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I've been off biking for a few months due to a broken hand (only a small bone) that stopped me riding, so I thought I would start a wildlife photography profile on Insta.

It's been going quite well and I have been posting a few reels, as this is apparently the way to get Insta to promote you.

So made a short reel of a kestrel hovering and it's gone nuts!!  currently sitting at 1M views and has gained me over 8000 followers, all a bit of a shock and really don't know my next step.

any help appreciated!


 
Posted : 10/08/2023 4:24 pm
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Collagen lip implants for your trout pout and a bum lift?

But no, I guess you now need to keep knocking out the top grade content.
Depends what you want the account for. If it's a business thing then you need some way to turn views into money.

If it's just for fun, then it's a nice thing to be appreciated.
I've still not broken 1000 😊

Edit-I have actually now I've checked. Go me!
Like and subscribe.


 
Posted : 10/08/2023 5:53 pm
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Already got implants…

sorry, you say I need to keep knocking one out, that won’t work well for recovering hand.

congrats on the 1k


 
Posted : 10/08/2023 8:59 pm
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Reels, the popular hashtags and questions do the account gets engagement from comments

@ukgravelco

https://instagram.com/ukgravelco?utm_source=qr&igshid=MzNlNGNkZWQ4Mg%3D%3D


 
Posted : 10/08/2023 11:20 pm
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Sounds like your successful enough to make some chemical swill you can illegally market to under 16s!


 
Posted : 10/08/2023 11:40 pm
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Post a link please


 
Posted : 11/08/2023 7:03 am
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https://www.instagram.com/alex_handover_photography/

Here you go Qwerty.


 
Posted : 11/08/2023 10:01 am
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Some great pictures on there - followed.

Reels clearly are the way forward with Instagram for growing followers, I just get the same couple of dozen folk liking my pictures each time!


 
Posted : 11/08/2023 10:41 am
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Great pictures.
Followed.

I don't want to show you up but I captured this incredible photo of some puffins through binoculars while on holiday in Orkney.

But hey, your stuff is good too.

#wildlifephotographeroftheyear


 
Posted : 11/08/2023 11:03 am
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Most I've managed is 50 likes............clearly doing something wrong?
Collagen lip implants for your trout pout and a bum lift? 

Maybe this?


 
Posted : 11/08/2023 11:23 am
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Most I’ve managed is 50 likes…………clearly doing something wrong?

Collagen lip implants for your trout pout and a bum lift?

Maybe this?

Sadly same for you tube, if you are blonde, do bike packing to wild swimming spots while wearing a bikini you'll soon get a bike and car sponsor and paid trips to ride your bike.

Jealous, moi?      Yep, 100% and fair play to those who can play the game and prosper


 
Posted : 11/08/2023 1:44 pm
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Remember to like and subscribe...
Open a Patreon and put the photos up there 24 hours early.


 
Posted : 11/08/2023 1:48 pm
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Superb pictures, no wonder it's taking off.  Followed. I wish we had that 'problem'! My wife has a small wildlife art business that is doing really well, but she is struggling to grow her Instagram following.  She does do quite a few reels and that has helped.  Neither of us knew much about social media before this, so it's a very steep learning curve.

She's currently hovering around 800 followers, but it would be great to see it grow a bit, we are hoping there is some kind of critical mass, where things gather pace. We are hoping to crack the magic 1K soon (whoopy doo I hear you cry)!  It's not critical, as most of her sales are f2f, but it does help raise her profile and she has had a fair few sales from it.

If any kind STWerists would give her a follow, that would be ace ☺️

https://instagram.com/bramblecottageartwork?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==


 
Posted : 11/08/2023 2:14 pm
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Thanks for all your kind comments.

@kayak23 blimey thats a cracking shot of a Puffin!  (I think)

There are much better photographers out there, I've been lucky with a reel going viral, before that had about 800 followers...now 10.5K, ridiculous!!

If you're a business, it's not really about the follows, it's the engagement that really matters and you can check it here

https://phlanx.com/engagement-calculator

Good luck!  and thanks for the follows.


 
Posted : 11/08/2023 6:23 pm
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My mate is extremely buff and post pictures of him in his boxers.

He is getting free clothes, mostly boxers, off the back of this.

More recently he has had lots of lucrative offers... For his used boxers. I think he has had some free nights in lush hotels in return for specific stories of him ( in his boxers) having a lovely time in the hotel.

I have no idea how you can relate this to wildlife. Who and what make money from wildlife?

Tours? Calender sellers? Hotels near wildlife? Camera makers? Goretex/ wet weather gear? I sat in the miserable rain for 100 hours to capture this shot and was less miserable?


 
Posted : 12/08/2023 7:36 am

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