Shop The Post 10 Easy Steps to Grow Your Instagram Following I’ve already done one of these posts here but seen as I’ve learnt some more tips and instagram has decided to change . . . the word we all hate! I thought I’d do an updated version! You can also see how I take some of my instagram photos here! So here are my updated tips on how to grow your instagram following naturally : #1 Use Brand Hashtags A lot of brands have a hashtag for people to use when they’re wearing the brands clothing. It helps them to find the images to uses on their own instagrams. Reposts from brands are an amazing way of getting new followers so make sure you use any hashtags there are. They’re usually in the bio of the brand but below I’ve listed the ones I know : Revolve Clothing – #RevolveME Topshop – #TopshopStyle River Island – #ImwearingRI New Look – #Thisisnewlook Asos –  #Asseenonme Net A Porter – #netaporter H&M – #hmOOTD Missguided – #babesofmissguided Boohoo – #weareus #myboohoostyle Public Desire – #pdbae Dorothy Perkins – #lovedbydp let me know if you know any I haven’t listed!! #2 Use Trending & Relevant Hashtags Using relevant & trending hashtags is a great way to get noticed, even more so since the instagram update. Now, if you go to hashtags there’s most recent and most popular. If you get a lot of likes on your post it will stay in most popular which means you’re more likely to be found. Before as it was sorted by date and time, your hashtags were null and void after an hour, now they can last for a fair while! To learn more about what hashtags to use in this amazing post by Brittany from Thrifts & Threads. Make sure you check out her other blog tips posts! #3 Tag Brands & Inspirational pages Brands & Inspiration pages reposting me has accounted for a huge amount of my following. Make sure if you post about a brand you tag the brand, if you post a flatlay, tag the flatlay inspiration pages, if you post an outfit, tag an outfit inspiration page. In short, there’s an inspiration page for pretty much anything nowadays so just search what your posting and a page will pop up! You can tag up to 20 pages in your instagrams so make sure you make full use of that! Some inspirational pages I regularly use are : @streetstyleluxe @OOTDmagazine @OOTDSubmit @Chictopia @wearit_loveit @Denimaddicted @whiteaddicted @minimalook.style @stylesubmit #4 Make sure you have consistent branding and a ‘theme’ Now I know people laugh in the face of bloggers who think too much about their theme and talk about how it should be more natural. Well, I totally disagree. If you want to grow your instagram following you need to have something identifiable, something that will make your page stand out and people will get. Think of yourself as a brand, when people look at your page they want to immediately understand you and … Continue reading 10 Easy Steps To Grow Your Instagram Following & Using Insta Stories