How to get verified on Instagram?
Would you like to have this wonderful blue checkmark next to your name?
Does being verified will help you to receive more business proposals and make more money on Instagram?
Well, if you’re interested in this topic, you are in the right place!
Today, you’ll learn all the strategies that I used to get my account and many friend’s accounts verified, and how you can replicate these techniques
This works 100% if you understand and follow the 3 principles that I’m going to explain to you
When you'll get verified, you’ll have this beautiful blue checkmark ticked on your profile, but it’s not only for vanity purpose
Many benefits come with being verified that you should really think about
In this article, we'll cover:
Why you should have the verified checkmark
The verification process
How to get verified
If this is the first article you read on my blog, first of all, welcome!
I’m glad you’re here and if you’re interested in growing your page, making money on Instagram, buying followers, and many other interesting topics, make sure to look around the blog, and maybe you’ll find something that you need and could be useful
When you build up a following, there will be a ton of impostor and scammer that will try to stole and copy your identity on Instagram
But, if you have the blue checkmark, people will understand which is the official account and this will increase your trustability
If you comment on somebody’s else Instagram post, being a verified account, your comment will appear at the top, giving you more visibility
People who see this post will immediately see your comment at the top, they could click to see your profile and may end up being your followers!
It's free visibility and you’re basically gaining hundreds of followers doing nothing
If you see someone’s else story, having a verified account, you’ll be at the top of the story views, getting even more visibility
If someone stole your account, remove all your photos (and this happens all the time, trust me), if you have a verified account, you can contact Instagram support and they could help to get your account back
This is priceless because otherwise, you would have to restart a completely new account from scratch, with 0 following and 0 posts!
Maybe you’ve spent years of hard work to create a good following that generates you a full-time income, and now you’ve lost everything!
If your account is verified, you’ll have more trustability and big brands and companies could reach out to you with proposals and business offers: that way you could easily scale your Instagram business and make even more money
Plus, if you sell something to your audience, people could be more comfortable buying from a verified account than from a random competitor account!
(If you don’t know how you can make big money on Instagram and generate a full-time income from, check this article)
Now that you know why it is so important to get your page verified, you have to learn how to do it
Before I’ll explain to you what you need to do to get verified, let’s talk about how you can practically apply for the verification
When you open Instagram, you’ll see that at the top right-hand side, there are three lines
You have to click on them, and then click on settings
Once you clicked on settings, go to your account
Here you’ll be able to see that there’s the option “request verification”
Now, you’ll be able to apply for the Instagram verification
They’ll ask you to put in your details, a category for your account and you’ll have to attach a photo of your I.D. to make sure you’re a real and authentic person
An important thing you have to know is that you can apply on this page for verification once every 30 days, so if they don’t accept you immediately, you can apply again after one month
When it comes to getting your account verified, you have to respect different criteria: otherwise, it'll be impossible for you to get this blue checkmark!
Instagram controls carefully the accounts before giving the “verified checkmark”, so if you miss only 1 of these important points, they won’t accept you!
Make sure to read carefully and take notes of everything because this could change the way big brands and your followers look at your account!
So, let’s move into these 3 principles
What it means is that they wanna see that your account is from an authentic and real person
So, if you’re running a theme page or a funny cat compilation videos or any type of accounts that is not based on an actual person, it will be really hard for you to get verified (it's possible, but it's way more difficult)
What you have to do to submit to get the verification control, is to make sure that they’ll see that your account is real and unique!
If they end up thinking that you repost other people's content or you’re not a real person, they won’t accept you!
Make sure to always use your original content and be active on your stories each day
Interact with your audience, reply to DMs and comments, do some polls or Q&A on your stories: act like an authentic person
They wanna make sure that you are not just posting viral videos very similar (if not the same reposted) to what other pages are already posting, but it’s something unique that you created
You want to make sure that all your content is original, something that you edited just for your page, that you can’t find anywhere else
To secure this second requirement but also to create engaging content, you have to understand what is currently going viral and replicate this successful format without copying it
So, if you see that a specific format is doing well, try to do a similar thing but without copying the post: add your own personality and style
Maybe add some hand-drawn text, some illustration, your reaction, or anything that will make it absolutely unique
This will allow you to jump on trends and gain thousands and thousands of followers each end every day without compromising your authenticity and originality!
Always make sure, when you replicate a format, to add value
This is something most people overlook but it’s probably the most important thing if you want to grow on Instagram or any Social Media platform
You have to take something that is proven to work well and then add some value that people will love!
Even better if you create something incredible that inspire other people to replicate your own content
These are the keys to make your post going viral and gain thousands of followers each month
Now, let’s talk about the last and most important thing that the Instagram staff look at, and this is the notability
What does it mean?
They wanna make sure that you’re a notable person, a sort of influencer, and in their eyes, notability means that you’re well-known, or maybe you’re a news publications
They use different factors to determine if you’re a notable person or not and now I’ll show you 2 strategies that will allow you to look, at their eyes, a notable person
Nobody is teaching you this, probably because very few people know about these tricks
This is something that has worked for me as for many of my friends to get the verification checkmark with all the advantages related, and, if you read carefully and apply all the steps needed, they’ll see you as a notable person
100% guarantee
The most obvious way is by getting yourself published on news outlets by doing P.R.
This is the traditional way, but also the most difficult one
If you have been on TV or you've been featured on other people big platforms, like Medium, you can submit that on your application
So, what people do is to get featured on big news companies like CNBC, ABC, FOX NEWS, or other online press
But I completely understand that for most people this is almost impossible, so what can you do instead?
