Blog / 29th May 2019

A Few Seo Hacks For Your Business

by Ankush

Instagram Likes, Views, Follows, Comments, Regrams. You name it; they’re all for sale on the web’s not-so-underground social media black market.

As Instagram has become prime marketing and advertising real estate, the more brands have been tempted to buy those likes to compete with rivals who have large followings. But artificially inflating your engagement numbers is not only a waste of time and money; it can also harm your business.

Buying fake likes on Instagram means paying money to receive likes on postings or videos. This excludes participating in engagement groups unless they are based on monetary value exchanges.

By now, buying Instagram fake likes is easy, and there are different ways to do it. If you Google “how to get Instagram likes fast,” you would find a lot of vendors selling the likes and others.

On the contrary, Fake followers don’t buy products or promote your brand. And fake likes do very little beyond making it seem like your brand is larger than it actually is.

Just because you have tons of followers does not mean brands will automatically want to work with you. As social media and influencer marketing evolves, brands have access to more tools and knowledge to pick out the fakes from the real deal.

Because of this, brands are smarter now. Besides your follower metric, they also look at engagement rates. Without real followers, it will be hard to demonstrate a good engagement rate when trying to work with brands.

With Instagram constantly purging fake followers and you constantly buying them to keep with appearances, you’ll end up losing money. At any rate, many agencies have run tests that have shown that using bots did not help sell products on Instagram.

With Instagram constantly purging fake followers and you constantly buying them to keep with appearances, you’ll end up losing money. At any rate, many agencies have run tests that have shown that using bots did not help sell products on Instagram.

The lesson here is clear—it’s better to have a small, focused and active community than a bunch of fake followers that will never interact with or buy from you. Buying followers may be tempting, but it will do you more harm than good. When you buy Instagram likes, it’s easy to see through and will likely cost you money and partnership deals in the long run.

So be yourself, and don’t sell yourself short. Grow your following organically and follow Instagram’s Terms of Service to avoid the potential of your account getting shut down for foul play. If you need help growing organically, you can talk to us at DMTCA and we will be happy to assist.