New sellers, leave your Instagram link here

I’m new! Here’s mine :blush: www.instagram.com/melanie_jeyakkumar

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All followed to here.

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I’m not a new seller but I’m still getting my head around Instagram. How do you find new followers who may be interested in the things you make or do? I’m particularly interested in followers who have children who would enjoy my stories. Anyone more savvy than me? Some people seem to have thousands of followers.
I’ve followed the people on here. Here’s my link - https://www.instagram.com/maisymuffinragdolls/

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It’s all about the hashtags! Think about hashtags that may apply to your target audience. “#childrensstories#handmadedolls #handmadedolllovers" seem to get a good following. Experiment with different hashtags by putting #(your phrase) into the Instagram search box. It will tell you the amount of posts it’s used in, an indication of its popularity. I go for the ones with figures in thousands rather than millions… you might get lost.
Find other makers who do similar (with a respectable following). What hashtags do they use? Could you use them too? Follow them, they will in all likelihood follow back. It may sound counterintuitive, but other artists and makers make good followers, because they have followers too, who might be buyers (and so it goes).
Don’t forget to use #folksy #folksyshop #feelingfolksy #handmadeuk to help Folksy sellers and other makers see you/follow you too. You can never have enough hashtags!
Work in progress posts do well on Instagram too, they seem to acquire a healthy following. Hashtag to indicate work in progress.
Hope that helps.

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Thanks Chris - I’ll do a bit of research on hashtags and other people like me. I’ve had around 300 followers for a long time now and seem to be a bit stuck - would like to reach out to a few more, especially for my Mulberry Green stories. I’m not particularly trying to sell anything - I do well selling my products on Folksy - just want to promote my stories and the whole idea around Mulberry Green. Thanks for the tips - I’ll do a bit of research.

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Hello new to instagram , and been on folksy around a month, will go through the thread and follow people from here also, :grinning: https://www.instagram.com/kingstreasures/

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@KingsTreasures - could you post your link again, I couldn’t find you on Instagram x

I’ve followed everyone to here - Lovely to see so many new shops :slight_smile:
I’m not new but here’s my insta link if you want to follow me:

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I couldn’t find you either @KingsTreasures.

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Hello lovelies!
My Instagram is

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Hi there, I joined Folksy in March but forgot to post here! My instagram mainly features my very own animal drawings which I include into my handmade items, after almost a year since my last drawing I finally decided to draw a new design being a Bumblebee. I would greatly appreciate it if you guys checked it out :smile_cat: ~

https://www.instagram.com/identracraft/

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Following above

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All followed to here, & bumping up to the top for anyone else who wants to join in!

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Hello All, here’s my IG account :relaxed:

https://www.instagram.com/carolinewongdesigns/

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Now following.

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Thank you @ChrisStoneArtist. Great idea.
Although I am not new to Folksy, I have only recently listed my items on Instagram.
I make handmade greeting cards, some with my own verses and some you can actually buy for yourself.
Here is my link https://www.instagram.com/hearttosoulcards/
I have followed and liked an item on all of the above sellers’ Instagram accounts.
Great to see such wonderful work.

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Hi, pretty new to Folksy. Will be focusing on Folksy as my go to selling platform. My Instagram page is www.instagram.com/studiobn25 . The forum looks interesting so will be looking through some more posts.

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https://www.instagram.com/houseofaffleck/

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Following above.

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Morning all, finally remembered to catch up & now following every one on here!

Cheers Lou.

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All caught up, now following all on here apart from @kingstreasures as I cannot find you on Instagram. x

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