4 Ways to Convert Your Instagram Followers into Clients

1. Promotions
2. Contests
3. Charity
4. Teasers

But how do you get more followers on Instagram?

Instagram has emerged as one of the most popular social media channels for individuals and businesses alike. If your practice has a presence on Instagram, it may be time to start converting your followers into clients. Here are four simple ways to do it.You can drive first time sales with your Instagram audience by enticing them with promotional offerings such as discounts, freebies, deals, BOGOs (Buy One Get One), and other similar promotional offers. You can create a sense of urgency by mentioning the date or time of offer expiry. You need to make sure that in your Instagram post you explain the steps a person needs to take in order to avail the promotional offer.A good way to turn your Instagram followers into clients is by encouraging them to try out your services and products. To do this, you can create online contests and ask users to participate by posting content with a specific hashtag or by following your account. You may offer a rebate or a free service as a prize to the winners.You can promote your favorite charities on Instagram and encourage your followers to support them. By getting involved in charitable work you can turn your Instagram followers into clients as they build an affinity for your brand. People expect and approve of businesses that give back to the community and society.Instagram is the perfect place to keep your audience excited by giving sneak peeks into any new procedures or products you may be about to introduce. However, you need to ensure not to spam your follower’s feeds.Growing a follower base on Instagram is a time-consuming process that requires dedication and patience. It needs tremendous effort and energy regardless of whether you are an established medical practitioner or a new entrant. You might wonder about quick ways to increase your follower count after you have used all the right hashtags and created good content.



However, it is important that you do not give in to temptation and indulge in dubious Instagram practices such as ‘buying’ follower lists from unscrupulous online sources. They might increase your numbers but will do nothing when it comes to future engagement.



You need a genuinely interested audience to promote your feeds. Fortunately, there are straightforward and less expensive ways to get followers on Instagram.



As a first step, make sure that your Instagram username is recognizable and searchable. This will make it easier for people to find you. Next, focus your attention towards your bio as it is one of the driving factors that will prompt the client to take an action.



Once you have optimized your Instagram profile as a physician, you can start posting. But before you start engaging with people, it is a good idea to have at least a few informative and useful posts online so that users who show up can receive some value right away. Additionally, remember that photo and video quality is more important on Instagram as compared to Twitter and Facebook, because your Instagram posts have to include a photo or video in order to post.



After a few postings, you might want to start following other accounts that relate to your medical practice. This works out in your favor as Instagram more or less works like a community. You can even gain influencers by interacting with content on other users’ accounts.



This is the most organic way to put your Instagram account in the spotlight, as the account holder will receive a notification when you interact or follow an account. This can lead to them following your account as well. Additionally, always remember to respond to comments and engage with user content. Using this goodwill, the next step is to encourage other users to share your own content.



Lastly, never forget to promote your account on other social media platforms and channels. You can add an Instagram button on your practice website or ask followers on other social media platforms to join you on Instagram. Asking and engaging with your target audience are the best ways to get more followers for your Instagram account.

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Instagram Hashtags are Now More Important than Ever: Here’s How to Make the Most of It

Instagram has recently introduced one of the biggest additions to the popular social network that we’ve seen in recent years: hashtags following. You might have noticed this while browsing your Instagram app, or read about it online. If not, it’s very exciting news: Instagram now allows users to follow specific hashtags so that they can get images and videos using the hashtag in their feed. This brings about many opportunities for those who want to boost their business on Instagram.


The question is, how proficient are you at using hashtags on Instagram?


Instagram hashtags are now more important than ever, thanks to this feature.


In fact, users might not even need to follow businesses and brands any more – they can just follow their favourite hashtags, and get more varied content. So, while it might hinder your follower growth, don’t panic yet – if you know how to use hashtags properly, you can still generate amazing results.


Here’s what you need to know about hashtags on Instagram:

Quality still trumps quantity

Hearing this news, you might be tempted to sprinkle all of your future posts with as many super popular hashtags as possible (the ones with millions of posts). But, that doesn’t mean that your posts will appear in your audiences’ feeds just because they are following the hashtags you’re using.


Instagram is conscious that this feature can bring about a lot of spamming; so, they’re going to put their algorithm to work 24/7 to weed out any spam and block their authors, as TechCrunch reports.


