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Here Are 8 Things That Can Give You More Followers On Instagram

By
Boses Muhinda
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According to Statista, there are 233.03m social media users in the United States. In a world where data is considered as the most valuable asset, social media plays a vital role in circulating this data and building a connection among users of the web.

Lately, Instagram has been the most actively used social media platform. Researchers have noticed a hike in the percentage of Instagram users. 

According to Statista, 37.8% of the U.S population used the platform in 2019. However, it is expected to touch a mark of 120.3 million users by 2023. 

This states the importance of social media presence and its influence on the mindset and outlook that people carry. Having a strong Instagram influence is essential when you want to brand yourself and stand out. 

Building a proper Instagram handle requires dedication, hard work, and smart work. If you believe in the power of social media, then Instagram agency can help you in building that framework and prospering towards your goal. 

The first step to gain traction on Instagram is increasing the number of followers. More followers ensure better engagement and result in the positive outcome of your efforts. Here are eight things that can give you more followers on Instagram. 

8 Things That Can Give You More Followers On Instagram

Understand Your Audience

To grow on Instagram, the first step is to closely observe your audience and understand the kind of content that attracts them. To get organic traffic, you need to post the content that interests your audience and stay connected.

Getting to know your targeted audience will help you curate content that will keep them engaged. You can always experiment around it and be creative with what you like and what your audience wants. 

Narrate Your Story

Of course, all of us have stories about our success and failure, and you are no different. Some tales revolve around moments when you were at the saturation point but did not give up on your dream to follow your passion and win over the hardships. You can create content around it to motivate people and spread positivity.

While some will relate to the stories, others will take it as a lesson from experience. Either way, it will not only help you relive your learnings but it will also boost confidence in the minds of your followers. 

Use Proper Hashtags

To get noticed on Instagram, you need to work on your #Hashtag game. Hashtags play an essential part in grabbing attention. Using the right hashtags matters the most, and for this, you must do proper research around the content you are posting and use appropriate hashtags.

You need to create hashtags that define you as well as your content. Similarly, participate in using trendy hashtags as it will get noticed. But the important rule is not to overuse the hashtags as it will only lose its value and credibility. 

Start a Conversation

No doubt, your followers will have the interest to know more about you. A great way to do it is by generating an active conversation. This might revolve around a wide range of topics and help you as well as your followers to get a clearer insight.

You can do it through Instagram Live, Question and Answers, or simply in your comment section. This will inflict positivity among your followers and even attract more people who share similar interests. 

Make Content That Will Go Viral

You can focus on creating content that will help you in going viral. Being an overnight Instagram sensation is nothing new, and you could be the next big thing on gram if your content can entertain people.

You can create reels, shoot a video, or post a selfie, but with an X factor. Going viral would help you get the maximum number of followers in minimal time. However, always focus on creating content that spreads a helpful message and inspires your audience.

Work On A Theme

Human psychology tends to notice objects or illusions that are eye-catchy or appealing. You can use this method quite effectively to get more followers on Instagram. 

Pay attention to create a dedicated theme and design your handle accordingly. The organized feed will not only attract more followers but also represent your mindset. 

You can choose a particular grid layout and stick to it. Further, you can create your own presets or filters and use them for everything that you post. Eventually, you can share free samples of your presets and sell them depending on the popularity. 

Promote Your Content

Doing self-promotion once in a while is essential to get the limelight and help yourself get recognized. Once you have created a substantial amount of content, you should plan to promote it and take feedback.

A great way to do this is by hosting virtual contests and giveaways. You can also collaborate with brands and individuals to promote your content. This will introduce you to people who don’t follow you but might do after noticing your work. 

You can also do this by associating yourself with healthy causes. Participating in things that interest you and are aligned with your principles will help you create awareness and educate your audience. 

Be Consistent

No matter how much you brainstorm and how unique your content is, everything is vague without consistency. Learn to dedicate a particular amount of your time towards building your social media presence. This should include posting on regular internals, being interactive, and analyzing the engagement and reach.

