{"id":1257,"date":"2022-11-09T11:34:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/?p=1257"},"modified":"2022-11-09T11:35:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:35:01","slug":"profit-instagrams-new-video-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature","title":{"rendered":"How to Profit From Instagram&#8217;s New Video Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><img class=\"alignleft size-full remove-lazy\" alt=\"How-to-Profit-From-Instagrams-Video-Feature\" src=\"http:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/How-to-Profit-From-Instagrams-Video-Feature.jpg\" width=\"629\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/How-to-Profit-From-Instagrams-Video-Feature.jpg 629w, https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/How-to-Profit-From-Instagrams-Video-Feature-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\">Facebook owned Instagram is not just limited to photo sharing anymore, it has grown into a<strong><em> video-sharing app<\/em><\/strong>, giving a tough back-to-back competition to <strong><em>Vine (Twitter&rsquo;s video-sharing application)<\/em><\/strong>. Apart from Facebook, Instagram has over 130 million active users (according to a recent survey). It is rapidly shaping into a handy video and photo sharing platform for Facebook users, especially larger brands. Most businesses have already started using Instagram&rsquo;s video feature to market their products and services over the social network, and with Facebook&rsquo;s 1+ billion worldwide users, Instagram videos are touching new heights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.instagram.com\/442610612501386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram&rsquo;s new video feature<\/a> is more like a self-explanatory tool for current users, and it is currently being used as a viral marketing tactic for most social media marketers. Instagram&rsquo;s video feature is essentially a successor to TV commercials because it gives you instant access to videos from online communities and from users that you are following. The<em> major difference between Vine and Instagram&rsquo;s video feature is that Instagram is more dynamic, entertaining and advanced.<\/em> Here&rsquo;s why.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instagram Video VS Vine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When comparing Instagram to Vine, it has more than 130 million users, whereas Vine has only got around 13 million. Instagram videos are <em>limited to 15 seconds<\/em>, while Vine <em>offers just 6 seconds,<\/em> which makes a huge difference. That being said, here are some ways you can take advantage of this:<\/p>\n<h3>Some Creative Ideas to Use Instagram&rsquo;s Video Feature<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tutorial Videos<\/li>\n<li>Brand Intro (Including reviews, comparisons and etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Behind The Stage Videos<\/li>\n<li>Product Display<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apart from these ideas, there are even ways to use Instagram&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/sproutsocial.com\/insights\/instagram-video-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video feature as an online marketing weapon<\/a>. Here are some tips &amp; tricks for you to take advantage of this and use Instagram&rsquo;s video feature while it is still in it&rsquo;s infancy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Understand your target market.<\/em> Who you are targeting? Where are you targeting? Why would the users be interested in your video? Ask these questions from yourself and make a fine decision. Try to focus the youth, because they are fresh-minded, trendy and optimistic.<\/li>\n<li>Make your things flow in a relevant pattern; from the start till the end. <strong><em>DON&rsquo;T just go off the track in any part of your video<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Make good use of Instagram&rsquo;s tools to <em>enhance your video&rsquo;s appearance and quality<\/em>. However, you must be a good videographer to upload an eye-catching video for Instagram users to view.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marketresearch.about.com\/od\/market.research.viral.campaign\/a\/How-To-Create-Buzz-Around-A-Video.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Raise your video&rsquo;s entertainment and creativity<\/a> bar to the fullest. People enjoy watching entertaining videos which have good creativity effects. Just make sure that you display original content to your viewers.<\/li>\n<li>Spark a little controversy to gain more likes. But remember, <strong><em>DON&rsquo;T overdo with it!<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Some Insights about Instagram&rsquo;s Video Feature&hellip;&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Insights-about-Instagrams-Video-Feature.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1264\" alt=\"Insights-about-Instagrams-Video-Feature\" src=\"http:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Insights-about-Instagrams-Video-Feature.jpg\" width=\"629\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Insights-about-Instagrams-Video-Feature.jpg 629w, https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Insights-about-Instagrams-Video-Feature-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Below are some points to describe the features of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialmediaexaminer.com\/how-to-use-instragram-video-for-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Instagram&rsquo;s new video tool<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Video Length: <strong>15 seconds.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Editing Capability: Partial video editing supported.<\/li>\n<li>Facebook In-Line Viewing Capability: Users can watch Instagram videos within Facebook just like YouTube and Facebook Media Player videos.<\/li>\n<li>Video Filters: Custom photo filters available. Users can add filters to their videos.<\/li>\n<li>App Integration: The video tool is integrated with Instagram app. Users can access it easily upon updating their Instagram native application.<\/li>\n<li>Cover Image Feature: Users can select stills from their videos and use them as cover photos for the same videos. This helps in making a good impression to viewers at first sight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4 Steps to Profit from Instagram&rsquo;s New Video Feature<\/h3>\n<p>With its photo features, Instagram already had significant uses for digital marketers. But with the addition of video, that value just grew exponentially! In this article, we&rsquo;ll explore 4 ways that you can use the new video feature to create visually compelling stories and promote your brand and marketing message online. Here&rsquo;s an outline of ways you can capitalize on Instagram&rsquo;s video feature for business.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Step#1: Create a short and briefing product demo with FAQs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nothing else could help users understand better than a video. You can give a short briefing on your product or service and also include some important FAQS (Frequently Asked Questions). This would provide a great resource to your users who may ultimately become potential customers. Simply shortlist the questions which are mostly asked by your users or trigger their minds (including yours)&hellip; Use Instagram&rsquo;s video feature as a great tool to market your product over the web!<\/p>\n<p>Example: A cook showing his\/her newly invented recipe!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Step#2: Design a portfolio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/graphpaperpress.com\/2012\/09\/27\/ready-set-action-create-a-video-portfolio-with-new-theme-auditorium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portfolio images<\/a> have become a thing of the past. They are becoming less effective as the world is advancing towards online media development. However, a 15 second video would be more effective if you are displaying a portfolio of your work. Your viewers would get to know more about your past background and it is much easier to instill trust in your audience.