this shit pissed me off

i created a business account on instagram yesterday & ran up the followers on it bc its a full service marketing & managing group canโ€™t be having 0 followers on it.

I didnโ€™t use services to get more likes or followers, I simply used readily available tactics for growth.

the password was also not compromised bc the account doesnโ€™t even have a password bc i used my personal IG to create this new business account using the same details as the personal one.

I do know what mightโ€™ve gone wrong though.. I accidentally stepped on the toes of two giants, I followed a ton of their clients and blasted their accounts with reactions to be seen.

these people have relationships with Instagram staff so itโ€™s not uncommon for them to take out their opposition as soon as it tries to establish itself.

I know sounds like a conspiracy but Iโ€™ve played this game since 2018, people are corruptible at every level of business, specially lower down the chain.

I shouldโ€™ve just made an npub instead but if Iโ€™m being completely honest my target audience isnโ€™t really here yet for this business. But Iโ€™ll do it either way for when they do arrive.

Just wanted to rant a little n get this frustration out of my chest. Thanks for listening lol

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Whatโ€™s funny is that since I canโ€™t even change the password bc I canโ€™t fill in โ€œold passwordโ€ even with my personal IG password, Iโ€™m stuck on this page forever.

the app is basically unusable now.

Hmm I also find that Instagram is basically dead for business if you don't pay for ads

Depending on your account structure.. Iโ€™ve never used ads for mines but I have for clients

if your foundation is solid thereโ€™s no need for them

just an example: but curation account for example market themselves with the content they post which gets shared by users by them sending them inside of DMs to their friends or posting them in their stories.

Also other curation accounts will pick up your content n repost it on their and tag you on the post.

Growth happens very very fast for these accounts with $0 ad spending.

Just buy an acoount with 500k follower and pretend to be an influencer and you can stay at hotels for free

Whatโ€™s funny is that I have like 6 other accounts like that, Iโ€™ve purchased over the last couple weeks, that was gonna be one of the services offered ๐Ÿคฃ

I have from 50k to 1M followers on them & was planning on putting a 30-35% premium on them when selling to clients

when I say clients itโ€™s obv โ€œwanna be influencersโ€

Good Good, drain these morons.

Keep one to stay at the hotels while you laugh at their stupidity

Factssss

Iโ€™ve actually been looking at this 5.7M one bc I could easily upsell it for $13k-$15k

or do what you just said ๐Ÿ’€ turn it into a lifestyle luxury brand thing n eat at restaurants for free n stay at places for free itโ€™ll literally pay itself off in no time