Instagram is not only a popular social media platform, but also an excellent platform for business development. However, for the latter, you will need more than just a page with flowers and cats – you will need a well-established account.
You can promote your business by creating quality content, running large-scale marketing campaigns, or simply using an Instagram bot. If you are unfamiliar with what an Instagram bot is, you are in the right place. Let’s go over all the nuances related to specialized services for increasing followers and likes. Stay with us.
What are bots and why are they needed?
Bot is a program for promoting a profile on Instagram. It can be said that it is an “artificial intelligence” that performs your instructions. For example:
– leaves comments;
– likes publications;
– subscribes to users, etc.
Moreover, it does all this strictly at a designated time. If it is noted that at 2 o’clock the bot switches to certain hashtags, then it deals with this exclusively at 2 o’clock.
“Why do we need such an automated system?” you may ask. The answers are obvious:
1. To increase the number of followers.
2. To attract the audience’s attention. After all, who will go to a profile with only 1 or 2 subscribers.
3. To make a profit. For advertising campaigns, large brands choose only popular pages.
4. To increase activity under posts: comments and likes.
Note that to increase followers, the bot uses mutual subscription: after subscribing, it waits for a reciprocal “friendship.
How to use bots: rules of application
There are several schemes for using robots, based on which you can get the maximum benefit for your profile. Namely:
- Using bots to promote an account with the aim of further selling it. Many entrepreneurs want to come “ready-made” and not waste time increasing likes and comments. For this, they are willing to pay a good sum.
- Acquiring followers for “solidity”. As mentioned above, a subscription counter on your page exceeding 50-100 thousand will allow you to count on profitable contracts for advertising campaigns.
- Using automated services for mass liking and following. Thanks to this, your feed will receive “live” fans.
Important. Working on Instagram should not go beyond reasonable limits. Excessive activity of your account may attract the administration’s attention.
How to increase Instagram bots
Let’s move on to a step-by-step instruction that will allow you to understand how to boost bots on Instagram. Keep in mind that in each of the cases described below, you will have to use various third-party utilities. Unfortunately, it cannot be done without them.
For convenience, let’s consider them separately:
- online services;
- PC programs;
- applications for Android smartphones.
Programs
BroBot is a popular software for personal computers and laptops. It is a free utility that can do a lot of things, including:
- Responding to direct messages;
- Liking a specified number of posts;
- Liking and leaving comments;
- Posting to your feed;
- Following and unfollowing accounts.
You can set limits and schedules for its operation.
Using it is quite simple:
- Download BroBot from the official website;
- Install the file on your device;
- Launch it;
- Click on “Add Account,” select the appropriate social network, and enter your login (username/email/phone number) and password for Instagram;
- Select “Configure Task” for the newly added account;
- Check the boxes next to the tasks you want to perform;
- Confirm;
That’s it. You can assign multiple tasks in the same way.
PC service
If you don’t want to download anything to your gadget, try special online services designed to gain popularity on social media. These include:
- InstaPlus;
- Tooligram;
- Zengram.
Unfortunately, all of them are paid. You can familiarize yourself with their functionality during a free trial period.
To work in InstaPlus, you will need to:
- Open a browser and go to the InstaPlus website.
- Click on the yellow “Try 5 days for free” button.
- Enter your email and password to register.
- Confirm your email.
- Tap on “Add account”.
- Link your Instagram account.
- Click on “Create task”.
- Choose a category, for example, “Like”.
- Decide on the source, for example, “Hashtag”.
- Enter additional data.
- Set a limit and timer for task completion.
That’s it, now just click “Start” and the bot will start executing your target instructions.
In Tooligram, it’s almost the same:
- Go to Tooligam.com.
- Click on “Try for free”.
- Authorize through Vkontakte/Odnoklassniki and create a new profile.
- Tap on “Get subscribers” and choose the parameters for the search.
- Check the boxes if you want to like or view stories.
- Save changes.
In Zengram:
- Go to Zengram.ru.
- Click on “Try for free” and log in through Google and Mail, Odnoklassniki/Vkontakte.
- Add a page from Instagram by entering the standard login and password.
- Refresh the site and click on the “gear” icon.
- Choose the actions the bot will perform.
- Indicate how the service will search for subscribers.
- Come up with text for direct messages if necessary.
- Scroll down to the bottom and tap “Start”.
Android application
If you own an Android-based smartphone, pay attention to the following utilities:
- Unfollowgram;
- Neutrino.
The algorithm of actions for them is identical:
- Go to Google Market and download the application to your gadget.
- Launch it.
- Authorize on your Instagram account.
- Choose what action needs to be taken: like, follow or, conversely, unfollow.
- Set a limit.
- Wait for the result.
For your information. Unlike online services, Android programs are limited in their functionality.
What is the difference between bots and real followers?
Bots on Instagram” are not only utilities for promoting your page on social media, but also refer to those “dead souls” who follow you as a result of mass following. After effective promotion, you may start to attract real readers and there may be quite a few of them. In this case, it is best to get rid of empty profiles from the subscriber category. Before doing so, it is necessary to understand the main differences between these “bots” and real people. The most prominent distinguishing features of such pages are:
1. Lack of an avatar. If you go to such a “dead soul”, you will see that instead of a photo, they have a standard gray image with a camera. This is because “artificial intelligence” cannot attach an image to the avatar on its own.
2. Lack of posts in the feed or a small number of them. This is again due to the fact that posting for bots is difficult.
3. A huge number of subscriptions (more than 1500-2000). With an empty profile, this looks at least strange. It is immediately clear that we are dealing with a fake account designed for mass following.
How to recognize and remove bots from your followers
So, if you have decided to clean up your friend list, you will need the help of a third-party program. For example, Find Gram. With its help, you can analyze your followers according to the following parameters:
- having more than 1.5-2 thousand subscriptions;
- excessive activity.
- Then, you need to compare the matches from these two lists and delete them manually or with the help of additional programs.
A bot for Instagram can be useful in some cases. It is very helpful in the initial stages when you want to develop but cannot do it on your own. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with using additional help in the form of tools for promotion. The only thing to remember is not to exceed the limits of the social network. Otherwise, instead of popularity, you will get a permanent ban.