SMM for the model's personal brand

Increased reach to 578 825 people

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About the client

Sofia is a professional model. She works with famous brands: MaxMara, Twinset, Italian designer Roberto Covalli, participates in photo shoots and fashion shows.
Participant of FashionWeek.

Cooperation period: August 2022-present

Terms: project under NDA

Why do models need to promote on Instagram?

It is important for our client in modeling business to successfully pass the stage of Instagram account review. The quality and content of the profile influences the decision of recruiters and agencies on the offer of cooperation.

Project objectives:

  • 01
    Develop a blog concept
  • 02
    Package Instagram profile
  • 03
    Increase recognition for successful auditions
  • 04
    Attract new subscribers

9-month results:

  • ×67
    Increase reach from 8,600 to 578,825 people
  • ×5
    Increase audience engagement from 6.5% to 36.8%
  • +15%
    Increase in the number of subscribers in 2.5 months

Starting point:

  • The visual design of the account was lacking
  • Content in the posts had no meaningful content
  • Stories and reels were posted irregularly and did not attract new subscribers, but did not retain old ones either
  • The audience was recruited with the help of recruiting and participation in Givas

And to summarize?

There was low reach and engagement, stable monthly unsubscribing from the profile, which was quite logical, as the profile could not retain the audience.

Target audience

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  • The client profile is aimed at:
  • Girls who want to become a model
  • Beginning models
  • Those who want to learn how to pose beautifully for photos

Profile description

  • The original profile description consisted only of listing the modeling agencies the client works with.
  • But did it provide value to people who were just thinking of becoming a model or wanted to learn how to pose for photos?
  • We updated the profile description to highlight the value of the audience and tell the story of Sophia's life journey. Now people would quickly understand how the account could be useful.
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Pinned Stories

80% of people who go to the profile first look at the pinned stories, not posts, we paid special attention to hook the audience and lead them to subscribe to the profile.

Prior to our cooperation, fixed stories were present in the profile, but the information there (photos, videos from vacations) did not stimulate subscription.

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We developed a number of anchored stories, with the help of which we revealed the model's expertise, talked about her life path, and gave useful information for the target audience.

That is, the audience not only received useful information, but also got to know the blogger and recognized themselves in the problems our client faced.

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Properly filling out such elements led to a 30% conversion to subscription, instead of the 3% of men who simply subscribed.

Visual

During the first months of the collaboration we compiled the feed from Sofia's stock photos.
At first the main wish was a darker shade of visual, but after 6 months we decided to lighten the ribbon.

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The new concept consisted of professional model photos to showcase her expertise and live photos, as the blog also covers the subject of posing for photos in everyday life.

We regularly selected references to simplify the content creation process.

The concept of the posts

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  • All the posts were divided into 3 areas:
  • 50%expert
  • 30%personal
  • 20%informational

Storytelling

Prior to our cooperation, stories were kept in the profile without any sense: just posted photos/videos.
We introduced storytelling rubrics "Mistakes in photos" and "References" to confirm the model's expertise. The informational content was diluted with storytelling about Sofia's life story.

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Additionally:

  • Monetized the video for Reels
  • Selected #hashtags by topic

While Reels had previously racked up a maximum of 11K views, that's now the minimum on videos that were created by the team.

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But not everything is so simple

It was necessary to resuscitate the account after the gray method of promotion, because the reputation of this account in Instagram was at zero and the site did not promote the content in any way.

For promotion we chose among two options: advertising with bloggers and targeted advertising. We chose the second one, as blogger advertising is more expensive and does not give any guarantee of payback.

Most of the subscribers did not fit our new target audience, so the targeting methods were narrowed down. However, we got quite good results and the numbers speak for themselves:

And what conclusions can be drawn?

The era of thoughtless photo posting is over in social media. Nowadays, you need to stand out, and mindlessly maintaining a profile will not help in promoting and retaining an audience.

Before you run any ads, you need to package your profile properly.
The better it is packaged, the higher the conversion to a targeted action from the advertisement will be.

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