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Instagram is the leader in photo sharing social networks. It's a channel that offers marketers a great chance to connect with their target audience and tell their story in a compelling way. This is the ultimate guide to instagram marketing and will give you the insights you need to get strated and ultimately stand out. If you like this guide, you should check out www.standoutguide.com
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Instagram is the leader in photo sharing social networks. It's a channel that offers marketers a great chance to connect with their target audience and tell their story in a compelling way. This is the ultimate guide to instagram marketing and will give you the insights you need to get strated and ultimately stand out. If you like this guide, you should check out www.standoutguide.com
The Ultimate Guide to Instagram
Marketing 1 2 3 Getting Started: Account Setup Marketing Effectively on Instagram Taking Your Instagram to the Next Level
1 Taking Your Instagram to
the Next Level The first step in establishing your Instagram presence is creating your brand or organization’s profile through three main tasks: Adding a Profile Picture Writing a Bio Connecting a Website
ADDING A PROFILE PICTURE CONCEPT
STRATEGY The profile picture should be iconic and representative of your organization, such as your logo. Over time, people start to remember your profile picture when scanning through their newsfeed and you want them to remember something that is used in other mediums.
WRITING A BIO CONCEPT STRATEGY
You have under 200 characters to tell the world: 1. Why your Instagram page is worth following 2. What you offer as a service or product Enhance your bio by encouraging users to share content relevant to your brand using a specific hashtag.
CONNECTING A WEBSITE CONCEPT It’s
important that you drive your users down the path to purchase as much as possible and your website should be an avenue in which that can take place. STRATEGY Ensure that your URL directs users to a mobile friendly site, as most traffic to Instagram happens through a mobile device.
2 Marketing Effectively on Instagram
Once you’ve created a profile, identify what types of posts your target audience will be interested in. There are four main categories of successful and viral posts: Brand Centric Content Reactive Storytelling Behind the Scenes Content Inspirational & Motivational Quotes
DOING IT RIGHT: LAYS //
LULULEMON Images and visuals covered with brand’s logo and color pallete Focusing around the ideas and feeling associated with the brand
BRAND CENTRIC CONTENT CONCEPT Brands
who use Instagram must understand the importance of brand storytelling. STRATEGY Whether through photos of products or photos of the results of their product, businesses using Instagram effectively showcase what they have to offer.
REACTIVE STORYTELLING CONCEPT STRATEGY Reactive
storytelling leverages a human truth, timely event or unique insight to generate immediate feedback from their target audience. Brands who use reactive storytelling tend to use references that are either meme based or pop culture based.
MEME BASED: REACTIVE STORYTELLING CONCEPT
Meme based reactive storytelling is when brands leverage a popular meme and use it to communicate a brand relevant message. STRATEGY Generate buzz and ultimately spark conversation about your brand.
POP CULTURE BASED: REACTIVE STORYTELLING
CONCEPT Pop culture is a driving force for media and consumers attention. STRATEGY Share content that references pop culture and drive engagement.
DOING IT RIGHT: STEAM WHISTLE
BREWING // TECHCRUNCH Showing the making of their product Showing the inner workings of the organization
BEHIND THE SCENES CONTENT CONCEPT
STRATEGY People are looking for transparency and an inside look at how things are built or done within your organization. The internet has made secrets a thing of the past. Brands are now looking at how they can be more authentic, as its what consumers are asking for.
INSPIRATIONAL & MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES CONCEPT
STRATEGY Sparking emotions in your customers or target audience is the most effective way to drive shares, likes, comments and any sort of connection to your brand. The key is to recognize what quotes will resonate with your audience and then deliver them in a beautiful way.
3 Taking Your Instagram to
the Next Level Now that your brand has developed a relationship with your audience, users will be more inclined to like, comment and share your images. But how can you take it to the next level? User Generated Content Use Hashtags Have Call to Action on Images
DOING IT RIGHT: FRANK &
OAK On Fridays, they often run a contest called #NecktieFridays where they encourage guys from all over the world to upload photos in their neckties for a chance to win a Frank & Oak tie.
USER GENERATED CONTESTS CONCEPT When
users create content that is associated with a brand, that content combines with other stories to develop an overarching brand story. STRATEGY Contests are user generated content directly influenced by the brand, but done so in a unique, compelling way.
USE HASHTAGS ON INSTAGRAM CONCEPT
STRATEGY Hashtags present a great opportunity to broaden the reach of your images. Brands need to think about what hashtags are relevant to the different images they share and how they can leverage existing hashtag trends.
HAVE A CALL TO ACTION
ON IMAGES CONCEPT Instead of making the call to action in the text description that is associated with the image, many brands are including the call to action directly in the visual. STRATEGY Another approach for driving interaction is giving users a this or that choice and then asking them to “like” for this or “comment” for that.
It’s important to identify and
analyze your overarching digital plan and determine whether or not Instagram is a good fit for your audience. From there, it’s time to plan.
These tips and tricks will
help you in the planning stages, but constantly push yourself to be innovative and think different.
INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE? Look
out for my e-book, Stand Out: A Content Marketing Guide With click-through rates on online ads plummeting and the amount of competition increasing, businesses are looking for results. In a world where there is more noise than ever before, it’s important to create content worth reading, creating and sharing.