The Instagram Experiment
A real-time experiment: Can I go from zero to sale on a fresh IG account in 30 days?
No followers.
No IG experience.
Just 30 days to see if my brand new Instagram account can make a sale.
The experiment starts on August 4.
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Day 1
Day 1
Pre-Experiment Before August 4 Massive research to see what is working and what people are teaching ...
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Day 2
Day 2
August 5 – Day 2 Recovered my betterwithneta IG account, yay!!! Set up the profile, bio, and s...
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Day 3
Day 3
August 6 – Day 3 Day 3: Branding, Cover Templates, Prep for Photoshoot/Reel Day Brand color...
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Day 4
Day 4
August 7 – Day 4 Day 4: Finish Branding, Practice for Photoshoot/Reel Day + Rough Edit + Theme...
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Day 5
Day 5
August 8 – Day 5 Day 5: Reels Photoshoot Day! Left the house @ 8:30AM The apartment was GREAT...
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Day 6
Day 6
August 9 – Day 6 Day 6: Outro video, list of 20 AI Hacks, Themefy It copy changes Outro vide...
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Day 7
Day 7
August 10 – Day 7 Day 7: Create Bump, apply changes to Themefy Live IGE Experiment session w...
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Day 8
Day 8
August 11 – Day 8 Day 8: Themefy It sales page, 99 theme ideas bump, ManyChat Car broke! App...
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Day 9
Day 9
August 12 – Day 9 Day 9: Get ready to create Themefy tomorrow, Plan regular/carousel posts C...
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Day 10
Day 10
August 13 – Day 10 Day 10: Create Themefy It (Finally!) ✔️ Create ChatGPT prompts to come up...
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Day 11
Day 11
August 14 – Day 11 Day 11: Bringing Themefy It to life! Gathering ALL elements and finalizi...
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Day 12
Day 12
August 15 – Day 12 Day 12: Not ready yet… 😵💫😕😰 Created 2 bumps in the portal. Listened to a...
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Day 13
Day 13
August 16 – Day 13 Day 13: Kind of a day off… Didn’t do anything until 11PM… Put together t...
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Day 14
Day 14
August 17 – Day 14 Day 14: Ready to post my first post! Really finished everything with Them...
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Day 15
Day 15
Day 15: First post is LIVE! Posted first post! ManyChat: Upgraded to pro trial Created flow (took a...
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Day 16
Day 16
August 19 – Day 16 Day 16: Post #2 and preparing for the first Reel/Hack! Monitored Post #1,...
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Day 17
Day 17
August 20 – Day 17 Day 17: Post first Reel/Hack! + Story Created the cover photo Did everyth...
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Day 18
Day 18
August 21 – Day 18 Day 18: Quick brainstorm with ChatGPT Wanted to post, but didn’t have a s...
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Day 19
Day 19
August 22 – Day 19 Day 19: The frustrating Reel! I knew which post I wanted to do + how to d...
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Day 20
Day 20
August 23 – Day 20 Day 20: Jumping on a trend! Following the discovery yesterday that IG fa...
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Day 21
Day 21
August 24 – Day 21 Day 20: Mosseri, myths and my focus for the next few days: Adam Mosseri &...
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Day 22
Day 22
August 25 – Day 22 Day 22: Ideas galore Watched some YouTube, specifically on ChatGPT Made m...
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Day 23
Day 23
August 26 – Day 23 Day 23: Talking Head Reel + Story Saw a Dr. who got 100K in the last 4 mont...
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Day 24
Day 24
August 27 – Day 24 Day 24: Walking in the park Reel Nice weather, no one to hear me, had a g...
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Day 25
Day 25
August 28 – Day 25 Day 25: Didn’t post today (and it’s OK!) Original plan: https://www.insta...
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Day 26
Day 26
August 29 – Day 26 Day 26: Fun about me post It was fun thinking of things to include Canva ...
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Day 27
Day 27
August 30 – Day 27 Day 27: New cool hack Spent 1 hour trying to figure out the best way to r...
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Day 28
Day 28
August 31 – Day 28 Day 28: Live Zoom Call Jane’s comment: Hi Neta, I’ve been binge catching ...
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Day 29
Day 29
Sep. 1 – Day 29 Day 29: Upping my post/carousel game + new download in ManyChat How I create...
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Day 30
Day 30
Sep. 2 – Day 30! Day 23: New computer! I did it! I opened the box and turned on my new MacBo...
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Day 31
Day 31
Sep. 3 – Day 31 Day 31 : Productivity & AI? I am fascinated by the possibility of (final...
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Day 32
Day 32
Sep. 4 – Day 32 Day 32: No post (and no daily video report today 🙄) Today’s post was just no...
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Day 33
Day 33
Sep. 5 – Day 33 Day 33: First sale??? I think we got our first Themefy It sale today!!! Wooh...
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Day 34
Day 34
Sep. 6 – Day 34 Day 34: Time Audit + AI Hack Day 1 Audit – didn’t miss a minute! AI H...
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Day 35
Day 35
Sep. 7 – Day 35 Day 35: 2 AI Hacks Day 2 Audit – Sunday, less working hours AI Hac...
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Day 36
Day 36
Sep. 8 – Day 36 Day 36: New type of Reels Day 3 Audit – Switched my day a bit, worked...
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Day 37
Day 37
Sep. 9 – Day 37 Day 37: More videos Day 4 Audit Recorded 2 videos Real struggle to find th...
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Day 38
Day 38
Day 38: The Juggle is Real! Day 5 Audit Posted yesterday’s video New bio It’s not just the bio, i...
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Day 39
Day 39
Sep. 11 – Day 39 Day 39: The 5 Pillars Day 6 Audit Votes from yesterday: Neta Talmor • Smart...
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Day 40
Day 40
Sep. 12 – Day 40 Day 40: Bringing the pillars to life Day 7 Audit New bio published Created ...
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Day 41
Day 41
Sep. 13 – Day 41 Day 41: Taking it easy + clean up! Can’t record anything on my phone Spent ...
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Day 42
Day 42
Sep. 14 – Day 42 Day 42: A bit of a stagnation No good set up to record (yet) – people...
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Day 43
Day 43
Sep. 15 – Day 43 Day 43: My First REAL Reel! I did it! I followed Joan’s suggestion for me t...
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Day 44
Day 44
Sep. 16 – Day 44 THE LAST DAY!!! Day 44: Another real reel! Did a live Q&A in BSS about ...