Instagram Hits 100 Million Users ~ How to Put Your Business in Front of Them ~ Instagram Video Tutorial

September 18, 2012 · 38 comments

INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS

Any time there are 100 million potential customers all in one place you should strongly consider having a presence there – and 40% of brands already have one.  Use this short Instagram Tutorial for Business to grasp the basics:

INSTAGRAM DEMOGRAPHICS

It isn’t only that Instagram now has 100 million users according to Zuckerberg – it is their astronomical growth rate that should capture your attention:

  • June 2011 ~ 5 million
  • Sep 2011 ~ 10 million
  • Apr 2012 ~ 20 million
  • July 2012 ~ 80 million
  • Sep 2012 ~ 100 million

Instagram is especially popular with young adults -
so if they are your target demographic,  make adding
Instragram to your marketing program a priority.

As you can see in the graph below, the amount of time per user being spent using photo and video apps is continually increasing – and with so many new users that is expected to continue. Minutes spent in photo & video app usage by active user per month
You will find more statistics at Statista

INSTAGRAM APP

Available for both Android and iPhone, Mashable estimates that Instagram App Downloads are upwards of 10 million per month!

INSTAGRAM STATISTICS

Measuring how effective your time spent on Instagram will be important – and fortunately Instagram analytics tools already exist. Besides the Instragram Statistics provided by their Web based product Statigram, Alerti has added the ability to pull in Instagram photos for alerts you select.You can read more about that in their Alerti Instagram Feature Announcement.

Alerti offers an extended 90 day trial
Try out the Alerti Social Media Monitoring Tool
Be sure to enter the Bonus Code AlertiVideo when signing up.

WHAT IS INSTAGRAM?



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Mark Floors October 21, 2012 at 2:40 am

Hey,

Instagram app is great.I have been using it on my android phone.

Thanks,
Mark Floors

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Quality Seo Services October 9, 2012 at 8:49 pm

If you want to go viral make use of the Instagram because it can transform a simple image to something that is striking and interesting. A lot of internet marketers use this photo sharing site to market their products and services because they see its full potential.
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Swamykant
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October 4, 2012 at 12:23 am

Fast growing user base. I think it will break even Facebook’ users count ;)
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Parker October 2, 2012 at 6:42 pm

Great post I have have always thought about using Instagram, now I have a idea on where to get started.

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Navdeep October 1, 2012 at 3:27 am

such a nice platform to share online snaps with friends thanks especially to facebook
for hiring instagram apllication on facebook
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Jennifer G who writes about DUI Lawyers
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September 27, 2012 at 1:21 pm

I see a bunch of people using Instagram on Facebook. I have the app but never have used it. Your video really helped me to realize it’s potential. Yet, another invaluable tool. Thanks as always…
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Hendry who writes about Cookware September 27, 2012 at 12:20 pm

Facebook decision to buy Instagram is very precise. I believe, in the future this is one of big potential company for marketing business, especially seen from the users continues to increase. Thanks for the tutorial video.
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julie September 26, 2012 at 10:42 pm

Thanks for the video tutorial. It’s amazing how many ways there are to get noticed out there.
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Emmanuel Uduezue
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September 26, 2012 at 6:28 pm

Quite an achievement for a company. Interesting video, thanks for the share. It gives quality insight on building your own business.
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GrowMap
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September 26, 2012 at 9:26 pm

Hi Emmanuel,

Did you see the leaked new guidelines from Google that specifically mention that they want to kill off autoblogging?

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Tarun who writes about Michigan Web Design
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September 24, 2012 at 8:00 pm

I still can’t believe how much Facebook paid to acquire Instagram! Do you think they’ll integrate it somehow into their platform?
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