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So the number one best thing to post on Instagram are high resolution photos.

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Smartphone photos are good for an in the moment action and instant upload obviously.

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But consider hiring a professional photographer or using your high def DSL art camera to take those

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high def images of your products of your brand then send them to yourself or upload them to your phone.

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Then you upload those to Instagram.

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This product shot for example and Zappos it was taken externally on a DSL our camera then touched up

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in photoshop then uploaded to their Zappos Instagram paid number to post photos of your products being

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used a powerful way to tell your company's story is through photos of people using your products or

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services in the real world look at Lululemon here a woman leading a large yoga class in her branded

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apparel.

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Number three post photos of your business behind the scenes for the Toms brand.

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These images were great for providing an authentic voice and a real connection to the people behind

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this brand.

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Number four jump on hashtags for example hashtag selfies hashtag TVT.

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This is throwback Thursday.

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You share images from the past on every Thursday hashtag.

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Oh T.D..

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This is outfit of the day.

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Hashtag POTUS.

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This is photo of the day.

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Take a note from the selfie queen herself.

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Kim Cardassian.

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She has so many selfies.

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She actually published a book called selfish literally a book of selfies.

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For number five we have quotes.

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I love to share popular or funny or inspiring quote and oddly enough quotes get some of the strongest

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engagement likes comments on Instagram for number six we have means your Instagram and we'll feel fun

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and lighthearted when you sprinkle in a few means.

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Now you don't want to do back to back quotes back to back means but for every three to five product

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shots behind the scenes shots high quality photos I'd like to sprinkle in a meme or a quote.

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Sometimes it's even great to create a meme about your business or about your product and see if you

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can start that meme going viral.

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I like to use sites like meme generator dot net or AMG flip dot com or the fonts app the font photo

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app is great because you can just upload that image right on your phone.

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And then overlay text in any area of that photo.

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For number seven is videos I like to use them as an intimate sneak peek behind your brand behind your

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company you're providing fans this unique view and actual video footage of you at work of you working

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with your celebs of you may be taking those product shots of you creating that recipe of you being interviewed

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maybe a how to video.

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Or like I said maybe a sneak peek into your own life not just about the brand.

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Say you're at an event or on vacation.

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A nice little video footage to show them hey this is where we're at.

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This is what's going on.

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A lot of people don't have the attention span for a full on youtube video where they will have the attention

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span for an Instagram video number 8 collage and tiling once you really start to flesh out your content

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and get a lot of post on your Instagram.

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Some cool things to play with our tiling.

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Look at the bottom image there on Toms.

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It takes posting three photos in a row but it can have a very cool effect in your news feed.

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So when people scroll up and your feed of photos they'll see this three photo series.

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So for tiling like this insta tiling is great for creating these grid images.

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Another free app that is made by Instagram is called the layout app.

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This is where you can stack those three images together like in the top right photo.

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We can do a split screen.

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We can do for images and one a lot of cool preset collages and tiling options available in this app

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made by Instagram.

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Number nine maintain a color theme for your photo grid on your profile page.

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Someone I always suggest to check out is Michelle fan.

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That's at Michelle fan.

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She has amazing color branding and theme work.

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So as you scroll through her page you can see that she's used the layout app for classes and she's used

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the same filter to keep a very similar color theme from each post to each post.

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So as you can see she has kind of a purple pink hue.

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She does that for all her photos.

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She tries to keep that color theme in each photo.

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So as you scroll it's very visually pleasing and not so drastic and not like going from hot pink to

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bright green to yellow to black.

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That's not very visually pleasing.

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Studies have shown if you use a color theme it's visually pleasing and people keep on scrolling up.

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Number 10 try to post something new every day.

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Some examples try clouds a sunset something at nighttime flowers or nature patterns out in nature maybe

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your pets your animals your daily routines.

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What are some inspirational quotes or inspirational habits you do every day that you could share in

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the form of a quote.

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What are some things you love.

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What are some things you want.

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Again take advantage of those hashtags like TvT Throwback Thursday to post a childhood memory post some

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behind the scenes photos of the technology you use to create your products.

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From my experience close up photos get a lot of likes whether it's texture shots on your products close

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up of eyes for makeup and so on another fun post is describing what's in your office what's in your

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bag.

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People like to see what you as a professional have in your personal life.

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Another important tip about creating content don't let your hard work get screenshot and rebranded on

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someone else's Instagram or any other social media network.

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Brand your content.

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Download an app like font toe Photoshop Express or watermark pro you could do the same with text in

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Photoshop Express or with fonts.

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I could overlay my Web site domain in a small font size anywhere on the photo.

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So when should you post to Instagram.

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According to the app later the following data was captured for the best engagement times so the best

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times to post on Instagram invite engagement I mean likes and comments divided by the number of followers

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gained.

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So this data shows that people are on Instagram and the most engaged right after work or school from

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3 to 5 p.m. and around bedtime with spikes at 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 am.

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So these are great times to post your actual content because you're gonna be at the top of their news

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feed.