Hey Friends! I did my best to cover a lot of info in this video. If you're already up to date with things like algorithm changes, feel free to skip around the video: 0:28 - Opening Thoughts 1:25 - 2018 Algorithm Changes 6:17 - Growth Strategy 9:26 - Utilizing Newest Features
I'm so happy you made this video Patrick. I was definitely feeling stuck on Instagram. I would post a video one week, than be gone the next. I'd notice a spike but then a huge dip in followers. Content is truly King. But Consistency is Queen. Thank you for these type of videos. You are the man!
Thank you my friend! I'm glad this video helps. I have more IG-themed videos on the way- I think this could be a good series for all of us to converse and help each other grow. Consistency is so key. I've been hitting it every day this year and I'm JUST noticing my engagement getting back into a good place. It's a process and it's real easy to get discouraged by numbers. Don't ever forget that that each one of those numbers represents a PERSON and it's your job to create great content for them, regardless of the numbers. Keep hustling!
This video is extremely important for music makers not so savvy with Instagram tech that could really help build your brand. Thanks for the post Breen ✊🏾
Well Done Patrick !!! Thank you so much for making this video... I am a Social Media Marketing expert for musicians and bands...you just made my life easier!!! I'm sharing this with all my clients. Wishing you great success! Linda
Nice, man. One thing I’ve always noticed is that you’re really good at checking all of those boxes. I’ve been way too stubborn when it comes to just relying on content. Need to step up my community game. 🔥
BadCoverMan listen man- forcing something or doing it just for the sake of playing by the rules won’t work. You’ll get burnt out. Experiment and find authentic ways to have fun with all of this. It’s definitely a process and takes time to get into a rhythm.
+Patrick Breen couldn't agree more. Ace video this, the fact it was so concise and easy going meant I was still gee'd up by the end rather than overwhelmed, let's get it!
Hey Patrick, after months of procrastinating I'll be starting my social media presence this week. Not knowing where to start, I did a search here on youtube to get some advice. So glad I came across this video! Thank you!
Thanks my man! Taking these all into account, I'm upping my socials this year :) I like the focus on giving value and actual feedback, make your comment standout! Be human :)
Great vid! Def needed to see this, I’ve been trying to bring more exposure to my music page ever since the algorithm changed. Thanks for the tips Patrick❗️🙏🏿
Hey sunshine! This was a good video. There's a lot of helpful information here. Particularly, I liked the info on live videos and directing engagement with your own posts. I didn't even think about those (I'm pretty new to IG)
Thanks for all your advice!! I almost always chicken out from posting my covers because I'm worried that they won't really be viewed or gain any kind of positive comments/reactions. Your tips kinda gave me the confidence to share one of my covers so thanks again :)
When I first heard about the whole "stop using all 30 hashtags" thing my brain literally shut down for a few seconds because it went against everything I've been learning and teaching the last few years. But now that I've had time to come to terms with limiting tags, I actually think it'll be more useful for testing which ones work! Like if you have several test groups of just 5 hashtags each, it'll be way easier to see which ones actually perform well for you since there are so few to monitor. Everything I've seen with apps that claim to measure your hashtag performance is kinda bs-- they're only able to measure your highest performing posts and then pull all the tags from those and hold those up as your "best" hashtags. So if you're using 30 every time, then supposedly those 30 are your best...so far there's no way to tell which ONE hashtag is actually bringing people in! Of course if there is I wanna know!
Audrey Lecker UPDATE: Hashtags have been apparently broken for a lot of the year according to Instagram. Which is what led to people coming up With all the shadow ban nonsense. I can tell you over the last few weeks, I’ve noticed that hashtags have been back in a big way! I still don’t recommend using all 30, But definitely use up as many applicable hashtags as you can and try to keep it under 28 or so? I don’t know, I honestly don’t overthink this too much. I try to get at least 10 in and (in most cases) I only use hashtags with 15,000 - 150,000 posts. But using them has definitely been making an impact again, which is nice.
