Should we use Instagram?
- Strengths:
- Easy photo storing and sharing
- Good visual connection with publics
- Weaknesses:
- Unavoidable ties to Facebook
- Ads and spam content
Personal Uses
Professional Uses
- Stay connected with friends and family
- Build an image-based social network
- Share intimate life moments
- Start fun comment threads
- Just have fun!
- Brand development: showcase brand with unique images and content
- "Shop window" effect: create a visual display for ideas and products
- Follower relations: track follower interests and designs
- Celebrity promotions: use celebrity status to draw attention to products
Privacy Concerns
- Either public or private account settings (similar to Twitter and Facebook, which now owns IG)
- Photo content is property of Instagram
- Data now used for Facebook ads
How To Instagram
Sign Up and
Share Photos
What is Instagram?
"Instagram is a fun and quirky way to share your life with friends through a series of pictures."
Signing up and
Sharing Photos
Bibliography
- Download the Instagram app from the App Store or Google Play
- Sign-up and create an account
- Start snapping photos and add a fun filter
- Post your photos to your Instagram timeline and like and comment on your followers pics
- http://instagram.com/about/faq/
- http://socialmediatoday.com/elise-l-v-que/1156266/how-use-instagram-boost-your-business
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/17/instagrams-terms-of-service_n_2317402.html#slide=869365
INSTAGRAM:
Photos and Social Media