Monday, February 24, 2014

Instagram hash tags

When marketing and promoting on Instagram it's really important to study the app and all of Instagram's features. Most of all make sure you start creating an index for your account and the photos you post. This index will be "searchable" by any other Instagram user. To index a photo on Instagram all you have to do is add a #hashtag to any word or words that your leaving as part of a comment!! Hash tags can be added to the comment while creating a post, or you you can go back and simply add the tagged words as comments on any photo to index it. When starting a new business account or promoting your business on Instagram you should take some time to study your industry and competition. See what other users in the same industry are doing, study the overall keywords for your industry and consider the top 30-40 keywords a potential customer might use when searching for your business. When considering these keywords put yourself in the customers shoes and consider how they might actually type their search. also consider that the searcher might be searching a social media site/ social media app like Instagram or a search engine like Google or Bing. Try to build the most effective list possible and then be sure to add those keywords to every post you can. It's always a good idea to add those hash tagged hey words to some sort of notepad on your cell phone or tablet. This makes it easier to copy and paste all of the keywords at one time and then paste them into your comments when creating a post or, again, going back and hash tagging an existing post if you didn't already add the hash tags initially.For every picture or video you post there should be about ten to fifteen hashtag as well. Consider that Instagram is like an early Google, and that starting to create an index for your business, and tagging Your photos with the best keywords is just like getting to the top of Google for those same keywords. Consider how many competitors you have. If there are ten thousand images indexed on Instagram under a certain keyword or hashtag it will be difficult for your new Instagram account to be seen in the search results!!So let's get this straight.... When crating an account an promoting Instagram you could get people to your page or account simply by hash tagging certain keywords in the comments portion of your post. In order to get more visibility all you have to do is continue adding hash tags, as repetitively and often as possible! The more you add the hash tags the better the chances you will show up when another Instagram user searches for yet keyword. Once you have enough followers on your account it's a great idea to encourage your followers to tag their images with your hash tag and tag you in the photos as well. It's always a great idea to post content rich media, and make sure they the media you post to Instagram or any other blog/ social media account is ENGAGING! You need your followers and your audience to "like" your post, "comment" on your post and then "share" your post and add the "hashtags" while tagging your account in the post. This is exactly how something can go "viral" online!! Promoting on marketing is actually pretty simple once you learn all the features if te app, how to share images, and of course hoe to tag photos to Create an index. And for more great marketing tips on Instagram and other social media sites and apps be sure to checkout our main site at www.simplemediamarketingsolutions.com

Has Instagram been a good marketing tool for your business?