Oh good! Shadowban is like a constant fear haha. 10 might be a good happy medium. I still want to get to the bottom of discovering exactly what ONE hashtag brings in people per post. I don't think there's any way to know yet unless you just systematically test them one by one.
Awesome video man, these are all incredible tips that are so easy to overlook without doing research. Hoping this is the inspiration I need to get back on track in 2018. Keep doing your thing bro, big things on the way!
Brandon Look my brother! You got so much to share with the world. It’s easy to fall off track, especially when you feel like things aren’t moving in an upward direction. Thanks for the love homie! Now get out there and share your music with us!
great video ! thanks do you have a video of proper way to grow Facebook page and youtube channel in 2018!? I would definitely watch and share! thanks Patrick!
Goddamn some of this stuff seems so obvious but it's stuff I just haven't properly sat down and done. After watching this video it makes a lot of sense why some things I do on Insta aren't doing jack shit! Appreciate the video man, solid work.
Thank you Patrick! That was really insightful. Shamelessly plugging your music has now lead me to being intrigued to hear more...🤔 let me know if you ever want to collaborate.
Loved this video! So many useful tips. thank you! Just one question, do you think it’s important to post a video/picture on a particular time of the day to get more engagement? Thank you again xx
I would definitely take a look at your Audience Insights (assuming you have an IG business account) and pay attention to the times when you have a lot of followers using the app.
Very good video! I had no idea about some of these algorithm changes. Combined with your tips on utilizing all of the features on Instagram...and your witty sense of humor. You just got a new subscriber and follower, my friend! Wishing you the best of luck in all that you do and keep on providing quality content for the community. I will do the same!
I'm doing 70% from this: comment a lot, follow others, tags, cnaging tags, discover new people, inspration, creativity posts,consistant, yet it;s stay in the same numbers zone, if get more views they droped if they don't like the next post or just because they want me to follow them back, once you follow back it's the worst thing because they droped at once and you stuck with a lot of following you don't like, the highlights not working at all in my iphone it's not showing at all, i just don't know what to do anymore
The only reason they limit the amount of people that see your post is because they know most people are trying to use it to sell something and they want you to pay money to get your posts out to more people. You have to pretend you're just chillin posting some stuff but really your motive is to push your brand. It's just a cesspit of fake people. Nothing social about it at all.
Can you do one for Band pages on Facebook? Facebook offers no help when problems arise. I accidentally deleted myself as an admin and the the page malfunctioned...had someone else whom I made an admin beforehand add me as an admin with a new page that was me. And I am just confused by facebook. I have fans and a following but I am terrible at engagement. If you understand that realm too that would be amazing.
UNMARꓘED agreed, but start posting some stuff on your personal account. Then, create your account and start posting more there, but don’t forget to post an update on your main account every now and then when you post a new video.
Thanks Bro 🙏🏽 this was super helpful! I’m learning to gravitate more toward just being yourself. These algorithms actually are just pushing people to socialize and not be these anti-social scammy robots 🤖 lol thanks again!
Hey Friends!
I did my best to cover a lot of info in this video. If you're already up to date with things like algorithm changes, feel free to skip around the video:
0:28 - Opening Thoughts
1:25 - 2018 Algorithm Changes
6:17 - Growth Strategy
9:26 - Utilizing Newest Features
Patrick Breen your instagram link didnt work bro
Thank you so much for putting this "table of contents" cuz it really helped!
You are so good at engaging the viewers! Good job💯
Talentless people who do stupid things have more followers than talented musicians on instagram.
Am i the only one who thinks this is ridiculous?
SincerelyWilliam Holy shit dude, you’re right! Thank YOU!!!
I truly believe this
Nope.... this is total bullshit. I miss myspace :D
EH HEEE7 i agree
hmmm.. what makes you say this? Are you an artist by the way?
