Si eres de los que acaba de aterrizar en la comunidad de Instagram, tal vez todavía no tengas idea de qué estamos hablando cuando nos referimos a Instagram Encounters or also called Instameets, that is why today we are going to clarify what they consist of meetings and what steps should you follow to organize official Instagram meetings in your city.
The concept of get together, that you have heard it translated into Spanish as stay or find and Se ha practicado a nivel mundial durante bastante tiempo, a modo de ejemplo; en comunidades para amantes de los cómics, videojuegos, autos antiguos o lo que se les ocurra. Por tanto, la forma más sencilla de aclarar qué es un meetup, es definirlo como un event en el que un grupo de persons se reúne por una pasión común.
However, what it does Instagram Encounters is that they are the first meetings that arise around the world as a result of a mobile device application and the success has been such that the effect Instameet it has spread to the world's major cities like a virus.
Pero … ¿Cuál es el target?
The main objective of a Instagram user meeting is to gather the largest number of igers feasible for everyone to know each other, so a bar, park, or any open public space is a good place to host your first Instagram meeting.
We all know how difficult it is to start something that no one has tried before, therefore you should not worry if your first meeting on Instagram is small; Don't forget that two or three people are already forming a meeting!
What do you do on an Instagram Meetup?
Aún cuando no existe un guión definido de lo que se tiene que hacer en una reunión de Instagram, desde el Blog oficial de la aplicación nos dan algunas ideas de lo que puedes hacer en tu próxima reunión.
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For the calmest.
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For those who cannot sit still.
- What Instagram calls «Photowalk»Or what is the same, a photographic walk, is probably the most widespread way to practice a meetup. You simply choose an interesting route in your city and take pictures of the surroundings with other Instagrammers for an hour or two.
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For the more adventurous.
- Another alternative that is beginning to spread is what they call «Treasure hunt»And that first emerged in a group of Instagramers in New York.
- The Treasure hunt It could be described as a contest in search of the best photo, the idea is that everyone participates by taking photos of anything; food, street people, garbage or anything that can attract attention, so that at the end of the meeting each one presents their best photo and the winner is chosen from among all.
I am impatient.What should I do to organize an Instagram meeting in my city?
These are the steps you need to take to create an Instagram meeting in your city:
- Hate http://www.meetup.com and type "Instagram" in the search engine to check if there is already a meeting organized in your city. In case there isn't, it's time to create your own community in just a couple of clicks.
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- Enter your community and click on "Schedule a new meeting" to organize your first Instagramers meeting in your city.
- Fill in the form giving a name to the meeting, as an example: «I Meeting of Instagramers -your city- «, write a short description of what you plan to do at the meeting, choose a time and date for the meeting, and finally a place to meet.
With these simple steps you will have your first official Instagram meeting in your city, but this is only the beginning, so now you should get on with the promotion of the event, so that you can gather as many people as possible.
For you to have some help on how to promote an event of this type, Instagram provides a simple guide with some suggestions, among which we highlight:
- Create an eye-catching event poster with the meeting title, location, date and time. Upload it to your profile on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or any other social network that you usually use. Ask those interested in attending to share the poster as well.
- Use the tag #Instameet on all photos taken at the event, as well as a specific tag for your city, for example: #InstaMeetGrnd (if your city is grenade). The label #Instameet is officially used in all Instagram meetings.
- Enable the PhotoMaps function to locate all the photos of the event on the map, especially if the event takes place in a known place. With this, it is possible to give the event more visibility and that Instagram users can find photos of the event more easily.
These are just some of the tips you can follow, but there are a few more that you can check out. here y en el que vas a poder orientarte a organizar un encuentro profesional como el de las principales ciudades del mundo. Entonces, si su ciudad todavía no ha albergado su primera reunión de Instagram, es hora de que dé un paso adelante y be pionero en la comunidad Instagramer de su ciudad.
