Ultimate Guide to Instagram for Business

Kim Walsh Phillips

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• Instagram remains one of the most popular apps in the world with 2.35 billion active users per month
• Target an engaged audience that is able to identified by individual preferences, likes, and interests
• Instagram users spends an average of 2 hours a day on social media and is composed of 60% users age 18 to 34 years old
• Instagram has 170 million users in the U.S. and also a very large international following with the most users being from India
• The new edition has an updated 21-day-build-a -following strategy that work with the newest algorithm changes 
  
• New content creation formula that simplifies how to create effective, engaging content that attracts your ideal client
• Proven strategies on how to uncover who your right-fit customers are and how to find them easily on Instagram

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Questions, Questions: Understanding the Why of Instagram

Chapter 2: First Things First: Creating a Solid Foundation

Chapter 3: Putting on Your Fancy Pants Outfit: Developing Your Instagram Brand

Chapter 4: Starring You: Leveraging Instagram for Premium Positioning

Chapter 5: Sometimes It Is a Popularity Contest: Growing Your Instagram Following

Chapter 6: All About the ROI: Turning Posts into Profits

Chapter 7: Building Trust with Your Instagram Tribe

Chapter 8: Cha-Ching! Driving Sale After Sale from Your Instagram Page

Chapter 9: Your Instagram Product Launch Formula

Chapter 10: Instagram Stories and Instagram Live: Your 15-Plus Seconds of Fame

Chapter 11: The Final Word: Magical Results!

About the Author

Index

Sujets

• Social Media
• COMPUTERS
• Marketing et communication
• Internet marketing
• General officer
• Economics
• Advertising
• Business
• Direct
• General
• Internet
• Marketing

Informations

• Publié par: Entrepreneur Press
• Date de parution: 13 juin 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 7
• EAN13: 9781613084632
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 17 Mo

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Instagram FORBUSINESS 2ND EDITION

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Praise forUltimate Guide to Instagram for Business

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—Sabrina Truscott, The Satori Method

“Kim’s focus on ROI when it comes to social media makes her strategies an asset to businesses looking to scale.” —Mike Michalowicz, author of Profit First

ULTIMATE GUIDETO Instagram FOR BUSINESS

SECOND EDITION

Kim Walsh Phillips

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Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Nàes: Wàlsh-Phillis, Ki, àuthor. Title: Ultiàte guide to instàgrà for business / Ki Wàlsh Phillis. Descrition: Second Edition. | Irvine, Càlifornià: Entrereneur Press, [2023] | Series: Entrereneur ultiàte guides | Revised edition of the àuthor’s Ultiàte guide to Instàgrà for business, [2017] | Suàry: “Sociàl edià àrketing exert Ki Wàlsh Phillis highlights whàt’s new ànd innovàtive on Instàgrà, ànd gives you the tools you need to get àn iediàte return on your investent. Fro udàted cross-làtfor brànding ànd àrketing àdvice, to àll new ràcticàl bluerints for funneling followers, this guide unlocks the làtest secrets successful entrereneurs use to grow their following ànd drive sàles directly fro Instàgrà”—Provided by ublisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2023001576 | ISBN 9781642011517 (àerbàck) | ISBN 9781613084632 (eub) Subjects: LCSH: Photogràhy—Digitàl techniques. | Instàgrà (Fir) | Couter file shàring. | Iàge files. Clàssificàtion: LCC TR267.5.I57 W35 2023 | DDC 770.285/53—dc23/eng/20230117 LC record àvàilàble àt htts://lccn.loc.gov/2023001576

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Contents

Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

INTRODUCTION Why Instagram for Business? How to Make It Work for Yours. . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii The Letter Thàt Chànged Everything . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

1 CHAPTER Questions, Questions: Understanding the Why of Instagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Where Did Instàgrà Coe fro Anywày? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 It’s à Post, Not à Màrriàge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Whàt Is à Sàles Funnel, ànd Do I Need One? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Creàting Your Màrketing ànd Sàles Pàth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 #UltiàteGuidetoInstàgrà Postàbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2 CHAPTER First Things First: Creating a Solid Foundation by Kim Walsh Phillips and Kelly Moderwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 The Rules of Direct-Resonse Màrketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 How to Set U Your Account for Màxiu Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 How to Use the Instàgrà A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 #UltiàteGuidetoInstàgrà Postàbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

3 CHAPTER Putting on Your Fancy Pants Outfit: Developing Your Instagram Brand . . . . . . 37 Develoing Your Instàgrà Pàge Brànd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 The Tyes of Instàgrà Posts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Corinne Cràbtree, The No BS Woàn’s Stràtegy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 #UltiàteGuidetoInstàgrà Postàbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

4 CHAPTER Starring You: Leveraging Instagram for Premium Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 The Power of Stàrdo: Leveràge Your Instàgrà Account to  Strengthen Your Celebrity, Authority, ànd Exert Positioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 vII

ULTIMATE GUIDE TO INSTAGRAM FOR BUSINESS

Getting Reàdy for Your Close-U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Sàrà McCord, Stràtegy First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 #UltiàteGuidetoInstàgrà Postàbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

5 CHAPTER Sometimes It Is a Popularity Contest: Growing Your Instagram Following by Kim Walsh Phillips and Kelly Moderwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 The Power of the Hàshtàg, ànd How to Màke Yours Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Sin the Wheel! Running à Contest on Instàgrà . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 10 Stes to Your Instàgrà Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 As You Càn Use to Run Your Instàgrà Contests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Growing Your Follower Bàse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Nàthàn Chàn, How Nàthàn Chàn Grew Foundr to  More Thàn 10,000 Followers in Less Thàn à Month. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 The 21-Dày Bluerint for Growing Your Instàgrà Followers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Lorràine Dàlleier, Forulà Botànicà . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 #UltiàteGuidetoInstàgrà Postàbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

6 CHAPTER All About the ROI: Turning Posts into Profits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 A Quick-Stàrt Free Gift Bluerint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Càrine Aucàgos, Design et Fonctionnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 #UltiàteGuidetoInstàgrà Postàbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

7 CHAPTER Building Trust with Your Instagram Tribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 The Dos ànd Don’ts of Eàiling Your List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 #UltiàteGuidetoInstàgrà Postàbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

8 CHAPTER Cha-Ching! Driving Sale After Sale from Your Instagram Page . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 How to Drive Prosects fro Instàgrà Followers to Custoers for Life. . . . . . . . . 128 Choices ànd More Choices: Sàles Cààign Ideàs You Càn Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Jennifer Allwood, Success with DMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 #UltiàteGuidetoInstàgrà Postàbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

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9 CHAPTER Your Instagram Product Launch Formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Develoing à Cààign to Creàte Buzz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Advertising on Instàgrà by Kelly LeMày . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 #UltiàteGuidetoInstàgrà Postàbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

10 CHAPTER Instagram Stories and Instagram Live: Your 15-Plus Seconds of Fame. . . . . . 153 Instàgrà Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Instàgrà Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Building Your Lux Toolbox with Instàgrà As for Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Instàgrà Reels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Whàt If You’re in à Controversiàl Niche? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Justin Benton, When Your Càtegory Isn’t Allowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 #UltiàteGuidetoInstàgrà Postàbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

11 CHAPTER The Final Word: Magical Results!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 #UltiàteGuidetoInstàgrà Postàbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

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