Assignment
Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing, and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos. Refer to Instagram website, for more information about Instagram.
Imagine that you work for the marketing department in a midsized company. As one of the company's new marketing initiatives, your supervisor has asked you to design a contest of an Instagram campaign in order to get more photos from the campaign participants.
Note: You may create and / or assume all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Write a three to five page paper in which you:
1. Select one product that you would like to utilize for the Instagram Campaign. Specify the main reasons why the company would benefit from using this product for the campaign.
2. Specify the main purpose of the Instagram campaign for the company regarding its social media marketing. Next, define the main target market information (i.e., demographic information, psychographic information, and the need that the Instagram will address for the target market) for the Instagram campaign.
3. Design the main contest of the Instagram campaign for the participants including the main purpose of the contest, the key rules of engagement for success, the main incentives for the winner(s), and an example entry picture or a description of an example entry picture.
4. Determine the metrics that you would use to monitor the progress of your campaign. Provide a rationale for your response.
5. Appraise the overall benefits of the company using an Instagram campaign as an active marketing strategy for the selected product regarding its marketing strategy.
6. Compare and contrast the fundamental differences between active marketing and passive marketing. Next, provide a scenario or example in which using a passive marketing strategy would bring benefit to this company. Provide a rationale for your response.
7. Apply social media marketing skills and be creative with the formatting (e.g., font color, size, layout, etc.) Note:Make sure the font size is not larger than 18.
8. Use at least three quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.