How To Utilize Hashtags and Tagging

The most effective way to attract attention to your account is most definitely through hashtags and tagging. These two features of Instagram allow you to draw in your current followers while simultaneously attracting new followers to your page. Therefore, these two are a must for the success and growth of your account.

Hashtags: it is safe to say that hashtags have essentially taken over our digital world. When you go to the search area of Instagram, there is a place to search “tags” which allows you to search for various hashtags and be directed towards photos that include those hashtags in their caption. Once you click on those hashtags, you will see all photos that include or relate to exactly what the hashtag is. It is as simple as clicking on #pizza and automatically being directed towards endless photos of pizza. I mean what could be better? I find it especially important to include a wide variety of hashtags in my captions. For instance, I have a set of hashtags that I use in every caption which include hashtags such as #theritebite, #food, #blog, #eat, #foodinstagram, #foodie and so on. Then, I add additional hashtags depending on what the photo that I am posting displays. For example, when posting a photo of chocolate chip cookies and milk from a restaurant named Willa Jean in New Orleans, I included hashtags such as #cookies, #dessert, #chocolatechip, #chocolatechipcookies, #milk, #nola, #neworleans, #nolaeats, #willajean. This allows me to make my hashtags unique to my picture. So my own piece of advice after this whole spiel: #be #successful #by #using #hashtags.