A top Instagram specialist who learned most of what he knows on his family farm, Joe McCarthy has grown his Instagram to over 300,000 followers. His agency, JEM Social, has helped hundreds of others do the same. Getting to the top of the feed takes more than posting consistently and having a color theme. Instagram has grown into a robust marketing tool that requires A game plan. Today we cover the step-by-step actions to take for explosive growth, how to build impressions and credibility, and how to use the DM method to get the best ROI.

What's in This Episode

• Who is Joe McCarthy?
• Why is social media the new business card?
• What is the landscape of paid versus organic growth?
• Should you buy followers to kickstart the growth of an account?
• What is the right way to increase your following?
• How to get engagement if you don't have a follower base?
• Is the blue badge verification worth the effort?