Consistency takes you a long way, as it replicates your ethics and principles. Being consistent will also help in organic growth as it plays a vital role in Instagram metrics. 

Conclusion 

These things will undoubtedly help you get more followers on Instagram, but there will be times when you will seek proper guidance and insights from experts. 

An instagram growth company will help you overcome those hurdles and work towards making you Instagram famous. They will help in collecting insights, socializing, building a more substantial social media influence, and thus fulfilling your purpose.

Core MTN mobile money services were not affected at any stage – MTN

By
Joel Osekeny
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In order to dissuade its worried customers, MTN Uganda Limited has today released a statement in which it has clarified that its cores mobile money services were not affected by the hack that took place last week which caused the companies, MTN, Airtel and Stanbic Bank to lose billions of money in the attack.

“The core MTN Mobile Money services … were never affected nor compromised at any stage” reads the statement from Win Vanhelleputte, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the MTN. The core services that were listed include cash deposits, withdrawals, person to person (P2P) transactions and MoMo payments. It also did not affect customer mobile money account balances.

The CEO has gone on in the statement to assure customers and the concerned that investigations are still ongoing by the police to identify “the root cause of the incident”.

“We are confident the Uganda Police Force will conclude their investigations timeously and take appropriate action against the culprits” reads the statement.

He also assures customers that the company mobile money platform “complies with the highest international ICT security standards” and that it is also “subjected to regular assessments and reviews by internal and external assurance providers”.

Hackers last week broke into the system of Pegasus Technologies, a company that handles MTN and Airtel money and its transactions with Stanbic Bank.

Advice from Infotesters on internet security

According to an analysis of the hack by Infotesters, they state that hackers are known to “target financial institutions over weekends when there is less activity and reduced vigilance” as this is the easy time to “strike, withdraw the cash and cover up by the time the weekend is over”, one of their releases reads.

The cyber security firm also highlights how hackers normally make their attacks which they list to include a ransomware messages, a fake antivirus message, or where internet searches are redirected, your friends receive social media invitations from you that you didn’t send, your online password isn’t working, observe unexpected software installs, your mouse moves between programs and makes selections, your online account is missing money, your confidential data has been leaked, and others. They therefore believe that one of these could have been used to issued out the attacks, but the actual mode will be revealed by the ongoing police investigations.

Infotesters advises that for companies and financial institutions to avoid those attacks, they should use two-factor authentication, “a multi-factor method that requires users to input different pieces of evidence before they are granted access to the account or system”. They are also advised to review the security of the open-source software and ensure it is secure for use before adoption.

In their analysis, Infotesters add that “Enterprises and individuals must take the time to make sure they build a powerful security foundation and avoid using unsecured Wi-Fi networks” and that as they do that network functions that are not being used should always be turned off. Among the alternatives also includes updating and installing a brand new security patch which usual comes with different phone or PC operating systems.

Samsung Strengthens Partnership with Microsoft, to Delete Certain Cloud Data in favour of OneDrive.

By
Joel Osekeny
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Samsung and Microsoft Logos

In an email to users today titled “End of Certain Samsung Cloud Features Notice”, Samsung has notified customers that it is ending certain cloud features that are currently available to Samsung Cloud in favour of partner Microsoft OneDrive. This is one of the terms of what the two companies have called their “long-term, strategic partnership”.

The services that are being stopped will start effective 31st August 2021 for all Samsung Cloud customers and from that date two features Gallery Sync and Drive will no longer be supported in that cloud, leaving Samsung Cloud to be available to only Contacts, Calendar and Notes backups.

“Beginning on 2021-08-31, Gallery Sync and Drive for My Files will no longer be supported by Samsung Cloud” reads the email. It adds that any such data will from that date be deleted. The notice further reads that users on a premium package will see their storage subscription cancelled on the 1st June 2021 and any refunds if due will be issued to the users.

The cancelled features will all be moving to Microsoft OneDrive, which unfortunately the email admits “…may not be supported in certain countries or device models”.

