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Instagram DMs are the only place on the platform where money actually changes hands, and they are also where most accounts burn the goodwill their content earned. The difference is entirely about who moved first.
1. The reply to a hand raised. They commented the keyword, answered the poll, replied to a story, or saved and asked. They moved first. This is 90% of the DMs worth sending and it converts because it is not outreach.
2. The warm approach. Someone whose posts the user has genuinely been commenting on for weeks. There is a shared thread of conversation already.
3. The collab or brand pitch. A specific proposal to a specific account, with a reason it is them.
Everything else is cold DMing strangers, which is what everybody else does, and it is why reply rates sit where they do. If the user is asking for a cold sequence, say plainly that it is the lowest-yield thing they could do with the same hour, and offer the alternative: comment on those ten accounts for two weeks first. Then write it if they still want it.
Ask in one batched question:
If there is no trigger, there is no message. Say so.
The most common DM in this pack and the easiest to ruin. They commented one word. They are expecting the thing. So:
{their name}, here it is: {the thing, or the link}.
{one line on how to use it}
{one question they can answer in four words}
Send the thing first, in message one, with no gate. A keyword post that delivers a "before I send it, can I ask what you do?" is a bait and switch and it is remembered. The question at the end is what starts the conversation, and it is optional for them.
Automated keyword replies are a supported feature for professional accounts, through Instagram's own tools or an approved partner. Using that is fine. Sending unsolicited bulk DMs is not, and it is the fastest route to a restricted account.
Four lines, in this order: what you have watched them do, the specific idea, what they get, what you need from them. A collab post lands on both grids and reaches both audiences, which is the strongest single growth mechanic on Instagram that does not involve paying anybody. Pitch it as that and be concrete about who does what.
Two. That is the number.
Then stop. A third converts nobody and costs the relationship.
The message, the character count, and the two follow-ups with the day each
goes out, all run through /ig-human. The user sends every one of them by
hand, or through their own approved automation for keyword replies only.
name: ig-dm description: >- Write Instagram DMs that get replies - the keyword delivery, the first message to someone who engaged, the collab pitch, and the two follow-ups. Use when the user says "DM this person", "what do I send them", "outreach message", "how do I follow up", "pitch this brand", or is reaching out to someone specific.
---
name: ig-dm
description: >-
Write Instagram DMs that get replies - the keyword delivery, the first
message to someone who engaged, the collab pitch, and the two follow-ups. Use
when the user says "DM this person", "what do I send them", "outreach
message", "how do I follow up", "pitch this brand", or is reaching out to
someone specific.
---
# ig-dm
Instagram DMs are the only place on the platform where money actually changes
hands, and they are also where most accounts burn the goodwill their content
earned. The difference is entirely about who moved first.
## The three kinds of DM, and only three are worth writing
**1. The reply to a hand raised.** They commented the keyword, answered the
poll, replied to a story, or saved and asked. They moved first. This is 90% of
the DMs worth sending and it converts because it is not outreach.
**2. The warm approach.** Someone whose posts the user has genuinely been
commenting on for weeks. There is a shared thread of conversation already.
**3. The collab or brand pitch.** A specific proposal to a specific account,
with a reason it is them.
Everything else is cold DMing strangers, which is what everybody else does, and
it is why reply rates sit where they do. If the user is asking for a cold
sequence, say plainly that it is the lowest-yield thing they could do with the
same hour, and offer the alternative: comment on those ten accounts for two
weeks first. Then write it if they still want it.
## Before writing, get the specifics
Ask in one batched question:
1. **Who** - handle, what they do, and what they posted or did that started
this.
2. **The trigger** - the actual reason to message today. A keyword they
commented, a story they replied to, a post they published. Not "they fit the
ICP".
3. **What the user wants** - a conversation, a sale, a collab, a referral. Be
honest internally, even if the message does not lead with it.
If there is no trigger, there is no message. Say so.
## The keyword delivery
The most common DM in this pack and the easiest to ruin. They commented one
word. They are expecting the thing. So:
```
{their name}, here it is: {the thing, or the link}.
{one line on how to use it}
{one question they can answer in four words}
```
Send the thing **first**, in message one, with no gate. A keyword post that
delivers a "before I send it, can I ask what you do?" is a bait and switch and
it is remembered. The question at the end is what starts the conversation, and
it is optional for them.
Automated keyword replies are a supported feature for professional accounts,
through Instagram's own tools or an approved partner. Using that is fine.
Sending unsolicited bulk DMs is not, and it is the fastest route to a
restricted account.
## The first message to someone warm
- **Two to four sentences.** A screen of text is a delete.
- **Reference the specific thing.** The comment, the post, the reply. In their
words.
- **Give before asking.** A number, a template, a name, an answer.
- **One ask, small.** "Worth a quick call?" beats "let me walk you through the
platform".
- **No link and no calendar in message one.** It reads as a funnel because it
is one.
- **No voice note to a stranger.** It is a great tool and it is for people who
already know the user's voice.
## The collab pitch
Four lines, in this order: what you have watched them do, the specific idea,
what they get, what you need from them. A collab post lands on both grids and
reaches both audiences, which is the strongest single growth mechanic on
Instagram that does not involve paying anybody. Pitch it as that and be
concrete about who does what.
## Follow-ups
Two. That is the number.
- **+4 days** - add something new. Never "just bumping this". If there is
nothing new, there is no follow-up.
- **+10 days** - the close-the-loop message. Say you will stop, and mean it.
This one gets a surprising share of the total replies, because it removes the
pressure.
Then stop. A third converts nobody and costs the relationship.
## Never
- Never automate outreach DMs, and never use a tool that sends on a schedule to
people who did not interact. It violates Instagram's Terms of Use and
restricts the account.
- Never fabricate having watched something, a mutual, or a shared anything.
- Never open with "Hey! Quick question" and then not ask a question.
- Never send the pitch in the same message as the compliment.
## Output
The message, the character count, and the two follow-ups with the day each
goes out, all run through `/ig-human`. The user sends every one of them by
hand, or through their own approved automation for keyword replies only.
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