Discussing the impact of social media on human beings is an outdated topic.
But discussing how social media has impacted (and continues to impact) the way people do business, and how social media has been the secret sauce behind the generation of millions of dollars for some businesses while causing losses for others may be an interesting topic to explore.
When we talk about social media, we can't neglect Instagram.
Did you know that more than 25 million businesses use Instagram to promote their services and products?
Not only that, but 83% of online buyers say Instagram is where they find new brands!
Do you realize how significant these numbers are?
We are currently living in the "AI revolution" era. Some people are excited, others are worried, and some view the entire thing as overhyped.
However, I know for a fact that there is a significant proportion of people, like yourself, asking this question:
Can I use AI to grow my Instagram?
Yes, you can use AI to grow your Instagram. There are plenty of AI-powered tools to help you create & curate content, track & analyze performance, and automate communication...
So, the purpose of this zero-fluff article is to highlight such tools and see how they can boost your Instagram growth.
Which Areas Can AI Help in Growing Instagram?
To clarify and eliminate any "airy-fairy" claims: AI won't do the work for you; it will simply assist you in getting the work done.
This means that you still need to take action to grow your Instagram.
AI can be beneficial in the following areas:
- Content Creation: You can use AI to generate captions, templates, carousels, and even voiceovers.
- Automated Chatbots: This is super useful for e-commerce sellers. You can integrate an AI chatbot with your Instagram profile to automate communication between you and your customers. This type of AI chatbot is capable of, but not limited to, the following: Automatically gathering the required customer contact information, sending links to recommended products directly within Instagram conversations, and addressing frequently asked questions, such as the store's location, business hours, and pricing...
- Tracking and Analytics: AI can assist in monitoring your Instagram performance and providing valuable insights.
- Generating Hashtags: AI can help generate relevant and trending hashtags to improve the discoverability of your content.
- User Behavior Analysis: This alone, can be the magic pill for your Instagram growth, or even doubling your sales if you are selling through Instagram. What may appear to you as "great content" may appear to your followers/customers as "Meeh content".
- Content Copyright Protection: AI can help identify and report copyright violations, protecting the intellectual property of content creators.
- Influencer Marketing: Instagram influencers are becoming so popular, and still thriving.
At some point in your Instagram growth journey, you may need to collaborate with some of them.
AI can help identify potential influencers based on engagement data, authority, and audience demographics.... making it easier for you to find suitable partners for collaborations.
Why Should I Use AI to Grow My Instagram?
Even with all the benefits that you can get from the features mentioned above, and how they can help you improve your Instagram growth drastically, you may be still skeptical about using it and trusting these AI tools to help get the job.
- Reducing human errors
We are humans, and humans make mistakes.
AI does not (at least not as often as humans).
By delegating most of your tasks to AI tools, you ensure that your content, design, scheduling strategy, communication, and so much more are clean from any errors.
- Consistency
In 99% of the cases, this is what separates those who succeed in the Instagram game and those who don’t. Consistency.
Again, we are humans, and humans get tired, get sick, get distracted by sudden events, and yes get lazy sometimes.
AI doesn’t!
We can’t ensure our ability to be on time always, be creative always, and be focused always
AI can help here!
In most AI-powered social management tools, you can schedule months' worth of content in a matter of minutes. Besides creating the content, you only need to invest a few minutes each month to ensure that all your content will be published on time, regardless of unforeseen circumstances.
- Eliminating boring, repetitive tasks
Creating content for Instagram can be fun, but content is just one piece of the puzzle. There are numerous tasks that you should be doing consistently.
This is where AI comes in as a savior, saving you from having to carry out a variety of boring tasks, like scheduling, managing, analyzing, and many others.
- Cost-effectiveness
As they said, everything has a price, and so does Instagram's growth.
If you are serious about growing your Instagram, whether for personal branding or selling products/services, you need to invest some dollars—either to hire someone to manage your account, buy helpful tools, or even get some equipment for video content creation.
All of these cost money (a lot of money, actually).
What is great about AI is its affordability. You can now get a bunch of AI tools to handle tasks that you could have paid hundreds of dollars for just a year ago for around $15 or so...
AI Tools for Growing Instagram
The following tools cover a wide range of Instagram-related tasks.
Please note that some of these tools are free, some are freemium, and others are premium.
Nuelink is a social media management and automation tool that offers a wide range of features to help you effectively manage your social media presence and more. It includes tools like Bulk Import, Hashtag generator, Link-shortener, and Cross-posting, among many others.
Retable.io is a no-code online spreadsheet and database solution for businesses that provides smart data management features.
It allows you to create, share, and export data easily using its Excel sheet.
You can also create online forms from your spreadsheets and connect Retable with your favorite apps.
Retable offers flexible custom solutions to create your custom and flexible online database software.
It is a great alternative to Airtable.
Advanced search filters help users sort through over 11 million influencers on various social media platforms, including Instagram. This is a discovery influencer tool that enables you to find creators who align with your brand based on criteria such as their location, content category, audience size, and engagement rates.
- Creaitor:
Creaitor is an AI-powered content creation tool that helps content creators create engaging and high-quality content quickly and easily. It uses natural language processing (NLP) to analyze user input and generate creative content with little effort. The tool offers several presets that are ready to use, and users can also describe their product or service in a short sentence to get started. Creaitor.ai can help users save hours on writing content and get out of the idea jam. The tool is cost-effective and comes with over 30 templates to choose from. Creaitor.ai has over 170,000 users worldwide.
As conclusion:
AI is already here, and it's fast.
It's a revolutionary force, and as with any revolution, some people prosper while others face the risk of going out of business or being replaced entirely.
The best and the most guaranteed way to avoid ending up in the latter category is to adapt quickly.
Instagram and social media, in general, are no exceptions.
Many content creators have already embraced AI as a part of their Instagram growth strategy, and they are seeing great results already.
The question is, will you adapt too?