<\/p>\n<p>Example: A fashion designer displaying models wearing his\/her designed dresses!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Step#3: Introduce special offers, discounts, packages, events and etc<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People get more attracted towards anything that is available for<strong> FREE<\/strong>. The world is full of &lsquo;FREEBIES&rsquo; who are always in <em>search of special discounted packages and offers<\/em>. Even a free event or a one-day workshop would do the trick. Keeping this overgrowing approach in mind, you can introduce your coupons, special discount offers, contests and events with the help of Instagram&rsquo;s new video feature to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LQZOjg0gkNI&amp;noredirect=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promote your brand <\/a>further. 15 seconds would be enough, I guess?<\/p>\n<p>Example: An app developer introducing a FREE one-day workshop!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Step#4: Engage more and more on Facebook and other social networking portals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The more you engage on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/marcelmedia\/how-to-use-social-media-to-drive-attendance-to-your-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social networking sites<\/a>, the more effective results you get. Once you&rsquo;re done with the video uploading part based on the above mentioned three steps, <em>blast it over at your Facebook profile and other social networking portals including Twitter, Reddit, LinkedIn and etc.<\/em> Make a community of people who share the same interest. <strong><em>Get likes, comments and shares as many as you could.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Example: A reseller of laptops and desktop computers advertising through Facebook via Instagram video!<\/p>\n<h3>Bonus Tip<\/h3>\n<p>There&rsquo;s a description field with every Instagram video you upload. Write something creative and useful about your product\/service or whatever you are trying to promote. You can also use the hash tag feature to monitor conversions and broaden your reach.<\/p>\n<p>Was this article useful? Please drop your comments in the box below. I would love to hear from you!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook owned Instagram is not just limited to photo sharing anymore, it has grown into a video-sharing app, giving a tough back-to-back competition to Vine (Twitter&rsquo;s video-sharing application). Apart from Facebook, Instagram has over 130 million active users (according to a recent survey). It is rapidly shaping into a handy video and photo sharing platform [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":1258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[181],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Profit From Instagram&#039;s New Video Feature - Boostlikes.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Profit From Instagram&#039;s New Video Feature - Boostlikes.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Facebook owned Instagram is not just limited to photo sharing anymore, it has grown into a video-sharing app, giving a tough back-to-back competition to Vine (Twitter&rsquo;s video-sharing application). Apart from Facebook, Instagram has over 130 million active users (according to a recent survey). It is rapidly shaping into a handy video and photo sharing platform [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Boostlikes.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-09T19:34:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-09T19:35:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/How-to-Profit-From-Instagrams-Video-Feature.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"629\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"329\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Boostlikes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Boostlikes.com\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/How-to-Profit-From-Instagrams-Video-Feature.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/How-to-Profit-From-Instagrams-Video-Feature.jpg\",\"width\":629,\"height\":329,\"caption\":\"How-to-Profit-From-Instagrams-Video-Feature\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature\",\"name\":\"How to Profit From Instagram's New Video Feature - Boostlikes.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-09T19:34:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-09T19:35:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3b0055d3c64b1867f058b18f5e1fbceb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Profit From Instagram&#8217;s New Video Feature\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3b0055d3c64b1867f058b18f5e1fbceb\",\"name\":\"Boostlikes\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e64e1c4ae212a8e2c0cdfb6b9b605fee?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e64e1c4ae212a8e2c0cdfb6b9b605fee?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Boostlikes\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/author\/boostlikes\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Profit From Instagram's New Video Feature - Boostlikes.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Profit From Instagram's New Video Feature - Boostlikes.com","og_description":"Facebook owned Instagram is not just limited to photo sharing anymore, it has grown into a video-sharing app, giving a tough back-to-back competition to Vine (Twitter&rsquo;s video-sharing application). Apart from Facebook, Instagram has over 130 million active users (according to a recent survey). It is rapidly shaping into a handy video and photo sharing platform [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature","og_site_name":"Boostlikes.com","article_published_time":"2022-11-09T19:34:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-09T19:35:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":629,"height":329,"url":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/How-to-Profit-From-Instagrams-Video-Feature.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Boostlikes","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/","name":"Boostlikes.com","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/How-to-Profit-From-Instagrams-Video-Feature.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/How-to-Profit-From-Instagrams-Video-Feature.jpg","width":629,"height":329,"caption":"How-to-Profit-From-Instagrams-Video-Feature"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature#webpage","url":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature","name":"How to Profit From Instagram's New Video Feature - Boostlikes.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2022-11-09T19:34:15+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-09T19:35:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3b0055d3c64b1867f058b18f5e1fbceb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/profit-instagrams-new-video-feature#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Profit From Instagram&#8217;s New Video Feature"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3b0055d3c64b1867f058b18f5e1fbceb","name":"Boostlikes","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e64e1c4ae212a8e2c0cdfb6b9b605fee?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e64e1c4ae212a8e2c0cdfb6b9b605fee?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Boostlikes"},"url":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/author\/boostlikes"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boostlikes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}