2. Swipe up isn’t your Instagram savior.
If you didn’t know, 10k followers on Instagram is when you can get the “swipe up” feature for stories. Similar to how you can finally rent a car at age 25, then there are no more big “age milestones” for a while. Right now on Instagram, before and after that number, there are no special perks.
You can get verified at any follower count and all the other features are available to everyone as well.
But take it from me, swipe up isn’t everything! It will not save your business, change your life, or anything else you might be thinking.
There’s a reason Instagram didn’t give it to everyone. It won’t work for everyone (and I mean that kindly)!
Let me explain…
Basically what I’m saying is that if you can’t get people to type in the link you are telling them to go to on their phone or computer, “swipe up” isn’t going to make a huge difference. If they don’t want to go to the link, then they don’t want to go to the link.
You have to figure out how to share links and get people to go to those links without the swipe up.
Yep, it’s possible. I did this up until I had the swipe up feature! I STILL do this because sometimes the link is better utilized on a desktop computer.
Make your strategy how to get people to go to links without it! The strategy of procrastination and “I’ll start sharing links more once I hit 10k” won’t get you very far.
