[Pazuzu]

Cornered my wife, and asked her some more. This is all Instagram specific.

I thought that you can tell which hashtags bring people in, but apparently you cannot. Your information is just if someone visited the Instagram post because they have you "linked", so it appears on their feed, or if they searched a hashtag and found your image. Also, it will tell you if they did anything else (clicked your username to look at more, or clicked your website, etc).

So, you can't tell if putting #porsche helps or not, so might as well put it in. She said that there is a general feeling that 14-15 hashtags per post is appropriate, so go wild.

You can also put hashtags in a reply to your own post, and they are searchable as well. Some people like to keep the original post clean, and put all of the hashtags in a reply.

VIDEOS. Videos are what she sees the most response from. Videos and images series. You can tell if its a video or series of images when you look at instagram searches, and people prefer them. Make the videos as short as you want, couple of seconds at least to maybe 30 seconds long. Talk in it, take your items and turn them around in the light, etc. WAY better than pictures.

Finally, make your Instagram feed personable. Add something funny from your day, or show shots of the place you work, or toss in a comment about lunch. People don't want to just see pictures of cerakoted bolts day in and day out. Think of the distribution of topics here that keep people coming back.