“If someone hits you up in your DM and all they’re basically talking about is how hot you are or what they want to do to you, refer them to Tinder. Better yet, block them.”— Shellie Reneé, missdomesticated.vocally.com
“Instagram, with its 800 million monthly active users, has been slowly rolling out products to make the process of selling vintage clothes—and anything else, for that matter—easier for big retail partners and small businesses that use platforms such as Shopify and BigCommerce.”— Alexandra Stratton, Kim Bhasin, bloomberg.com
“Most Americans don’t know the identity of Instagram’s parent, which is just fine with Facebook.”— Sarah Frier, bloomberg.com
“That these episodic series encourage appointment viewing can make them safer bets for brands versus one-off branded Stories.”— Tim Peterson, digiday.com
“Finding an audience is directly connected to the goals you want to achieve. You need to understand why you are using Instagram as a promotional tool and what kind of outcome you desire.”— Ales Nesetril, drive.google.com
“The right [Instagram] algorithm might just be better at making that prediction than a trained physician.”— Rebecca Ruiz, mashable.com
“It’s just like any other business...You need to learn about your customer. I think the best influencers know how to relate to people — they’re inspirational, but not perfect.”— Amber Venz Box, thecut.com
“When did I start waking up everyday and scrolling mindlessly through Instagram and Twitter first thing? When did that transition become routine? What did I used to do when I first woke up? Did I look at my phone at all?”— Molly Soda, officemagazine.net
“Instagram is now my bread and butter. I’m finding that I can charge more for posting on Instagram now because there is real engagement there. There are actionable insights. The other day I posted about a book I was reading, and someone told me two months later that they bought it. I can screen grab…”— Ilyse Liffreing, digiday.com
“Yes, I get money from ads, but I’m also working every day on jobs that don’t pay anything.”— Ashley Iaconetti, amazon.com
“250,000 followers = $ 1,000/ ad. 500,000 = $ 2,000/ ad. And if you have 1 million followers? You’re probably getting at least $ 10,000 per ad.”— Amy Kaufman, amazon.com
“I try my best to humor her, since I know she enjoys getting photographed (different distances, poses, lighting, gopro/camera/phone). And after our 2nd to last fight about this, I told her I would try to improve my attitude (not fake smile, smile only with teeth, don't become solemn and sulk).”— 4chencookie, reddit.com
“Stop looking at his Instagram. Stop re-reading all the text messages. Stop listening to those songs that remind you of him.”— Cynthia Bonitz, thoughtcatalog.com
“I don't bother with these ho**, don't let these ho** bother me. They see pictures, they say, Goals!, bit**ch, I'm who they tryna be.”— Cardi B, Kodak Black, open.spotify.com
“When girls write to us about how inadequate they feel and how shitty Instagram makes them feel and how cool other people look and how lame they are, I just want to be like, No, no, no, no! This is all strategic. You’re doing great. Nothing exciting is happening over here except ambitious people in a…”— Tavi Gevinson, thecut.com
“When everyone is doing the same thing, how are you going to add your little spin to it?”— Andrew Kearns, fieldmag.com