Mindjumpers

MARCH 19, 2012

Now, more than ever before, technology has made it easier to take part in visual storytelling with online communities.

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Mindjumpers

JUNE 5, 2012

The Facebook-owned mobile photo editing and sharing network Instagram has been around since October 2010 and by April 2012, the platform had 30 million users worldwide. How Threadless Engages its Community on Instagram. Threadless is also a great Instagram success with more than 180,000 followers.

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Direct Marketing Observations

MARCH 4, 2021

In 2012, I was working at Accenture. It’s crazy to think that in the span of nine years, we now have a mature Instagram and Pinterest. It’s like an appliance now. Prior to that I was at Ernst and Young. At each place, my sole focus was on Social Media. At EY it was on behalf of our clients. Google+ came and went.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

JANUARY 3, 2019

2018 was a big year for Instagram. In April, the platform saw changes to its API that resulted in the death of Instagram bots, apps that help brands analyze their followers and limitations on the ability to repost UGC. As we move into a new year, brands will need to continually assess and adjust their Instagram strategies to stand out.

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The Realtime Report

AUGUST 13, 2012

Four in 10 of the Interbrand Top 100 brands are now on Instagram, according to a new study by Simply Measured. How active are these top brands on Instagram? But overall, luxury brands are the real leaders on Instagram - Burberry, Tiffany & Co. 37 have an active profile. 26 post more than one photo per week.

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The team at Awareness (who offer social media management software I like a lot), recently published a terrific, free ebook of 2012 social media predictions. My 2012 Social Media Predictions. 2012 bets: 1. We’ve been nibbling around it for a while, but 2012 will be the year of the multi-media social network.

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Mindjumpers

JULY 2, 2012

The diligent reader of the Mindjumpers blog will have noticed that visual communication is a much-discussed topic here on the blog: Instagram , video sharing apps , visual storytelling and much more. Instagram today has more than 30 million followers and more people join the network everyday. Interact with your followers.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 9, 2013

When preparing its 2012 Annual Report, The Calgary Zoo traded its traditional PDF for Instagram. Proclaiming the 2012 Annual Report “The Year of the Penguins,” 55 photos and captions serve as the report pages and content. Social Image of the Week calgary zoo instagram jessica gioglio social image of the week visual marketing'

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Mindjumpers

JUNE 20, 2012

A couple of weeks ago I talked about how brands can use the photo sharing app Instagram to create visual engagement. Lately, we’ve seen a large number of video sharing apps exploding in popularity for individuals, and notably the apps SocialCam and Viddy have been labelled the “Instagram for video”. Video sharing apps.

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The Realtime Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Instagram adoption growth is outpacing that of other social networks among the world’s top 100 brands, according to a new report by Simply Measured. The majority (54%) of the top 100 brands are now using Instagram, according to the study. Between August and November 2012, brand engagement has increased significantly.

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Oktopost

MARCH 21, 2019

Besides Twitter, they’re essential on Instagram, and they’ve found their way on LinkedIn and Facebook too. How to Use Hashtags Correctly on Instagram. Instagram is hashtag driven, as anyone who’s ever looked at it can attest. Instagram will show you all the photos and videos with that hashtag.

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The Realtime Report

AUGUST 3, 2012

Instagram: 80 million users. via Instagram. Instagram Reaches 80 Million Users . Mobile photo-sharing app Instagram now has over 80 million users, according to Instagram’s blog. LinkedIn: 174 million members. Google Plus: 170 million “people who have upgraded” via Google. via Tumblr.

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Socialmedia.biz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

In a bid to compete with online shopping services such as Amazon, the social media site Instagram is currently developing a shopping app of its own. The new app will serve as competition to companies such as FourSxty and Shopify which currently promote plug-ins for Instagram business accounts to facilitate marketplace transactions.

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 30, 2014

Inspired by the rise of mobile and tablet viewership, the BBC is experimenting with a new initiative on Instagram called Instafax, where news clips are featured in 15-second video formats. Announced on January 16, Instafax is the new media extension of the BBC News’s former teletext service Ceefax, which was phased out in 2012.

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The Realtime Report

MARCH 28, 2014

Instagram: 150 million users. via Instagram. 25% of US Smartphone Users Will Use Instagram in 2014. Instagram use is now nearly as high as Twitter’s, according to new data from eMarketer , especially among millennials and Gen Xers. In the same time period, Instagram users represented 16.1% via LinkedIn.

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Digimind

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Since its launch in 2010, Instagram has experienced impressive growth and performance numbers. Thanks to Facebook’s acquisition of the visual-sharing platform in 2012, they have been able to remain amongst the top social network platforms worldwide.

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The Realtime Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Instagram: 100 million users. Instagram Tops Twitter In Daily Mobile Users. Smartphone owners in the US visited Instagram (from their smartphones) more frequently and for longer periods of time than they visited Twitter in August 2012, according to new comScore data (as reported by AllThingsD ). Instagram averaged 7.3

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Later

JANUARY 1, 2020

Wondering what the big Instagram marketing trends of 2020 will be? It’s a new decade, and Instagram is no longer just a social platform, but also an economic engine for small and big brands alike. View this post on Instagram. View this post on Instagram. This trend is also good news for video content!

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Ignite Social Media

AUGUST 31, 2020

Merging of Instagram Messages and Facebook Messenger. Earlier this month , Facebook began to integrate Messenger into Instagram chats. When users hit the messaging icon, instead of the familiar Instagram DM experience, they saw this screen, pushing them to use Messenger instead. Let’s jump right in. Image Credit: TheVerge.com.

