How to use Instagram - Are you social enough?

So maybe you're already an active user of Instagram, or maybe you're only just hearing about this growing monster of the social media world, but if you figure it's just for sharing pics of the kids, or that awesome meal you had on Friday down at the local?
Well think again.

Instagram has grown from a small trendy photo-sharing app, to in 5 years becoming a 400 million user per-month social media network giant.

Instagram grew so rapidly in it's early days that within 2 years of inception, it was gobbled up by social-networking giant Facebook, for the tidy price of $1.3 Billion.

With 75 million captive lookers logging in per day, can you afford not to be seen?
Of course, as we know only valuable and interesting content will be given the time of day, but if you have a niche which lends itself to interesting images, quotes or short video's, you may just be able to leverage the power of this multi-million follower-magnet to increase your visibility and grow traffic to your site. Add a few relevant hashtags, and you open the way to being seen by highly-targetted audiences globally.
If you grow to have over 1000 followers, did you know you can even earn money on Instagram itself as a promoter? To the tune of US$60 per post, not a bad sum for pressing a button.

New to Instragram? There's some great tutorials on Youtube. Simply search 'Instagram Tutorial' for tips on getting started. Even regular users will pick up some great tips.

If you're already an Instagram user, but have been perplexed by it's viability for your site due to it's mobile nature, you'll be pleased to know there is a PC-based solution!

Bluestacks is a FREE download which makes it possible to upload images directly from you PC to your apps, and whats more via Googleplay you can centralise almost any app directly from the interface including Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook.

Tips to add images to Bluestacks.
1. Android tab is home to your downloaded apps.
2. Download the app ES File explore to view your images through Bluestacks.
3. To upload your images, go to the 'settings' tab via the cog on the top right of screen. From there go down to the 'Bluestacks settings' list to 'import windows files', click 'proceed' then browse your files.
You're away!

If you're not already using social media and adding buttons to your website, I'd highly recommend doing so.
Social media is in my opinion one of the most powerful tools available to any internet marketer, you can't afford not to grow your visibility to these audiences of millions.
Once you add social media buttons to your posts, it's oh-so-easy to simply share your own blogs straight to your growing little family of networks. And voila!.. you're going viral my friends!
I hope you enjoyed these little tips on growing your social media network with Instagram.
If you have other tips or comments, would love to hear them :)

To your success!
Yvette x
Disclaimer: Bluestacks will make almost any app available on your PC, I hold no responsibility for the possible game-downloads you may install via google-play and the inevitable distraction that will follow. Use with caution!! :P