Top Hashtag Tips – updated May 2020

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š—›š—”š—¦š—›š—§š—”š—šš—¦… I’m often asked what are you hashtags, do I need to use them ? ⁣ ⁣ Short answer is š—¬š—˜š—¦ !! ⁣ ⁣ š˜š˜¢š˜“š˜©š˜µš˜¢š˜Øš˜“ š˜¦š˜¹š˜±š˜°š˜“š˜¦ š˜ŗš˜°š˜¶š˜³ š˜±š˜°š˜“š˜µš˜“ š˜µš˜° š˜¢ š˜øš˜Ŗš˜„š˜¦š˜³ š˜¢š˜¶š˜„š˜Ŗš˜¦š˜Æš˜¤š˜¦ š˜£š˜ŗ š˜Øš˜³š˜°š˜¶š˜±š˜Ŗš˜Æš˜Ø š˜µš˜°š˜Øš˜¦š˜µš˜©š˜¦š˜³ š˜¤š˜°š˜Æš˜µš˜¦š˜Æš˜µ š˜“š˜° š˜µš˜©š˜¢š˜µ š˜Ŗš˜µ š˜¤š˜¢š˜Æ š˜£š˜¦ š˜§š˜°š˜¶š˜Æš˜„ & š˜Ŗš˜§ š˜ŗš˜°š˜¶ š˜¢š˜³š˜¦ š˜Æš˜°š˜µ š˜¶š˜“š˜Ŗš˜Æš˜Ø š˜µš˜©š˜¦š˜®, š˜µš˜©š˜¦š˜Æ š˜µš˜©š˜¦ š˜¤š˜©š˜¢š˜Æš˜¤š˜¦ š˜°š˜§ š˜ŗš˜°š˜¶š˜³ š˜±š˜°š˜“š˜µ š˜°š˜³ š˜±š˜³š˜°š˜§š˜Ŗš˜­š˜¦ š˜£š˜¦š˜Ŗš˜Æš˜Ø š˜§š˜°š˜¶š˜Æš˜„ š˜øš˜Ŗš˜­š˜­ š˜£š˜¦ š˜­š˜¦š˜“š˜“š˜¦š˜Æš˜¦š˜„.⁣ ⁣ Firstly though, lets talk about š—›š—”š—¦š—›š—§š—”š—š š—šš—¢š—”š—Ÿš—¦ ? ⁣⁣Do you have any ? Do you even know why you might need some..? ⁣⁣⁣Your hashtag goals are super important for effective instagram usage and growth and should aim to be as follows; ⁣⁣1) to make your post and account discoverable⁣ ⁣
2) to enable your posts to trend in š—§š—¢š—£ š—®š—»š—± š˜š—µš—² š—„š—˜š—–š—˜š—”š—§ šŸµ š—½š—¼š˜€š˜š˜€ š—¶š—» š˜€š—²š—®š—æš—°š—µ ⁣⁣3) to help you gain exposure to new accounts over a period of 1-2 days⁣⁣4) š˜š—¼ š—µš—²š—¹š—½ š˜†š—¼š˜‚ š—“š—²š˜ š—æš—²š—½š—¼š˜€š˜š—²š—± š—®š—»š—± š—µš—¼š—½š—²š—³š˜‚š—¹š—¹š˜† š—Æš˜† š—®š—°š—°š—¼š˜‚š—»š˜š˜€ š˜„š—¶š˜š—µ š—® š—¹š—®š—æš—“š—²š—æ š—³š—¼š—¹š—¹š—¼š˜„š—¶š—»š—“ š˜š—µš—®š—» š˜†š—¼š˜‚š—æ š—¼š˜„š—»! ⁣⁣For hashtags to even work on Instagram your profile HAS to be public, otherwise don’t bother using them šŸ™‚ .. ā£ā£š—”š—¼š˜„ š˜†š—¼š˜‚ š—øš—»š—¼š˜„ š—Ŗš—›š—¬ you want to be using hashtags and how important they are here are my š˜š—¼š—½ 10 hashtag tips…
⁣ ⁣ 1) Use Hashtags in both your grid posts & your Instagram stories, for exposure. ⁣ ⁣ 2) Think of hashtags as š—žš—˜š—¬ š—Ŗš—¢š—„š——š—¦. Use ones specific to your business niche and brand. ⁣ ⁣ 3) Avoid using hashtags with too many uses, if an account is under 10k followers try sticking to hashtags that have under 100,000 uses.⁣ ⁣ 4) If you add your hashtags to your 1st comment make sure these are posted š—®š˜€š—®š—½, within the1st 1-2 minutes for the algorithm to take them into consideration. ⁣ ⁣ 5) Make sure you are using all 30 of the hashtag allowance per post, š—±š—¼š—»ā€™š˜ š˜„š—®š˜€š˜š—² golden chances to be discovered in the recent & top post feeds. ⁣ ⁣ 6) Don’t use hashtags in your bio unless they are very specific to you, otherwise you are sending traffic to other’s content! ⁣ ⁣ 7) To find hashtags use instagram’s internal search bar. Choose those relevant to your image OR use Google’s keyword planner to help you select key words – find those that fit your niche and are key to your business. Consider; location, colour, branded, topic, time, specific to niche, emotions, YOU & your business (stay relevant), those describing & detailing events.⁣ ⁣ 8) Watch out for banned hashtags as these will affect your post reach.⁣ ⁣ 9) Create multiple lists of 30 and use them alternately so that you aren’t competing with yourself each day.⁣ ⁣ 10) Be Unique – try unique campaign or giveaway hashtags to enable easy winner selection, to track content.

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