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Instagram or Facebook - which is more useful for you business?

by xavier998
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Hello! I'm new to this forum, so I'm looking for ideas which platform is more useful for your business - Instagram or Facebook? Where the paid ads and posts are doing better and get more engagement?
I know it depends on your business, so please give examples of what kind of business you have and which platform is more useful and profitable.
#business #facebook #instagram
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Cracknell
    i prefer instagram, for me the most engaged. a lot of people have open accounts. in fb the most accounts are private.
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  • Profile picture of the author DURABLEOILCOM
    Instagram is where you want to focus all your attention, Facebook is turning into the New Myspace(Desert). YouTube is also a major factor.
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    I really think it depends on the niche and target market. For me, most of the stuff I'm working on is doing better with Facebook. But you should always try as many different options as possible.
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  • Profile picture of the author Promise Alpha
    The both social media platforms is owned by one company. The main thing about it is just the fact that you select the one that best suits you business.

    If you have spare time, you can use both at the same time.
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  • Profile picture of the author jbuenavides
    I prefer Facebook over Instagram since website link can only be posted on IG profile compared to facebook wherein you can add links to every post.
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  • Profile picture of the author shubham choudhary
    I prefer both Instagram or Facebook account. I think facebook is a better and get more engage with all sector pepole.
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  • Profile picture of the author WF- Enzo
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    Why not both? There's no singularly most effective platform, as each has its own strengths/weaknesses. Why don't you sign up for both platforms, and launch sponsored posts for each and get back to us the results (i.e. which has more interactions, etc)?
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  • Profile picture of the author seoexpertinindia
    Instagram is the best for doing business because there are more engagements on Insta as compared to FB.
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  • Profile picture of the author ahad0806
    Both Instagram and Facebook are great platforms for promoting your business. Instagram can be a perfect place for posting images of your product and then giving a related caption to it. Short and simple.
    But Facebook has many other features alongwoth posting images you can directly engage with communities of your niche or post ads to redirect traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author arinag725
    Instagram and Facebook have their own advantages and disadvantages. I saw many brands doing ingtagram promotion from brandfollowers, and big brands and Internet celebrities did a good job in marketing promotion.
    From bigspy's point of view, facebook may be better for small and medium-sized enterprises, with a bigger platform and more diverse ways of advertising
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  • Profile picture of the author Brains Media Solutions
    Both Facebook and Instagram are absolutely necessary for promoting your business. Facebook is ideal for regularly updating your blog posts and the other engagement related posts. On Facebook, you can create groups, connect with people with similar interests, and engage in meaningful conversations. You can also boost your posts to reach out to a larger audience. On the other hand, Instagram is useful in posting promotional images, updates and infographics. You can also use the Instagram stories feature to engage your followers.
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  • Profile picture of the author ajaysatpute
    Instagram with its short messages can help with brand recall while Facebook is where you can close the deal
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  • Profile picture of the author jameswilliams987
    Instagram is more useful for your business Because Instagram has more than 800 million active users on a monthly basis and around 500 million daily active users. 80% of all these users are outside the U.S. If you want to grow your business rapidly, you can Buy Instagram Followers from Alwaysviral. I Purchased 2k Instagram Followers from them and got pretty good appreciation.
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  • Profile picture of the author Binish V
    It depends on the type of business for like product based best to go with instagram .

    In my opinion use instagram to shoow your product and expand using facebook
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  • Profile picture of the author AzuraMarketing
    Do both but I prefer Instagram over Facebook.
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  • Profile picture of the author hyperjerkseo
    It depends on the niche and targeted market. Test, the waters with your product, service, product,and etc...
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  • Profile picture of the author ayakamea
    I would recommend using both if your able to. You can stick with the one that bring you the most business afterwards or you can keep using both for the most traffic.

    Some facts you might like to know is, according to similarweb, facebook get about 24 billion visits a month, while Instagram gets about 4 billion visits a month. Facebook gets significantly more views but instagram still gets a ton. Also, there are a lot of other things you have to consider, so using both sites could be a good idea starting out.

    Also for reference the biggest social media sites on the internet, in order(by number of visits per month) is: Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.

    Making free social media accounts on all these sites might be a good idea as well, then maybe you can consider buying things such as ad space on them.
    Note I haven't really tried this before, but i've seen businesses use these a lot. Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author spartan14
    This has not an exact answer as it depends on so many factors . I think you should try both of them to see what its working both for you .It also depends on the niche ,some niches works better on facebook and other works on instagram
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  • Profile picture of the author neralu
    It really depends on the target niche.
    For my gifting niche projects, instagram works better.
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  • Profile picture of the author Marian
    I like to take pictures of everything, every hour... so it's Instagram.

    Oh, no, just joking

    For me it's Facebook.

    Marian
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  • Profile picture of the author Jorge 2
    Instagram is good for Health & Fitness niche
    Facebook is good for fashion, education and trading niche
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