I'm Taking an 21 Day Insta-Course Online in Marketing!

[gbobmi]

Hi all....I'm taking a 21 Day Insta-Course online which just started this morning. It's all about using Instagram as a marketing tool and growing my business.

As a selling platform, Instagram has the demographics (18-36 being the main age group, with 40-60+ growing) and it's a fast growing social program. People are being inspired to purchase from sellers on Instagram at a fast moving rate. I'm pumped!

The business guru behind this is Melissa Camilleri of Compliment, a jewelry and gift website. She's a former English teacher and presently devotes all her time to her line of gifts and her webinars. Her profits from Compliment go to underprivileged young women who need a boost getting into business for themselves.

I hope to get this business off the ground-finally! I need help and I need to be more organized, to say the least. Let's hope this does the trick!

I'll keep you posted.

[DawninCal]

Oooooh, Gayle! I hope you learn a lot, get a lot of great tips and see the results you are hoping for for your business. How did your first class go?

A lot of people are talking about Instagram and how well it works as a selling tool. Makes me wish I had a smart phone!



Dawn

[violetmoonnl]

I hope you get a lot of sales from it.


I have an instagram account but never used it for bussiness.
mostly use it for snapshots of my creations.
I think I could put price tags with my photo's.

[Sophy]

Ah, I took Melissa's free class and thought it was good. I might have signed up for the course, but thought I should work through the ones I've already paid for first :-).

I'll be interested to hear about your experience.

[caeterle]

I don't have (or want) a smartphone, so Instagram isn't for me, but I hope the course will help you to achieve your goals!

[Michele]

Gayle, I'd love to hear how instagram works for you. I'm a dinosaur, I don't do any social media.

[gbobmi]

Thanks, ladies! I will keep you apprised of the situation. It's allowable to skip a day-I did today because I went exercise clothes shopping with a friend-and you can take the course over and over again (if you want to) forever. I have materials to read and links to click. There's a private support group for us on Facebook, so that helps.

The first day was mainly getting yourself set up on Instagram. I have a personal account; decided to sign up for a business-type account, to keep things separate. Advice on photos, etc. The second day was more about targeting your ideal customer and figuring out who she might be. It gets pretty specific. Today is the third day and I haven't had a chance to read over the materials. I hope this all makes sense and helps me to grow my business.

One thing I have to do is retake all of my jewelry photos for Etsy and load up my shop. Then I will need to load up my Instagram feed. It's recommended that you post 2-3 photos a day.

Carole, I did Melissa's free class and really found it interesting. That's why I signed up for this. It's the only web-based class I've ever signed up for.

Onward!

[DawninCal]

Ah, target marketing. I have never quite been able to figure out who my target is!

Sounds interesting so far, Gayle. It's nice that you can go at your own pace too.



Dawn

[violetmoonnl]

Can you have 2 instagram accounts?
On 1 phone?


must look into that.

[gbobmi]

Yes, Carina. You can have up to 5 accounts, I believe. You have to have different email accounts for each IG account. I went into google and signed out of my email. I then set up a new account and voila! You then go to IG and there are instructions for adding an account.

[violetmoonnl]

Ok, will have to try that one, but can I have more accounts on my Phone too?

[gbobmi]

Yes! You can toggle between the different accounts. You just need different emails.

[violetmoonnl]

Yes I did it ..... it went OK.


I saw you already following me.

[gbobmi]

Great!