How To Grow Your Small Business Using Instagram
By Effie Cinanni
Small Business marketing using Instagram
Instagram is an online mobile application that is used for sharing photos and videos.
Instagram is following in the footsteps of Facebook and Twitter and has fast become a very
popular social media tool. Instagram was originally developed so that people could apply different
filters to photographs that they had taken on their mobile phones and would allow them to easily
upload and share these photos with friends (or account followers) using the Instagram application.
More recently video was introduced to Instagram it can now be uploaded, but Instagram video
clips are limited to between 3 to 15 seconds long.
Why are businesses turning to Instagram?
• There are more than 300 million Instagram users worldwide.
• Approximately 70 million photos are uploaded per day.
• The account is "free" to set up so there are low barriers to entry.
• It is a medium that allows for easy sharing of content 24 hours a day.
What sort of success have businesses achieved using Instagram?
• Businesses such as Levis, L'oreal and hundreds of others have been able to use the tool to:
• To increase awareness of their products and services.
• To increase brand recognition.
• To showcase their community and pro bono work to inspire and attract prospective customers to engage with their product, service or brand.
• Run successful promotions, competitions and giveaways.
Small Business marketing success with Instagram
Instagram appears to be particularly popular with product based businesses due to its
visual nature. Many businesses that are product based such as clothing, jewellery, make up
or even food based business have achieved success using Instagram. This is because the application
allows for photos to be posted and shared of people either wearing or using these products.
For instance, a food manufacturer might post photos of someone cooking with, sharing a meal,
or entertaining friends using their food products.
This success is not exclusive to big brands as many small businesses have been able to
leverage the power of Instagram to engage their clients. For instance, Melbourne based café
The Kettle Black had over 45,800 followers in March 2016 they have achieved this through
the use of attractive photographs of their food and images of cafe meals that Instagram users
would be attracted to, as well as using hashtags that foodies, food bloggers and other
Instagram users would be interested in or search for.
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