I’m a Singer/Songwriter & I finally found a useful video that helps me grow my account!!! Thank you so much Patrick for the amazing tips! 🙏🏽
Lets collaborate
Yes girl what’s your Instagram! I am a Singer/Songwriter too! My name on insta is lizzie.grace_
Better than 90% of the videos on CZcams regarding this! Also, that Transatlanticism artwork. I see youuu haha
I'm so happy you made this video Patrick. I was definitely feeling stuck on Instagram. I would post a video one week, than be gone the next. I'd notice a spike but then a huge dip in followers. Content is truly King. But Consistency is Queen. Thank you for these type of videos. You are the man!
Thank you my friend! I'm glad this video helps. I have more IG-themed videos on the way- I think this could be a good series for all of us to converse and help each other grow. Consistency is so key. I've been hitting it every day this year and I'm JUST noticing my engagement getting back into a good place. It's a process and it's real easy to get discouraged by numbers. Don't ever forget that that each one of those numbers represents a PERSON and it's your job to create great content for them, regardless of the numbers. Keep hustling!
“Content is king... Consistency is queen.”
Well said. 🙌🏼
This video is extremely important for music makers not so savvy with Instagram tech that could really help build your brand. Thanks for the post Breen ✊🏾
I've been doing research all day on this and your video was definitely the most helpful, I even took notes bro thank you
theorymusic260 glad to help my friend!
Good Job... That's a really straight forward method of how things should be on social media... just natural like an actual socializing
Well Done Patrick !!! Thank you so much for making this video... I am a Social Media Marketing expert for musicians and bands...you just made my life easier!!! I'm sharing this with all my clients. Wishing you great success! Linda
Nice, man. One thing I’ve always noticed is that you’re really good at checking all of those boxes.
I’ve been way too stubborn when it comes to just relying on content. Need to step up my community game. 🔥
BadCoverMan listen man- forcing something or doing it just for the sake of playing by the rules won’t work. You’ll get burnt out. Experiment and find authentic ways to have fun with all of this. It’s definitely a process and takes time to get into a rhythm.
+Patrick Breen couldn't agree more. Ace video this, the fact it was so concise and easy going meant I was still gee'd up by the end rather than overwhelmed, let's get it!
If I could have a teacher on social media who didn't make class boring but let you know the short and sweet it would definitely have to be this man!!
Hey Patrick, after months of procrastinating I'll be starting my social media presence this week. Not knowing where to start, I did a search here on youtube to get some advice. So glad I came across this video!
Thank you!
Great stuff, Patrick. Thanks!
Thank you for advice that’s actually helpful and not just “post everyday”. ❤️
Thanks my man! Taking these all into account, I'm upping my socials this year :) I like the focus on giving value and actual feedback, make your comment standout! Be human :)
Great vid! Def needed to see this, I’ve been trying to bring more exposure to my music page ever since the algorithm changed. Thanks for the tips Patrick❗️🙏🏿
Hey sunshine! This was a good video. There's a lot of helpful information here. Particularly, I liked the info on live videos and directing engagement with your own posts. I didn't even think about those (I'm pretty new to IG)
Thanks for the advice definitely gonna use it towards my IG!
Great work bro
One valuable thing i learned was following hastags
very useful
thank you
-The Next Science Teaching Rapper
Great information and flow to your presentation, thank you Patrick!
I'm gonna comment while I'm watching. This video is being helpful. Thanks a lot and subscribed to your channel bro.
At least someone who talks sense about these thing and not saying whatever everyone else is saying for the same subject. Thanks a lot bruh
Used this and already got likes thank you so much for the help🙏🏻
Thank you for the advice and the plug for your music was dope
Thanks for all your advice!! I almost always chicken out from posting my covers because I'm worried that they won't really be viewed or gain any kind of positive comments/reactions. Your tips kinda gave me the confidence to share one of my covers so thanks again :)
Thank you so much for this video, very helpful!
