86. BEST PRACTICES
• Discovery not disruption
• Native to the experience
• Highly relevant and shareworthy
• Consistency is key
• Strong focal point, not too busy
• Not just repurposed content
• Engage with purpose
87. BEST PRACTICES
• Subtle cues of the brand are what
drives action
• Employ hashtags to enhance
brand discovery
• Test location tagging for higher
engagement
• Pay more attention to caption
content than length
88. PAID INSTAGRAM
• Sell by telling great stories
• 97% of campaigns have generated significant lift in ad recall
• 16 pt average ad recall lift
• 2.7x ad recall higher than Nielsen norms
Barkley also manages Instagram accounts for Noodles & Company, Vanity Fair, Honeysuckle White Turkey and Fruit2O.
We use it primarily to amplify campaigns and activations, and for continuous engagement and community outreach.
300 Milion monthly active users
30 billion photos shared
One of the world’s largest mobile advertising platforms. Gives brands the ability to share their unique point of view and reach a passionate and engaged audience, deliver messages in a focused visual experience, and publish content in a high-quality creative context.
Branding drives results
Be concept driven
Craft to grab attention
Leveraging influencers
Leveraging influencers
Instagram is a place of discovery and inspiration, but not a place for disruption
Content must feel native to the experience and add value to users
Content should be highly relevant and shareworthy
Don’t just repurpose content from other social channels
Engage and follow with purpose. Don’t spam or creep on people
Subtle cues of the brand are what drives action
Employ hashtags to enhance brand discovery
Test location tagging for higher engagement
Pay more attention to caption content than length
Concept is big in driving brand lift. If the concept isn’t clear and your brand piece just seems lifestyle, it won’t stick in fans’ minds
$13 CPM, nielsen brand effect study
Pricing: fixed CPM
Expanded ad offerings: call-to-action direct response link ads and objective-based buying, entire ad is clickable, click-to-buy
Targeting capabilities: facebook categories, custom audiences and lookalikes, retargeting from Facebook
Easier to buy ads: marquee add product, self-serve (no minimums), updated creative policies
Better user experience navigating back to Instagram
Use Facebook’s infrastructure for buying, targeting, managing and measuring
400 million monthly active users
70 million photos uploaded per day
2.5 billion photo likes per day
6 hours per month on average spent on Instagram (2014)