Everybody wants to be Instagram all-star. And thanks to the platform’s recent additions of self-service ads and Facebook-powered targeting, the opportunities for marketers are huge.
So what’s holding you back?
For starters, if you’re read the recent reports showing that organic engagement on the platform is starting to wane, you might feel like it’s too late for you join in.
However, what you might not know is that even that data shows that it’s still far easier to build and interact with an audience on Instagram than on Facebook and Twitter. In fact, one Forrester study found that the platform drives more than four times the interactions per follower that Facebook and Twitter do.
Indeed, Instagram is one of the most fertile social channels when it comes to engagement. Imagine what you can do here with paid promotion. Organic Instagram posts alone draw a total of 3.5 billion likes per day. Despite the decline, or perhaps because of it, Instagram advertising opportunities are hotter than ever, as brands are adopting the platform at light speed to get in on the new and powerful advertising real estate.
The problem isn’t engagement, and it’s not that you’re too late. What really holds marketers back is viewing Instagram as an ad platform like any other. The promoted posts that perform the best here are those that work in the context of the Instagram experience – ads with creative that uses the same aesthetic vibes and the same emotional hooks that Instagram users know and love.
To make sure that your campaigns don’t flop, here are five tips for creating Instagram ads that convert.