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WRITEAWRITING.COM 6 Essential Tips to Build Your

Business Using Instagram

6 Essential Tips to Build Your Business Using

Instagram

You’re missing out on a lot of potential business if you’re not using Instagram as part of your

online marketing plan. With over 130 million active users, Instagram can be used to create short

photos and videos to help you increase your brand’s exposure.

However, simply creating an Instagram profile for your business is just one step towards

building a successful online marketing campaign. The important part is to follow the below

mentioned 10 essential tips that will help you make sense of your Instagram strategy for your

business. Read More

1. Embedding Instagram Video In Your Website/Blog

Recently, Instagram offered its users the ability to embed their Instagram videos on to their

personal blogs and websites. Now whenever you need to embed a video, simply click the Share

button (on the right side of the interface) to see the embed code for the video you want to share.

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2. Build A Loyal Following

It’s important to have a loyal fan base following your Instagram account. To start off, make sure

your Instagram profile is connected with your Facebook account. This will help you get the word

out to people on your Facebook, which hopefully will lead them to follow you on Instagram as

well. Read More

3. Keep Track Of Followers & Follow Them Back

Once you start building up your following, make sure you follow back everyone. Many

businesses make the mistake of ignoring their followers and tend to have a strict no following

policy. Such measures are not helpful, especially when social media is all about being ‘social’.

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4. Plan Out Your Posting Schedule

Having a plan of your posts including it’s content and time period can really help make things

easier in promoting your business on Instagram. Contrary to what many will have you believe,

posting on a daily basis is not necessary. Read More

5. Encourage Fans To Try Out Instagram Apps

There are numerous apps available for Instagram that will help you to improve your brand image

and ultimately your business. You can publicly encourage your followers to use these apps for a

better user experience. Applications like Gramgrab, Copygram, Instagrille and Instawar to name

a few, will help users to print pictures, get subscribed to Instagram updates via email, search for

certain keywords or download all Instagram content (photos and videos) into their local

computer etc. Read More

6. Keep It Fun

Probably the most important point of all the above suggestions; it’s imperative that you keep

your content engaging and fun to read for your followers. Your posts must tell a story and have

something insightful for your followers rather than the usual corporate/business pitches that

everybody is so tired of hearing on a daily basis. Read More

Conclusion

The above mentioned tips are just a few to get you started with effectively communicating with

your followers to build your business on Instagram. They are not set rules carved in stone, but

can be changed and modified to the situation and the type of target audience. Read More

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