Instagram Lesson: Building a Successful Instagram Marketing Strategy

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Instagram is one of the most powerful platforms for driving engagement to your brand. This lesson will help you determine if Instagram makes sense for your business to use and looks at the best ways you can use Instagram to market your business.

Includes
    4 Videos
    1 Quiz
    35 min
  • Social Media
Lesson description
It’s easy enough to use Instagram, but it’s harder to use it successfully. Learn how to put together an Instagram marketing strategy that will make a real difference for your business. In this lesson, you'll learn what a successful Instagram strategy looks like, how to optimize and get the most out of your business profile, and how to measure and analyze how your Instagram content is performing so that you can iterate and improve.

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Instructors

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Crystal King

Senior Professor

HubSpot Academy

Crystal King is a Senior Professor for HubSpot Academy with a focus on social media strategy. Crystal has led global social media and community programs for companies such as Pegasystems, Keurig, CA Technologies and Sybase. She has taught classes in writing, creativity and social media at Harvard Extension School, Boston University, Mass College of Art, UMass Boston and GrubStreet, one of the leading creative writing centers in the US. Crystal received her masters in critical and creative…

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Jenny Li Fowler

Jenny Li Fowler is the director of social media strategy at MIT. She is in charge of developing and executing Institute-wide social media initiatives and campaigns. She provides social media consultation and direction for more than 200 departments, labs, and centers; and manages the Institute’s flagship Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn accounts. Prior to coming to MIT, Jenny was the web editor and social media manager at Harvard Kennedy School.

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Frank V Emanuele

Senior Social Media Manager

Wistia

Frank is the Senior Social Media Manager at Wistia, where he leads social media marketing strategy. He has 15 years of hands-on experience in social media marketing, community management, and customer care, driving success for brands like Verizon, Penguin Books, GE, Entenmann's, and Liberty Mutual Insurance.

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Kara Boatner

Social Media Manager

Sock Club

Kara Boatner, social media manager at Sock Club, shares her insights on Instagram marketing. Emphasizing the platform’s importance in larger marketing strategies, she highlights the diverse content opportunities available on Instagram and its pivotal role in both brand storytelling and audience engagement.

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Dhariana Lozano

Dhariana Lozano has been in the social media and digital marketing world for almost a decade. She is the co-founder a boutique social media marketing firm based in New York City. Her experience ranges in creating social media strategies and consulting for both B2C and B2B brands to help them stand out and break through digital walls for ongoing success. She blogs at DhariLo.com where she provides social media tips, resources and courses. You can see her work published in Social Media Week,…

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