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Instagram is an image sharing app that you can access from your mobile device or iPad, and this network is growing on a daily basis. Many people are visual by nature, and this is one reason the platform is extremely successful. In fact, I have connected with some great people from Instagram alone, and this platform has helped businesses gain more customers and clients. However, like any tool out there- if not used properly, it won’t help. There are four ways that anyone who wants to create a high quality Instagram profile must use all the time. 1. Be Creative with your Posts . Don’t post the same pictures over and over again. Definitely don’t keep posting images of your meals all the time. Posting your steak dinner or chocolate cake dessert once in a while is fine, however mix it up. Post pic quotes, and you can even create your own quotes and watermark it with your Instagram username. An easy way to create something fun is to go to a royalty free image site such as ht...

I must admit, I’m not an SEO or Social Media guru.  In fact, on a scale of 1 – 10 (10 being extremely interesting), I’d give this topic a 3.  But, after reading Gary Vaynerchuk’s book “Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook,” (which I would give a 10), I’ve shifted my thinking entirely.  I also realized why, the topic has had little interest for me – most of the books, articles and blogs I had read were full of formulaic tips  – but none of the advice and tips felt like a good fit who I was and what I had to offer.  And in fact if I had applied some those tips to my blog or my Facebook posts, I would have done myself and my business a disservice by not being “myself” – or authentic. Some social media marketing mistakes to avoid: Putting the wrong content on a platform – Each platform, (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram etc.) has it’s own “native” language or how...