Instagram has turned everyone into professional photographers. Click, focus, select one of the 18 pre-set photo filters, and share with your masterpiece with your friends. It’s Twitter in visual format, allowing users to share snippets of their everyday lives. Simple. Beautiful. Fun.
Not only is Instagram popular with the general public – and the GRM office – but many businesses are jumping on-board as well. From behind-the-scenes shots to glamorous product sneek-peeks, Instagram is perfect for sharing beautiful images from the retail world.
The fact that Facebook recently spent $1 billion to acquire Instagram is beyond intriguing. For an app that currently creates zero revenue, (the app is free and there are no ads) change is most certainly in-store. And with the Facebook connection and its introduction into the Android Marketplace, Instagram’s average 1.6 million new monthly users is sure to increase.
Have you downloaded Instagram yet? Get snapping.
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April 18, 2012 at 10:05 pm
Transition Marketing
I was under the impression that simply OWNING my Canon Rebel made me a photographer?
I joke, one of my friends – an actual professional photographer – once suggested that if I wanted to make money with my camera that I should probably sell it.
Luckily I am not in the photography business – however you are right, Facebook’s generous purchase is certainly intriguing!