The trendiest thing nowadays is the social platform Instagram that managed to rise its popularity to really high levels. The mobile application launched in 2010 and now there are almost 2 billion users who have joined the platform. Instagram has become everybody’s newest and strongest  obsession and people from all points of the world are joining the social network every day. Back in 2010 Instagram was a social network application made for professional and amateur photographers for sharing visual content such as images and videos. However the main idea is still alive , Instagram has added so many other different features and tools for communication , promotions, adverts and a whole new world that can even bring you money.

Some of the features on Instagram are similar to these on Facebook and Twitter. For example every user who has his own profile on Instagram has the ability to follow other people, brands or celebrities on the social platform , however everyone has his own page where they can share their own content. Every user has a news feed with the latest publications of people that the certain user is following on Instagram. When you upload a publication it will appear on your own page and to the news feed of the people that are following you. You can interact with millions of other users – following them , liking and commenting their content, tagging them on different publications and even sending them private messages.

Before all , Instagram is a mobile application and it is available on iOS, Android devices however you can access the web version on a computer, but you are only able to upload images and videos , you don’t have access to your private messages for example.In fact there is not available version of the application for Blackberry user, although the owners of the social platform recently announced that they are working on developing a version for Blackberry users which is a good news for people using Blackberry devices.

Once you join Instagram, it is required to create your account. In fact you can sign in on the application by connecting to an existing Facebook account or using your email address. When you create your profile , Instagram will ask you whether you want to follow your Facebook friends that already have a profile on Instagram. You should consider doing this , because it would be easier for you to start gaining followers. Otherwise you can jumpstart your online audience using the help of social media companies. Such companies could offer you to buy followers on instagram or overall social media boosting package. The next step is to customize your profile. You should add your name , photos and a short caption in the bio section.If you have an existing website you can provide a link to it in the bio section as well. When people start to notice your Instagram page , they will want to know who you are and what your niche is. Once all of these are set up , you should start uploading content.

As we already mentioned Instagram is a social platform developed with the main idea of sharing visual content. Everybody is trying to find the best image or video in order to upload it on the social platform and receive traffic on his page. When we say traffic , it is represented in the form of followers, likes ,comments and direct messages and how these things interact with your content.

From all of the above we managed to understand what Instagram is,how it works and how the application can bring benefits to you or your business.  So join Instagram as soon as possible and grab the opportunity.