Social Proof or Organic Growth?
Ask yourself, how do you actually want to grow on Instagram? Do you just want to boost up your followers and likes for the sake of appearances, or do you want real organic growth?
It’s a genuine question, there’s no shame in just wanting to make your page look good and it’s much easier & cheaper to do this than to grow organically. Many Instagram business profiles & influencers will simply boost up their IG page for the sake of looking presentable and legitimate. Can you really blame them? So many influencers and celebrities are doing this anyway and the Instagram algorithm is very harsh and unrewarding for most users. To gain 100% organic growth either requires luck or a much larger amount of money than a simple page boosting service. Furthermore, some business pages don’t even need to grow their Instagram organically in the first place. They just want to have above 10K followers and a few hundred likes to look acceptable. It’s no surprise that they choose this cheaper option instead of ‘organic growth’.
“Social Proof” has become the new term for those that would prefer to simply boost their page rather than to play Instagram’s biased ‘organic growth’ game.
However, both Social Proof strategies and Organic Growth strategies suffer from the same issue, which is that there are a lot of untrustworthy and dodgy companies out their. Many of them claim to provide organic growth when it’s really just social proof, many of them resell very cheap bot services for premium prices and some of them even straight up steal your money.
Services to Stay Away From and Other Red Flags
Super cheap bot likes & followers - This won’t do your page any good. Some companies at least disclaim that they are bots but some will say they are real users. You can’t get 1000 ‘real user’ followers for $1. If it looks too good to be true, that’s because it is!
Services that guarantee an exact number of organic followers - Organic followers means that the users are following you out of choice. It’s simply impossible to guarantee someone that an exact amount of users will suddenly become genuinely interested. Real organic growth strategies cost a lot of money with little to no guarantee. So when a company guarantees an exact amount of followers, you know they are untrustworthy!
Services that require you to log into their system - Methods that involve using a tool to take over your IG page and follow / unfollow users or engage with other users' posts are not safe. Back in 2016 this method worked a lot better. Today Instagram will catch you doing it and you’ll get shadowbanned or worse. Never give up your Instagram password unless it’s for a personal Social Media Manager that you trust.
Any company / service that won’t provide you with a free sample - If you are looking for more Instagram likes / engagement, any legitimate company will give you a free demo of a small number of likes on one of your posts so that you can at least check the quality before you buy. It would cost them literally pennies to do this. So any company that won’t do this probably has a bad service. It’s not always easy for followers, but they should still be able to show you another page that has the followers they provide.
Companies with a bad refund policy - This is again especially important for likes / engagement services. If you don’t like the service there’s no reason why you shouldn’t be able to get a partial refund for any unused posts. Companies with a good quality service will have no issue with giving you some partial refund if you are not happy. Companies with bad services won’t give you the refund because holding onto the profits of disappointed customers is the only way they can make money!
Companies that only accept crypto currency - When you pay for a service with PayPal or card, both you and the supplier are protected. A company that accept PayPal / card via a secure checkout will not be worried about disputes because they know they’ll always have the evidence to prove that the service was delivered as expected. Services that only take crypto will never have this evidence because they are most likely scammers. If you pay with crypto, you won’t ever see that money again even if they don’t deliver what was promised.
Services That Work
High Quality Instagram Power Likes - Organic growth can’t be guaranteed here. For some people it helps them get way more organic exposure, for others it doesn’t make much difference. Having real high quality Instagram users engaging with your post is a social proof strategy. Avoid services like ‘auto likes’ as they can be low quality and damaging to your page. Always look for ‘Powerlikes’ and be sure to test different services. Contact our live chat to get a free demo of our own Powerlikes service!
Giveaway campaigns - Again, organic growth is never guaranteed here but it’s ideal for Social Proof. Stay away from bots and use giveaway campaigns because it’s safe, within IG’s terms of service and the followers look way better.
Instagram Management Services - A Social Media manager can cut down the amount of time you spend on social media. Good social media managers may also help you grow faster organically.
Shoutouts / promotions - There is always an element of risk here and you can never guarantee if / how well it’ll work for you organically. If you only want to invest into organic methods, shoutouts & promotions are a good way to go!
Any service that is transparent about how it works - A trustworthy company that does organic growth will actually tell you that they can’t guarantee a set number of organic followers, because they really can’t. At best they can suggest a very rough quantity of organic followers. A trustworthy company that provides social proof will actually tell you to not expect any organic growth. This may not be the news you want to hear, but at least they are being honest with you and aren’t lying to make you sign up!
Takeaway
> The best option for Social Proof is hands down Instagram Powerlikes! Find a provider that can also give you views and comments if you need them. You always want the likes to be mainly targeted to your geographic location. Make sure that the provider is flexible with partial refunds so that you can test it out and get some money back if you don’t like it. Try our Power likes service today for a fast, effective, high quality and flexible service!
> The best option for Organic Growth is to simply get a good Social Media Manager. Organic Growth takes so much time and patience that you are better off leaving it into the hands of a professional. Put it down as a business expense and get away from the social media game! Try our Instagram Management Services today for 100% guaranteed organic Instagram growth.
