Cindy Ratzlaff

Bestselling author, award winning brand marketing and social media pro, Cindy Ratzlaff, creates sales driving campaigns for authors, books and publishers.

How Authors Can Make Social Media Quotes

Add Quote Images to Instagram with InstaQuote

By Cindy Ratzlaff

Everyone using social media needs a content image strategy, a plan for creating the large number of branded images needed to feed the content monster that is social media marketing. If you’re a regular reader, you’re already experimenting with these four free image creation tools. My prerequisite for recommending a tool is that it has to be easy, intuitive and free. And I give bonus kudos when a tool saves time by allowing you to post directly to Facebook or Twitter right from the tool.

I’ve just tried a brand new free tool I think you’ll enjoy because it’s not only super easy to use, but it allows you to post directly to Instagram.

Quote yourself, add a background, press a button and update to Instagram, Facebook and Twitter in one quick and elegant step.

Time saving social tool of the week

InstaQuote is a tool that let’s you add text on top pictures or beautiful backgrounds and post directly to Instagram. Available in both the itunes store and the Google Play store, you can easily download InstaQuote to your mobile device and connect your Instagram account (while logged into both).

Why?

Instagram is one of the fastest growing new social media platforms. Instagram integrates easily with Twitter and Facebook. With this free tool, you can quickly:

  • Create thought leadership by sharing quotes from you on your area of expertise
  • Stand out from your competition with disruptive marketing messages with a call to action through text and color on multiple platforms at once
  • Thank your followers, congratulation them, announce contests, promote special offers

If you’re not yet using Instagram in your marketing mix, stop reading this now and open an account by downloading the Instagram app and posting your first photo. This will take you less than five minutes. Then come back here and post your full Instagram name in the comments below. Let’s follow one another as we spread the message of your brand on another social network using quotes and images.

 

About Cindy Ratzlaff

Cindy Ratzlaff was named to the Forbes “20 Best Branded Women on Twitter” list and Forbes Woman called her one of the “Most Influential Women Tweeting about Entrepreneurship.”

During her 20-plus years as a publishing executive, Cindy created branded marketing and PR campaigns that ushered more than 200 books onto the New York Times bestseller lists. She was named to the Ad Age Marketing 50 list for the launch campaign behind The South Beach Diet.

She is the author of three books, and her essays on happiness have appeared on Oprah.com, CNN.com and her articles on social marketing have can be read on Business Insider. She speaks to conferences such as BookExpo America, Pennsylvania Conference for Women, Romance Writers of America, Ernst & Young, Garden Writers Association, Texas Conference for Women, United Way’s Ignite Leadership Network, Massachusetts Conference for Women, and more on the topics of happiness, personal branding and creating a digital footprint.

She engages daily with more than 450,000 people through her popular Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blog sites.

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