Used correctly, Instagram can be a great way of marketing your business to a huge audience of potential customers. Great photos or videos can help spark interest in your business and draw people in.
However, the default photos and videos you take using the Instagram app may not quite be enough to really wow people. The good news is that there are many third party Instagram apps that help make your job easier.
#1) Layout from Instagram![]()
Layout is an Instagram app that has a very simple function: it lets you create collages quickly and easily. So, if you have a bunch of photos that do not really work on their own, this app lets you quickly make them into an amazing collage.
For example, if you do contractor work, this app lets you create easy before and after collages to showcase your work to your Instagram audience. It is also helpful if you have a bunch of new products coming in at once since you can easily showcase them all in one well-made collage.
#2) Boomerang from Instagram![]()
Boomerang is an Instagram app that lets you quickly capture moments and automatically turn them into a mini video to share with your Instagram followers. Boomerang will shoot a burst of 10 photos in quick succession and then automatically turn them into a mini video.
There’s just one button! The app takes 10 photos and stitches them together, speeds up the video and then loops it back and forth. If you want to capture something that happens quickly and share it with your Instagram audience, but you do not want to use video, then Boomerang is a great option.
#3) Swipeable Panorama Shots![]()
If you’re trying to get a photo of a large product or a photo with a lot of customers or employees in it, then you’ll want to use a panoramic shot to make sure the photo contains everything or everyone you want. Panoramic shots are difficult to manage with Instagram.
Swipeable Panorama (iPhone only)
Swipeable fixes that. It makes taking panoramic shots much easier. It automatically divide your 360° photo or panorama into squares and allows you to seamlessly share to Instagram with carousel view.
PanoramaCrop for Instagram (Android)
PanoramaCrop easily splits your wide photos so you can make the most out of the new Instagram’s multi photo posts. This app slices up to 10 pictures with one touch and allows you to crop, resize, rotate and zoom in.
#4) Captions![]()
A great caption on your Instagram photo is the best way of engaging those who view your photo and actually converting them into customers. But coming up with a good caption is easier said than done!
Captiona (for iPhone)
Captiona lets you enter a keyword and it will come up with a variety of famous catchphrases, famous quotes, and other phrases that you can use in your caption. Simply Tap to copy, then paste the caption to Instagram. It also includes some modern-day lines and quotes, so that you are not just pasting famous quotes all the time.
Captions for Instagram and Facebook Photos (Android)
Captions For Instagram and Facebook Photos is a simple app which has hundreds of captions and quotes for different moods and events such as Attitude, Beauty, Friends, Nature, Funny etc.
It has a search feature so you can find captions by Category or Tags. You can also filter the captions you see by Latest and Popular.
There are so many apps out there to help you with your instagram posting but these help you with some of the more common places where you may get stuck.
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