Instagram Analytics: Optimize Performance

Nina Ottaviano connects Instagram analytics with the distinction between awareness and performance objectives. Comparing results across formats becomes a way to refine a content decision. It suits learners who want to make sense of a small report and identify a useful next question, rather than assume that a large number on its own proves that a campaign worked.

What you will learn

• Review metrics across Instagram content formats.
• Distinguish awareness and performance objectives.
• Use a simple comparison to inform a content decision.

Who this suits

Beginners beginning to interpret account results. The short course introduces a review process; it does not provide a comprehensive attribution or statistics program.

Before you enroll

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Put it into practice

Create a fictional report for a Reel and a feed post. Explain which measure matches an awareness goal and which could support a performance question, then identify a limitation that prevents a firm conclusion.

Source and review

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