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Jon Loomer

APRIL 24, 2023

I’ve consistently published short-form videos to TikTok, Facebook Reels, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and LinkedIn for most of the past six months and change. Instagram Follow Me: instagram.com/jonloomer Start Date: September 30, 2022 I’ve had an Instagram account for years, but I’ve barely used it.

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Later

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Could Instagram myths be holding you back from growing your business? From Instagram’s shadowban, to your posts only being shown to 7% of your audience, we’ve heard lots of rumors about how Instagram works. We can finally put a stop to this rumor: there is no such thing as an Instagram shadowban! .

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Later

MAY 6, 2020

While YouTube was earliest to monetize creators, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok are all testing their own ways for creators to earn money. Instagram understood that in order for IGTV to be successful, it needed popular creators to actively share. View this post on Instagram. Of course, this isn’t always easy.

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Twist Image

MARCH 20, 2014

When you hear the name Instagram , what do you think of? For most brands, when they think of Instagram, three ideas probably enter their noggins: 1. The fact that the company got bought by Facebook in back in April 2012 for about one billion dollars (it still stings for most). Is Instagram the future of e-commerce?

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Later

MAY 27, 2020

While YouTube was earliest to monetize creators, Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram are all testing their own ways for creators to earn money — and it seems to be working. . Instagram understood that in order for IGTV to be successful, it needed popular creators to actively share. View this post on Instagram.

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Ignite Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2020

(Bonus: The first video to hit one billion views was Psy’s “Gangnam Style” in 2012. Instagram – 2010. Instagram is launched to the public as a mobile iOS app in October 2010, becoming the top free photo-sharing app on the first day and gaining 25,000 users. The first Instagram post. Yes, really.) Honorable Mentions.

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Twist Image

DECEMBER 13, 2014

There are a lot of people sharing pictures on Instagram. It''s a trap to think that Instagram is an amazing marketing channel, simply because there are a lot of people on it taking photos and sharing photos. There are many more dynamic factors at play, and Instagram is so much more than just another photo-sharing app.

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Mindjumpers

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

As of 2012, social is already too big to ignore. In the beginning of this year, Sara predicted that 2012 would be the year of visual communication – and she was quite right. The rise of Pinterest and Instagram as well as the creative uses of the Facebook Timeline proves this.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In 2019 we saw several social platforms grow and continue to mature – from industry giants like Facebook and Instagram to emerging platform TikTok and more niche sites like Pinterest. Source: PEW Surveys conducted 2012-2019. Platforms to watch: Instagram Stories, TikTok. 2 Growth of private communities and tight-knit tribes.

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The Realtime Report

JUNE 20, 2014

Instagram: 200 million users. via Instagram. In 2012, that figure was at 3.4%; in 2013 it was 9%. Since 2012, mobile and tablet video viewership is up 532%. LinkedIn: 300 million members. via LinkedIn. Google Plus: 343 million monthly active users. via GlobalWebIndex. Tumblr: 190 million blogs. via Tumblr.

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The Realtime Report

JUNE 27, 2014

Instagram: 200 million users. via Instagram. To help put this in perspective, Twitter recorded 160 million tweets (over 16 days) about the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In other words, the World Cup has already seen nearly double the amount of tweets from the 2012 Olympics. LinkedIn: 300 million members. via LinkedIn.

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The Realtime Report

JANUARY 15, 2013

Out of an impressive field of social sites – including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat – Tumblr was the favorite social network for the two age groups surveyed, ages 13-18 (teens) and 19-25 (young adults). Instagram drew in 21% of teens and only 11% of young adults.

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The Realtime Report

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Instagram: 100 million users. million users in July 2012 (on Android/iPhone), up from from 5-6 million per month from March through June. Nielsen’s “Social Media Report 2012″ report revealed that 42% of the 25 million people who have downloaded the Foursquare app are using it at least once per month.

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Social Media Strategies Summit

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Hot in Social Media’s blog was launched on a special day: December 12, 2012 (12.12.12) and has now more than 300 contributors! This free counter tool will show you how many characters are left for the most popular social media networks like Twitter, Pinterest, Linkedin and Instagram at the same time.

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Absolute PA

APRIL 25, 2014

I’ve heard a rumour going around that Instagram is only useful for product-based businesses. I’m here to let you know that whether you are a freelance VA, a high street shop or even a business consultant, Instagram can work wonders for your biz, and is a great driver of brand engagement and website traffic. Create ‘like worthy’ images.

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 1, 2022

Apps like TikTok, Instagram, and Twitch are all competing with YouTube for an overlapping audience. As of September 2021, YouTube had 2 billion users, up from 800 million in 2012. Is YouTube Facing Challenges As A Social Network? Is YouTube dying? 720,000 hours of new videos are uploaded to YouTube per day.

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Small Business Mavericks

JANUARY 22, 2012

General Electric went a step further with a contest that involved photos uploaded to Instagram, then shared to Facebook for voting. Instagram has proven to be a popular photo sharing website, and the use of cell phones whereby users can take a snapshot then instantly upload that shot from their phone to Instagram is proving to be a hit.

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 20, 2022

Time Magazine named Pinterest in its “50 Best Websites” list by 2012. Interest has moved swiftly in the last few years to Instagram and TikTok in terms of influencers and revenue generation. Newer bloggers, however, are likely better off on Instagram or TikTok, or, if you have a professional business, even LinkedIn or YouTube.

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