BREAKING News: Is Instagram No Longer A Photo-Sharing App?

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Jasmine Star

Jasmine Star, Business, Start A Business, Instagram Growth, Social Media, Business Strategy, Online Marketing, Business Tips, Entrepreneurship, Social Curator, Marketing, Photographer, Social Media Strategy, Photography

4.9 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Today, I’m stoked to share with you this BONUS episode to announce BREAKING news: head of Instagram Adam Mosseri recently shared in an IGTV video about some changes coming to Instagram.

In the video, he begins by saying Instagram is shifting their focus from:

Businesses to creators
Photo to videos
Encouraging offline purchases to leaning into the trend of shopping online
In-person connections to messaging within the app

>>Then, he states: “We are no longer just a square photo-sharing app.”<<

As a result of this announcement, I went Live inside our private Social Curator Community to give our users a heads up about the update, explain what Social Curator is planning to prepare for the changes, and tips for how you can embrace it like a billion-dollar business. And guess what, Hustler? That’s exactly what you’re going to hear today!

Click play to get a sneak peek inside the Social Curator Community and hear my real-time tips about the update!

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0:00.0	Hi, friend. Welcome back to another episode of The Jasmine Star Show. My name is Kristine,
0:19.3	I'm Jasmine's podcast producer, as well as a copywriter for the Social Curator team.
0:24.0	Today, I'm stoked to share with you this bonus episode to announce breaking news,
0:28.8	head of Instagram, Adam Maaseri, recently shared in an IGTV video some huge changes coming to
0:34.8	Instagram. In short, he begins the video by saying Instagram is shifting their focus from businesses
0:41.1	to creators, from photos to videos, from encouraging offline purchases to really leaning into the trend
0:46.9	of shopping online, and from in-person connections to messaging within the app in new and improved ways.
0:53.6	Then, he states, we are no longer just a square photo-sharing app. Video is the way of the future
1:00.0	that many social media platforms have been seeing growth and success with, and it seems like Instagram
1:05.0	is going to be upping the ante, so to speak, to keep up with their video-heavy competitors like YouTube
1:10.0	and TikTok. Interesting, right? As a result of this announcement, Jasmine went live inside her
1:15.5	private social curator community immediately to give our users a heads-up about the update,
1:20.5	explain what social curator is planning to prepare for the changes, and tips for how they can embrace
1:25.2	it like a billion-dollar business. And guess what, hustler? That's exactly what you're going to hear
1:29.9	today. Yep, you're about to get a sneak peek inside the social curator community and hear Jasmine's
1:35.6	real-time tips about the update. Ready for this bonus? Let's listen in.
1:41.4	Why hello there friends, how are you? I am here to chat about something that we are all talking about,
1:47.8	and that is the Instagram update. This is as of July 2021, and what you see on the right side
1:54.4	is the video that Instagram's Adam Mosari, the CEO of Instagram, had posted on all social platforms.
2:00.8	This video was on Twitter, it was on Instagram, and he comes out and is talking about the future
2:07.6	of Instagram. Now I have to tell you that I wanted to pop in here because, first and foremost,
2:12.0	since this video was posted last week, the thing that I have seen the most is a ton of
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