This was awesome Patrick! Thank you so much I learned a ton!!! I'm implementing these today!
Love your feedback, thank you Patrick
When I first heard about the whole "stop using all 30 hashtags" thing my brain literally shut down for a few seconds because it went against everything I've been learning and teaching the last few years. But now that I've had time to come to terms with limiting tags, I actually think it'll be more useful for testing which ones work! Like if you have several test groups of just 5 hashtags each, it'll be way easier to see which ones actually perform well for you since there are so few to monitor.
Everything I've seen with apps that claim to measure your hashtag performance is kinda bs-- they're only able to measure your highest performing posts and then pull all the tags from those and hold those up as your "best" hashtags. So if you're using 30 every time, then supposedly those 30 are your best...so far there's no way to tell which ONE hashtag is actually bringing people in! Of course if there is I wanna know!
Audrey Lecker UPDATE: Hashtags have been apparently broken for a lot of the year according to Instagram. Which is what led to people coming up With all the shadow ban nonsense. I can tell you over the last few weeks, I’ve noticed that hashtags have been back in a big way!
I still don’t recommend using all 30, But definitely use up as many applicable hashtags as you can and try to keep it under 28 or so? I don’t know, I honestly don’t overthink this too much. I try to get at least 10 in and (in most cases) I only use hashtags with 15,000 - 150,000 posts. But using them has definitely been making an impact again, which is nice.
Oh good! Shadowban is like a constant fear haha. 10 might be a good happy medium. I still want to get to the bottom of discovering exactly what ONE hashtag brings in people per post. I don't think there's any way to know yet unless you just systematically test them one by one.
You deserve millions of subscribers 👍🏽
Keep doing it
This was really informative. Thanks bro! I just subbed too.
this is very helpful ! thank you
Great info bro 🙌🏼
This was such a big help!!! Thank you! And I’m Def gonna check out your music
Thank You I Found This Information Helpful
Lol....loved your video editing and great tips! Thank ya!
Awesome video man, these are all incredible tips that are so easy to overlook without doing research. Hoping this is the inspiration I need to get back on track in 2018. Keep doing your thing bro, big things on the way!
Brandon Look my brother! You got so much to share with the world. It’s easy to fall off track, especially when you feel like things aren’t moving in an upward direction. Thanks for the love homie! Now get out there and share your music with us!
Thanks for taking the time to giving some great advice Patrick
*Big ups! This channel will be big soon! :D*
Thanks man for the tips. :)
great video ! thanks do you have a video of proper way to grow Facebook page and youtube channel in 2018!? I would definitely watch and share! thanks Patrick!
Goddamn some of this stuff seems so obvious but it's stuff I just haven't properly sat down and done. After watching this video it makes a lot of sense why some things I do on Insta aren't doing jack shit! Appreciate the video man, solid work.
Does anyone have hashtags that work for your account if you do can you give me a list?
Great video, Patrick! Thanks for sharing this.
My pleasure dude!
Loved your video -- totally informative and true and useful and the added humour is King!!! Well done Patrick!!!!
Thanks for sharing! Amazing video
This video is exactly what I've been looking for, you cleared my mind, thank you man !!
Man I loooveeee your personality ughh your so interesting and entertaining 🔥🌹 can’t whait to see more !!!!
Marque Londen very kind bro. I appreciate that a lot! Cheers homie 🙌🏻
Thank you Patrick! That was really insightful. Shamelessly plugging your music has now lead me to being intrigued to hear more...🤔 let me know if you ever want to collaborate.
Nice! Thanks for sharing
Ty for the lovely advice bro
Great video! Also, love the Death Cab poster! (I have it too!)
Precious precious info, super well thought out and shared Just subbed.
Thanks for your tips man! They seems very helpful. We'll see how it will work out for us. :) Peace!
