What (REALLY) is the Best Time to Post on Instagram? 2019

by amanda@photographerhack | Jul 16, 2019 | Instagram Engagement

There’s been many, many articles written on the best times to post on Instagram.  Actually, 2,500,000,000 results on Google, to be exact. I’ve even written one!  (Whoops!  It was part of HubHack member content – so I can’t link to it BUT I will...

How Meg Loeks Hit the BIG 150

by amanda@photographerhack | Dec 21, 2018 | Instagram Engagement, Member Spotlight, News & Noteworthy

Otherwise known as “The Four Best Ways to Increase Engagement on Instagram…”   A few weeks ago, I gave my first (of hopefully many to come) live webinar to an audience of Click Pros, entitled The Four Best Ways to Increase Engagement on...

The High Watermark Fallacy: Why Your Instagram Engagement is Low

by amanda@photographerhack | Dec 19, 2018 | Instagram Engagement, Instagram Tips, News & Noteworthy

Back in a previous life, I sold annuities for a living.  No, just kidding, that’s a lie.  I tried really really hard NOT to sell annuities.  Because they’re crap.  But I worked for companies that wanted me to sell them because they had high profit...

Should I have a Separate Instagram Account for Client Work?

by amanda@photographerhack | Nov 21, 2018 | Instagram Engagement, Instagram Stories, Instagram Tips

Hey guys!  I feel like I see this question a LOT and I also answer it a lot.  I literally typed a NOVEL in a FB group regarding this and wanted to share here too. Should I mix my client and personal work on one Instagram account or should I have two separate accounts,...

Case Study: Analyzing Engagement from Nicole Houser of @nicolekristinphoto

by amanda@photographerhack | Nov 9, 2018 | Instagram Engagement, News & Noteworthy

In my last article (read that first!) I argue that the reason so many of us feel our Instagram engagement is low (when it’s not) is that we have several outliers – several High Watermark images that get super high engagement.  We then mistakenly set the...

Engagement Groups | Two Common Myths

by amanda@photographerhack | Mar 21, 2017 | Instagram Engagement, Instagram Tips

I joined my first engagement group probably in Spring of 2016.  I was a member for many months until I started HubHack, where I now run 10 engagement groups for members. Over the past year, there are two very common questions that come up about engagement groups (also...