Information in this blog post was obtained from Social Media Today, Sprout Social, and Social Media Examiner.
Picture walking downtown in the beautiful city of Chicago. You see magnificent buildings and architecture all over. One thing that catches your eye is the street art, so you snap a picture. You want others to see the beauty of the picture you took, but you do not know how to showcase it. Keep reading to see how to intensify the meaning behind your posts.
First Glance
The first thing to do when creating that eye catching post is to make a good first impression. First impressions mean a lot in everything you do. When considering an image, you want to have an aspect that catches someone's eye right off the bat. Andrew Hutchison created an infographic with some tips for giving a first impression on Social Media Today's Blog.
Building Your Audience
Jacqueline Zote from Sprout Social and Jenn Herman from Social Media Examiner have offered advice on the best practices for building your audience.
High-quality visuals are everything. You need high-quality images.
Instagram is evolving, brands must keep up.
Image recognition is necessary. Use alt text for those who are visually impaired.
High-quality visuals include anything that has larger pixels. Typically for the image to be high-quality, it needs to be at least three hundred pixels per inch (ppi). Instagram is changing every day. The site is progressing forward with what is around it. Alt text is necessary as it lets those who have trouble seeing or have trouble loading the image read what the image is. To read more ways to build your audience check click here or here. Now you can successfully post your photos from Chicago.
For more information on composing instagram posts, check out James Budge blog here.
Resources
Hutchison, A. (2022, Jan 3). How to give your instagram the best first impressions. Social Media Today. Retrieved February 27th, 2022, from https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/how-to-give-your-instagram-the-best-first-impression-infographic/616581/
Zote, J. (2021, Oct. 11). 10 best practice to build your audience. Sprout Social. Retrieved February 28th, 2022, from, https://sproutsocial.com/insights/instagram-best-practices/
Herman, J. (2019, Mar 20). How to add alt text to instagram posts. Social Media Examiner. Retrieved March 1, 2022, from https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-add-alt-text-instagram-posts/
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