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Writer's picturePeyton Niernberger

How To Use Meta Business Suite For Instagram Marketing

Information on this blog was obtained from Hootsuite, HubSpot, and Social Media Examiner.

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Are you new to using Instagram for social media marketing? If so, it would be valuable for you to check out Meta Business Suite to help manage your Instagram account. Meta Business Suite offers features to help build and maintain social media sites for marketing purposes. Instagram is a powerful social media platform to use for marketing. Social media marketing is taking over the world. Meta Business Suite is the tool to help your business excel in the marketing industry.


What is Meta Business Suite?

Meta Business Suite is formerly known as Facebook Business Manager. The company Meta owns both of the social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram. Meta Business Suite is not specifically designed to post content on social media platforms such as Instagram. However, it can be used in conjunction with third-party tools or plugins to schedule and manage posts on Instagram. By using Meta Business Suite, businesses can manage their Instagram account alongside other operations such as finance and customer relationship management, all from a centralized platform. This can help businesses to stay organized and save time by avoiding the need to switch between different tools and applications. Additionally, using Meta Business Suite can help businesses to analyze their Instagram data, such as engagement rates and audience demographics, which can inform their social media strategy and help them create more effective content. If you're in charge of handling social media accounts on either Facebook or Instagram, or both, you'll probably find Facebook Business Suite's management dashboard useful (Newberry, 2021).


Why Marketing on Instagram is Important

Instagram is a popular social media platform that allows users to share photos and videos with their followers. It was launched in 2010 and has since grown to become one of the world's most widely used social media platforms. Instagram is known for its user-friendly interface, visually appealing content, and various filters and editing tools that allow users to enhance their photos and videos before sharing them. In addition to sharing photos and videos, users can also add captions, use hashtags to categorize their content, and interact with other users through likes, comments, and direct messages. Instagram has become a powerful tool for businesses, celebrities, influencers, and individuals to connect with their audience and share their stories with the world.


Instagram has become one of the most popular social media platforms worldwide, with over one billion active users. This makes it a highly valuable platform for businesses to reach potential customers and build brand awareness. With the emphasis on photos and videos, Instagram's visual nature makes it an ideal platform for showcasing products and services and creating engaging content that can attract new followers and customers. The platform also offers a range of features, such as Instagram Stories, IGTV, and Reels, which allow businesses to create a variety of content formats and engage with their audience in different ways. In addition, Instagram offers powerful targeting tools that can help businesses reach specific audiences based on their interests, location, behavior, and demographics. Overall, using Instagram for marketing can be an effective way for businesses to increase their visibility, build their brand, and connect with their target audience.


The Instagram logo and what the app look likes on home pages.
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How To Set Up Meta Business Suite

To be able to benefit and use Meta Business Suite as a tool, you are going to need to know how to access and use Meta Business Suite. Some users get confused with Meta Business accounts and personal Facebook accounts. Although Meta Business Manager is independent of your personal account, having a personal Facebook account is necessary to utilize Facebook Business Manager. However, your personal account will remain private and concealed as Meta Business Manager exclusively displays your business assets such as ad accounts, business-related pages, and social media or advertising analytics. It does not have a newsfeed or send notifications from your personal account. The steps to set up Meta Business Suite are listed below.

  1. Go to business.facebook.com

  2. Click the button that says "create account"

  3. Fill in your business information such as business name and email

  4. There will be a pop-up screen that will direct you to verify your email to confirm your business account

  5. Go to your email and click the link to confirm your account

The setup process for Meta Business Suite is easy. It only takes a quick two minutes, if that! Once your account is set up, the next step is to add Facebook and Instagram accounts to your Meta Business Manager account. There are four quick steps for this process. These steps are listed below.

  1. Scroll to the Pages model and click the button that states "Go to business settings"

  2. Click the "Add" button, then in the menu choose the section "Add a Page"

  3. Once you are in the pop-up screen, put the name of your Facebook page and then click the "Add Page" button

  4. If you see a pop-up screen with a green check mark, then your business account is all set

Once your Meta Business Account is all set up, you are ready to plan, organize, schedule, and make posts. Your Instagram account for your business is about to become engaging and organized! For more information about setting up a Meta Business Suite account, click here.


How To Plan, Organize, and Schedule Content

Meta Business Suite helps marketing teams manage social media content for Instagram. A benefit to Meta Business Suite is the content planner. The planner will help marketers schedule posts and stories. It will show a calendar view with all the posts and stories scheduled. The feature in Meta Business Suite to help with the content planning process is moments. If you want to create moments for your business, it's easy to do so on the platform. Just click the plus icon to create moments that can serve as reminders for seasonal content relevant to your organization. This feature is handy for teams who need to stay on top of important dates or events related to their business. Once you've created a moment, you can click on it to start creating a post immediately. Whether promoting a new product, sharing important news, or simply engaging with your audience, creating moments is a great way to stay organized and focused on your goals. The moment's feature helps businesses stay organized. To go more in-depth with step by step for Meta Business Suite, check out this site here for more information.


How to Create and Schedule Posts

The fun part of social media marketing is creating and scheduling posts. Go to Meta Business Suite and click "Create Post" on the home screen to make a post. Then select what platform to post on. The options are Facebook, Instagram, or both. Once you click on what platform to post on, enter the content, location, text, and tag accounts. Once you have completed entering the content for your post, it is time to post it. The options to post are to publish now or schedule for later. The scheduling tool is handy for content marketers to help plan marketing pieces and posts. Not only can you make posts, but you can also post stories. It is the same process; however, click "Create Story" instead. A story is a post that is only on an Instagram page for a 24-hour time period. Meta Business Suite makes creating posts easy and time efficient for social media marketers.

Conclusion

Social media marketing is a newer and cost-friendly way to market businesses, products, and services. Instagram is a fantastic platform for increasing engagement, brand awareness, and website clicks. To help manage your business Instagram account, take advantage of Meta Business Suite. Meta Business Suite is the perfect way to help manage your Instagram account for your business or company. It is the ideal platform to help plan, schedule, organize, post, and analyze Instagram business accounts. Setting up accounts for Meta Business Manager is as easy as pie. Enjoy using Meta Business Suite for your new social media marketing tool!


Disclaimer: No AI was injured in the production of this content. AI (ChatGPT) was used as a tool to supplement, enhance, and make suggestions in writing this blog post.



Resources

Sonnenberg, Anna. (n.d.). How to use Meta Business Suite. Social Media Examiner. Retrieved April 24, 2023, from https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-use-meta-business-suite/.


Forsey, C. (2022, August 9). Facebook business manager: How to use meta business suite in 2022. HubSpot Blog. Retrieved April 25, 2023, from https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/facebook-business-manager.


Newberry, C. (2021, October 20). Everything marketers should know about Facebook Business Suite. Social Media Marketing & Management Dashboard. Retrieved April 24, 2023, from https://blog.hootsuite.com/facebook-business-suite/.

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