One creator grew Instagram by sending personalized 8-10 second thank-you videos to new followers, commenters, and likers every morning. They'd record from a car in a Costco parking lot, and the practice created a ripple effect as recipients sent thousands of similar messages to others.
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How I built my Instagram at the beginning, I didn't have any followers. I didn't promote it on my YouTube. I didn't put it on my email or whatever. I just, I like building on the platform. And every weekend when Nina, my wife, would go shopping, I'd be like sitting there in the Costco parking lot. And I would start by looking at who followed me recently. And I'd make a quick video, like sitting in the car. Hey, I saw you followed me. Thank you so much. Hope you have a great weekend. Believe. Send. Hey Susan, it's like something. And then when I ran out of people who followed me, I go to people who commented. And when I ran out of people who comment, because at the beginning you don't have that many that you can hit everybody. And then it was people who liked my posts. And I would just send these messages and it takes It's like 8 seconds, 10 seconds, doesn't take that long. And the smile that it brings to people's faces that like, oh my gosh, this person who I follow said something nice to me. Like it speaks to how like starved we are for connection and recognition and validation. But you can use that hopefully in a positive way that, hey, my little 10-second message to you then inspired you to go send 1,000 messages to other people. It's, it's one of the most important parts of my day is every morning I'll wake up, we'll go for a walk and I'll send messages to people. And it just reminds me, it