Have you noticed that you can’t quite keep your Instagram use in check lately? Do you find yourself automatically reaching for your phone and mindlessly scrolling through the app even when you don’t really want to? Are you hard on yourself because you can’t seem to be able to not…

It’s a common narrative but the real reason why Instagram harms our mental health isn’t because “we use it too much”. The real reason Instagram harms our mental health is the design tactics they’ve been implementing for years in order to engineer our behaviors and keep us consistently coming back…

If you haven’t heard yet, Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, recently announced a new set of tools aimed at helping protect people’s mental health while using their product. These include features like: Tools where parents and guardians can view how much time their teens spend on Instagram and set time…

Are you considering the use of Instagram bots to grow your account or simply want to learn more about the topic? Here’s a simple, no-nonsense breakdown of everything you need to know about Instagram bots and the most effective ones for 2023. What are Instagram Bots? Simply put, an Instagram bot automates the process…

I’ve made a living from my Instagram accounts for more than 5 years now. I’ve managed some accounts that grow at a very rapid pace, some that have grown and then began losing followers, and some that grew, stopped growing, and then began growing again. I’ve also been writing about…

As someone who makes a living from my Instagram small businesses and teaches others how to do it as well, one of the questions I most often receive from my readers is: “My Instagram stopped growing and is losing followers. I’m worried shadowbanned. What can I do?” If you’re reading…

Yes, there are ways to optimize every single thing that you do on Instagram in order to grow faster but, truth be told, you don’t have to slog your life away on the app to have an account that looks good and gets the job done. There’s a way to…

The most simple, effective, reliable, and often overlooked growth tactic on Instagram is maximizing your daily interactions. It doesn’t require any special software, content format, or much skill to execute really, all it requires is that you understand how it works and that you do it every day. What Are Instagram Interactions Instagram interactions…

I’ve got a formula and a spreadsheet you can steal — One of the questions I’ve most often been asked by small business owners over the years is “how often should I post on Instagram?” and my answer is always “each account’s optimal posting frequency is different”. There is no one posting frequency at which all Instagram accounts grow the fastest…