i would  love to hear how its   good  for  social media  work….are any of   your  clients using it?  is it just  for mobile? 

  i need  good pictures   but  just have a  little   3x camera… i could  buy  better, if needed…

thanks…..how about your  clients? @supereb

I only have a personal instagram, and have not explored the marketing possibilities.  Personally I think Pinterest is more beneficial since more people are on it … BUT the one good feature of Instagram is that it connects with more of other networks such as Tumblr, twitter, flicker, facebook, foursquare  — i think those are the only sites they hooks up to now but I wouldn’t be surprised if the list keeps growing.

@amyhallbiz   that  sounds  good…pictures  are so   basic to  my  facebook  thang…im  hearing   instagram   more and more  from  my  customers…. @devanianjali thanks…i like that it is connected to  facebook..im so heavily involved on pinterest, i dont think i could  do that much on   instagram.but probably  some……but there are  some   barriers   about   melding pinterest and  facebook….

  .do you know ? ….. does the picture   have to start out on  your   phone?….smart phone?   anywhere else?.  thanks

@annatgreenoak – It really depends on your audiance… for instance, if you really want to target teens and tweens … it’s a must! (IMO) — they love using it b/c it’s ‘fun and trendy’ — but with Pinteresting you’re really targeting more of the women crowd (which is also mostly mom’s) 

@annfurnivall

Some great answers above. Here’s my take:

Instagram is a cool filter for making your photos more fun/interesting. It’s easy to use and to add a variety of cool filters to your pics, as well as selectively blurring certain sections of an image.

There’s definitely a social component to Instagram, and I love following a variety of people through the mobile app.

I also use Instagram to make the photos I post to Facebook and Twitter (whether for myself personally or my business) more visually.

If I were you, based on your business, I’d be snapping photos of just about anything you’re selling and sharing it on Instagram and posting some of that to Facebook and Twitter as well.

Hashtags are also big on instagram, so you could tag certain items with #kitchen, or #window, or #antiques.

Good luck!

@annfurnivall I’ve been using IG personally (on my Android phone) and I love it; for an artist it’s a good way to create a curated gallery of art and photos.

I haven’t used it for business yet, but our construction biz is about to start a remodel and I’ve been thinking about setting up an account for BCG. Pictures of demo, framing, sheetrock, tile selections, flooring etc could be shared with short descriptions and how-tos? Still working it through

For the antique store, you already do a great job of taking “big” pictures of areas of the shop and multiple items. For IG, you could focus in on more of the details of individual items, with a brief “why you love it” statement. That would give you a “hook” for sending people to IG.

You can also have your website, Pinterest or FB address in your IG profile, so you have an opportunity to send IGers to one of your other platforms…

this is  sounding  good….  how  does the interaction work?  @hytare pamela, whats nn? @reneestpeter i like the hook idea.. i like anything  that  gets my web out there,…. probably  good  for  seo….