How to gain instagram followers?

[hi]

hey. so I don't want to buy them because that's a waste of money and I don't wanna use a very popular shoutout page, so any suggestions for pages that give shoutouts and have loyal followers?
PS my goal is NOT to be like instagram famous or anything

[Sam]

1. Be selective with your photo uploads.

2. Use good hashtags.

#instagram #me #cute #love #amazing #awesome #picoftheday #beautiful
#igers #girl #instadaily #funtweets #summer#dance #bestoftheday #happy
#iphone #wallpapers #pictures #bestpicture #fashion #sky #nofilter #follow
#followme #fun #smile #food #pretty #friends #nature #hair #lol #dog #cat
#swag #like #funny #cool #hot #family #clouds #music #party #yummy #girls
#eyes #style #sweet #nice #beauty #flower

3. Geotag your photos.

4. Follow and compliment other users.

5. Share your Instagram photos across your other social networks like Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Tumblr etc.

6. Find and invite friends.

-http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Followers-on-Instagram