About Instagram
Instagram is a social media app which lets users share photos and videos from their smartphones, as well as like and comment on other users’ posts, send private messages, search for relevant content, and more. Users can view their feed from any web browser, but can only upload photos and videos through the native apps for iOS and Android.
Instagram includes a range of filters and editing tools which users can apply to their photos and videos before posting. The exposure, brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth, fade, and other aspects of photos can be adjusted, and users can also add text and drawings on top of their photos and videos. Up to 10 photos and videos can be published in a single post, and filters can be applied in bulk across a whole post, or to individual images. Videos can be shared with or without audio, and users can control which frame of a video is presented as the cover image. Captions, hashtags, and locations can be added to posts, enabling users to search for relevant content.
The Stories feature allows users to post photos and videos which are displayed at the top of their followers’ feeds, and disappear after 24 hours. Users can send direct messages to each other, containing their own photos or videos, text, posts from their feed, other users’ profiles, hashtags, and locations. Disappearing photos and videos can also be sent directly to other users, which can be viewed twice before they disappear.
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- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Instagram is an easy way to keep up with colleagues/friends
Reviewed on 11/05/2022
Overall I really like using Instagram because it's more based around a picture then just some words...
Overall I really like using Instagram because it's more based around a picture then just some words like Twitter. Like they say a picture is worth a thousand words and Twitter won't let me put a thousand words in a post so Instagram is much more fun and useful.
Pros
The fact that I can do it all on my phone.
Cons
It's not easy to search for past conversations with people in the DM's.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Not as good as it should be having such a big users community.
Reviewed on 17/05/2022
Instagram is both good and bad at the same time. It does provide a channel to deploy information...
Instagram is both good and bad at the same time. It does provide a channel to deploy information and advertisement, but it does no offer clear rules to do it. The new argued "inclusive" guidelines of their working algorithm foster or not the distribution of your publications, then, many of your followers will or won't see what you have to show.
Pros
Does have a lot of active users worldwide.
It allows integrating with platforms like Facebook.
The app is fairly simple to use
Cons
Does not have defined game rules
The algorithm shows your content or hides you despite your follower's amount but their interest.
The customer service is a shame, it is almost no existent.
Reasons for Choosing Instagram
The users' community is broader than those other platforms, and it does provide on a paper a bigger audience for any publication made.Switched From
PinterestReasons for Switching to Instagram
Instagram used to be a platform to portray instant fast-paced content, then it offered a better chance to deploy publications to a broader audience.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Necessary but not good.
Reviewed on 08/06/2022
Our experience with the platform is good, but it could be fairly better if they address several...
Our experience with the platform is good, but it could be fairly better if they address several aspects of the software.
Pros
This software is a necessity of any marketing company and many other business lines. Notwithstanding, it is not a good software. What I can assure is, this platform does allows people from around the world to connect.
Cons
Managing different accounts is not optimized at all. In fact, for some accounts, it does have a glitch that makes the app show different user interface versions for each account even when they are being managed from the same device.
That algorithm the software employs does not allow the people to reach their max potential, it is actually pretty biased according to Instagram needs.
- Industry: E-Learning
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Instagram - An alternative for business exposure?
Reviewed on 02/03/2022
You should be aware that to perform SEO on the platform you will have to invest a large amount of...
You should be aware that to perform SEO on the platform you will have to invest a large amount of time daily in interaction with profiles to maintain an acceptable visibility and have a favourable response to each post and not to base your structure on advertisements.
Pros
Social network that allows a fast and fluid interaction by DM (direct message), the constant updating for the creation of audiovisual content (short videos in vertical form) takes over the timeline day by day. Regarding the KPI's presented, they are basic but enough to have a judgement regarding the profile engagement.
Cons
- The tool has a lack of action to root out spam accounts as well as inappropriate audiovisual content.
- Poor targeting in paid advertising (Instagram Ads) is a potential problem in the timeline, leading to saturation of the timeline with content that has nothing to do with the user.
- Industry: Sports
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Influencer not that happy with how instagram is becoming
Reviewed on 10/06/2022
I was very happy but now it's very very difficult to make it worth it ...
I was very happy but now it's very very difficult to make it worth it ...
Pros
I really was happy 2-3 years ago before instagram became a platform with an algorithm which just makes your experience a nightmare... I have 60K followers and now only 1% of them see my posts.
It's very frustrating ... I try to pay to promote my post and it's even worst ...
Cons
Algorithm sucks a lot, it gives you low visibility for users who are already following you ..
Instagram FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Instagram.Q. What type of pricing plans does Instagram offer?
Instagram offers the following pricing plans:
- Pricing model: Free Version
- Free Trial: Not Available
Instagram's apps are free to download and use.
Q. Who are the typical users of Instagram?
Instagram has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2-10, 11-50, 51-200, 201-500, 501-1,000, 1,001-5,000
Q. What languages does Instagram support?
Instagram supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Instagram support mobile devices?
Instagram supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does Instagram integrate with?
Instagram integrates with the following applications:
Facebook for Business, Twitter
Q. What level of support does Instagram offer?
Instagram offers the following support options:
FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base
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