Instagram now has a massive 300 million users, surpassing Twitter’s current figure of 284 million users.  If you haven’t done so already, it might therefore be time to tip your toes in the Instagram water and think about using it to market your music.

Now might be the time to start using Instagram.

Joe Marston at Music Think Tank has written a good introductory article.  Here are the main points:

1. The secret to Instagram is the use of hashtags which users search for, more so than they do in Twitter.  These hashtags are therefore your method of being discovered.
2. Like all social media post a mixture of promotional and non promotional content/photos.
3. Who is your target audience?  Use hashtags to tag bands who are similar to you.
4. Like other social networks, participate (comment, like, follow etc.).

Read the article in full here:

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/why-you-should-be-using-instagram-as-a-musician-and-all-its.html

Further reading

http://musician-makers.com/main/how-to-promote-your-music-with-instagram/

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