I was taking a look at JAP and I saw you can buy Reach… what is your experience with buying artificial Reach to hit Explore and then getting actual organic growth? Can we call it some kind of paid shortcut, or does it impact negatively your account?
Looking forward to hear about your opinions! Thanks!
And I wouldn’t recommend doing this. Hitting the explore page requires early engagement through followers. The way I’ve analyzed viral posts on my accounts is the following:
IG shows it to some of my followers. If a high % of them like, comment & save they show it to more followers.
If it’s well received by followers, they test it on hashtags. If the % of engagement (likes, comments, saves) is high, they keep on showing it to more and more people.
Same goes for explore page…
You might be able to “buy” the results with 2 & 3 but if #1 doesn’t lay a solid foundation it won’t matter. Also, it will hurt your account in the long term. So not recommended.