How to promote your business with Instagram.

1. INSTAGRAM
By: Alleigh Harper

2. HOW TO USE INSTAGRAM
I'm going to give you step by step how to promote a
business by the easy FREE use of Instagram.
Instagram is “as easy” as your Facebook account,
twitter, Myspace exc. You simply make an account
and start you life with sharing photos or videos with
the media.

3. First you going to need to get on a
computer with internet. Then your going
to need to Download the Instagram app .
Just click on the search button and type
in " Instagram " and click. If you
download the app from iTunes you will
have to sync it to your iOS device before
you are able to use it.

4. Click the “Sign up”
button at the bottom
of your screen and
enter your email,
username, password,
phone number
(optional), and upload
a photo (optional) to
create your account.

5. You need to Acquaint Yourself With How to
Use Instagram for Business
Businesses have been flocking to Instagram. In
response, Instagram started the Instagram for
Business blog, which offers tips on how to
really expand your business threw the web with
cool videos and pictures.

6. BALANCE FUN IMAGES
WITH PICTURES FROM YOUR
BUSINESS
All this simply means is to take
into consideration on what
other people like to see. Make
sure the images are clear and
easy to see and understand.

7. CULTIVATE A FOLLOWING
CONNECT YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT
USE RELEVANT, POPULAR HASHTAGS
ENGAGE BY FOLLOWING OTHERS AND
LIKING THEIR PHOTOS.

8. CLICKING THE “SHARE” TAB WILL ALLOW YOU TO
SNAP PHOTOS OR SELECT PHOTOS FROM YOUR
DEVICE’S PHOTO ALBUMS.
CLICK THE CAMERA ICON IN THE CENTER TO SNAP A
PHOTO. (THIS REQUIRES AN DEVICE WITH A CAMERA
SUCH AS THE IPHONE OR AN ANDROID PHONE.) YOU CAN
ALSO CLICK THE SMALL ICON ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT TO
ENABLE AND DISABLE YOUR DEVICE’S FLASH, IF
SUPPORTED.

9. Add Videos to show and share with people
about what's going in your business or
company.
Instagram’s recent Video on Instagram has
given Twitter’s Vine a serious competitor to
contend with. Most notably 15-second, filterenabled, editable video functionality
compared to Vine’s 6.5 seconds.

10. ALTERNATIVELY, CLICK THE LAYERED PHOTO ICON FROM THE
BOTTOM LEFT TO SELECT A PHOTO FROM YOUR PHOTO ALBUMS

11. YOU CAN EDIT YOUR PHOTOS BY MAKING THE
PHOTOS LOOK VERY COOL, ENHANCE COLORS,
MAKE THEM BLACK AND WHITE EXC. THERE ARE
MANY OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM!

12. WHEN YOU HAVE CHOOSE A PHOTO THAT YOU ARE
WANTING TO UP LOAD, YOU CAN “AD CAPTION” ON
THE PICTURE. THIS IS GREAT FOR BUSINESS
BUILDING BECAUSE YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO THE
VIEWERS WHAT THEY ARE SEEING.

13. BE SURE TO GENERATE A
FLEXIBLE POSTING PLAN
You don’t need to post on Instagram every day. The
‘feed speed’ on Instagram is still mostly laid back.
If you start posting a lot, you might saturate your
followers’ feeds, and you don’t want to force
yourself into the noise too often. Decide what you
have ready to post for your business and create a
schedule to help you remember what to post when
and to track what is working once you get going.

14. INSTAGRAM IS GREAT TO
GIVE PEOPLE A VISUAL ON
WHAT IS GOING ON IN A
BUSINESS. PEOPLE LIKE TO
HAVE VISUALS. BY USING
INSTAGRAM YOUR
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
COULD BE ENDLESS…

15. REFER
ENCES:
Socialmediaexaminer.com/Instagram
Wikihow.com
Corp.wishpond.com
Alleigh Harper