Week 7 Part B

INSTAGRAM PAGE REVIEWS

Weed'em & Reap   

    This business opened their page with a very clever triptych that spelled the title of the business against some nice pictures of plants, which I enjoyed. The person running the site chose some very good photos to show of their products. They also used populars hashtags consistently in order to get more views. There was only one post where I think they used a few too many, but the hashtags mostly worked. I think if there's one flaw in this page it's that a lot of the posts are selling the product and it could be broken up a little more with images more purposefully made just to get engagement.  

PC Corp Repair

    I think this account had a good opening image. They weren't explicitly selling something, but they were referencing a minor fear that all of us have, which is having a cracked phone screen. It helped that it was really cracked, and this seemed to get a lot of engagement from the people of the class. I do not know if I would have done what this person would have done and made it the logo though. I think the person who made this page should post more images like this. I've seen images of busted laptops go viral, so I think they're onto something. 

Shoeper Laced

    This account had a good opening, asking its audience to email them pictures of their shoes. It made it about the customer, which set a good tone. A lot of the posts weren't explicitly selling, but just posting pictures of good looking shoes. I liked that they made albums of the shoes as well, so I could see them from different angles. If I was a fan of shoes I might be interested in following this account.

The Lucid Nap

    This account looks very active and has a good amount of followers already, so I guess they're doing some things right. They seem to have all sorts of content, like clips of their audio productions, and posts of their own personal adventures. They seem to have a lot of hashtags on every post which I think helps draw engagement (and maybe debunks a point I made in the first review). They also tag lots of different people related to their account. If theres something to be learned from this page I guess it would be that building and audience can take a network of social media connections. They were always tagging some account or business associated in their work/personal life. I guess another thing to be learned from this is to not necessarily be afraid of showing your life, especially if you work in something like media. 

Members whose accounts I commented on:

Regina Tompkins

Drew Estelle

Sean Conti