Importance of photos and videos to make Instagram posts viral

Instagram is a popular social media platform where millions of people share moments of their daily life.

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How to create viral posts on Instagram and reach a larger number of people?

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Include high quality photos in your posts. A picture tells a story and helps capture attention.

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If you don't have amazing images, use free stock photography sites and make your posts colorful and interesting.

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Posting videos and using Instagram Stories is a great way to engage your followers.

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Video content is extremely popular on Instagram.

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Include interesting and informative content in the video to encourage people to watch it.

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Create few seconds video clips for your post and share them in your post.

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This will attract people's attention and help to make your post viral.

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