Why We Suck at Instagram (and You Should To) | Ep. #704

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Marketing, Careers, Business

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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In episode #704, Eric and Neil discuss why they don’t worry about sucking at Instagram. Tune in to hear why it’s ok to suck at Instagram marketing. TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:27] Today’s Topic: Why We Suck at Instagram (and You Should To) [00:45] Neil only has one image uploaded at this point. [01:05] The cool part about Instagram is that it gives you a window into other people’s lives. [01:30] If it’s a viable way to get business, why don’t Eric and Neil use it? [01:40] They want to play to their strengths and there also isn’t enough time in the day to focus on Instagram. [02:10] The two biggest spends/revenue producers are Adwords and Facebook. [02:40] Nail the basics first, then expand. [03:05] Grant Cardone has an insane studio set-up, because he has a whole team. [03:35] When you’re starting out, you aren’t yet mastering anything. [03:47] Focus on a few basics, before trying your hand at Instagram. [04:25] When you are good at video and pictures, then you can worry about Instagram. [05:11] You need 10,000 followers to do well on Instagram and it’s hard to reach that level. [05:52] A lot of people have fake bot followers, which affects the account’s reach. [06:09] That’s it for today! [06:13] Go to Singlegrain.com/Giveway for a special marketing tool giveaway! Leave some feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with us: NeilPatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Get ready for your daily dose of marketing strategies and tactics from
0:06.8	entrepreneurs with the guile and experience to help you find success in any
0:11.4	marketing capacity. You're listening to marketing school
0:14.5	with your instructors Neil Patel and Eric Sue.
0:19.4	All right guys before we start we got a special message from our sponsor.
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0:31.5	The faster your website loads, the better off you are. With
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0:49.7	to improve your load time.
0:52.3	Welcome to another episode of Marketing School.
0:55.0	I'm Eric Sue.
0:56.0	And I'm Neil Patel.
0:57.0	And today we're going to talk about why we suck at Instagram
1:00.0	and why maybe you should too.
1:03.0	Yeah, here's a funny thing, like I recently, I've had Instagram accounts before, I've signed up, deleted them, signed up, deleted them, and kept going back and forth.
1:12.0	Now I'm finally on there. I only have one
1:14.4	image uploaded. Funny enough I do look at your profile more than I look at mine because I don't
1:19.2	really upload anything and I saw that video you did with that cool office.
1:23.0	Oh yeah, the new office, yeah.
1:25.0	Yeah, your office is nice.
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