Instagram for Artists: A Step-by-Step to Getting 10,000 Fans

Learn a few keys stats about Instagram, and the marketing potential that it has when compared to other social media sites.

You need a specific mindset to be successful on Instagram. This video explores that mindset.

You'll learn how to choose a proper Instagram name, and how to structure your profile description. If done properly, both of these elements will help you get a lot more followers, and grow your account faster.

Learn exactly what you should be posting in order to get more interaction, more followers, and more sales.

There are a few things that you can get away with when running your account. Here are those few things.

Learn from the best. Take a look at what a few famous artists are doing, and learn from them.

Get a better understanding of what hashtags are, and how many you should use to be successful.

Learn the common mistakes, and how you can work around them.

Instead of posting ads, approach instagram as a marketing platform to grow your "brand".

Ai Weiwei is a great artist. However, he's also a horrible marketer. Watch this video to learn what you shouldn't do.

Watch this video to see what a great instagram account looks like.

Kaws is one of the best at managing his online brand.

There's a lot that can be learned even from an account that manages an estate.

Here, we jump through random accounts on Instagram and give quick feedback on how to fix them up.

In this video, you'll learn a few simple techniques that will help you grow your engagement and number of followers. Use these techniques to grow your account consistently.

You'll learn how to grow your account by giving away art in a cost-effective manner.

Sign up for this one simple tool to automate all 95% of your Instagram marketing.

Here's how to link this tool to your Instagram.

You'll learn about all the different features to automate your Instagram marketing and best practices for running this automated process.

Just an intro to getting and using stats for your Instagram.

There's a few things that you need to have before getting started:

• A twitter account; and
• An instagram account

This video shows you how to get set up with SimplyMeasured.com. If you rather go directly to the site, then here's the link: http://SimplyMeasured.com.

In this video, you'll learn which stats from SimplyMeasured.com you should focus on, and which stats to ignore. Using these statistics, you'll be able to make the proper changes to your account and marketing activities, which will help you grow at a faster rate.

This video gives you a few easy steps to get more info from your Instagram data. When you get 5,000+ followers, this is a skill that you need to have.

Making your own prints is a great way to start generating revenue. It costs only $2 to make a print, and you can sell that print for about $25.

Note: I'm not a fan of sites like FineArtAmerica or RedBubble. They cut way too deep into margins that you could keep for yourself. There's nothing wrong with those sites if they generate the sale, but personally, I never send traffic their way.