Accredited online course
Instagram for Business
This course starts by exploring the history of Instagram to help you understand how it’s become such a powerful tool for generating sales, reaching new audiences and building brand awareness.
Course description
This course starts by exploring the history of Instagram to help you understand how it’s become such a powerful tool for generating sales, reaching new audiences and building brand awareness. You’ll learn how to set up an account and build and optimise a Business Profile. The course will cover the kind of content to post and how to enhance effectiveness with photos and videos. There’s information on how to respond to comments, use direct messaging and repost user- generated content relevant to your brand to keep your audience engaged. We’ll explore the essential elements of an effective Instagram marketing strategy and show how to maximise the value of your account using brand identities, content strategies, hashtags and working with influencers. You’ll learn how to use extra features such as Instagram advertising, connecting to third-party scheduling apps and Instagram shop and product tagging. Instagram Analytics and Insights are essential for success on the platform so we’ll cover how to access and use these effectively. Finally, we’ll cover how you can use your findings to develop new and more powerful Instagram strategies.
What you will learn
- Understand why Instagram is important for business and how to create and optimise a business profile.
- How to create a brand identity and create content strategy.
- Learn how to access Instagram Insights and Instagram Audience Analytics.
Who it is for
This course is aimed at anyone who is involved in promoting and marketing their business online. It provides insight into how Instagram can be used to promote the company as well as using brand identities, content strategies, hashtags and working with influencers.
Why online learning works
Online training is flexible, efficient and cost effective meaning the candidate can progress through the modules at their own pace and in their own time so they can fit the training around their work and personal life.
Course content
- 1The Basics of Instagram
- 2Instagram Marketing Strategies
- 3Instagram Analytics and Insights
System requirements
- Browserup to date web browser
- Videoup to date video drivers
- Memory1Gb or more RAM
- Download speedbroadband, 3Mb or more