Ep. 3: Instagram 101 for Vintage Sellers

Shop Talk Ep. 3: Instagram 101 for Vintage Sellers Nicole (@vintagehavenshoppe) and Whitney (@thrifty_whitney) share tips and ideas for Instagram growth and running a vintage shop on IG. Show Notes: -Set up 2-factor authentication to protect your IG account from hackers -Choose business or creative IG account (not personal) to give you more options -Remember: your content is for your customers. -Profile - choose a logo or clear photo of your face for your profile pic -Bio - keep it clear and concise; give people a reason to follow you -Content ideas - styling, shopping hauls, sale preview pics, behind-the-scenes info -Invite engagement in every piece of content -Will your followers want to save it/share it/replay it? -Hashtags - use 5-8 niche hashtags with less than 100k uses -Reels - use trending audio that has less than 10k uses and the original audio has over 1million views Apps for IG/editing Lightroom - photo editing (use presets) Canva - promo graphics, calendar Temply (Reels) Unfold - stories & feed posts Inshot - quick square templates for multiple photos CapCut - the funny green screen videos with the overlying IG strategy accounts to follow Eve Longfield - @evelongfield Michelle Gifford - @iammichellegifford Caroline Flett - @misscarolineflett Emily Connors - @the.creative.bodega Lizzy Palios - @lizzypalios Kristen Boss - @thekristenboss