 Are you a service-based business looking to use social media to promote what you do? Instagram is a platform that helps you to create connections by delivering your brand story and providing value. What is even more awesome about Instagram is that you can easily find your audience. The one who will trust you and relate to you and of course do business with you. As a service-based business, it does take creativity to relay your message to your ideal client. Here are some tips to help you connect with your audience on Instagram: Content Mix To provide value, share your brand story and promote your service, you want to have good mix of content. This allows you to develop a good relationship with your followers and allows them to get to know you. It creates trust rather than pushing your services at them.  Example: @drlaurabelus shares health and wellness and shares empowering quotes Inspirational Quotes When a potential client comes to your business with a need, it is usually linked to a fear or a dream. For instance, I have a a great interest in physical fitness. I love to follow accounts that share empowering quotes about fitness. Take @drlaruabelus a naturopathic doctor who shares her business on Instagram. She talks health and wellness information and shares quotes that inspire. Her quotes take me to a place where I can envision what life would be like if I were healthier. I love them and I do follow accounts that consistently post this type of content. Tell Stories As a service-based business this is your opportunity to give people insights about what you bring to the table. Not just your services but your personality, behind the scenes and business ethics. Be honest, open and conversational. Write your captions as though you were writing to just one person a way that draws them to you and the services you provide. Invite your audience to engage, interact, and do business with you. Share Posts That Educate Share easy tips that help your ideal clients with their problems. When giving away helpful tips, you establish yourself as an authority as an expert in your field. When your followers need a service like yours, you will be the obvious choice. And do not be afraid that you are giving away too much information. Those who require your services will reach out to you for more context and how your service can help them directly. Be Humorous This can be very effective for businesses that might be considered boring and may not have an obvious visual element to them. Plan Posts That Sell Your Service Remember though that Instagram is a platform to showcase your brand. So especially for service-based businesses, you want to to develop a relationship before going in for the sell. Include Call To Actions Call to actions or small asks persuade your followers to interact with you (which leads them to take action on your bigger calls to action). Call to action range from double tap if you agree, to click to join the newsletter. By setting up a good content mix, great visual content, and writing captions that connect and convert, service-based businesses can reap the benefits of a strong presence on Instagram. Do you market your service-based business on Instagram with these tactics? What tips can you share? 
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 Are you considering using Instagram for your small business? Instagram is one of the most popular social media networks, with over 800 million users. Selling is much easier on Instagram than on other social networks. Instagram allows you to create well-rounded campaigns for users at all stages of your funnel, thus effectively building brand awareness and drive conversions at the same time. This means that you may want to consider Instagram advertising as a way to promote your products and services. The advanced targeting options, allow you to inexpensively reach users based on location, age, education level, marital status, and more. And your competitors are there already. How Does Instagram Advertising Work? As a user scrolls through their Instagram feed, they will see sponsored posts in between their feed. The difference between a Sponsored post and a regular post is the word “Sponsored” on the top left. A call to action banner is displayed at the bottom of the image, and you can choose between “Learn More,” “Shop Now,” “Sign Up,” and more. When one clicks on the banner, they are sent to the webpage designated for the ad.  Why you should advertise on Instagram I promise you that Instagram is not just a fad or for young people. With over 800 million users and still growing, it is highly likely that your target audience is using the app. Here are some compelling reasons to consider advertising on Instagram: High engagement: Because Instagram is strictly a photo sharing app, the platform is not as noisy in the news feed as Facebook. This will allow you to benefit from a much higher engagement with your posts. Targeting capabilities: You can target your ads so they only show to users who mirror your current audience. Tracking: You are able to measure data to help you understand if your ad campaign is working or not. It allows you to view how many people see, click and convert after seeing your ad all in one dashboard. Types of Instagram ads Instagram offers five ad formats: • photos • videos • carousels • canvas Story ads • Story ads You can create and edit your Instagram Ads in Facebook Ad Manager. This allows you to take advantage of Facebook’s wealth of user information for targeting your audience with laser precision. To Hashtag Or Not To Hashtag? While it is best practice to place hashtags on every single Instagram post they don’t necessarily belong on Instagram Ads. Hashtags on Instagram Ads tend to look slightly out of place. The ads look cleaner with simple, concise text. Want great results from Instagram and Ads on Instagram, but your not sure how to start? Contact us at Boswell-Buck Creative and let's chat about the amazing things that you can do! What product or service do you provide? Will you be considering Instagram Ads to promote your brand? #instagramads #facebookads #digitalmarketing #instagrammarketing #smallbusiness   Did you know that everyday, over 300 million people use Instagram Stories? This means that there is a huge amount on the platform, and that some of these people are your ideal client. So, let's break down why you should be using Stories for your business. 1. They are visible for 24 hrs! So you can post anytime! It is recommended that you post to Stories at least twice per day. At least 10-12 hours apart. This allows you to be in the feed at all times. 2. Instagram Stories are discoverable and searchable This is cool because if people don't follow you they can still see your Stories. During a hashtag search your Instagram Stories that have the hashtag will appear at the top of the feed. 3. You can download and repurpose them You can download individual posts, or even whole stories to use again for another piece of content (in another social media platform like Facebook or LinkedIn). 4. Live Stream to your audience You can stream live video to your followers that will disappear from your feed in 24 hours. Or, if you want to replay or share videos for later, click Save after ending the video stream. 5. You won't be bombarding your audience You can post as many videos and photos to your story as you wish - and it won't affect your main news feed. 6. You can show your personality and creativity You you can choose from one of the pen type options to doodle on your photo, add emojis or select a color filter. You can give sneak peaks of whats new, post how to's or behind the scenes at your place of work. Are you currently or will you be using Instagram Stories for your business?  |
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