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Flowerona Tips : Convert your Instagram account to an Instagram Business Profile

August 23, 2016 By Rona Leave a Comment

Instagram recently announced Instagram Business Tools to help companies better understand their followers and grow their businesses. The tools are currently being rolled out around the world and at the weekend, I noticed that they were available on my account when I downloaded the most recent version of the app.

With the new Instagram Business Profile:

– Customers can see valuable information like your contact information and business address.

– You get access to an Insights feature which gives information about which posts perform best, which days of the week and times are best to post, and the demographic breakdown of your followers.… Read more

Flowerona Tips : 9 Ideas of what to feature in your Instagram Stories, if you’re a florist

August 9, 2016 By Rona Leave a Comment

Instagram launched Instagram Stories last week. And oh my, what a commotion it has caused in the social media world!

Bearing many similarities to Snapchat, this new feature enables you to share multiple photos and videos in a slideshow format, thereby creating a story. Lots of people have written in-depth blog posts and created fabulous videos about how to use Instagram Stories. You may like to check out this post by Mashable and this video by Xanthe Berkeley, in particular.

In this week’s, Flowerona Tips blog post I thought I’d share with you some ideas of what to feature in your Instagram Stories, if you’re a florist.… Read more

Flowerona Tips : 5 Different Text Options in Snapchat

August 2, 2016 By Rona Leave a Comment

When you post a photo on Snapchat, you can leave it unadorned without text. But most people tend to add some words and here are 5 different options.

OPTION 1 – WHITE TEXT ON A BLACK BAR

Press the T in the top right hand corner and a black bar will appear with a flashing cursor. Type in your caption and it will look like the image on the right below.

Flowerona Tips : When sharing photos on Instagram, make sure you use the optimum dimensions

July 26, 2016 By Rona Leave a Comment

Do you sometimes share a photo on Instagram, which you’ve not taken on your phone, but using another camera?

Well, if you find that the photo looks a little blurry when it appears in the app, then it may be because you’ve not used the optimum dimensions for the image recommended by Instagram. In its Help Center, Instagram currently suggests that the photo needs to be a minimum of 1080 pixels wide.… Read more

Flowerona Tips : How best to react to the Instagram Algorithm

June 28, 2016 By Rona Leave a Comment

Last Thursday, I noticed that the Instagram algorithm had taken effect on my Instagram feed.

Why has Instagram made the change? Well, their reasoning is shared in this blog post : ‘The order of photos and videos in your feed will be based on the likelihood you’ll be interested in the content, your relationship with the person posting and the timeliness of the post. As we begin, we’re focusing on optimizing the order — all the posts will still be there, just in a different order.’… Read more