11 Marketing Examples: How Retailers Use Instagram To Sell

Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms around today. It has over 700 million monthly active users. There's even an entire industry around helping people get successful at growing their Instagram following.

In this post, let's walk through some examples of businesses using Instagram to achieve their marketing goals.

1. Melt Cosmetics

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2. Sephora

Sephora stays top of mind by being entertaining and relevant to its target audience, not just by posting product photos. Fans are likely to tag their friends in funny memes like these.

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3. Daniel Wellington

Daniel Wellington built up its brand by targeting lots of Instagram influencers, associating their watches with an aspirational lifestyle.

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4. Ztylus

Ztylus makes smartphone cases that augment your camera – so their Instagram is full of pictures taken with Ztylus cases.

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5. Herschel

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6. Porsche

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7. Halo Top

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8. Luxy Hair

How could your hair be done?

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9. Skinny Coconut Oil

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10. The North Face

The North Face is all about adventure, and their Instagram shows it.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWf3BIyle7c/

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11. Kikki K

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