Using these tips you’ll be able to get more organic followers to your travel Instagram!

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How to get free followers to your travel Instagram account

Use good hashtags on Instagram 

Hashtags can be a great way to get your photos found on Instagram. Use a good combination between super-popular hashtags and very niche ones. For the smaller hashtags you have a higher chance of ranking in the “top” of the search for the most popular in that hashtag. Using the very popular hashtags gives you a chance to interact with people using it.

Aim for between 11-30 hashtags per post on Instagram.

Gorgeous photography

Posting amazing photos on Instagram may seem like a no brainer, but it’s worth mentioning. People look at your recent Instagram posts before deciding if they want to follow you, so make sure every shot is something you are proud to share with the world!

It’s also important to strike a good balance between photos of you traveling and people-free photos of your travels. Your followers will love getting to know the person behind the Instagram account when you are in the shot, but the ones where you stay behind the camera allow them to imagine what it would be like if THEY were on that trip too. Give them a good mix of both and they’ll want to stick around for more!

Tell stories with your photos 

A picture is worth a thousand words BUT people love hearing the words too. Your gorgeous photo sets the stage, but share the story behind the shot too. Adding a mini blog post to the image helps your followers engage with you on Instagram and feel like they are traveling right along with you.

Convert your readers into followers

One of the BEST ways to grow your travel Instagram account is to leverage the views you are already getting on your travel blog. We use this irreplaceable app called MiloTree to get this done. MiloTree is a google-compliant smart popup that encourages your readers to follow you on social media. You are able to customize which social media accounts appear first and even when the popup appears on your site. It is small so it doesn’t get in the way but does WONDERS to help you grow your Instagram account! It also won’t slow down your site so it’s a better option than trying to embed your Instagram feed in your side bar (which can really bog down your site load time).

You can try MiloTree for 30 days risk free here!

Have fun growing your travel Instagram followers with these tips!

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I have been blogging for over 12 years and have over 10 million pageviews under my belt (and that’s just on one site). While this particular URL is new for me, blogging professionally is something I’ve been doing for a long time.

Pinterest is one of the TOP ways you can get traffic to your travel blog. And yet, I constantly see many travel bloggers under-using pinterest or not using it correctly.

Here are some tips to help you get more pageviews from Pinterest.

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Images 

Photography is everything, but certain types of photos do better than others for Pinterest.

Start with a nice vertical image. In general, longer the image the better (up to a length of around 2000). You can use a free photo editor like picmonkey to create a collage of images if your best ones are horizontal or square. Long images take up the most room int he pin feed, so you have a much higher chance of your pins being repinned or clicked, simple because they are on the screen for a long time.

Text 

Adding text to your images can help a lot. You do not have to simply restate your blog post’s title. Find a fun “how to” type phrase that will catch a readers eye. Think “5 best things to do in Atlanta” instead of “What we did in Atlanta”. Make it all about the reader and get them to click!!!

TIP – Make sure the font you choose is easy to read! When in doubt choose simple fonts and keep the font colors simple as well. You want this text to be able to be read at a glance!

Creating your boards 

When you create Pinterest boards, think through your idea reader and problems that they might be facing. Create your boards

Descriptions 

At it’s core, Pinterest is a visual search engine. The descriptions you put on your pins is important!!! Fill those descriptions with keywords people would type in a search bar when looking for information about your topic.

EXTRA TIP – To be sure that all your pins have great descriptions, you can set them when you upload your image to the blog. In the box that says “alternative text” type in your Pin description. This will then auto-populate as the description when some one tries to pin that image from your blog.

Tailwind

If you feel overwhelmed at the thought of pinning enough content to keep your pin boards active, use a scheduler like Tailwind. (Get a free month here)

Tailwind will allow you to schedule out your posts to various boards at intervals so you don’t send a new post to all your boards at once. This will maximize the reach of each post on Pinterest by spacing out those shares.

Another way Tailwind helps you to get more traffic on Pinterest is through Tailwind Tribes. These are used by bloggers to share one another’s posts. Check out the video below and I’ll walk you through exactly how it works.

Pinterest is one of the BEST tools to help you grow your travel blog. These tips will help you get started on the right track to grow your travel blog!

Looking for more blogging tips? Check out my list of must-have resources for serious bloggers.

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