Many fashionistas will be familiar with ShopStyle as a shopping search engine. However, ShopStyle also has its fingers in the social monetisation pie via their offshoot, ShopStyle Collective. And now, ShopStyle Collective is launching a new widget to help influencers rake in revenue from the images they post to Instagram. All about the $$$ ShopStyle […]

Video has long been hard currency on Facebook, now Instagram is getting into the game with the announcement that video views are coming soon.  Insta-view Instagram brok the news in a blog post. "In the coming weeks, we’re rolling out video views on Instagram. As a widely expected industry metric for video, we believe video

While their work is vital in keeping us Liking and tweeting, software engineers don’t often make headlines in social. Bucking that trend is a recent post from Instagram, explaining how a tweak from their tech heads led to a better experience for the rest of us. Smooth sailing Until recently Instagram would send up to 20 comments

Let’s face it. Everyone loves using Instagram. It’s easy to use, makes our photos look great, and retains a defiantly un-tweaked timeline where interesting content, not ads, still dominate. However, the functionality of the photo and video sharing platform remains relatively low-fi. So today we’re looking at three tools that will help you get more

Much like people, social media networks have to mature at some point.  Some do so gracefully, while others never really grow out of a certain phase. This week Instagram did a bit of growing up with the announcement of two-factor authentication. Image bank Users will soon be able to verify their phone number with their

Instagram continues to be an anomaly in the world of social networks. Its star continues to shine brightly as user numbers explode, while brands can still reach users without shelling out big bucks like they must on Facebook. But as Instagram continues to monetise, how will everyone's favourite platform continue to strike the right balance

While our Instagram feeds might be cluttered with photos of lunches and puppies, love still rules the day. The ubiquitous #love was the most popular hashtag on Instagram in 2015. #Warmandfuzzy Instagram revealed the most popular hashtags of the year in a blog post. The love hashtag was used in 800 million posts this year,

At Socialbakers, we studied 18,547 posts made by 642 branded Instagram pages from Australia and New Zealand in October to find the largest, fastest-growing, and most engaging profiles. The results showed that Australian E-commerce, Fashion, and Retail industries dominate the top of the list. They are responsible for posting 46% of all the content published