Customers are also being advised to start migrating to OneDrive as soon as possible so as to avoid future inconveniences such that they are able to “continue with your service experience or alternatively, download your data to your mobile device and/or PC”.

A caution has however been added to those that choose to download or migrate, that the moment you make the download or complete the migration, the features “may end and your data may be deleted prematurely even before the official end date…”.

The timeline below has been published for further clarity;

From 2020-12-01

-No longer be able to newly use above-listed features
-OneDrive migration and data download available
* Gradual rollout (up to 30 days)

From 2021-06-01

-Discontinue existing use of Gallery Sync and Drive
-End of OneDrive migration support
-Cancel the then-current premium storage subscription automatically and refund the last payment

2021-08-31

-End of data download support

It should be noted that evidence of the partnership between the two companies is already visible with the integration of the Samsung Phone with windows PC, under the Your Phone application on both devices. For example, in only select Samsung phones, users are able to access and use all phone applications on their PC as we earlier on published. Samsung phones are therefore already enjoying exclusive Microsoft integrations.

As part of their partnership, the two companies are working towards delivering and “enhanced outlook experience”, “OneDrive Cloud Storage” and “Seamlessly flow between PC and Mobile”, an experience already enjoyed by iOS phone and PC users.

We will be sharing the procedure on how to move or download data.

US Sub Committee Releases Anti Trust Investigation Report, Recommends Breaking Big Tech Monopoly

By
Joel Osekeny
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Big Tech Bosses being grilled early this year

A sub – committee of the US judiciary on anti – trust commercial and administrative law, has a released an over 440 paged detailed report following their investigation of big tech, or what the committee has termed “dominant platforms” in the digital markets, Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Alphabet/Google. It makes a couple of drastic recommendations to be implemented against the companies.

The recommendations include the restoration of competition in the US digital market by making structural changes and prohibitions of certain dominant platforms from operating in adjacent lines of business, enforcing a non -discrimination requirements by prohibiting the platforms from engaging in self -preferencing, prohibiting the abuse of superior bargaining power. The other recommendations include strengthening of the country’s anti – trust laws and reviving anti – trust enforcement.

The report titled “Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets” was released on the 6th October 2020, after the committee concluded its findings on the business practices of big four technology.

According to the report, investigations were commenced on the 3rd June 2019, as a response “to a wide range of investigative reports”, and the “activity of policy makers and enforcers that raised serious concerns about these platforms, incentive and ability to harm the competitive process” reads the report. It also concludes a year plus investigation of the world’s biggest technology companies with a combined value of USD 5 trillion as of September 2020.

While conducting the investigation, it was purposed on 3 motives; 1) to document the competition problems in the digital markets 2) to examine whether not dominant firms are engaging in anti – competition conduct and 3) to assess whether existing anti – trust laws, policies current enforcement levels are adequate to address the issues that were being raised.

As has always been reported in the media, the report confirmed in the committees own findings that the dominant big tech enjoy monopoly powers and that because of that dominance, the platforms had the effect to diminish consumer choice, erode innovation and entrepreneurship. They have also weakened the vibrancy of the free and diverse press and also undermined the privacy of Americans.

The dominance and the practice in these companies has also been revealed by a list of acquisitions and mergers that the companies have undertaken including a total 252 companies owned by Alphabet, 82 for Facebook, 114 for Apple and 97 for Amazon, amongst which includes the companies buying their competitions in the different fields that they dominant.

The companies are monopolies in their own right with Facebook being a social networking monopoly, Google, a monopoly in the markets for general online search and search advertising, Amazon, a significant and durable market power in the retail industry and Apple, a significant and durable power in the mobile operating market and control over software distribution.

Google Rebrands; G-suite Name, Gmail, Meet, Drive Logos Change

By
Joel Osekeny
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From left: Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs and Meet

Google is rebranding and the rebrands have seen a change in the name of G-suite to Google Workspace. Other rebrands are in the logos of the application. Gmail that has changed from the traditional “mail” logo to a more Google like logo that takes on Google colours.

new Gmail
new Gmail

The Google colours for the consistence of the logos are “Blue, Red, Yellow and Green”. Logos of Google Calendar, Drive, Meet, and Docs/Sheets/Slides have also been changed. The changes are a diversion from the most common red and white in Gmail, blue in calender, Green and white for Meet, Green, blue and yellow for Drive.

