Hashtagging Bravely on Instagram
This workshop is organized by Community Concepts Finance Corporation and sponsored by the Maine Woods Consortium, River Valley Chamber of Commerce, Oxford Hills SCORE Chapter and Bethel Area Chamber of Commerce.
Totally confused about hashtags? Not sure what the “rules are” when you’re on Instagram? This workshop is designed to guide you through the basics of the Instagram platform and the technical, tactical and tribe-building strategies you need to get comfortable posting to Instagram to build your business. The activities we have included will help you build visibility and create authentic engagement with your audiences in a whole new way. Learn to tell the story of your business through images, text, and graphics while you gain more followers every day through the proper use of hashtags.
In this workshop Abbie McGilvery and Angie Cole with From the Nest will help you to:
- Bridge the gap between how you’re thinking about your business and how your target audience is going to find your business through hashtags
- Become more brave, empowered and confident when it comes to using Instagram for your business
- Walk away thinking, “Things seem simple enough for me to take a few new steps”
- Become more aware and purposeful about how you choose images and words to depict your business
- Understand what things positively and negatively influence your Instagram visibility and engagement
You will walk away with:
- At least 3 specific strategies for improving your Instagram visibility and engagement
- Resources for connecting with other professionals who can help
- Real ways to connect to “influencers” in a similar market in order to understand how to do more (with less!) and get more creative
- Strategies for setting yourself apart and for communicating your brand
- An understanding of the Do’s and Don’t’s of content creation, has tagging and linking
- A list of brand-specific high-frequency hashtags and at least one unique, branded hashtag for your business
This workshop is right for you if you have a basic knowledge of Instagram and an Instagram account and are able to log in.
Your Presenters: Abbie McGilvery and Angie Cole with From The NEST 
Abbie is a Social Media Magician (okay, Social Media Strategist, but that’s close enough!). She serves as an adviser, guide and mentor for the business owners she works with. She has been called a Marketing Maven and a Networking Expert, but prefers to think of herself as a creative “social media scrapbooker” with a focus on helping business owners building brand visibility and tell their stories on social media channels.
Angie is a midwife – but not the kind you might be imagining! Angie helps driven people give birth to big ideas. She helps people do their best thinking to produce a desired result, and address their fears and limitations to get where they want to go.
There is a fee of $25.00 for this workshop for Chamber members and a fee of $30.00 for non-chamber members.