Additionally, TechCrunch also reported that when they asked Instagram about it, they were told that any posts that will appear in people’s feeds will be selected based on their quality and how recently they were posted.


Users are also able to control what they see in their feed, to some extent. If someone sees a post they’re not interested in on their feed, they can select “don’t show for this hashtag” so that Instagram can learn their preferences and adjust what content they see in their main feed.


What this means is that posting for the sake of posting (and using as many popular hashtags as possible) will not work to your advantage. In fact, it could even get you blocked from peoples’ feeds – so, in order to make the most of this new feature, focus first on creating quality content.

Don’t use too many hashtags just for the sake of it

With the hashtag following feature, it can be so incredibly tempting to use the full 30-hashtag allowance per post.


However, there have been many tests performed to find out the optimum number of hashtags to use – and 30 is not it. Even though some numbers and stats differ, most tests found that using around 6-11 hashtags per post can generate the most engagement on Instagram.


Because while using 30 hashtags gives you a lot of reach, it doesn’t mean that the people you reach are actually interested in your posts.


Plus, with Instagram’s algorithm for choosing which posts to feature in peoples’ feeds, using 30 hashtags might make your posts look like spam – meaning, your audience won’t be able to see them.


The most recent test I’ve found on the subject comes from Agorapulse’s Social Media Lab project, which found that using around 7-8 hashtags tends to generate the most amount of likes.


However, you should experiment with different numbers of hashtags, so that you can find out what works best for your particular account.

What’s your Instagram hashtag strategy?

At first glance, it might seem like the best hashtags to use on your posts are the most used ones, the ones with millions of posts per hashtag. After all, they do offer the biggest reach.


However, that doesn’t mean they’re the right strategy. In fact, there are several reasons why super popular hashtags might make it more difficult for your target audience to see them:
Using very popular hashtags means you’re reaching a very broad audience, instead of your target audience. When you use social media for marketing and business purposes, the quality of your followers and engagement is much more relevant than the quantity, because those are the people who are likely to buy from you 

The competition is fierce for top hashtags; especially now that people can follow hashtags, the chances that your post will make it into their feeds is extremely slim, considering top hashtags have millions of posts. Even super high quality posts can get lost – with so many posts competing for the same hashtag. Only the absolute best (and the lucky) will make it in Instagram feeds.


This is not necessarily to say that you should never use super popular hashtag on your posts; ideally, try using a mix of different hashtags to extend your reach, but also get peoples’ feeds, and reach more of your target audience: 

Maximum of 2 popular hashtags with millions of posts 

A few middle-of-the-road hashtags, with hundreds of thousands of posts (but fewer than a million)
And 2-4 highly targeted, niche keywords, that will help you reach your target audience.


This way, you’re targeting different groups for different reasons; and with hashtags that have fewer posts, you stand a much better chance of people seeing your posts when following the hashtags you’ve used.

Create a branded hashtag

As I mentioned earlier in this post, the fact that people can follow hashtags can mean fewer followers for actual accounts.


Because of this, it would be wise to create a branded hashtag that’s all yours and that your audience can follow.

• Your hashtag needs to be: 
• Short and sweet 
• Completely unique 
• And preferably, use (part of) your brand name in some way 

Plus, you could even use it for user generated content (UGC) and encourage your fans and followers to create their own content and use the hashtag.

Conclusion

This is a very exciting new feature for Instagram marketers and business owners with an Instagram presence – but also for the users. Now, users can find great content more easily, and they won’t have to constantly search for hashtags in order to discover posts. Marketers and businesses, on the other hand, have a new way of reaching their target audience and improving their overall results from Instagram.


Just remember not to overdo it (i.e. using too many hashtags all the time, or using only very popular hashtags) and make sure that your posts are all of high quality.

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Updated Instagram a Powerhouse For Business

 

Instagram is a social beast in terms of growth and engagement. Despite the fact the social channel recently has seen its engagement numbers drop, it still dominates Twitter and the all-mighty Facebook. The platform is still growing too; back in September, it reached 400 million users and is still seeing consistent expansion. Videos watched on Instagram grew a whopping 40 percent in the past six months. Many brands have still yet to adopt the visually-driven network, however, which is beginning to seem like a very unwise decision.

Recently, Instagram has made some updates to its platform and implemented new features that are a potential goldmine for marketers and business owners alike. And while some fear that the news of Instagram’s algorithm change will all but kill organic reach, this is actually a good thing, which you’ll learn all about below.

