{"id":10,"date":"2017-12-14T21:22:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T21:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flocksy.com\/blog\/?p=10"},"modified":"2019-01-18T17:06:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T17:06:17","slug":"a-few-tips-on-instagram-and-how-to-use-it-for-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flocksy.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/14\/a-few-tips-on-instagram-and-how-to-use-it-for-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Tips on Instagram and How to Use it For your\u00a0 Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Instagram\u00a0is one of social media’s\u00a0most used platforms. And for goodInstagram\u00a0is one of social media’s\u00a0most used platforms. And for reason too! <\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s an excellent means of communication and one of the best ways to get your business out there. <\/span><\/p>\n

Personally, we (<\/span>Flocksy), find it one of our most used social media platforms. Instagram can be hugely beneficial for any business, if used correctly.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you own an online clothing store, for instance, you could share some of your favorite articles of clothing that you sell, tell your followers about discounts and sales, and when clothing is restocked and out of stock. Or, for small businesses, it\u2019s great to get your product out there. <\/span><\/p>\n

Posting your product in use, or the quality of your product, will help potential customers see what they\u2019ll be getting when they buy your merchandise.<\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019re probably thinking that it\u2019s all well and good to put your product out there, but how do you get people to notice your account? And that, is an excellent question. It\u2019s easy enough to just post a photo, right? But getting followers and customers, that isn\u2019t quite as easy, is it? No, it\u2019s not. <\/span><\/p>\n

So that\u2019s why we\u2019re going to give you a few tips on how to make it easier. When posting a photo on Instagram, here are a few things you always want to remember.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

High Quality Photos\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Wh<\/span>en people are scrolling down their feed, a good, clear photo will stand out. So make sure when posting that your photo has good lighting, is clear, and shows your product at its best.<\/span>\"\"<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Example<\/em><\/p>\n

Hashtags\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Instagram lets you use up to thirty hashtags per a post. Although you don\u2019t want your account to look spammy (which can happen if you use too many hashtags), you do want to use hashtags to your best advantage. Most people don\u2019t read the hash<\/span>tags, so we suggest doing your caption, and then a little ways down having your hashtags. That way people can choose whether or not they would like to read the hashtags, but your post can still be easily found.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Good Caption\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

A good caption is an essential part of an Instagram post. Depending on what you’re posting, captions are endless. Short and catchy captions<\/strong> will make people stop to see your post and what you have to say before moving on. If you do too long of a caption your followers are more apt to read the first sentence and then get bored, moving onto the next post before seeing what you have to say. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Try to condense what you have to say\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to twenty words or less, making it easy for your followers to read it and then move on. Start your post off with something that will catch your followers eye. For instance, \u2018New arrivals in the shop!\u2019. If your followers see something like this at the beginning, they\u2019ll be interested, and want to read more.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Well, that’s all. Thank you for taking the time to re<\/span>ad, we hope we’ve helped you build your Instagram account up a bit!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s a link to our (Flocksy<\/strong>) Instagram’s page: https:\/\/instagram.com\/goflocksy\/\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Feel free to go and check it out for an example of the tips we mentioned above.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Instagram\u00a0is one of social media’s\u00a0most used platforms. And for goodInstagram\u00a0is one of social media’s\u00a0most used platforms. And for reason too! It\u2019s an excellent means of communication and one of the best ways to get your business out there. Personally, we (Flocksy), find it one of our most used social media platforms. Instagram can be hugely … Continue reading A Few Tips on Instagram and How to Use it For your\u00a0 Business<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"content-type":"","_eb_attr":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4,5],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-social-media","tag-instagram","tag-social","post_format-post-format-link"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flocksy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flocksy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flocksy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flocksy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flocksy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/flocksy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":583,"href":"https:\/\/flocksy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions\/583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flocksy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flocksy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flocksy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}