Visual Contenting February 2016 | Page 22

SOCIAL MEDIA Writer/editor/inclusivity @buffer; co-founder @girlstothemoon. Sharing stuff about workplace culture, diversity, social media & music. [email protected] By Courtney Seiter from Buffer MAKING SALES ON INSTAGRAM IN 3 EASY STEPS Social media is constantly evolving. As soon as you feel like you’ve got Facebook and Twitter figured out, suddenly there’s Vine and Snapchat and a whole bunch of exciting new stuff to learn. It keeps things interesting, and keeps social media managers on our toes. Lately it seems like more and more social media managers are enthusiastic about Instagram and the opportunities there to engage with fans and share great photos and videos. Visual Contenting And the opportunities are big! With more than 300 million active users, Instagram is giving brands some great results. A Forrester study found that top brands’ Instagram posts generated a per-follower engagement rate of 4.21%—58 times more engagement than Facebook and 120 times more than Twitter! We’ve had a lot of fun experimenting with Buffer’s own Instagram account and were excited to learn more. So we reached out to our friends at Made Freshly, whose Instagram game is pretty much undeniable. They made us an awesome infographic that covers everything you need to know to make Instagram work for you and your brand: tips and stats on growing your followers, creating a marketing flow and making sales directly from Instagram. Check it out (details and citations for all the stats listed are directly underneath) and if you want to dive even deeper into Instagram check out their Instagram Marketing Master Guide ebook here. Happy ‘gramming! From Buffer Blog Check out this infographic on Visual Contenting.