Instagram announced on 4th June 2019, that they are rolling out the ability for advertisers to promote creators’ organic branded content posts as feed ads. Branded content is an evolving ecosystem.

Instagram has worked to build the right tools for both business and creators involved in branded content deals, one of the biggest requests from brands to date is the ability to incorporate branded content posts into their advertising strategies.

Instagram Creators

68% of people say they come to Instagram to interact with creators. With branded content ads, businesses have an opportunity to tell their brand stories through creators’ voices, reach new audiences and measure impact.

Using the tools available on the Facebook ads platform, businesses can reach targeted audiences beyond the people who follow the brand and creator accounts. And by running ads, they’ll have access to measurement and can optimize and test their campaigns against their set goals for more effective marketing campaigns.

When these ads appear in feed and stories, people will see “Paid partnership with” along with the brand name on each post—which is very important for ads transparency.

Getting Started with Branded Content

There are 2 main steps for creating branded content ads. First, branded content creators need to enable their business partners to promote their post as an ad, which they can do in Advanced Settings. Once they do this, the business partner will see the post on Ads Manager under Existing Posts and can choose to run it as an ad in feed or stories format.

Step-by-step instructions for both businesses and creators are available here.

Branded content ads for feed will be available to all advertisers in the coming weeks and for stories over the coming months. This is just the beginning and Instagram will continue to invest in branded content to provide even more value for people, creators and businesses. Source: Instagram Business Blog

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