The intention is to have all the logos by Google consistent with company branding. However, the changes are not yet effective, as the roll outs will be coming in the next weeks. This will be possible with the next available updates to the apps.

new Calendar
new Calendar

“In the coming weeks, users will see new four colour icons for Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Meet and our collaborative content creation tools like Docs, Sheets, Slides…” reads a statement from Google.

Why businesses need a responsive website

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GURU8 Staff
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The power of information technology is undeniable. Applying mankind’s great achievements to business is smart and fashionable. However, many business owners wonder if they should have a responsive website and the following reasons will make them change.

1. Increasing access to customers

If the business does not have its website, customers will only be able to purchase products, receive services, and interact with the business owner during outside business hours. This limits the services and operations of the business.

However, things will change if the business builds its responsive website that fits mobile devices. Thanks to this type of website, your businesses will no longer be limited in time or space. More importantly, it helps increase access to potential customers.

2. Increasing the range of customers

A local store may attract locals but is limited for customers in other regions. However, when a business builds its website, the range of customers will no longer be limited. The chances of receiving customer orders from all over the country will surprisingly increase.

3. Improving customer service

A responsive website will not only help customers find their desired products but also provide quick and effective customer care services. Customers’ inquiries and questions about the product will be responded more positively.

4. Updating information quickly

New information should be shared with the client and this website can be completed excellently. Not only updating information quickly, uploading the page is easy, but it also takes less time and effort. If using the website, businesses just need to collect information, upload it, and wait for a response.

5. Getting feedback from customers more easily

Getting customers’ opinions is an important job to help businesses grasp customer psychology and have appropriate strategies for changing.

How responsive websites boost the success of the online casinos

A great example to show the great importance of having a responsive website that fits mobile devices is online casinos.

In 2016, the global online gambling market dramatically reached $44 billion in revenue thanks to the development of mobile casinos. This helps online casinos to penetrate many newer markets and make it possible for millions of people to gamble simply by touching their smartphone. This market is expected to reach over $87 billion by 2022 when the world has over 5 billion mobile devices and it is so easy to go online.

Real-life casinos are still popular and are frequented by many people. However, online casinos attract gamblers more and more with the availability of technology that players cannot ask for more such as identity secrets and convenient payment.

Conclusions

Above are the reasons why businesses need a responsive website and why mobile casinos get more than 50% of the overall online casino traffic. If you do not have a responsive website or an app, you are losing a lot of potential customers!

What are Managed IT Services? How Do They Affect Your Business?

By
Gumisiriza Garry
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Every business knows how IT specifically and uniquely affects its own operations. Whether they are used for communication, for making sales, or for filing documents and data, technology is deployed precisely the way it is needed in each individual working environment. 

However, enlisting the help of IT support and gaining the benefits of managed IT services might be slightly less familiar to those business owners who like to do everything themselves. The truth is, if this is the case, they could be missing out on properly optimizing their IT systems to produce the maximum benefit.

IT support and managed IT services, generally, prevent data losses, give guidance on all things “tech”, and help provide staff with the means to raise their everyday productivity. 

IT guidance

E-commerce and the digital side of business are booming all around the world, with statistics making interesting reading for any company wondering if they are fully tapping into this growing market. Using IT support, a business can have better faith in their own ability to be a bigger fish in this biggest of ponds. 

With managed IT services from Techware Corporation it is possible to remove the hassle and stress from the quest to have smooth online operations. Selling online, giving excellent customer service to online customers, and maintaining strong communications is much more difficult if your IT services are inconsistent or unreliable. That is where IT guidance comes in.

An experienced IT support team should be able to advise you on the best systems to implement, as well as being on hand to fix any issues that arise. 

Data protection

Perhaps the most important aspect of managed IT services is how they will help keep your systems safe, protecting data and preventing cyber-attacks. 

