Instagram is about providing value to your following to help get you more engagement. Make it your goal to post photos/ videos that speak in your feed, stories and IGTV. A growing platform with endless opportunity but a strategy of posts needs to be in place. High-quality photos bursting with high resolution colour will always achieve the most attention on Instagram. It is important to keep your images real and not to overdo the filter effects! Instagram lets you to choose a selection of … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2018
Do you add Pinnable images to your blog posts?
Have you noticed others may be using your images to drive traffic to their own content? Maybe you have not heard of this before but there is such thing as Stolen Pinterest Pins! You may have discovered one of your pins in your feed is now linking to the wrong content........ Stolen Pins..... A stolen pin is when another person (pinner) takes one of your images and then links it to their own content. This means they are using your brand, reputation, and any marketing power the pin has … [Read more...]
We Love Instagram Stories
Not long ago, Instagram announced a brand-new feature they are planning to introduce: Shoppable Instagram Stories Stickers. Smash Social are massive fans of Instagram Stories and this new addition only comes to strengthen our passion. We feel this could be a real asset for your sales strategy. Fact is Instagram is rapidly changing the way customers interact with brands and businesses. According to Instagram 75% of the users who see an Instagram post also take action. They visit the bio … [Read more...]
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND ON INSTAGRAM?
WELL NOW WE KNOW! Back in August, Facebook and Instagram announced they would introduce new activity dashboards that tracked how much time users spent inside the apps. In order to access these tools on Instagram, head to your profile page, and tap on the hamburger icon. Here you will see an option called "Your Activity" which is a dashboard showing your average time you have spent on the app on that particular device. Tap any bar representing days from the past week, and you will be able … [Read more...]
