Facebook is The Worst, Insta is The Best
Just to clarify my title, I do not think Facebook is the
worst. I do, however, think that Instagram is the best. Instagram is probably
my favorite social media platform to use. I think it is one of the simplest to
use. You are required to post a picture for every post, so all you have to do
is figure out what picture it is you want to put out there. You are not
required to post a caption, but it can be fun or can help whatever you are
trying to put out there for people to see.
One of my
other favorite apps at the moment is Snapchat. Snapchat is more of a messaging
app than a social media platform I believe, but it is also still a platform.
Jason McDonald goes over in his workbook how similar the two apps are or have
become. The whole part of using Snapchat as a social media platform is the fact
it had what they call a story. Your story is where you post a picture or video
for all of your friends to see. Not too long ago, Instagram added this feature
to their app. It is separate from an actual post. McDonald says that we should
not pick between one or the other, but rather use them both. I think that this
is really smart. I know that I have taken a picture or video on Snapchat
before, saved it, posted it on my Snapchat story, then posted it on my
Instagram story. You aren’t going to have all of the same people following you
on both platforms, so you might as well double-dip. Facebook has just recently added
a story feature to their platform as well.
McDonald
talks about the different profiles you can have on Instagram. You can choose
between a business profile or a personal profile. You can even switch a
personal profile to a business profile if you wish to do so. As a business on Instagram,
McDonald says you need to find out if you are a fun company, a company that can
be related to something fun, or a not fun company. It is easier to post on the
platform if you are either the fun company or related to something fun. It is
harder to try to find something fun to post when you aren’t a fun company. One thing
fun that McDonald says you can do is post contests. Contests are fun, even if
you are a not fun company. Holding a contest helps promote your brand, and it
helps reach your audience or potential audience.
Yes Insta is best! I like that there is not too much of an overflow on content that you can't keep up with everything posted by who you follow! I think its only fitting that you like Snapchat just as much, they are becoming very much alike with more recent updates!
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