Instagram has a staggering 300 million monthly active users worldwide and growing every single day, it is fast becoming the latest social platform to have a presence on, regardless of whether you have made your own website already or not. It may seem small in comparison to Facebook but it’s growing at a magnificent rate. This infographic from Setup a Blog Today covers the ten best ways to triple your Instagram following in next to no time at all.

Some key highlights:

• Don’t use too many hashtags in one post. Identify hashtags that relate to your images and only ever use a maximum of two (or three) per image.

• Look for people using hashtags related to your niche and follow them.

• Talking on Instagram gets you followers. Make sure you take some time everyday to comment on related images.

• Cross post your photos on your other social media profiles (like, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest etc) to gain new followers and improve engagement.

• Keep an eye out at what is trending and also what type of images are getting the most traction.

• Put captions on every photo you publish, a good caption can turn an okay photo into an amazing one.

Infographic by the team at SetUpABlogToday.com