Instagram is a highly popular photo sharing website which is increasing in popularity every month. With over 300 million monthly active users and over 55 million photos being shared every day, Instagram should be a vital part of your social media marketing strategy.
That’s not all. The number of people who join Instagram increases with every passing day, and soon, Instagram will become a core part of the world’s social media life. Instagram has a huge audience that you can tap into, and is relatively easy to generate interest on.
Luckily, it’s quick and easy to make Instagram a roaring success for your business. There are plenty of tools out there which automate the process of scheduling updates and make chores like editing images and making images “Instagram-friendly,” a simple task.
This guide will take a look at the ten best tools which will enhance your Instagram activity and make Instagram a seamless part of your social media marketing strategy.
All tools mentioned below are free, unless otherwise stated in some cases.
1. Latergramme
Latergramme allows you to schedule your Instagram posts by giving you phone notifications. All you have to do is upload your desired image through the web or your phone, and then schedule when you want to post the image. Once your scheduled time comes, you will get an instant notification to your phone, which provides a link to posting the image to Instagram.This is very useful because it gives you instant notifications and takes away the hassle of trying to remember when to post and what the image was. It makes the job of remembering what to post on Instagram very seamless and surprisingly easy.
2. Onlypult
Onlypult allows you to edit your Instagram images and schedule them to be posted on your business’ Instagram account. It doesn’t just give you a notification to upload the image; it uploads the image to Instagram automatically, at the scheduled time.Onlypultgives you a variety of options to edit your image including adding captions, applying filters, cropping, rotating, changing brightness/darkness and much more. Once you’ve edited the image, you can schedule it to be uploaded to Instagram for whenever you want.
If by accident, you happen to schedule the wrong image to be uploaded or want to elongate the scheduled time for when the image will be uploaded, you can very easily and quickly delete the scheduled upload
Instapult really strives to make business for Instagram as easy as possible, and it has really struck me as the kind of tool that is always innovating and being innovated. It’s easy to use interface and simple steps makes it a joy to use Instagram for your business.
It’s free to sign up, and you also get a 7 day free trial. After that, it costs $12 a month.
3. Iconosquare
This tool enhances your Instagram experience by curating all images from your feed into a mash up which makes it quick to comment, like and share other Instagram posts. You can also get statistics such as most popular content and number of followers. These statistics give you valuable insights into Instagram marketing such as what works, and what doesn’t—and what makes your followers the most engaged.Iconosquare also has a wealth of other tools which are sure to enhance your Instagram efforts, such as giving you a full platform to organize and host an Instagram contest.
4. Canva
Canva is a graphic design tool which allows you to create designs for social media, either using images or not. One of the features on Canva gives you the option to create Instagram sized designs which have the optimial size for Instagram sharing. You will also find dozens of fresh Instagram design templates which you can use to quickly make an Instagram design. To change the design, you use the icons, text (in a variety of fonts and colours) and symbols which all make the design more unique and appealing.Once your design is ready, you can download it and upload to Instagram.
5. Crowdfire
Crowdfire (previously JustUnfollow) is a tool which helps manage your Instagram followers. This handy tool allows you to:- See users who unfollowed you
- Follow large amounts of people interested in your niche
- Users who are inactive on your profile
