Wonder what happened to all that talk about Instagram hiding likes on posts? There was a lot of talk about platforms coming together and hiding numbers so that people stop obsessing about them.<\/p>\n

Such trials petered out because, ultimately, numbers matter. They matter in the real world and they certainly matter on social media. Nobody really cares whether your posts have more \u2018real\u2019 likes, whatever that means, as compared to \u2018paid\u2019 likes.<\/p>\n

All people do is just look at the number and form instant conclusions depending on whether it seems too high or too low. And ten times out of ten, posts with high metrics will enjoy more credibility than those with low numbers.<\/p>\n

Nothing to Lose\u2014Just Try!<\/h3>\n

There\u2019s no point being too conservative about experimenting with your social marketing strategy. Any and every tactic is fine as long as it boosts your brand\u2019s visibility and gives you a bigger platform to market your product or service.<\/p>\n

Remember, something as inane as JCB machines at work became a viral sensation in India for a few months in 2019. If #JCBdigging can be a viral hashtag, then certainly your platform will survive even if your experiment with bought likes or views or shares or plays doesn\u2019t work out as you planned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Watching a dog run around in circles trying to catch its tail can be a great funny video to share with your friends. However, there\u2019s nothing funny about being that foolish dog and wasting your time running around in circles trying to achieve an impossible goal. Keep this simple analogy in mind the next time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[663],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n