Display advertising is a great way to introduce people to your brand visually. At MoreVisibility, one of the questions our specialists and strategists get asked the frequently is “What are the image ad sizes I need to get started?”
Content is king, everybody knows that. Therefore, marketers produce a large amount of content. And who could blame them? Search engines place a high importance on content, and perhaps more importantly, people love to consume it. So how then, can you make sure your content is noticed when everyone else is producing as much, if not more, content at the same time?
Not only must you be in the right channel for your target audience, the content you’re using to tell your story must stand out. A great way to ensure this is through the use of images.Read More
Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Kreiger loved playing around with cameras when they were kids, and they came up with the ‘Instagram’ name from a mixture of using the concept of an instant camera, with the way they compared a picture to an old telegram that was sent over a wire to others. Thus the name Instagram. Their concept though simple, has transformed the photo taking and photo sharing world.
Taken directly from the Instagram FAQ page, this is how the two Stanford grads describe what Instagram was created for: “Instagram is a fun and quirky way to share your life with friends through a series of pictures. Snap a photo with your mobile phone, and then choose a filter to transform the image into a memory to keep around forever. We’re building Instagram to allow you to experience moments in your friends’ lives through pictures as they happen. We imagine a world more connected through photos.”
Over the last few years, millions of users later, after being acquired by Facebook, after launching IOS and Android apps, and even after a desktop version, the use of Instagram by companies has skyrocketed. It’s not just for personal use any longer either. Instagram has become the perfect opportunity for brands and business to get quick, instant messages and photos to their target audience in a very rich, visual manner.
Images are being used more and more within business social media marketing strategies. Here are a few ways to use Instagram to market your business:
Customers want a personal experience with a brand, and by adding Instagram to your marketing tools, your brand can start engaging with customers instantly while telling a story with images that are quick and easy for customers and fans to digest, process, and ultimately share with others.