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Instagram is a huge social media network that offers an incredible amount of ways to build and grow your business. There has never been any other opportunity quite like it in history – and now is the time to strike while the iron is hot if you want to explode your business!

First things first: when you’re DM (direct messaging) people, don’t be about you – be about your prospect. Nobody wants to be a stepping stone or doormat on someone else’s path, especially when there’s nothing in it for them.

This is the secret key to all marketing, and one you need to remember that as you target Insgragram accounts. You’ll want to find new people to connect with every single day, and take care to audit their accounts so you know who they are, what they like, what they don’t like, and all that good stuff.

It’s worth taking a note of that and keeping it to hand so that when you make contact with them, you’ll know what to say – and what to avoid. Now, when you do reach out to them, don’t just spam them. That puts you in a bad light, and does nothing for you.

You need to have something of value to them. What problem do they have – and how can you solve it? Think very carefully here, and don’t just settle for the same old answers that you secretly want to hear, as those answers are often the opposite of what you should be saying.

At the end of the day, Instagram networking through DMs is like any other form of networking. Bring some value to the table, and know something about the person first. If you can nail those two things, you are way ahead of millions!