In the world of social and digital, the messaging services seem to be king. This is evident by SnapChat, WhatsApp and Kik. Even the social services are upping their game in this department. The latest to redo their messaging is Instagram. This week they announced the first major change to direct since the launch in […]
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You Don’t Have to Be Square for Instagram
Have you ever had a great picture for Instagram but the square crop always cut something out? Or did you have a pic that just didn’t work in a square crop? Well, that is a thing of the past. Instagram announced today that the Square picture is not the only choice any more. You are […]
Hootsuite Instagram Integration Hands On
I was super excited to see the Instagram integration into Hootsuite. I wasn’t sure how well it would work. I assumed it would be something similar to Curalate. That is you have a app, it notifies you to post the picture and you send it to Instagram. The set up of the service is very […]
Hootsuite Announces Instagram Integration
In a post earlier this month I mentioned that Instagram is one of the few social networks where you can’t schedule your posts. That has changed as of this week. Instagram announced a new API that allows brand to schedule ads and posts. Social Times posted about the new API yesterday. This was great news. […]
SBSS Instagram Strategy 101
You have an Instagram account, now what do you do? Instagram is my favorite social network. I have said it before, but it’s a service that just makes you happy when you go on the service. People are usually sharing happy things such as vacations, sunsets, food and more! The only thing you need to […]
Instagram Makes Changes on the Web
Over the last few weeks Instagram is making it easier to find photos, people and hashtags. The apps on both IOS and Android have a new discover features that is pretty nice. it shows trending hashtags, places and posts you maybe interested in seeing. This is definitely a step up from what they had before. […]
Iconosquare Ends Free Instagram Analytics
It was announced today that Iconosquare is going to redesign their service today. However, with that redesign they are ending analytics for free accounts. One of the best free analytics tools is going away for small business. Making it much harder to get analytics from the network. As you know, Instagram doesn’t have any analytics for […]