Blowing Up Your Business on Instagram (feat. Nick Wolny)

<p>8 Simple Steps to Catapult Your Business on Instagram (feat. Nicka Wolny)</p><p>The power of Instagram in promoting your business is huge. Many people will find you on Instagram because a majority of people use their mobile phones. Instagram grew up on mobile phones, so the ubiquity of mobile phones gives you the opportunity to share your content with potential customers. Why would someone use a platform like Instagram for business? Isn’t it for adolescent selfie-taking kids showing off their locations? Instagram has grown into much more than just selfies and photo sharing. The average business owner on Instagram stands to join thousands of businesses who are promoting products and services. More than 40 percent of all U.S. companies with more than 100 employees are utilizing Instagram. According to Hootsuite engagement on Instagram is 10 times higher than Facebook and 54 times higher than Pinterest and 84 times higher than Twitter. </p><p><br>Steps to Building Your Business on Instagram</p><p> </p><p>1.       Know Your Audience</p><p>2.       Great Content</p><p>3.       Focus on You</p><p>4.       Have a Consistent Theme</p><p>5.       Post Regularly</p><p>6.       Use Live Streaming</p><p>7.       Optimize with Hashtags</p><p>8.       Promote Your IG Profile</p><p><br>Know Your Audience</p><p>Knowing your audience is paramount in establishing a niche and pinpointing your market’s needs. If you are a carpet cleaning business you will want to ask yourself, what type of carpet cleaning will you focus on? Will you be doing commercial, residential? If you are doing commercial are you going to be doing buildings, theaters, small businesses? If you are doing residential, will you be doing small houses, large houses, houses with pets, mobile homes, local or statewide? The more specific you can get the better your chances for success and the easier it will be to build or scale your business.</p><p><br>Great Content</p><p>Know the content you want to produce and try to make it look and sound as good as possi