Instagram Strategy: Effective Content

Nina Ottaviano introduces content strategy through an audience, a niche and a set of themes that connect posts with a business goal. A template supports the planning activity. It suits learners who want to decide what their account should communicate before concentrating on a posting tool or trying to repeat a popular format without a clear purpose.

What you will learn

• Define an audience and content niche.
• Connect content pillars with a business objective.
• Draft a focused Instagram strategy.

Who this suits

Beginners planning an account or revisiting an unfocused content mix. The short format is best used for an initial strategy draft that you refine through research.

Before you enroll

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Put it into practice

Choose a fictional organization and define its audience and one communication goal. Write three content pillars, then explain how a proposed post fits one pillar and what audience evidence would help test the idea.

Source and review

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