Are you procrastinating on building your lists?
Does the idea of scouring through IG looking for Babes to invite to Babes in Toy Land sound like cleaning your room? (So lame right...)
Well if that is the case, let me help you figure out where to start.
Step 1) Get creative
Your first lead will take some creativity, and some decisions. What kind of girls are you looking for, what accounts do you think they would follow, how could you be efficient at finding girls in particular areas...
Let's say you want to start hanging out with models in Vegas.
With a few google searches for events in Vegas with models, or if you listen to Access Vegas you'd stumble upon Vegas Swim Week and this is where you will start your list.
Use Google Maps to look at an area, search for bars, use the "things to do" filter, search for modeling agencies, underwater basket weaving associations, etc. Go to their website and look for a link to their IG.
As mentioned in the comments, finding photographers in your area is a great way to find models. You can find photographers in an area by looking through who models follow OR on Facebook looking in modeling groups for your area. Generally when looking at followers of clubs (not bars) I am looking for guys (hold on) that look like promoters. I put an * by their name on put them on my list for later use (no homo).
Step 2) Set up your desktop for efficiency.
I take my spreadsheet and make it very thin and place it on the left of my screen so I can always see it while keeping instagram fully visible on the rest of my screen.
I also zoom in of IG (COMMAND, +) as much as I can while keeping all 3 rows of IG pics visible so I can see profile pics in lists easily while scrolling.
Set up your spread sheet to have tables with names and links with an individual table for each location. Use (SHIFT, SCROLL) to switch between locations without moving the screens around and resizing. Place near by areas close to each other so you can access a few areas with ease.
I try to focus on one area at a time, but if I find accounts of girls outside the area or from another psychographic (models vs hippie girls) they have to be really hot to get me to mess with my set up and put them on another list.
Step 3) Scroll
Scroll through lists of followers and lists of people who like posts, as well as the comment sections of posts looking for good looking profile pics. Hover over the link to their names to see a preview of their accounts when scrolling through lists of followers or people that liked a post.
I look for
A) Public accounts
I am not wasting my time on trying to see if the private accounts allow messaging, usually not. Plus the account is private for a reason. If you are see a lot of private accounts on a list scroll faster and look for accounts with recent stories posted, which is signified by a red ring around their profile picture. These accounts are forsure public since you see this ring. I generally pay a little more attention to accounts with recent stories when previewing accounts just by habit (shiny colors are attractive).
B) Accounts that look like real people and have recent posts.
The account with 2 pictures from 5 years ago is just taking up space on the list, message 1,000 of those accounts and tell me your response rate vs girls with recent posts.
Girls don't mass follow people and have 30 modeling pictures they all posted within the last 2 months on a fresh account. That's an OF account or scammer.
If you see a bunch of different girls getting their hair done thats not a girls personal IG, she is a hair stylist. Don't pass that up, if she is from your target area throw her on the list and throw an * on her name for later use.
C) No posts of boyfriends or husbands.
I read why men do bad things, I don't want any headaches. I also want better leads on my lists and the girls are very aware what they are signaling by putting up tons of posts of them with their boyfriends.
D) D Sized cups minimum, cute face, no pics with crazy eyes, looks like she needs a sandwich, etc (This is your preference).
4) Confirm and add your lead
Right click on the name of the accounts you want to check out and open up a new tab on your computer to view the account and get the link... You will maintain your spot on the follower list as you scroll by not just clicking on the link and leaving that page.
If accounts don't tag a location in their bio or have some obvious association with an area (Works for modeling agency in Vegas, goes to ASU and posts pics in Vegas, etc) I ignore them... UNLESS they are so hot that I am willing to take my time to mess up my set up and put them on a different list. I have a list for mysterious women that don't make it obvious where they are located on their profiles.
Copy the link of her IG to your list and write her name in the box next to it for when you are sending invites with an assistant, don't make them figure out what their name is make it stupid easy for them. Idiot proof EVERYTHING in life...
If a girl is particularly interesting put an * by her name on the list for later reference.
Step 5) Following trails
Eventually you will exhaust a source of leads and need a new one, instead of starting from scratch however we can go back to our list looking at the hottest ones with *s by their names.
Look at what accounts they follow and first skim the comments and likes and followers list for girls in their area.
Then pull out some creativity and look at accounts they follow that might have more girls in their area following that account.
What do you know, this 22 year old model is following Michael ... Maybe he has more hot girls following him who live in or travel to Vegas...
Step 5) Purge your lists like a sorority girl purges her stomach before a big party.
As I build my lists and they get bigger I get pickier with who I put on my lists.
Once I get a list for an area up to 1,000 I will start going through and removing the bottom bitches (100 of the worst looking girls from my list). This can include everything from personality traits like looking like a crazy chick or just simply not looking as hot as the other 90%.
This is keeping me from adding girls that are not super hot to my lists as I know I would just remove them later.
Photographers are judged by the worst girls on their IGs not the best, your lists are only as good as your worst lead.
What tips and tricks do you have for building lists?