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This month we’re celebrating a few things here. Here at Sprocket Websites we’re celebrating our 6 year anniversary! We’re also celebrating a great first half of 2016. To end the first half of 2016, we’d like to take a look back at our most popular articles so far this year. These are the articles that viewers have read and interacted with the most in the last 6 months. We love seeing the topics that interest you, so we can give you more of what you’re interested in. Happy Anniversary!
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Instagram contests are a great way to increase engagement, get people talking about your business, increase your followers, and more. The trick is to run a successful Instagram contest that can accomplish these goals. So, what do you need to create a successful Instagram contest? Well, there are actually several components.
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If you’re questioning what platforms would be best for you to boost your brand on social media, you may want to look no further than Instagram. In a recent study, Instagram was shown to bring 57 times more brand engagement than Twitter! This is huge if you’re looking to have your business seen and talked about. So, would your business benefit from being on Instagram?
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A picture may be worth a thousand words, but if it’s not helping to convert visitors to clients, your picture’s not worth much at all. Read on for how to make the graphic images on your website work for you instead of against you.
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At this point, many businesses have taken the initiative to put themselves out there. Businesses are reaching their customers like never before through websites, blogs, newsletters, and social media. With what seems like 30 new social media platforms a minute, it can be difficult to decide which network is worth putting a big chunk of your time into and which might not need as close of an eye on it.
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Let me start by saying –not every business needs to be on Instagram. I think we have a tendency nowadays, with all of these different social networks, to try to be everywhere, everyone, and everything. Instagram is slightly different than your average social media platform and, when used for marketing, it’s really used to show your business’ creativeness, humor, passion, etc. If you’re considering an Instagram account as a marketing tool for your business, ask yourself if your target audience is active on Instagram and, if so, have any of your competitors been successful with it? If so, then you should definitely jump in. There are a few basics that you should be sure to check on your list. Like any social platform used for marketing –you’ll have to take a step back and work out a plan, understand there is going to be some sort of testing and tracking phase, and expect a few kinks as you’re learning your way.