instagram trick to grow followers and views with Gabbi Zutrau of the Zohran Mamndani campaign

Gabbi Zutrau was Zohran Mamdani’s ManyChat wizard, helping drive tens of thousands of clicks and thousands of email subscribers from Instagram — all via automation, and all for just… $318.

But she’s also so much more than just an automation expert! Read more

This is a short episode, adapted from an article I wrote 5 years, about the importance of engaging with positive comments on social media. It’s as true today as it was the day I wrote it. So I wanted to share it with you, my podcast listeners.

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Sadly, Instagram is sunsetting Guides as of late 2023.
What are Instagram Guides

​Instagram has a new feature and it’s a fun one!

It’s called Guides and it allows you to batch posts to create compilations. For a platform notorious for keeping things “simple” (WHY can’t I add links to my posts?!)

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Instagram Stories currently have 500 million daily active users. Half a billion people — around one-and-a-half-Americas — use Instagram Stories every single day!

And Stories keep growing, both in their popularity and in their functionality.

So in this post, we’re going to cover some fun tricks, tips and hacks your can use to take your Instagram stories to the next level.​

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This post was last updated fall 2020.

You know the old saying that the only constant is change?

Well, that never been more true than when talking about social media.

You go to bed understanding exactly how a platform works — you wake up to find that everything has changed.

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Instagram Stories just keep getting more popular. Over 500 million people now use them every… single… day!

And their functionality keeps growing as well.

In this episode of #StepUpYourSocial, we cover ten tips, tricks, hacks and strategies that you should be using to take your Instagram Story game to the next level.

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“Stories” are the Facebook response to Snapchat — fun, quirky bits of content that disappear after 24 hours.

Throughout the Facebook Universe — WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Messenger, people are currently sharing over a billion stories every day!

Instagram Stories alone has over 400 million daily active users — more than twice as many as Snapchat.

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I use Twitter and Instagram a lot. Like a lot!

Both of these platforms require precision with limited text. Sometimes it’s easier for people to follow what you are trying to say by turning your short text into more than one paragraph.

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I always say that the only constant in social media is change. I don’t write to tell you every time any little thing changes on a social channel — if I did you’d hear from me literally dozens of times per week.

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Social Media Tips from Madison Experts

Spencer X. Smith asked Madison’s social media and marketing experts to share their top advice from 2016. He then published their responses in In Business Madison Magazine.

I am very honored to have been included as one of Madison’s social media and marketing experts.

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