If your business has yet to incorporate Instagram into its social media efforts, it’s time to change that. Here are a couple powerful reasons why your company needs to be on Instagram, stat.


The Algorithmic Update
Per the usual with most any social media algorithm update, marketers are calling this the death of organic reach within the entire platform. This is not exactly true. As Instagram pointed out, with the way the platform works, users currently miss up to 70 percent of the posts on their news feeds. When the new algorithm goes into full-effect, it will rank posts by relevance to the user, the relation the poster has to the user, and how recently something was posted. It will no longer be solely based on the time of publication.

While the relation factor may damage organic reach a bit, relevance will recoup those losses and then some; granted you are doing your job and posting fantastic content. For a brand’s posts to be truly valuable and relevant to users, the content produced has to be top notch. Too often brands are cranking out content just to get seen; not to provide their audience with real value. Curalate vice-president of account management Olivia Herron said the algorithm change will affect content offerings perfectly.

“I’m excited about the change to the Instagram algorithm given that consumers miss 70 percent of their feeds when it’s solely viewed in chronological order,” she said. “This change will surface the best performing content and ensure that images seen are both relevant and highly engaging. It also means that brands need to think more about the quality of the content and calls-to-action that they are posting, rather than the quantity of content.”

Fellow marketer Chris Tuff, 22squared’s director of business development, echoed this sentiment: “If you pay to create good, quality content, then pay to promote it. And don’t waste time creating sh***y content. … It probably just got more important to ensure the quality of anything you post. Only the best will succeed.”

The point is, this change will not kill organic reach; in fact, it may even improve your standings as long as you are offering up creative visual gems that your followers love consuming. Keeping in mind that engagement on Instagram is absolutely stellar when compared to any other social network, these new updates could potentially be a huge win for anyone promoting through the social portal.


Ad Campaigns Add Value
The most profound, and potentially impactful, change that Instagram made in recent months is the decision to implement the use of ads with all of the same options that can be found on Facebook. This is massive news because this will allow marketers to leverage Instagram in an entirely new way.
The use of user-generated content in ad campaigns will not only speak directly to the heart and soul of Instagram users, but will help to cultivate authenticity, trust, loyalty, click-ability and so much more for any brand that leverages UGC. And with Instagram already achieving double the click through rate of its parent company, Facebook. Additionally, according to a Nielsen Brand Effect survey, ad recall is already three times higher than typical Nielsen rates. What these metrics are pointing to is massive success and potential sales for advertisers. Plus, it will be very easy to implement as it can all be done from a mobile device.

With Instagram opening these floodgates, revenue is expected to reach an astounding $2.81 billion by next year. With everyone looking to cash in on the gold rush that is Instagram advertising, now is the time to claim your stake as well.

On top of the changes already discussed, Instagram is in the process of building out several other elements to help businesses optimize their presence. Soon enough, business profiles (akin to those on Facebook) will be available alongside more robust data metrics on postings, and more.

And did you see the huge announcement on March 29? Instagram quadrupled its max video time; videos can now last up to 60 seconds. That’s 10 times the length of Vine; and a great opportunity to tell your story in video form to a very agreeable and engaging audience. Instagram may not have instantly landed on the must-use social list, but these recent changes land it right near the top. If you’re already on this platform, these changes in no way reflect a setback, but a call to arms; a call to sharpen your spears and make your brand all the more efficient this year in the visual media realm. Dive in full force and enjoy these new features before your competitors.

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Why All Businesses Need to Be on Instagram

 

To Tweet or to Instagram? That is the question.
For more and more people, though, the answer seems to be “to Instagram.”

In October of 2014, Twitter reported having more than 284 million active monthly users and more than 70 million videos and photos shared daily – up from 60 million in March of 2014.
That was compared to Twitter’s 232 million users at around the same time. With those numbers in mind, it seems evident that Instagram is pulling ahead as the leader of the social media pack, making it an essential part of every marketing scheme.

Read on to learn more about how the photo-sharing Supergiant is dominating the market right now and why your business needs to be on it.


The Rise of Instagram
Just nine months after Instagram reported hitting the 200 million user milestone, it pulled ahead of Twitter on Dec. 10, 2014. This is incredibly impressive considering that Instagram began as the brain child of two friends – Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. Launched on Oct. 6, 2010, Instagram sought to reform the social sharing world through the use of images (a picture is worth 1,000 words, after all).

