How To Use Instagram to Promote Your Local Business

A Fresh Perspective on Local Marketing By

Neil Patel - Spark48

Instagram

Instagram & Local Businesses

• Arguably the most powerful of the “new” Social Media sites – not Twitter and Facebook – is Instagram

• With over forty million different Instagram subscribers, and an annual growth rate between 2011-2012 of 1600%, it is one of the fastest growing apps out there

• With so many users, there is an easy way to snare local clients by tagging your local area name and other relevent keywords to your image.

Why Instagram

• Large sales pages are hard for some to concentrate on and read the whole idea,

• But a picture tells a thousand words and it could be an easy way to bring new clients to your local business.

• With direct access to new clients, leads, and other local businesses you could network with, it offers one of the best ways to promote yourself and build trust

Example 1 - Bahrain

• In Bahrain , local people will take photos of what they want to sell.

• E.G shoes & add a price tag to it & share !

• No need for websites

• Quick & Easy

Example 2 - Gucci

• Famous brand

• Has a huge amount of photos

• Includes famous celebrities

• Shows off the latest trends

Example 3 – Jamie Oliver

• Famous TV Chef

• Uses instagram to show off highly visual food shots to great effect

• Also Comments & engages with Followers

The Future

• Instagram looks set to only increase in the future, and with the figures of growth and new users growing almost daily

• Getting involved in the market and generating a new following through Instagram could really set your business ahead of the competition.

More Information

• Have you used Instagram to promote your local business?? What was your experience, Please Share..

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Customers!