Segmenting and Targeting Markets

instagram  targeting markets..

Developing and Managing Products

  Instagram gives users the opportunity to show case there work and

Services and Nonprofit Organization Marketing

 Instagram puts on events all around the year all around the world for its consumers.  one of its events is Instameet. Instameet is a non profit event that takes places all around the world which gives people  the opportunity to meet each other and bond over great photography.


Click the Link below to find out more about this Instameet


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 Although  Instagram does that part take in many non profit organizations, Instagram is a good place for non organization to get sponsors and millions of followers .

Product Concepts

Instagrams product concepts are some that many us everyday online like creative filters , hyperblaste, the launch of videos on Instagram ,and the popular page .  Instagrams uses these products to drive customers onto the web ! One of the lost successful product concepts were the launch of the 15 sec video ! Genius!

Instagram launch the video option onto its application when the rise of vine came along I. 2013. Vine is a video sharing application that always you to post 15 sec videos onto there online community . What's interesting is althought Instagrams video sharing idea has hurt the climb of vine . Vine is still today used by many user as a place to watch funny videos and has join both websites together to credit one big video sharing community


If you can't beat em, join em !

Personal Selling and Sales Management

Instagram is not just a place to post fun videos and beautiful photos. Instagram can be a great way to sell your products.  If you compare Instagram to other websites that specialize in selling products such like ebay and amazon, Instagram can not compare.  Instagram doesn't give you the chance to  management a only shop  for management reasons.

  Don't get discouraged just yet!



 Instagram can be a great place to display your product to its community. Lets say you have a hair extensions company; Instagram is a great place to post product or reviews for potential clients to see.
In Fact!,  You can also post your website on your Instagram page . If you go to your Instagram page and go into settings theres a option to post a website.

Advertising, Public Relations and Sales Promotion

Although Instagram does not sell a product! Instagram does sell a service.  Instagram gives you the opportunity for to have a community of numerous things

Marketing Channels and Retailing

In todays age in time, Online marketing is thriving in the world of retailing . Many new businesses start online and later venture out to new ways to market there products. What does Instagram have to do with any of this some may ask ! Many new businesses uses Instagrams online community to start there business.  For example , Arvin Lal. Arvin started his Herbal life supplement company back in 2012 with only a 5000 dollar credit limit and a dream. With Instagrams online community and beautiful photo filters  Arvin today has a 3.1 million dollar business . Want to read more about Arvins success  the link will be posted below.



http://www.businessinsider.com/28-yr-old-built-a-business-on-instagram-2013-10

Instagrams is a source of a non traditional channel which gives users a chance to use any kind of distribution options to consumers online . 

You can become the next Arvin ! 

Consumer Decision Making

The Big Question !



 What drives consumers to Instagram ?


 Is it the cool camera icon ? Is it the cool filters ?


 What makes Instagram one of the biggest social networking communities today?



One of Instagrams biggest advantage is it gives everyone a opportunity to network with anyone in any field.If your interested in Curtains, You can hashtag curtains on Instagram and find a whole network of people interested in curtains . In fact , If your topic of interest is not found you can always start your own . Hashtag your favorite topic and create a community today!


Based on what we covered on Instagrams social responsibilty , Instagram has made international networking easier by making Instagram available for everyone with a iPhone, windows and andriod phone. Instagram makes it easy for you to network ! Usually in todays sociality , there no longer no need to find out the daily news happening in Africa, Austria, or anywhere else in the world.

Developing A Global vision

Instagram through this years has shown growth on the world wide web against its competitors  According to techcrunch.com Instagrams user growth has grown 23% this year against big competitors like Facebook,Pinterest, and more .

Although Instagram has show spectacular growth,  Many of it following is based in the united states.

One of Instgrams visions is connecting the world together through photos and videos are InstaMeet. Instameet is a event that anagram through all over the world for you too meet your fellow instagramers.

Instagram has held instsmeets in New York , London, Brazil,Vancouver,Italy ,Dubai, and recently, Indonesia. Want to Know more about Instameet and when its coming to a city near you, Google Instameet or if your on instagram , hash tag instameet. #instameet

Ethics and Social Responsiblity Featuring Instagram

 Instagram's is sharing awareness through photos!

       What more can the mega application give us!

Well this week Instagram  is giving back to the community and 

launching there first photo pop up exibit  in New York City.  

Instagram live ? I Think so !  From Sept 18- Sept 28, The free 

exhibit will take place at Brooklyn Bridge park where you can see 

all the time artwork and the Instagram editorial division team .

   



The Everyday Projects and Here in the World organization has joined forces with Instagram to out together Instagram's first ever pop up art exhibit .  The Everyday Project and Here Are the world are two organizations that focus of getting images from around the work of everyday world events. There overall goal is taking photography to another level by getting images of third world countries that are usually left out in the Media today.

The Image above is a photo of a editorial shoot taken In Africa. The purpose of this image is to show the world that there is more then poverty and illness going on in Africa.  You can find this image at the Brooklyn bridge park along with other famous painting and photographers of todays generation.

Instagrams Strategic Planning for Competitive Advantage

   In Todays age , Instagram is one of the most popular online community for imaging posting and video hosting. According to expandableramblings.com Instagram has " 200 million active users from March 26, 2014.".Along with Facebook, Twitter, and other well known social networking sites, Instagram serves as a place of marketing and networking . Whats makes Instagram special from other social networking websites is there way of marketing and networking through pictures and video.  Instagram's mission statement reliefs its visions on being a online networking community shared through photos and videos by creating and sharing beautiful ways to post your videos and photos to the world. Living in society today, everyone is obsessed with photos and videos.  In todays age, A video of Beyonce's first baby pictures gets more views then the president's state of nation Speech.

Insragrams Strategic planning for competitive advantage is by create a community of photosharing by providing the latest resources in photo and video sharing.Today, Instagrams latest strategy for a competetive advantage is the launch of Hyperlapse.

Hyperlapse is  new video system by Instagram that gives user the chance to record time-lapse video of high quality while in motion.

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INSTAGRAM HISTORY AND MISSION STATEMENT

INSTAGRAMS  MISSION STATEMENT


“To capture and share the world’s moments”


 INSTAGRAMS HISTORY

  Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, and share them on a variety of social networking platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr. A distinctive feature is that it confines photos to a square shape, similar to Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid images, in contrast to the 4:3 aspect ratio typically used by mobile device cameras. Users can also apply digital filters to their images. The maximum duration for Instagram videos is 15 seconds.

Instagram was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010. The service rapidly gained popularity, with over 100 million active users as of April 2012. Instagram is distributed through the Apple App Store, Google Play, and Windows Phone Store. Support for the app is available for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Android handsets, while third-party Instagram apps are available forBlackberry 10 and Nokia-Symbian Devices.

The service was acquired by Facebook in April 2012 for approximately US$1 billion in cash and stock.^[In 2013, Instagram grew by 23%, while Facebook, as the parent company, only grew by 3%.