How to save a picture and videos on Instagram

As you all know that Instagram is an online mobile photo & video sharing service which allows one to snap a picture, edit then upload for show by your followers.

One can also share on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites. Saving a picture on Instagram is not straightforward.

However, if there's a picture you like so much and you want on your phone, just follow this steps to save it:

>> Go to www.instagram.com on your mobile browser

>> Open the Instagram app installed on your phone and tap the "Explore" tab located      at the bottom of the screen

>> Select the photo you want to save, tap the three vertical dots located at the bottom      of the photo and tap the "Copy share URL" button

>> Open your phone's browser and paste the URL to open the photo's webpage.

>> Tap and hold the photo. A pop up window opens up. Select the "Save image"          option.

>>  The photo will be save on your phone.

   Enjoy !!!

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According to a recent conducted study by Curalate and the Internet Marketing Association, only 8% are using social media images and posts to drive email marketing tweet

Instagram's popularity as a social media photo sharing site is a great opportunity for marketers to use them as a social email marketing strategy. the study also revealed that For example, while 76% of emails include social media buttons, just 14% of emails are being optimized with social images. and , Instagram images are used within emails less than 3% of the time

A recent fitness retail brand delivered a 7X lift in engagement with product photos on their website just 24 hours after sending their first Instagram integrated email..

Know the brand : 10 Facts about Instagram you did not know

Instagram Company Statistics Data

1.  Number of users it had after 2 months since its launch : 1 million
2. Total number of Instagram users                                   :182,500,000
3. Total number of photos shared on Instagram                :18,700,000,000
4.  Average photos uploaded daily at Instagram                :58,000,000
5. Average number of likes per day                                   :1,650,000,000
6. Percent of Instagram users located outside the US        : 60 %
7. videos uploaded to Instagram every  first 24 hrs           : 5,000,000
8. Instagram was founded by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger in October 2010
9. Users on the internet who use Instagram in percentage : 13%
10. On February 26th, 2013 it celebrated  a 100 million users

 Among Genders who uses  Instagram more :
 Men 10 %
Women 16 %

Instagram usage by race and ethnicity

1. Race / Ethnicity
2. White, Non-Hispanic 11 % 
3. Black, Non-Hispanic 23 %
4. Hispanic 18 %
5. Instagram users Age : 
6. 18-29:   2 8%( in percentage)
7. 30-49:   14%
8. 50-64    3%
9. 65+       2%

Source: Track Maven, Pew Research, Instagram

Research Date: June 11th, 2015

How to embed Instagram Photos and Videos into your web page, a easy guide

With millions of photos and videos being uploaded on Instagram every day, many people feel the need to embed the photo or a video from their Instagram stream to their website.  Well this tutorial helps you with that.  

Please thank the makers of this free tool, Digital Inspiration who have provided with a website for conversion of the code to html5.  

Okay, on with the tutorial, its rather simple.  Go to the Instagram photo or video page of the photo or video you want to embed in your web page.  Copy the entire url from the address bar.  It should look like instagram.com/p/xxxxxx.  Now head over to the free conversion tool page by Digital Inspiration here.  Paste the url in the blank window and press generate.  You are done.

Now you can head over to your blog code editor or blogger draft and paste the code in html.  The photo/video size given is 612 x 612 and the code is in HTML5 so it should be seen or played on any browser.