How to Start a Fitness Instagram Account
It's the New Year and Like Many Others, You May Have Made the Decision to Improve Your Fitness in 2017. a Great Way to Do This and to Stay Motivated Is to Use...
It's the New Year and like many others, you may have made the decision to improve your fitness in 2017. A great way to do this and to stay motivated is to use social media to track your progress and show others how well you're doing. If you're publicly showing your fitness journey then the chances are you will be much more motivated to stick to your training and not give up.
So how do you go about starting a fitness Instagram account? You pick your username, edit your bio, and add your profile picture. After using it for a week, you begin to realize that it’s actually pretty hard to get attention to your account. Becoming an Instagram success is not easy, but with these tips, you just might get to your goal a little bit quicker.
#1 Use Hashtags
Hashtags are one of the most important aspects of Instagram that you use to gain followers when you are just starting out. Hashtags, such as #fitness, #fitfam, #goals, help others around the world to discover your photos and profile.
People will discover your post from others looking up specific terms or if the terms are relevant to their interests, so this is very important for your photos to get noticed. For each post, you can use up to 30 hashtags, so make use of all of them. The hashtags should be relevant to your image and what your profile is all about. Since you are making a fitness Instagram, make sure to use popular fitness words as well as phrases and lingo.
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#2 Consistency is Key
Posting one image is not going to get you followers. Constantly posting and being active over time will result in more followers and more likes on your photos. It takes time to build up your profile, and remember, an object in motion stays in motion. The more you post the greater the opportunity for people to see your photos and this will give a greater incentive for people to follow you because they will know you are active and committed. It takes a while to find out how people respond to your content, so hang in there and don’t give up too quickly!
Marcus Vance is a cybersecurity auditor and technology writer dedicated to educating the public about online safety, data privacy regulations, enterprise security, and emerging cyber threats.
