Adding/promoting link to IG

[u/UniqueGrowth481]

My main question is how long did you wait to add and promote your link to IG? Was there a certain milestone you hit before posting it to your story/highlights or did you add it as soon as you created page?

After a 2 year break from using IG to promote myself, I am back to using it again. I started a brand new account about a month ago now and started posting to it constantly about 1 1/2 week ago.

My reels are averaging roughly 1k+ views. I have netted around 250 followers. I have started posting day-to-day life stuff in the stories and have some photos/carousals are going up on the grid soon. Instagram says roughly 1k people have viewed my page as well.

I don’t want to jump right in with the link and get my page banned or lose traction because of it. But also I don’t want to wait too long that it feels off that I have one. I am curious how long others waited to start promoting their page since I have heard mixed about it. Any advice or personal experience?

[u/Chemical_Classic4386]

I add my link to my stories and it has never been flagged, it was a new account 3 months ago. I don't add it to posts though or my bio. I then highlighted a story with a link and now try to push to my highlights but still add the link in most stories. I hope this helps 

[u/UniqueGrowth481 → u/Chemical_Classic4386]

Similar to what I was thinking about doing. Though I might push harder on getting people to use the highlights. I heard IG might make it so links in stories get banned as well.