[Journey] Journey to 10k followers on Instagram

Hey all,

New to Instagram, so I'm excited to see how this goes. Really, it's a project to generate a form of passive income. I'm begiing with just one account and see how it goes - I know many start out with many accounts but I want to see how this one goes before dedicating more time.

Niche: Beautiful photos

It's my third day (Apologies for not starting on day 1):
Day 1: 40 followers
Day 2: 123 followers
Day 3: 264 followers

Growth is quite slow, I'm posting new content every 4 hours. I'm ONLY using Instagress bot on fast mode and manual but not sure if this is sufficient?
Definitely welcome to new ideas and advice!

With every photo, I'm tagging around 8 hashtags, Instagress is set on Idea, liking and following. How can I increase my growth?