cake & socialyse february 2016 instagram updates

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What’s Happening on Instagram… 60Second Video Ads What It Is Previously limited to 15 and 30second clips, Instagram opened up 60second video ads in early February. TMobile and Warner Bros. were some of the first brands to uGlize the format, however, a growing list of brands have begun to take advantage of the extended version since its release. Brand Applica8on With less restricGve lengths, the extended ad format is a great way for brands to leverage more preexisGng creaGve, efficiently. With that, it’s important for brands to keep in mind that the first few seconds of a video are sGll the most criGcal. UGlizing the full 60seconds may not be beneficial for all brands or campaigns, but rather the benefit is within the flexibility of the updated length. View Counts on Video Why It Ma;ers As a widely used metric when looking at user intent, Instagram will begin to include view counts on videos, publically, in the coming weeks. AdverGsers will now have the strategic advantage of seeing the popularity of their video content organically, which will lead to smarter use of paid support on the plaPorm. This feature is currently only being launched for video content – not photo content (yet). Likes will sGll be viewable by tapping the views.

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Page 1: Cake & Socialyse February 2016 Instagram Updates

What’s  Happening  on  Instagram…    60-­‐Second  Video  Ads      What  It  Is    Previously  limited  to  15  and  30-­‐second  clips,  Instagram  opened  up  60-­‐second  video  ads  in  early  February.  T-­‐Mobile  and  Warner  Bros.  were  some  of  the  first  brands  to  uGlize  the  format,  however,  a  growing  list  of  brands  have  begun  to  take  advantage  of  the  extended  version  since  its  release.      Brand  Applica8on    With  less  restricGve  lengths,  the  extended  ad  format  is  a  great  way  for  brands  to  leverage  more  pre-­‐exisGng  creaGve,  efficiently.  With  that,  it’s  important  for  brands  to  keep  in  mind  that  the  first  few  seconds  of  a  video  are  sGll  the  most  criGcal.  UGlizing  the  full  60-­‐seconds  may  not  be  beneficial  for  all  brands  or  campaigns,  but  rather  the  benefit  is  within  the  flexibility  of  the  updated  length.    

View  Counts  on  Video   Why  It  Ma;ers      As  a  widely  used  metric  when  looking  at  user  intent,  Instagram  will  begin  to  include  view  counts  on  videos,  publically,  in  the  coming  weeks.      AdverGsers  will  now  have  the  strategic  advantage  of  seeing  the  popularity  of  their  video  content  organically,  which  will  lead  to  smarter  use  of  paid  support  on  the  plaPorm.  This  feature  is  currently  only  being  launched  for  video  content  –  not  photo  content  (yet).      Likes  will  sGll  be  viewable  by  tapping  the  views.