In a rush of traffic that is unheard of for most startups on the market, Instagram took off. Roughly 25,000 users joined the service on its first day of availability and, since the launch coincided with the release of the shiny new iPhone 4 — whose camera was finally good enough to spell certain death for separate point-and-shoot devices and whose presence made the iOS base large enough to provide the network that a service like Instagram needed to take off like a runaway stagecoach — it’s pretty safe to say that part of Instagram’s immediate success was due to being in exactly the right place at exactly the right time.

Within three months, Instagram boasted one million users. Over the next several months that number continued to multiply, hitting 10 million at what seemed like the speed of light. Another aspect that made it unique among the start-ups of the time is that Instagram spent virtually no money on advertising – everything Instagram was experiencing was organic growth.
In light of the huge influx of users, co-founder Mike Krieger was forced to carry his laptop everywhere he went in case the site went down under the massive user demand – which it never did because he whipped that puppy out in bars, at dinner or still soapy from the shower to head off any problems before they began. It’s possible, in fact, that this is one of the things that set Instagram apart from Twitter in the early days – Instagram never went down like Twitter did during the famous “Fail Whale” episodes – periods where the site went down and displayed an icon of a cheery beluga being lifted from the depths from happy Twitter birds – hardly enough to sooth angry Twitter users yelling at their screens.

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All those impromptu laptop sessions paid off, however, and the service kept getting better and better. When teen heartthrob Justin Bieber joined the service in 2011 (fun fact – when you Google Bieber’s name, his Instagram account is the first result to pop up – before even his official website or his Twitter account), the site saw a literal uptick in users. The first Bieber photo drew about 50 followers a minute and one comment every 10 seconds immediately after it was posted. Ironically, Bieber also Tweeted the Instagram photo out, inadvertently using Twitter to drive users to Instagram.

After the Biebs jumped onboard, the site continued to grow and the founding duo gained celebrity and stuck true to their motives – they kept their app simple in contrast to sites like Facebook, which made complicated desktop apps in order to extend their service to mobile users. The dynamic Instagram duo also refused to change the essential skeleton of the app even as user numbers exploded. The team’s dedication to their original structure paid off, too. When the app launched on Android, it drew more than one million users in a short 24 hours and in 2012, when Facebook purchased Instagram for a whopping $1 billion, it seemed to many tech experts the only thing Facebook could do to keep its budding rival from usurping it from the throne entirely.


Why Instagram Rules All
Although Facebook is still the most popular social media site in the world – boasting upward of 1.15 billion monthly users, Instagram has a unique seat in the social media parlor. This is due to the following things:

• Instagram encourages creativity. What’s more, the service makes creativity simple without putting many limits on what users can and cannot do. While Twitter has historically featured a strict character limit (which might be on its way out, according to some) Instagram has never put any limits on its users aside from banning obviously explicit or inappropriate content. The site has simply offered a platform for users to share photos, apply cool filters, find content they love and interact with people they admire. It’s truly that simple.
• Instagram is intimate. Again – a picture is worth 1,000 words. It’s one of the oldest sayings in the book and, more and more, it seems to be true. While Twitter offers a unique microblogging service that allows users to share tweets with followers, it isn’t as focused as Instagram, which only offers photos. Although many people adore Twitter, Instagram is different. Instagram is, in a word, more intimate. Where else can you get a peek of Taylor Swift’s scrunchy-faced cat or Herschel Supply’s newest back-to-school lookbook?
• Instagram upped its authentication process for a better user experience. Have you ever searched Instagram for a celebrity you love only to be misled by a profile boasting 15 followers and claiming to be Kim K’s “private” account? Well, thanks to Instagram’s new “verified account” feature, you’ll be free from this trouble from here on out. In addition to cutting back on spam Instagram accounts, which have historically been one of the largest user complaints about the service, the new account verification badges will help users find people they genuinely want to follow – be it a celebrity or a musician. The verification badges began showing up on the accounts of celebrities in 2014 and appear as a small blue checkmark next to the account user’s name, as seen here on Katy Perry’s Instagram account:

In contrast, decreasing spam has been a large problem for Twitter, which has reported that nearly 10 percent of its users are spam accounts.

