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56%

56% -- engagement lift for Instagram posts including another user handle (2015)

2015  · hudsonvalleygraphics.com

Instagram posts that include another user handle in the caption receive an average of 56% more engagement.

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56%
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2015
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Instagram posts including another user handle
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hudsonvalleygraphics.com Primary Tier C
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Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2015 Channel: Deep Crawl
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Instagram’s Easy Impact
Why is it important that you get to know Instagram, and get to know it now? For starters, Instagram has over 300 million active monthly users! How’s that for a pool of interested prospects who might need your services! Glazing Over? I talk to many small business owners who glaze over when I bring up…
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Instagram posts including another user handle: 56% engagement lift. Source: hudsonvalleygraphics.com (2015). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/instagram-user-handle-engagement-lift
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