Businesses across the globe are targets of cybercrime and this situation is made worse by business leaders not knowing how to protect themselves. Quality IT support will back up your data, provide you with recovery solutions, implement network security,and be able to adequately advise staff on how to be safer online.

Data protection is a legal requirement, so if your business is not taking the necessary steps to ensure it, enlisting the help of professionals is essential.

Increased productivity and support

If your business does not use managed IT services, it is likely that it either has its own IT department or no IT support whatsoever. Staff members quickly become tired of having to turn computers off and back on again in the hope that they miraculously fix themselves and spend endless amounts of time on the telephone to unresponsive IT units.

With outsourced, prompt, and efficient IT support, this does not have to be the case. Proper IT services will increase productivity in your business by reducing stress and frustration in your workforce, allowing them to get on with their jobs. 

Not only will this make team members happier in their work, but they will also trust and support you as their leader for providing them with an adequate environment to succeed.

Improving Organization in Your Physical Therapy Practice with an EMR

By
Remmy Bisimbeko
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Within the past two decades, one of the most imperative transformations that has occurred has been the growth of technology within our society. As the world has adopted technological advancements, one of the biggest changes has been the growth and development of novel fields as well as new ones being created. As society has adopted technology in greater numbers, many existing fields have experienced a variety of changes. One field that has had a particularly great transformation has been the healthcare field. Healthcare has become more developed in recent years, with many novel technologies being created for the purposes of bettering patients’ lives and building a more equitable system. There are many changes that healthcare has seen in recent years, one of the biggest being the rise of physical therapy. Physical therapy is often preferred by patients due to its less invasive nature, and this has led to many practices being created. Running a physical therapy office is quite difficult, but one entity that simplifies processes and streamlines clerical work is the physical therapy EMR. Learning about this program and how it positively impacts PT offices is crucial for your firm. 

Physical Therapy in the Modern Era

As physical therapy has risen in popularity throughout the past two decades, one of the most essential changes has been the increased need for organizational tools within the office. Physical therapy practices are not extremely easy to organize, as they have a myriad of patients and need to comply with a multitude of regulatory standards. Utilizing a physical therapy EMR will benefit your company in a myriad of ways, and learning about the extensive features that this technology is equipped with will certainly help your practice to grow in the right direction. 

How EMRs Will Better Organize Your Business

Top EMR software that is on the market today is utilized for organizing and effectively managing physical therapy practices. There are many different software to choose from, so it is crucial for you to understand which ones are best for your business. One of the most essential features that your company’s EMR should come equipped with is the capability to comply with Medicare and other types of federal regulations. This is the most important part of your documentation process, and you should search for an EMR that has a notification center that lets you know if you are compliant. As well as regulation compliance, there are other organizational facets you need to be aware of. Your EMR should be able to improve productivity within your office by having the ability to work with your billing department and have documents sent directly to them instead of going outside the system for this process. A built-in e-fax system will help to streamline this and will also let your patient intake process be simpler as well.

Final Thoughts

Physical therapy is a growing field, and in order to ensure that your company stays up with your competition, you need to invest in an EMR for your firm. Learning about physical therapy EMRs and understanding how to utilize them in your company is crucial.

Developing Your Enterprise with Corporate Perks

By
Brian Code
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It is important to understand the depth of the modern era in order to comprehend how our world has gotten to its current point. Technology has been the biggest driving force throughout the 21st century, and it has given immense opportunity to further improve upon a variety of facets throughout the globe. While there are certainly a myriad of entities that have changed due to the rise of technology in recent years, one of the most imperative aspects that has been altered is the corporate world. Corporations have changed immensely throughout the past two decades, as technology and other entities have altered the way that businesses operate. There have been numerous changes to the way businesses are run, but one of the most critical changes has been the alteration of corporate culture. Corporations now offer their employees better incentives than in previous eras, oftentimes in the form of corporate perks programs. Corporate perks help companies to incentivize their employees and ensure that they are able to successfully develop their enterprises into a forward-thinking company. Learning about corporate perks programs and understanding how to utilize them to develop your enterprise is imperative for growing your organization.