• Instagram focuses on visual content. Although most other social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Google+ all offer visual content options, nobody (except Pinterest, maybe, which approaches it from a different angle) focuses exclusively on visual content quite so much. When you think of it this way, Instagram’s viral growth makes perfect sense. Visual content has been the most rapid area of growth in social media for years now – in fact, including a photo in a social media post increases the likelihood that the post will be clicked by 18 percent. In light of Instagram’s domination of the field, other services are hurrying to catch up – Twitter is focusing on its Vine short-video offering, for example. As it stands now, though, Instagram users are interacting with posts on the site at a huge 18 times the rate they do Facebook posts — yet another statistic that proves Instagram is a serious force to be reckoned with in the social media market.

Another not-to-be-overlooked part of Instagram’s visual dominance is the quality of the photos Instagram offers. Thanks to the quality of the cameras on today’s smartphones and the filters within the Instagram apps (many of which were designed by professional photographers such as Cole Rise, who created the Rise filter), Instagram’s image quality has gotten to be something that approaches that of DSLR images. Thanks to the app’s attention to detail and dedication to bringing the everyday Joe a powerful art platform, Instagram has made it possible for people without the resources to attend photography school to produce surprisingly beautiful outcomes. What’s more, these people can also gain an audience of their own and become an audience for other people’s work.

• Instagram allows access. We all have our cell phones in our pockets all the time. Imagine if you could look through the phone photos of your favorite musician or public figure – how incredible would that be? What kind of cool, personal moments would that allow you to access? That’s essentially exactly what Instagram does and may be one of the main reasons the service has taken off. Instagram, in many ways, is a window into the private worlds of other people, and a powerful one at that. Understandably so, users have always been eager to engage with it.

The Future of Instagram

As it stands now, industry leaders are predicting that Instagram will only continue to get bigger. The app is experiencing huge demand from the advertising market and exponential rise in users on a monthly basis. While Twitter certainly has its place in the social media royal family, it’s clear that Instagram has offered users a unique experience that has helped it pull ahead of Twitter and carve out its own position in the social media universe.

Although it’s hard to say what the future will hold for Instagram, it seems safe to assume that the skeleton of this beloved service will stay the same while the features it offers just keep getting better and better.

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Tips to Make Instagram Work for You

 

Instagram – that incredible photo-worthy social channel filled with images of cats, food, coffee, and possibly your product images.

Do you find that, even though you’ve set it up, you aren’t really owning your Instagram strategy?
I have some excellent tips as well as a list of tools that can help you own your Instagram marketing.
Why should you add Instagram to your mix and just what are these tips and tools? Here are the answers you’re looking for:


Adding Instagram to Your Mix is Vital, but Why?
This channel is absolutely amazing. It is more than just cat photos and images of food – it is a place for people to connect and feel like they are part of each other’s lives.

Millennials are the largest demographic using Instagram. According to Grant Munro from The Next Web, 47 percent of Millennial-age users say they use Instagram as one of their top 10 channels to seek out and find products.

Since Instagram is all about visuals, it can really help convince someone to purchase a product. If people can see it, they will be more likely to click on the website link and purchase it.

In fact, the number of Instagram and Pinterest users is on the rise, and LinkedIn and Twitter are dragging behind.

Pew Research Center points out that, over the last few years, people have been using Instagram more. If you need further proof, just take a look at this great screenshot from Pew’s social site research:



Both Pinterest and Instagram saw usage numbers double over the last few years, as each of the other platforms progressed slowly, or not at all.

Is Instagram Really Good for Your Business?
If you think Instagram is of no benefit to your business, you are dead wrong.

It can help you create more visuals for your business, which is vital in this very visual world. It also helps you reach out to a younger demographic and widen your audience.

Instagram can also give you the chance to show your personality, or the personality you want to give your brand. This is an awesome chance to be silly, sassy, and fun, too.

Currently, 65 percent of major brands are already on Instagram because they see the importance of the channel. These brands range from credit card services to coffee shops.
All you have to do is take a look at some of the businesses on Instagram to realize that any type of business can use it.

How Can You Use Instagram for Your Business?
There are many ways you can use this channel for your business, maximizing your online presence.
According to Evan LePage from Hootsuite, Instagram gives you the chance to build and strengthen your brand.

It also helps you create more connections with your audience, add a personal touch to your social
presence, and work on maintaining your client base. You can also reach out to a wider audience.


