going to be your Grand Finale to get most followers. You have created your account , made it pretty, create a network, and filled it with alot of posts.
Now its time to promote your brand. There are various ways you can try to get a flood of people coming to you.
1. Multi Channel Stream
If you jump out of Instagram, there are other effective channel stream that can help you bring people to your Instagram account. It includes:
- YouTube Channel
- Email Newsletter
- QR Gift Cards
- WhatsApp Channels
- WhatsApp Groups
- Blogging
- Telegram communities
- Discord Servers
2. Sharing is Daring
Even if you have reached few hundered followers already, don't hesitate to share other people posts, reels to your story.
Not just online, but you can also share about people around you, collaborate with them and create something together. Its all about building a real strong community.
Whenever you work with someone they become your brand promoter forever and keep promoting your brand for FREE.
3. Be the Real Creator
Being the Real Creator means you are always ready to participate in content creation, no matter if its for you or others. If you get a chance to create content for others. Go for it. Do it for free. In return, you will get broader reach, and better visibility.
4. Save and Spend
They need money to eat that's why its always good to spend some amount on your paid reach as well. In initial stage its recommended that you go for Brand Awarness Campaign. This type of Meta campaigns are quite effective to reach a large audience in very less budget.
Take a help of a marketer or explore yourself about the audience selection for your niche. Once you got your niche audience selected, get some of your content boosted inorganically.
5. Be consistent
Conclusion
Congratulations again! for completing this 1-month journey with us. We hope you have reached near to 10K followers till now. If not, world is not going to end tomorrow. You still have time to grow your account. We promise you to bring more blogs like this for Instagram growth hacks. Till then. Keep Growing.