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Making Money With Both Google and Instagram
Of all the major internet platforms that we use today, it's Google who dominated the earliest. By as early as 1999, they were a major force on the internet. Some of you who will be reading this article will not have even been born then! Google has been a major marketing tool for businesses in all this time, and the search engine has preoccupied many marketers who are constantly trying to find ways to get more exposure for their websites on Google. Many tools and techniques are used. Popular these days are tools like the critically acclaimed topic research tool by Seo Scout - marketing has become a more technical discipline as Google has evolved.
Many marketers have given up on Google, claiming it's nothing but an "ad engine" now, serving mainly ads above the fold. They've moved onto other platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, claiming they are "friendlier" to marketers. There is some truth in that, and for the rest of this article, I'm going to focus on one of those platforms, Instagram.
The best way to market on Instagram is to learn how to use hashtags. So many people are trying to take advantage of the new marketing platform and they are finding that hashtags are the quickest way to increase traffic. The key to marketing on Instagram is to use these hashtags in your posts, and then as you grow more followers, you can start to include them in your posts so that people will be looking for them.
It is important to remember that many people don't mind liking a picture or being tagged in a picture. However, they don't want to see what other people have posted. This is why they are taking to Instagram to be able to post a picture and not have to worry about what other people have posted.
One of the most powerful ways to market on Instagram is to start posting in the online communities and comment on other people's pictures. If you have a video you think would be a good content for the video sharing site, you should post it and comment with a link to the video. This is one of the best ways to market on Instagram and also grow your own followers.
You can also use your account to make money by selling other people's products.
One of the best ways to use Instagram is to make sure that you have back links for all of your videos, content and other links on your profile. People will be looking to see if you are using other people's back links and if you are going to put something useful up there.
There are other marketing methods out there, but these are the most popular ones. The best way to market on Instagram is to learn how to use hashtags and grow your following so that you can market on Instagram and put more quality content up there to help promote your business.
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