The REAL Reason Why I Gained 115,000 Instagram Followers So Fast

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📚 Hey! Time to win.

First off, I want to welcome the newest member of The Competitive Advantage community on Skool, Justin Schlendorf!

Right on time for our bi-weekly accountability/strategy call too!

Justin operates the newsletter, The Capital Challenge (I just subscribed), and I’ll be helping him grow his personal brand on Twitter, grow his newsletter, and “monetize his mind” by teaching others what he knows.

The internet makes this all possible.

The opportunities that are available for people to learn profitable skills, build a name for themselves, and own their own future are just WILD.

Again…I love the internet! And welcome, Justin!

Today I just want to share with you a quick note about how I’ve been able to gain more than 115,000 followers on Instagram in the last 3-4 years.

It’s probably been closer to 4 years, if I’m being honest.

But look at how many times I’ve posted to the platform:

I’ve posted 1,700 times on Instagram - and that’s just on the main feed! That’s not counting comments, stories, lives, etc.

Creating and sharing all that content GAVE me the life and the business I have now, but right around post number 200 or so, I’m pretty sure I felt like quitting.

Jeez, even around post number 1,000 and even higher I’ve felt like quitting!

But I didn’t.

I kept going.

And going and going and going, until now, the majority of my income comes from Instagram and the related opportunities I’ve created for myself on that platform.

But it never would have happened if I had given up on post number 200, or 467, or 980, or 1,255…

No, it took me 1,700 posts…and was it worth it?

Hell yeah it was worth it!

Today I run a business where I just read books all day, learn, take notes, study, and share the best, most transformative concepts I’ve ever come across.

The internet’s AMAZING, but it can be a grind sometimes.

You just gotta keep going, learn from the best, implement what they teach you, and hammer it again and again.

Instagram growth is just one of the things I teach inside The Competitive Advantage community, and for a limited time I’ve got the time and space to take on a few additional clients and members.

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1. Born Rich, by Bob Proctor

2. Renegade Millionaire, by Dan S. Kennedy

3. Time Management, by Brian Tracy

4. De Profundis, by Oscar Wilde

5. The Miracle of a Definite Chief Aim, by Mitch Horowitz

Within My Direct Control:

Finish Reading 20 Great Books | 15 Books Left

Publish 8 New Course Videos | 8 Videos Left

Publish 15 YouTube Videos | 15 Videos Left

Publish 150 Medium Articles | 129 Articles Left

Completely Update My Social Media | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Patreon Page | Incomplete

Completely Update My Newsletter Platforms | Incomplete

Completely Update My Entire Main Website | Incomplete

Launch Affiliate Program for My Paid Community | Incomplete

Update 30 Patreon Book Notes | 18 Book Notes Left

Network with 600 New Authors | 470 Authors Left

Not Within My Direct Control:

Get Monetized on YouTube | 3,471 Watch Hours Left (13.2% Complete)

Negotiate 12 Newsletter Partnerships | 9 Partnerships Left

Organize 12 Instagram Collaborations | 10 Collaborations Left

Reach 119,000 Instagram Followers | 3,972 Followers Left

Reach 24,000 Threads Followers | 3,100 Followers Left

Reach 11,000 Twitter Followers | 3,190 Followers Left

Reach 4,000 Medium Followers | 2,032 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 Facebook Followers | 688 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 LinkedIn Followers | 1,092 Followers Left

Reach 10,000 YouTube Subscribers | 8,440 Subscribers Left

Reach 10,000 Reading Life Subscribers | 5,401 Subscribers Left

Reach 1,000 Competitive Advantage Subscribers | 408 Subscribers Left

Reach 50 Competitive Advantage Members | 10 Members Left

Reach 50 Patreon Supporters | 20 Supporters Left

Note: I’ll update follower counts once per week, since it’s such a waste of time to go through all of them every single night. Also, Threads annoyingly doesn’t give exact numbers. Oh well.

Read 7 New Books | 7 Books Left

Publish 4 New Course Videos | 4 Videos Left

Publish 4 YouTube Videos | 4 Videos Left

Publish 25 Medium Articles | 22 Articles Left

Upload New VSL for Skool Community | Editing Now

Upload Skool Community Testimonials | Gathering Now

Completely Update My Instagram Profile | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Patreon | Almost Finished

Network with 150 Authors | 130 Authors Left

Note: “Week Four” Runs From September 22nd-30th

Woke Up: 1PM

Sleep Quality: 88%

Pages Read: 80

Workout: Shoulders

Smith Press - 100lbs, 90lbs, 85lbs, 85lbs | (8 reps, last set to failure)

Rear Delt Machine - 120lbs, 120lbs, 120lbs, 120lbs | (12 reps, last set to failure)

DB Side Raise - 25lbs, 25lbs, 25lbs, 25lbs | (12 reps, last set to failure)

Shoulder Press - 60lbs, 60lbs, 50lbs, 50lbs | (12 reps, last set to failure)

Work Completed:

Posted 2x on Instagram

Posted 4x on Twitter

Posted 3x on Threads

Posted 2x on LinkedIn

Posted 2x on Facebook

Posted 1x to YouTube Community Tab

Scheduled 2 Medium Articles

Outlined Next 5 Medium Articles

Worked on Current Author Campaigns

Worked on My Next Book Breakdown

Connected with 20 New Authors

Filmed 2 New Course Videos

Filmed 1 New YouTube Video

Scripted Next 10 YouTube/Course Videos

Organized Social Media Marketing Plan for October

Managed Paid Competitive Advantage Community

Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow

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What an amazing day! I got a tremendous amount of work done, even if my YouTube upload schedule HAS tanked to a shameful level recently. It’s actually embarrassing. And it has to change. I just need better systems.

Anyway, plenty of stuff went RIGHT today, and I love focusing on that instead. Tomorrow is a “phone day” where I have tons of calls and meetings, but I’m still going to get stuff done!

But hey, it’s 5:51AM here right now and I’m going to bed!

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

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