Hashtags can be confusing! Are they entertaining additional content or marketing tools? This article from 2022 is still relevant and explains how to make them marketing tools so your IG content reaches more people.
Instagram Finally Launches an iPad Version of the App
“After many years, and many user requests, Instagram has finally launched a dedicated iPad version of the app, built for the bigger iPad screen.”
The #followforfollow tag on Instagram has millions of posts but it’s useless in terms of attracting the right kind of followers. That kind of following will never translate into sales. As social media authority Tori Tait puts it, you want to be “purposeful, not popular.” Here is a step-by-step guide on how to build your audience!
Instagram Launches New Artist Inspiration Initiative, Additional In-App Features
“Instagram’s rolling out some new sharing features, along with a new campaign to highlight creativity in the app, which will be headlined by a range of popular musicians.”
What is the Latest Research Showing About Instagram?
Here are the latest stats on Instagram.
- Are you posting the average number of times per month?
- What percentage of your content is videos?
- Are you collaborating with influencers or like minded strategic partners?
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While videos make up only 34% of Instagram content, they reach 49% more audience than carousels or photos. They are shared more often so more people and new people see your content. Your Computer Lady can convert your photos into a video with music, movement and an eye-catching design.
Carousels are an excellent way to give your clients how-to guides. Each image is a step in the process so they can follow along with the instructions. Then the carousels are re-useable in Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, your eNews, your blog! Big bang for your buck!
Use carousels to tell a story. Show the progress on a project. Start with Before photos and move through the work to the completion. Do a Case Study. Demonstrate your product.
Hashtags aren’t as powerful as they were. Don’t abandon them just yet. Cut down on the number of tags you use, however. In a recent study, posts with no hashtags saw a 23% better reach than posts loaded with hashtags.
Posts with mentions (@name) double your reach and get 30% more engagement. Mention strategic partners, organizations or influencers.
Longer captions (over 300 characters) get more comments. You have to start with a strong hook to grab the reader’s attention then lead them through the story to make your point. There is more for readers to get involved with in a longer post. Don’t forget the Call to Action in the caption too!
Videos between 60 and 90 seconds perform the best. They get shared more often and create the most engagement. That time frame lets you tell a good story and make your Call to Action. You can add more punch with a strong caption when you post the video.
The number of posts per week have less impact that the quality of your posts. Mix posts types. Focus on what your audience wants to hear, not what you want to say.
Engagement Rates (audience interactions as % of reach) are the most important stat for Instagram. For B2B marketers, it’s a tough game. Compare your numbers to:
- Education (8.4%)
- Travel and healthcare (7.8%)
- Retail and Sports come in at 7.8%.
Social Media is to introduce your company to new prospects with credibility and to build relationships, not make big sales. Balance your effort and costs with your returns.
Source: Social Pilot
How to collect email addresses
Unlike social media and search engines, email lets you deliver personalized communication to your target audience. It’s a one-on-one channel that allows you to communicate with potential customers until they convert and maintain that relationship into the future.
7 Interactive Emails for Inspiration
Interactive emails continue to be a top trend in email marketing and it’s easy to see why. Email interactivity allows brands to add a wide variety of elements to their messages—from image carousels, offer reveals, videos, surveys, polls, and more.
Email Delivery vs. Email Deliverability: What’s the Difference?
“How’s our deliverability doing? Oh, it’s really strong—we’ve seen a delivery rate of 98% for the last few email campaigns, with only a small handful of bounces.” If you’ve ever heard someone say this sentence, you’ve witnessed someone fall for the often-confused difference between email delivery rate and email deliverability.
Deliverability is not the same as delivery rate.
Even if the latter is healthy, you can still have issues with the former.
In this post, we’ll go over each term and cover what you need to know to optimize your delivery rate and deliverability so they’re working together for your email marketing program.”
Why Business Email Etiquette is Still Important
“In an age of instant messaging, social media, and video conferencing, some might think that email is an outdated communication tool. However, email remains a staple in professional correspondence.”
Instagram Adds New Anti-Spam Measures, Including Improved Engagement Filtering Tools
Instagram’s announced some new spam combatting updates ahead of the holidays, designed to help reduce the manual curation load on users, and the overall impact of spam and junk in the app.
And as anyone who manages a big IG account knows, there’s a lot of spam activity happening every day, in varying forms.
IG says that it’s improved its automated detection of spam and bot profiles across the app, which will better enable it to provide more proactive filters to save creators from having to manually sift through spam comments, requests, etc.