At first I thought 'nice, 2k followers...', then I thought, 'Oh, following 4 times as many'. I notice a lot of people follow me, I assume just for me to follow back. When I see that sort of ratio I definitely don't follow back.
Does it 'work' so to speak? Would a sponsor not be put off by the ratio?
Follow imo is one of the most important to gain tranction I like and comment hundreds of pics nearly everyday which slow down when I work but I do shift work so in four days off I try to keep up I sometimes lose 100 followers but gain more in the process.
But I also unfollow people I use an app that shows me who unfollows me then usually get rid of them straightaway and then pick others to unfollow just so I stop hitting the limit which is about 7500 followers so I can keep adding new people.
You are not getting sponsors this early you need about 3,000 to 5,000 followers and sponsors also look for like and impressions and comments on your photos I average about 300 likes some of my photos have 500 I am just pushing it along at the moment.
Two sponsorship sites that I know are these
https://www.revfluence.com/creators
https://famebit.com/creators
revefluence.com requires at least 500 average likes/post, 3000 followers, and 50 posts
and famebit 5,000 followers
Searching the best hashtags in your niche is the other way I use to gain following I like pictures and most with less following then myself will follow me straightaway it a long process but have to treat it as a business adventure end of day it does not come magically fast which is a good thing you have to work for it.
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