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What is VSCO and how it works

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In this age of Social Media and Social Networking, pictures and images speak louder than words. People know that images and pictures will create more interest in the information they want to share with friends and other contacts on social media networking platforms. Nobody wants to read a lengthy text message about anything you want to share, and people do not have the patience or the time to go through long text messages in this click and go age. If you upload a picture along with the brief text message, then you are bound to get a better response. The eye catches an image faster and the brain retains it for longer and this has been proven time and again. An attractive image along with an interesting and unique hashtag is bound to get your post attention, remarks and comments. This is exactly why camera and image apps are so very popular today and people believe in just clicking, uploading and sharing with friends and associates even without mentioning a single word. One of the...

What is Spotify and how exactly does it work

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Music is the bane of some people’s lives and they say they cannot function without the daily course of their favourite music. Music is of varied kinds and people prefer different genres of music according to their age, tastes and preferences. While many people listen to their favourite music while on the go, commuting or going about their daily routine, there are some who like to sit down in their free time and listen to their all-time favourite and loved music while relaxing. Whatever kind of music you prefer or whenever you prefer to listen, you would be doing so on your mobile phone just like thousands of cell phone users. There are scores of music apps which can be downloaded for free where you can stream your favourite songs, search for songs by artists, download whatever you want and save to your playlists as well. Nobody uses the music player or Cd player these days because all kinds of music, classical, old hits or the latest releases are available on the music apps. Spotify ...

Instagram- Shadow Banned?

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Instagram Shadowban is a phrase which is found thrown around a lot the internet these days. The fact of the matter is not many Instagram users have understood what it really means and how they have been impacted by it if they actually have been. So, what is Instagram shadowban and how does it affect the reach of your Instagram account? Instagram shadowban is when “your hashtags become undiscoverable”. You may be able to use hashtags in your captions, but you will only be seen in the feeds of your current followers. Obviously, this means that your images and posts will not be visible in hashtag feeds of people who are not your followers, thereby reducing the reach of your Instagram account and making it much more difficult to reach new audiences. How do you know the Instagram shadow ban has affected you? If you notice a large reduction in the number of likes or comments on your posts then you may have been shadow banned. Also, if you go over your posts and notice comments only from p...

How to Write Good Instagram Captions: Tips, Ideas and Tools

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Every social media user has heard about Instagram and it is one of the most popular social media platforms used today. It is said that 600 million users are active on Instagram and it is also said that nearly 49% of brands have their own Instagram pages. This proves time and again that using Instagram effectively is one of the best ways of relating to audiences, building new customer potential, discover new community and stay in view of the existing customers. Most people think that using Instagram in the best manner means posting images and updates regularly but posting an interesting and unheard-of caption can add to driving extra engagement. A well-worded caption can add context to your Instagram post, add some amount of personality to your product and business and entice your customers to take serious action. The right kind of caption can go a long way in improving business prospects and here are some tips and tools to create some innovative and far fetching Instagram ca...

How to use Pinterest?

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Everyone today is talking about Pinterest. You have read so much about the social networking platform, heard friends and associates talk about it and how to use it. Everybody is talking about how much fun the Pinterest app and you are left wondering what the big deal is about it anyway. You can safely call Pinterest an online pinboard for collecting multimedia images and form like a group of pictures or images that you like. For example, if you like collecting recipes then you can collect as many images of recipes and create a board a label it “recipes”. This you can do for any type of images that appeal your tastes. So, you are now wondering how Pinterest becomes a social interaction app and you learn that Pinterest users interact with one another by commenting, liking and repinning each other’s images and boards. The first thing you should do to start using Pinterest is to sign up for a Pinterest account. Like most other social networking platforms, Pinterest is free of cost an...

What is QR Code? How is QR code associated with social media?

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QR codes have been around a long time but their association with the use in social media is very recent. Infect, today you get to read and hear a lot about QR codes used in social media and how people are driving more traffic to their web pages and social media networking platforms directly through these simple codes. So, what is a QR code? A QR code also known as a Matrix code is short for Quick Response Code, is a two-dimensional code and it can include links, texts, and some other information and this information can be read by smartphones or some regular camera-equipped phones. It is the rather funny looking barcode found at the back of products and some marketing material. It basically has a webpage address and some other information encoded in it and can be read by a smartphone providing the phone has a scanner app. The user when he scans your QR code can be directly delivered to your website or webpage without typing the address on his browser. He can pull up all the important...