“Yo this is lit broooo”
This type of comment is like 90% of what i get on my posts lmfao
Thanks for the info. Very resourceful and great tips. Much appreciated it.
That's a very helpful information thanx
This is a great video! Thank you
Thanks for the tips
This was very helpful, thanks Patrick!
musicismyonlydrug glad to hear it my friend 🙌🏻
Man your video was one of those videos that were actually helpful.
Great video! Inspired me to start using my drumming Instagram again! Thanks
not oliver awesome! Glad the video was helpful!
Thanks for the advice. Very helpful.
Great stuff!! 🤙🏾
Thanks for great tips! That was really helpful
Thanks Patrick. Great value here!
Thank you so much
Loved this video! So many useful tips. thank you! Just one question, do you think it’s important to post a video/picture on a particular time of the day to get more engagement? Thank you again xx
I would definitely take a look at your Audience Insights (assuming you have an IG business account) and pay attention to the times when you have a lot of followers using the app.
Good video yo! Super helpful and very valuable info.
Thank you for the great Video an Tips. This Helps a lot! And i really like the Edit style of your Vid. :)
Great video man. Super helpful.
Very Helpful
Thank you Patrick! Very helpful, informative and made me giggle also :) Gemma
Hi mate, great video, thanks for the content and tips!
Very good video! I had no idea about some of these algorithm changes. Combined with your tips on utilizing all of the features on Instagram...and your witty sense of humor. You just got a new subscriber and follower, my friend! Wishing you the best of luck in all that you do and keep on providing quality content for the community. I will do the same!
nice tips! thank you very much
I saw the hidden message! Haha nice touch for the video
You look like lil pump a bit
He really does
great video patrick! super helpful
THIS IS LIT BRUH LOL!
Super helpful! Thanks!
I'm doing 70% from this: comment a lot, follow others, tags, cnaging tags, discover new people, inspration, creativity posts,consistant, yet it;s stay in the same numbers zone, if get more views they droped if they don't like the next post or just because they want me to follow them back, once you follow back it's the worst thing because they droped at once and you stuck with a lot of following you don't like, the highlights not working at all in my iphone it's not showing at all, i just don't know what to do anymore
Thanks for the info! BigUpp
Thanks, Pat. You’re the best
Peter Annello much love dude!
The only reason they limit the amount of people that see your post is because they know most people are trying to use it to sell something and they want you to pay money to get your posts out to more people. You have to pretend you're just chillin posting some stuff but really your motive is to push your brand. It's just a cesspit of fake people. Nothing social about it at all.
Super helpful! Thank you so much :)
Cheers my friend!
Thanks for the tips bro, really helped!
Cheers bro, my pleasure!
I also want a video of how to get more of your other social media to gain more followers throughout music communitiy😋😋
thnx fam how do i share a full vid
The shameless plug was funny as fuck and the song is really good haha
thank you for the tips
Can you do one for Band pages on Facebook? Facebook offers no help when problems arise. I accidentally deleted myself as an admin and the the page malfunctioned...had someone else whom I made an admin beforehand add me as an admin with a new page that was me. And I am just confused by facebook. I have fans and a following but I am terrible at engagement. If you understand that realm too that would be amazing.
Should I change my personal account into a musician account or create a secondary account?
Konrad McQuilter secondary with your booking email
UNMARꓘED agreed, but start posting some stuff on your personal account. Then, create your account and start posting more there, but don’t forget to post an update on your main account every now and then when you post a new video.
Jared Humphers I've been doing it for 4 5 years i k ow how it all works
Good stuff an funny! Lol thx
NICE!!!!!
Good stuff bro my video said that when
Can someone recommend hashtags for someone who only do acoustic covers? Thank you
Thanks Bro 🙏🏽 this was super helpful! I’m learning to gravitate more toward just being yourself. These algorithms actually are just pushing people to socialize and not be these anti-social scammy robots 🤖 lol thanks again!
this is lit brooooo
Thanks, i hope this works