Well, the second method, that is going a lot cheaper and that will guarantee 100% to get verified on Instagram, is by being a published author
Don’t click off just because you’re thinking that you need to be a romance author or something like this because it’s not hard as it seems
But, this single thing, will get you an unfair advantage against all other people who are trying to get verified and take advantage of this little blue checkmark
I’ve never been on TV but using this strategy I’ve been verified in like 2 weeks, and many of my friends who used this method have been verified too
So, let me explain to you how it works
Let’s think about it
What are the most respectable professions in our eyes society?
Probably at the top there the lawyers, the engineers, and the doctors
And then, at the absolute top, there are the published authors
For some reason, if you're an author, it seems that you reached the maximum level of integrity, professionality, and intellectual success in the entire world: you’re a sort of celebrity
So, the absolute best way to show them that you’re a notable person is to prove to them that you’re a bestseller author and you’ll get approved 100%
I can almost guarantee
But you could say:
“How do I become a published author?”
“How can I do it without spending a fortune”
"Last time that I've written something was in High School!"
Don’t worry, because I’ll explain in 1 second
First of all, let’s talk about Amazon
Amazon has got something called “print on demand service”
What does it mean?
Unlike traditional publishing, you don’t have to order or commit thousands of books, transforming your house into a library
You only need to submit your ebook to CreateSpace.com, which is the publishing platform of Amazon, and then upload a simple Microsoft Word Doc
Then you choose a graphic image (you can easily order a graphic image Here for a few bucks) and when someone orders a copy, Amazon will print this single copy and ship it to the client
This is the power of print on demand
Even if you get 4 sales in the entire month, Amazon will print them, ship them to the customer, deal with the fulfillment and all the stuff, everything
You won’t have any cost and at the end of each month he will pay you the royalties for your book
You can sell your book on the biggest online platform in the world and your only investment is paying someone on Fiverr to create your front image
It seems like a great deal, right?
But, why do I suggest you pay someone to create the cover image?
Because the front image of your book is the first and probably the most important thing, together with the title, that grabs the attention of the viewer and push him into buying your book
So, unless you’re a graphic designer, hiring someone else to complete this crucial step could be an awesome investment
Investing a few bucks into your cover photo, you can easily create an awesome passive side hustle selling your book on Amazon, and on the other hand, you’ll be able to get verified on Instagram
My suggestion is to find a designer that fit the characteristics and the style of your book and, if you like his previous designs, hire him for something like $5-$10
So, what can you do if you are not a writer or the last time you wrote was when you were in high school?
Well, there are 2 options
One is free, the other you’ll have to invest a few bucks
The first one is to create a simple ebook (something between 20-50 pages) that solves a specific problem
Everyone has particular competencies in some field where he knows a lot about, at least more than 90% of people
It could be something that you learned at work, or maybe something that you learned about your hobby, it could be anything that helps people solving a problem
So brainstorm all your competencies and then start writing your simple ebook
You don’t have to write a novel and you could find it even funny!
The most important is not to wait for the “magical inspiration”
Think about something you’re good at and start writing it today
Don’t wait for tomorrow
Write 10-20 minutes a day and you’ll finish your first book very soon
It’s easier than you think
You can even talk and register your book and then hire a proofreader to get your audio transcribed
Many websites can do this almost inexpensively!
But, if you really can’t sit down and write, you can even hire someone on Fiverr to write the book for you!
You’ll only have to choose the topic, choose the writer that most fit your topic and your style, and then hire him
Some writers are really good and cheap, it will depend on the quality of the book, but remember: you don’t have to write a romance or a novel
The main part is: create your book and then upload it into the Amazon Self Publishing platform, whether you have written the book or you hired someone on Fiverr, it doesn’t matter: you have to do it now!
Opportunities don’t last forever
Now you’ve published your book on Amazon, but this isn’t yet a bestseller
So, what you have to do?
Well, the first thing you have to understand is that “bestselling books” today mean absolutely nothing!
There could be a number 1 Amazon seller, but a bestseller author means nothing
When you submit to Instagram to get verified, they want to see that your book is listed and they wanna see if this is a bestselling book
So, here what you have to do:
publish your book on Amazon
on the same day, ask for your friends to support you (by the way, you can list the ebook for $0,99)
Put your book in some almost unknown listing under some weird word combination with very little competition (like books - crafts, hobbies, home - crafts & hobbies - knitting), 3 categories down!
Here, it’ll be really easy for your book to rank and after a few sales it’ll be at least in the Top10 books of the entire list
Then you can take the screenshot of your book at the top10 of this specific listing
Now you can submit to Instagram your screenshot and once they’ll see that your book is in the top best books on your list, they’ll instantly think that you’re a notable person and you’re done!
This is probably the fastest and easiest way to get verified on Instagram and, at the same, you could enjoy writing your first book or maybe making some money selling a book that you didn’t even write
This business model is called self-publishing and it’s a great way to generate a passive income that could bring in your pocket a couple of hundreds of dollars even to thousands of dollars each month
If you want to learn more, you can Watch This
Now you know all the benefits related to having the verified checkmark on Instagram
So, if you run a page and you publish original content, you should apply to the verification process
I showed you two ways to get approved, but now it's your turn
The most common mistake people do is reading all the blog posts available online, all the youtube tutorials, but then, they don’t do anything
Don’t be that kind of person!
Take action, start creating original and unique content and try to write as soon as possible a book or hire someone on Fiverr to get it done for you
It doesn’t need to be perfect: if you list it in a weird category where there are very few competitors, you’ll need only a couple of sales to get your book in the top5!
And chances are that you’ll get approved in less than a month, even in a couple of weeks
I hope you found this tutorial helpful and remember to never give up, because the online worlds can really get you the lifestyle you always dreamed of, so keep grinding
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