Week 8 Part B: Your Instagram Hashtag Use

The hashtags I used on my Birds of Paradise joke post all relate to the post: #birdofparadise, #flowers, #joke, #orange, #nature, #flora. I posted at 4:10 PM on Friday and received a couple of immediate likes.

 

My second post "Gloriosa Daisy" also contained hashtags relating to the post's contents: #gloriosa, #daisy, #flowers, #yellow, #red, #Oceanside, #wildflowers, #perennial. I posted it on Saturday at 2:10 PM and received four immediate likes.

My third post, "Marigold" I put a watermark on along with the following content specific hashtags: #marigold, #flowers, #nature, #diadelosmuertos, #dayofthedead, #orange, #ofrenda. It was posted on Sunday at 1:25 PM and has received four likes.

I'll be honest, I posted when I had some free time in my schedule on three different days. Using hashtags definitely increased my post reach. I received likes from six new Instagram accounts as a result of the hashtag use. I also picked up two new flower lover followers who I started following back. One of the new followers was a bit of a creeper, so I unfollowed them and they unfollowed me. I don't usually use hashtags, but I can definitely see the value of using them for a business to increase your reach.