Employees Aspire to Have Corporate Perks

When employees are applying to a company, there are many ways that they are drawn in to a company, but one of the biggest draws that they can be offered is corporate perks. Corporate perks are a set of non-traditional benefits (unlike paid leave and healthcare) that businesses offer to their employees in order to boost morale throughout their teams and ensure that their employees are content. There are many different types of corporate perks programs, such as free on-site childcare, cell phone plans, tuition reimbursement, remote work, transportation benefits, volunteer time off, supplemental health insurance, employer-sponsored charitable gift-giving, wellness programs, relocation assistance, and more. These types of benefits overtly make the lives of employees better, as it enables them to live fuller lives while being supported to do so by their employer. 

Companies Also Benefit from Corporate Perks

The reasons why employees like having corporate perks programs are quite overt – it lets them live a better quality of life all supported financially by their company, on top of the salary and traditional benefits that they receive. However, the reasons that businesses invest in corporate perks is not solely to boost their employees’ happiness levels, it also benefits them in many ways. First, throughout the hiring process, companies that have corporate perks will be able to get the best candidates to apply for positions, which will overall better their company. Along with the hiring process, having employees with access to corporate perks will let them garner a sense of company loyalty. This is extremely important to businesses (especially in the 21st century when employees often hop from one company to the next) as they will not be hit financially with issues like employee turnover, as well as having a more dedicated and harder working staff. 

Final Thoughts

When you develop your company, it is important to include elements like corporate perks into your business model. Understanding how corporate perks aid employees and your company is crucial to your enterprise’s success.

Augmenting Your Online Store with Ecommerce Analytics

By
Brian Code
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Photo by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash

During the 21st century, one of the most significant changes has come from the rise of the Internet and other forms of technology. The world has been changed by technological advancement, as the Internet has completely revolutionized a myriad of facets within our civilization. The rise and subsequent mass adoption of technology in our world has been impactful, but one of the most affected aspects of our world has been the economy. Our economy has been immensely altered by the adoption of technology, as many old practices have changed as well as many new ones being formed. One of the most impressionable changes has been the rise of the ecommerce industry. Ecommerce has become one of the largest industries in 2020 with over 3 trillion dollars in sales in 2019! The way that this field has become so profitable is that top ecommerce sellers know to utilize the best tools to build lucrative enterprises. While there are many types of sellers that exist in today’s market, one quality that they all have in common is their use of ecommerce analytics. Ecommerce analytics are crucial for the success of any ecommerce store and learning about them for your company will prove to be incredibly advantageous. 

Using Google Analytics

There are a myriad of ecommerce tools that exist on the market, but one of the most important analytics programs you should be using for your store is Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a top ecommerce analytics tool, as its Enhanced Ecommerce feature is tailored specifically for ecommerce needs. Learning about how your site gains traffic is one of the main uses for Enhanced Ecommerce, and will ensure that your business has the ability to understand what is working for your enterprise as well as what is not. There are numerous stats that Enhanced Ecommerce can provide you, and some of the most important include customer acquisition, real-time reports, customer conversion rate, and more. 

Enhanced Ecommerce to Increase Sales

Once you understand your business and where your traffic is coming from, you will then be able to figure out what changes you need to make in order to get better sales. There are many different metrics, such as refund data, clicks on a product link, revenue and sales, impressions and clicks on an internal promotion, average product value, number of products sold, how many sessions it takes to convert a transaction, and much more. By understanding these different statistics, you will be able to see what aspects of your business model need to be changed. For example, you can increase marketing to certain demographics, decrease product inventory on something that is not selling well, and many other types of changes. Learning about how to fix your ecommerce store to improve sales is imperative for your success in ecommerce.

Final Thoughts

In order to have a top-tier ecommerce company, you will indubitably need to invest in ecommerce analytics. Utilizing Google Analytics’ Enhanced Ecommerce tool as well as many others will let you recognize what to change about your business model to make a more lucrative enterprise. 

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