Exact blueprint on How to get from 0 – 10k+ followers on Instagram

Here is a simple 8-step process on how to get from 0 – 10k+ followers on Instagram.

Before we start, let’s get several things straight:

• By 10k followers I mean 10k people that actually care who you are & what you do. Not just 10k random people following you.
• This won’t happen overnight and takes a lot of work.
• But if you do the work, it will be worth it 1000%

So let’s get started with the 8-step process:

1. Gain Clarity

This is what you need to know:

• What’s the ultimate goal of the account? (ex. brand deals, sell a product, etc.)
• What 2-3 topics do you want to be known for (ex. lifestyle, business expert, tennis enthusiast)
• Type of content you like and want to produce (reels, tweets, etc.)

2. Market Research

• Find 5 – 10 people in your niche that are crushing it
• Study their content & find what people resonate with
• Create a list of 10 – 20 topics that are proven to go “viral” or “resonate” with your target audience
• Find a way to add a unique spin to it

3. Content Creation Phase 1

• Create your first round of content.
• Don’t try to “go viral”.
• Try to 1) Provide value 2) Bring out your personality.
• Authenticity is what makes good content GREAT.
• Treat creating content like a child’s game. Have fun, get creative, and try out different things.
• This 1st phase is to find your “flow”. The goal is to publish daily for at least 30 days.
• Track the performance of each post to find what is working best FOR YOU

4. Content Creation Phase 2

At this point, you posted at least 30x on your Instagram account.

Take 1-2 hours to analyze the following:

• Which posts did the best?
• Why did they do better than others?
• What’s the commonality between the best-performing videos?
• What format/topics stand out?
• After answering the above ask friends for feedback.

Use this “data” to create a second batch of content. Make minor changes where needed and try to implement the feedback friends/peers gave you. Start to sprinkle in some content that shows your personal story + indirectly shows you are qualified.

95% of the time, people see traction after that 2nd 30-day period, if not much sooner. The biggest trick to growing legit followers is to just post content every day and engage with others. It’s the unsexy playbook Gary Vee has proposed for years, and it holds true until today.

Think of it like investing in stocks. With each video, you might reach 5, 10, or 100 new people. Some will follow you and existing followers turn into fans. The more “fans” you stack, the more your reach will be over time. Given your content is good and provides value.

Over time, you have this compounding wave of raving fans that will lead you to go “viral” or just experience explosive growth. But none of that happens if you’re not posting daily for 30 – 60 days without expecting crazy results.

5. “Shares”

This is a little growth hack that holds true on all social media platforms. Find people in your niche with a similar or bigger audience than you. When you post, get them to share it with their story. Doing so will drastically increase the reach & likelihood of growing your own social media account.

If you want to level up your growth, you pay people in your space to share the content for you. WARNING: This only works if your content is HIGH QUALITY. Usually only recommend doing this when you have some well-performing content already.

6. Ads

It’s no secret that IG wants you to “pay to play”. Using Ads as a method to grow is super effective & can be as cheap as $0.1 – $0.3 per follower. If you have a product to sell it’s well worth it.

If you spend $1,000. grow 1000 followers, and make 3 sales for a $3k offer, that’s a 9x ROI. And that’s assuming shitty conversions. This just shows that this whole “grow organically” is not the only way. In the end, we’re all here to make the $$$.

7. Content Creation Phase 3

Content Phase 1 & 2 helped you gain experience & get some “bad reps” out of your system.

Now it’s time you start to be more strategic:

• What hooks perform?
• What controversial takes in my field could I make?
• What topics can I double down on?

Content creation is a skill, and after 60+ content pieces, it’s key to planning your videos/tweets/captions properly. If you have the capacity, you want to increase the posting volume to 2x per day. Doubling your reach and exposure helps accelerate growth.

8. Collaborations

When you grow your initial audience ( 3k – 5k followers) you can start reaching out to other creators and pitch them the idea to collaborate with you on posts.

Again, you want to cross-pollinate your audiences, helping you reach new people.

Final Thoughts

This is the entire process I am going through right now to skyrocket my account past that 10k+ follower benchmark.

Ultimately, comes down to you creating GOOD content, which happens by doing A LOT of it. And once you get some traction, you double down using “promos” / “shares”.

Instagram isn’t an intimidating monster it is set out to be. For your content to hit, you just need to study the space you enter and see what works, and replicate it in your own way & by adding your unique touch.

I hope this added some value to you.

All with less than 20 minutes of work a week (If Contracted Out)

With this simple side hustle let me show you how to make 25K/year on YouTube without showing your face.

Now there are a lot of ways to make more money:

• Work overtime at your job
• Get a second job
• Start a side hustle

Sadly, these aren’t the best or most effective ways to make more money.

Let me share 5 steps anyone (yes, even you) can follow To make an extra $25k/year by building a YouTube channel.

1. Select a profitable niche.

Profitable niches allow for more:

• ad revenue
• brand deals
• affiliate offers

Plus, the more interested people are in your niche The faster you will grow which means the more money you will make.

Here is a list of the most profitable niches:

Niche	CPM
Pranks	$0-1
Gaming	$1-3
Vlogs	$1-4
Beauty	$3-10
Credit	$7-10
Finance	$8-15
Technology	$10-12
Real Estate	$12-17
Investing	$12-18
E-Commerce	$13-20

If you are outsourcing the work any niche will work. If you are doing all the work yourself I would recommend finding something that you enjoy or are really passionate about.

2. Identify video ideas & create a schedule

To easily find content do the following:

• Re-make popular videos in your niche with your own twists.
• Search for popular topics in your niche. Then re-create videos with high views from small channels.
• Use software plugins to find videos you can rank for.

Next, you will need to determine an upload schedule. This includes how often and on which days you should upload your videos to YouTube. I suggest 3 videos a week. Once you start uploading your videos, your optimal times will present themselves. The key is to make your videos habitual for your viewers so they can come back and watch future videos.

3. Determine the monetization approach

This is the approach or outline that has worked for me:

• 0-1000 subs: Promote Affiliate offers, courses
• 1000-10000 subs: Promote Affiliates, courses, and ad revenue
• 10000+ subs: Promote affiliates, ad revenue, courses, coaching, etc.

Remember to have offers at all price points so potential customers have plenty of options.

Now here’s how you make your $25k/year:

• $25,000 per year = ~$2,000 a month
• 10,000 monthly views x 0.005% conversion rate x $40 product = $2,000
• As your channel grows, this income will grow as well

4. Create Content or Hire Talent

With this, you can either create the content yourself or hire talent to do the work for you. I would recommend hiring talent if you can afford it. The reason for this is that it will take the average person a long time to learn how to create the content. This will make it much easier to take action instead of trying to learn and then quitting out of frustration.

If hiring talent then you will need the following:

• Scriptwriter
• Voiceover artist
• Editor
• Thumbnail designer

You can hire each of these roles on websites like Upwork or Fiverr.

Here’s an example of a job posting you can use:

“I am the founder of an online media company based in the United States. We are looking for a full-time whiteboard animation creator for our YouTube channel.

Here is the level of animation expected: “Provide link to example YouTube video here”

The freelancer for this project requires knowledge in Videoscribe or similar software and must be able to create twenty 5-minute videos a month.

The monthly budget for this role is $300-$500 depending on animation quality and timeliness of production.”

5. Package videos and upload them to YouTube

If you hire out the work then the only things you need to do are the following: