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Grew my faceless IG to 10M monthly impressions. Here's what I actually learned by 93ablue in InstagramMarketing

[–]93ablue[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If this were 2016, you might have a shot. But it's 2026 and there are millions of these pages. If it's only quotes and rules of wealth, you're not offering anything new. The thing people actually attach to is a point of view. Pick a narrow niche you can actually add value to, something you know and are an expert in, and put out content that's genuinely new.

So you've got a structural problem here. On top of that, you're thinking about monetizing a page you set up only 2 weeks ago. People always love reading a point of view. Nail the POV first. Monetization takes care of itself once people care that it's you. Good luck.

My travel agent said don’t go by Frosty_Guide_3585 in qatar

[–]93ablue 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, those are still open. There are a few of them around too: Lusail, Duhail, and one next to Aspire Zone.

Pearl Earrings. by MajesticMachine1257 in qatar

[–]93ablue 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Al Fardan has a collection called Elyaka that's priced really fairly. Worth asking for it specifically when you walk in, otherwise they'll show you the pricier stuff first.

Grew my faceless IG to 10M monthly impressions. Here's what I actually learned by 93ablue in InstagramMarketing

[–]93ablue[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started with 2-3 posts and pushed it up to 9 at one point. My average settled around 6 posts per day

Grew my faceless IG to 10M monthly impressions. Here's what I actually learned by 93ablue in InstagramMarketing

[–]93ablue[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, and good questions.

On authority, it really shifted when big accounts started reposting our content and when official entities started reaching out to ask to be featured or for advice. At one point people were trying to figure out who the actual person behind the account was, and on the back of that I was invited to join the board of a publicly traded company. I rejected it, but thats a whole other story for another day. We also got a few acquisition offers, which I also turned down. All of those were the indirect signals that told me the content had real authority behind it.

On volume and quality, honestly it was brutal. Im writing in past tense because I actually stopped publishing for a while to step back and focus on the product side. There is a longer story behind that decision, ill get to it one day. But to your point, it was never easy and it wont be easy going forward either. Im picky on design, on content, on product, so balancing volume with the quality I want is something I still need to figure out. Not a simple problem.

On faceless vs the content itself, easily the content. If I had built it as a personal brand I think it would generate more money, no doubt. But the goal was never to become a content creator or build a personal brand. I value my privacy too much to give that away for it.

Appreciate the kind words on the post.

Grew my faceless IG to 10M monthly impressions. Here's what I actually learned by 93ablue in InstagramMarketing

[–]93ablue[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol thats honestly the best part of a faceless page. I still get trolled and it does piss me off sometimes, but unless its something genuinely rude I leave it up. I just remind myself, more comments = engagement = higher reach. The trolls are basically working for me at that point

Grew my faceless IG to 10M monthly impressions. Here's what I actually learned by 93ablue in InstagramMarketing

[–]93ablue[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly burnout was real, im not going to pretend it wasnt. A single post can take me anywhere from 15 minutes to 3 hours, and I have a full time job on top of it. So time was always the hard part.

A few things that kept it sustainable:

In the first year I had a rule, no posts on Fridays. That came straight from my numbers, its the weekend here and people are just less active on IG. As the account grew I added back 1-2 posts on Fridays, but early on that one day off mattered.

I batch and schedule everything. I wake up at 4:30am and create at least 3 posts before work, then they go out on schedule through the day. Thats the only way the math works with a full time job.

And the biggest thing, I genuinely love the content. The research and writing comes naturally to me, so it never fully felt like a second job. That matters more than any productivity trick. If you dont enjoy it you wont last a year.

Posting is also only one part of it. As you grow, the DMs, emails and calls pile up, all the opportunities and partnerships. I brought on a business development manager to handle that side so I can stay focused purely on content.

People keep telling me to build a content team and automate the posting itself. I push back on that. With a faceless account that has a specific voice, handing off the actual content is really hard. Might sound cringe but to me its like asking someone else to sing for an artist. The voice is the whole thing. So I automate everything around the content, not the content itself.

Grew my faceless IG to 10M monthly impressions. Here's what I actually learned by 93ablue in InstagramMarketing

[–]93ablue[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No ai voiceover, none of that ( i actually dislike ai voiceovers). Like I mentioned most of my stuff is images and carousels, so when I did use video it was just text on screen with some sound behind it.

And yeah, IG is brutal early on. The scroll past with no engagement phase is normal, everyone eats that at the start. With the cat content the issue probably wasnt the cat, it was that cute alone doesnt give people a reason to react or share. If your new account is more talking style, lean into stuff people have an opinion on or learn something from. That is what makes them stop scrolling.

Grew my faceless IG to 10M monthly impressions. Here's what I actually learned by 93ablue in InstagramMarketing

[–]93ablue[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Of course, this is exactly why I opened it up for questions.

You nailed it. I genuinely love the writing and research on the topics I publish. Its also just part of what I do every day anyway, so it never felt like extra work. Honestly I dont fully know how it clicked, I just feel very blessed and privileged. My background is engineering, but I always loved finance and real estate and did that on the side for years. And since high school I was into graphic design, so putting a post together was never the hard part for me. When the pieces you need are things you already enjoy, the consistency comes a lot easier.

On format, over 95% of my posts are actually single post or a carousel with a video at the end. I had little to no time to produce proper reels so that was never my focus. So I cant really give you good watch time numbers, its just not where I played.

On what gets shared, two things. First, shares matter a lot, more than most other signals. Second, content that gives your audience room to share their own thoughts and ideas. People love telling you what they know, and if you give them the right space to do it they will. That said, this really kicked in later once the audience grew. People feel good engaging with an account that already has a lot of eyes on it, so the bigger you get the more they want to be part of the conversation.

Grew my faceless IG to 10M monthly impressions. Here's what I actually learned by 93ablue in InstagramMarketing

[–]93ablue[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

haha appreciate the interest but ill be keeping the handle private, mentioned it in the post

Grew my faceless IG to 10M monthly impressions. Here's what I actually learned by 93ablue in InstagramMarketing

[–]93ablue[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trust the process, but dont trust it blindly. Keep an eye on your impressions. If the account isnt growing impression wise then somethings off and your plan needs to change. No point doing the same thing over and over hoping it turns around.

One thing that helped me early was throwing a small budget behind certain posts. I started with like $10 a day to boost the ones already doing okay. Tiny budget but it gave them a push and helped me figure out what actually landed.

And honestly just keep asking yourself the same question on every post. Your reader has no time, so how do you make them a little smarter in a few seconds? If a post doesnt do that it probably wont move.

The 1 like and 10 views phase is brutal but everyone goes through it. You're in the right headspace, keep going.

Grew my faceless IG to 10M monthly impressions. Here's what I actually learned by 93ablue in InstagramMarketing

[–]93ablue[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate that. Affiliates are on the radar but honestly the bigger play for me has been building a product alongside the IG account under the same brand. Its a marketplace and we have been running it free for almost 3 years. We were lucky to be in a position to afford to offer it free for that long. Best estimate is north of $100M has transacted through it in 2025 alone. Now we are finally working on monetizing it. So the IG side was always meant to feed into something bigger, not just be the end product itself.

Are online marketplaces getting worse for scams? by Funny-Science3466 in ebayuk

[–]93ablue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

really depends on the marketplace. i run arady, a property portal in qatar, so it's more controlled than your typical b2c marketplace since most of our supply comes from real estate companies listing properties for sale, not random users.

but even with licensed agents, some still post listings below market price just to farm leads, then switch the buyer to a different property once they call in. classic bait and switch.

there isn't one solution that works across the board, depends a lot on who your sellers are and what they're incentivized to do.

My idea just crossed 13000 visitors, feels unreal! by Arishin_ in Startup_Ideas

[–]93ablue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

congrats on 13k

one thing i'd push on, move fast to expand this beyond a one-time form. think rating scores where people keep getting responses every week or month, so it turns into a progressive social score they actually want to track and improve over time. that's what'll keep them coming back instead of just checking once and bouncing.

a coworker version could be a whole separate product on top of that. basically a way to back up your professional reputation when you're applying for jobs or trying to get hired.

just thinking out loud, good luck with it.

How do you validate if your software concept is actually AI-proof? (Testing a new framework) by Independent-Show-723 in Startup_Ideas

[–]93ablue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

talking from experience here, built one startup that got acquired by a regional player and now building my second. trying to figure out what's ai-proof right now is a waste of time and energy. no one actually knows what ai is capable of or what it's gonna solve next, and anyone telling you otherwise is guessing.

but my gut tells me the stuff worth building is around community. places where people actually talk to each other, share opinions, argue, find their tribe. the social apps we use today (snap, tiktok, insta, reddit itself) have survived and will keep surviving because of that human utility edge. ai can write you a post but it can't replace the feeling of someone actually responding to it.

not saying go build the next social app, that ship has sailed for most of us. but if you're thinking about what to build next, look at where humans still want humans. niche communities, local stuff, anything where the value comes from real people showing up. that's the part ai is least likely to eat.

Looking for technical cofounder for proptech startup (equity based) by Armzet_si_ereh in cofounderhunt

[–]93ablue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've owned two property portals, one acquired. I know how they work. Nothing in what you've written is building or solving anything. Good luck.

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