@Thefightwithinher 22 May 2021 more from that month

How To Use Instagram to Reach Your Fans

Reaching your fans is one of the most important goals for anyone who is looking to build their career both on and offline.  Instagram is currently home to over one billion users and there is no chance of them slowing down anytime soon. It is also one of the best platforms for anyone who is **building a business** or their career.  https://anchor.fm/thefightwithinher/episodes/41-6-Steps-to-Creating-Blogging-Income-ep99of Instagram is also a great way to find and reach potential fans. But if you want to reach your fans, you must be willing to publish content that will engage your fans in some way.  The challenge is to produce content that is a visual show stopper while telling them a story that leaves them wanting more. One way to accomplish this is to stand out by using the caption area to showcase the best moments in your story.

You can add to that creativity by including a photo or video that captures those moments visually and create a call to action by letting your fans know where to find your products or services.  You will also want to engage with your fans by talking about what they love, what you love, and what you both have in common. Your fans want to be able to interact with those they follow and feel as if they are a part of something big, even if it's just a love for something as fun as the television show, **Supernatural**. It's an easy way to allow your fans to reminisce about why they love it and it's a great way to attract new fans.  https://anchor.fm/thefightwithinher/episodes/11-How-Sam-Winchester-Changed-My-Life-ei97ra No matter what strategy you choose to use to reach your fans, you must remember that Instagram works best with visual content. You cannot be successful on Instagram without focusing on outstanding photos and videos.   Also remember, niches are valuable. Your niche can become a resourceful strategy towards reaching more fans.  Some of the greatest **Instagram** followers are those with niches in DIY, Crafting, and Food. Mental health is another popular niche. But the leader of them all? The foodies! Because we simply have a mad love for food!  https://www.instagram.com But don't just focus on a niche! Yes, it is important to promote yourself to reach new fans, but those very same fans don't want to hear about your products or services and nothing more. Share bits of your life with them through personal photos and posts that aren't related to promoting yourself or your work. Give your fans a chance to know you better and they'll be encouraged to engage in your posts!  Start a conversation by asking questions in your captions area. This allows your followers to engage in your posts through comments.  You can also create polls with Instagram to engage and reach your followers. The polls are set up for simple yes or no questions that can even be geared towards the products or services that you offer. Or you could use the polls to invite your fans to become a part of your world by helping to create a future product or service of yours.  When you allow your fans to become involved in your work, then they are more likely to invest in it.

But don't forget to stay in touch even after your fans have invested in you. Sometimes as our lives become busy, we often forget those who supported our success from the very start. We get lost in building more followers and stop reaching out to those who we already had. Don't forget your tribe, your fans are the ones who got you to where you are today. Never take that for granted.