Instagram 101

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With over 150 million monthly active users, Instagram is a top choice for online photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking. Join Alexander Zanfir (SocialPlay.com) in this practical webinar that will show you how to perform basic functions, use it to tell your story, engage your donors, grow your followers and much more! About Alexander Zanfir: Alexander Zanfir is the President of SocialPlay Inc., a Research & Development Game Service and Technology Company. He is also the founder and producer of several Service Technologies. Alex is an Author with PluralSight, creating multiple IT courses for online education and has taught multiple Game Development and Programming courses at various institutions including government institutes and colleges. He was engaged in numerous 3D Simulation research and development projects for Defence Research & Development Canada’s Military Training and Cognitive Sciences department and has been a founding member of multiple IT and Energy start-ups.

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Instagram 101

Alexander Zanfir from SocialPlay

TODAY’S PRESENTER

WEBINAR REMINDERS

• You can hear us, but we can’t hear you.

• Have questions? Type questions in the Questions Log.

• Turn up your computer’s volume.

• For the best webinar experience, close all other applications.

• Yes! The links to the webinar slides and recording will be emailed to you today.

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Instagram

Webinar June 11

Contact

alex@socialplay.com

Instagram: @alexanderzan

Twitter: @alexzanderzan

Section 1: Instagram Overview

◆ What is Instagram?

◆ Who uses it?

◆ How popular is it?

◆ How do you get it?

◆ How does it compare to popular social networks?

What is Instagram?

● A Social Network

● Images and now Video

● Purchased by Facebook

● No revenue model yet/no ads

● A photo taking App, with filters

#selfie #workinghard #hardlyworking

Who Uses it?

1. Celebrities/Influencers

a. Justin Bieber - 12.5 million

b. Kim Kardashian - 12.4 million

c. Barack Obama - 2.6 million

2. Brands

a. Nike - 4.4 million

b. StarBucks - 2.5 million

c. NBA - 2.5 million

3. Non-profit

a. Charity water - 216k

b. doctors without borders - 35k

c. pencils of promise - 30k

How Popular is It?

● 200 Million Monthly Active Users

● 20 Billion Photos Shared in total

● 1.6 Billion Likes and 60 Million Photos

shared every day

How Popular is It?

● The top 50 brands on Instagram have 1.5

Million followers on average.

● an average of 2 Million posts mention each

of these brands on Instagram.

HashTags

● #selfie

● #cars

● #vacation

● #donate

● #afganistan

● #daffodilMonth

Services and Natural Engagement

● Companies can pay for follows

● more difficult to pay for brand discussion

● I just bought these #nike shoes!

How do you get it?

● instagram.com

● only an image viewer

● Mobile App

● Free

SocialNetwork Comparison

● Images and Videos only

● Minimal Social Features o no sharing

o no analytics

o no company pages

● Vine has a foothold on Videos

● Simple, easy to use

Section 2: How to use Instagram

● Feed

● Explore

● Capture

● News

● Profile

Feed View

● Picture/Video

● Poster Name

● Post Time

● Likes

● Comments

Explore View

● Worldwide Popular

● Liked by an account

you follow

● Similar to Your likes

● Search

Capture View

Post View

● Followers or Direct

● Tagging

● Photo Map

● Location

● Social Sharing

Section 3: How Your Charity Can Get

the Most Out of Instagram

● Sharing and Engaging users

● Examples

● Charity content ideas

Sharing Content

● Photos you take at. e.g. events

● Photos already taken. e.g. news, publication, with

another device

● Space out your posts, don’t post too frequently.

● Good mix between promotional and natural content.

● Share content that tells the story of a project, group,

individual.

Ideas of what to Share

● Events

● Advice/Motivational

● Volunteers and Volunteer work

● Community Work

● Tangible Impact

● Team

● Thank you’s

● Ask

5 Tips for Getting Followers and

Engagement on Instagram

1. How/where to tell people you have

Instagram

2. Cross promotion

3. User content/Photo contest

4. Keep your feed updated

5. Embed photos into blogs

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UPCOMING WEBINARS

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Brodhead

Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2014

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