10 Awesome Tools and Tips for Using Instagram

Now that you know just how much Instagram can really help your business, I’m sure you’re wondering about tips, tricks and tools. Let’s take a look:


1. Don’t Hesitate to Use Photo Editing Apps Like VOSCO or Afterlight. Something that is a big part of Instagram is crafting stunning images. This means that you shouldn’t just post a photo you’ve haphazardly snapped and off you go. You should make sure your images are awesome.

Take some time to research a few photo editing apps and download some to try. Add filters and work on lighting fixes to create epic visuals.

A few great editing tools include VOSCO Cam, Afterlight, and you can always use some of Instagram’s own filters. There are many other apps you can use to make some stunning, unique photos your followers will love.

2. Get the Repost App and Share Client Photos to Your Channel.
Sharing content from clients is a great way to promote more engagement and interaction. However, it isn’t immediately easy to do this on Instagram.

How can you repost a client’s photo, then?

Use an awesome app known as Repost. You download it, login with your Instagram credentials, and you will see your feed.

Select the image you want to repost and there you have it.

3. Latergramme Can Help Remind You When to Post Your Instagram Content.
Scheduling content out on Instagram isn’t as easy as the other channels, but there are apps that can help.

One of the more popular ones is Latergramme, which allows you to create all of your IG content, and it then reminds you when to post.

This is great when you are incredibly busy, and all it takes is a simple push of a touchscreen button.

4. Use Wishpond’s Instagram Contest to Boost Your Brand. Contests are an excellent way to promote engagement with your clients and followers.

When it comes to Instagram, approximately 70 percent of users have taken part in a contest already. (There is a full study available for purchase about Instagram and how you can leverage it.)
There are apps out there that can help you with Instagram contests including Wishpond’s product.
The company not only gives you an app to help with contests but also provides excellent tips and pointers for a successful one.

5. Don’t Forget to Use Those Instagram Hashtags.
Hashtags give you the chance to create your own tag for things like contests or user-generated content.

You can use hashtags for trending topics for great sales outreach, but you can also make sure you stay up-to-date with your clients by following specific tags. Hashtags are a great way to promote engagement and help you see all photos clients are sharing.

When you create and begin using Instagram, be sure you are using your hashtags well.

6. Get Your Awesome Instagram Analytics with Iconoquare.
Analytics are great, aren’t they? You can see how well your posts are doing and what you need to change.

When you start using Instagram, you might notice it is a bit difficult to get your analytics right away but never fear.

There is an awesome analytics app that can help you learn which posts are doing well, who your top followers are, and more. This app is called Iconoquare (formerly Statigr.am) and it is absolutely vital you add it to your Instagram campaign.

7. Remember to Interact With People to Bring in New Followers.
Instagram is a great place to connect with people and make them feel like they are part of your life and/or business. One of the ways to do this is to interact with them.

There are many ways you can interact with other users including tagging them in a photo, @ mentioning them, liking, commenting, and sending direct messages.

Take some time to interact and build awesome relationships and you will be able to create an amazing client base.

8. Use Instagram as a Great Way to Show People What is Going On BTS.
BTS (behind-the-scenes) shots are great. They allow people to be part of your world in just a snap or two.

But how can your business use BTS shots?
You can take images of the process that goes into making a product, pictures if you go to conventions, and day-to-day images from around the office.

Even if you work at home, you can share images of your desk space, any work buddies you may have like a cat or dog, and anything else that gives a glimpse into your life.

9. Give Instagram Followers Unique Coupons and Deals.
You can also make people feel special when they follow you by giving them special deals and coupons. This can also encourage them to tell others about your business.

You can do this for each and every social channel you use, and no matter which one it is on, your followers will certainly feel like you care for them.

10. Share Something Cute. Another amazing way to use Instagram is to do what Instagram users do best – share something cute. Nick Steeves at Wishpond points out that people really love seeing cute images.

Do you have a cat, dog, or some other animal? Share an image!
Did you find something fun and adorable while out grocery shopping? Share it!

People will love seeing all the cute things in their timeline and it can help break up promotional images.

Start Using Instagram and Build Up an Amazing Brand
Instagram is a tremendous social channel that can help you get that competitive edge you are looking for, for your business.

Take this chance to share images with your clients and build your brand, making it absolutely strong.

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