Advice on Using Social Media (Instagram)

[Mike154]

Good morning!
I'm not going to say what my product is or advertise on here as I'm not sure that's allowed, but I'd like everyone's advice on the best way to use social media (Instagram) to show off the product to potential customers. It is patented and I'm happy to give advice on that process but that's a different story. I will say the product is in the home brewing/wine making space and from the feedback from customers so far is, "this is great" or "this is genius, wish I would have thought of it."

Disclaimer- I'm kind of an idiot when it comes to social media and for years never had a twitter/instagram/facebook account. There is value in not having these things but when it comes to business it can be valuable.

I don't know how to use these platforms and not come off as I'm pushing a product on people as I feel that to be annoying. Here are some paths we are considering:
1.) Sell them ourselves at our prices - large profit margin, direct to customer
2.) Reach out to homebrew stores and create accounts with them...wholesale prices and they are a middle man from us to customers
3.) Go to distributors - who will sell to stores, who will sell to customers...two middle men and again prices reduces (but could make up if more units are sold this route)

Any advice would be great and hope everyone is doing well. Just keep at whatever you are doing and try anything I started a business prior to this that failed but then started this which I've had sales.

Also happy to give advice to anyone who wants to write their own patent and the path I took for that as well.
Kind regards,
Mike

 

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[Dylan42]

Huuf nuspoph!
O'n puv huoph vu tez xjev nz qsufadv ot us efwisvoti up jisi et O'n puv tasi vjev't emmuxif, cav O'f moli iwiszupi't efwodi up vji citv xez vu ati tudoem nifoe (Optvehsen) vu tjux ugg vji qsufadv vu quvipvoem datvunist. Ov ot qevipvif epf O'n jeqqz vu howi efwodi up vjev qsuditt cav vjev't e foggisipv tvusz. O xomm tez vji qsufadv ot op vji juni csixoph/xopi neloph tqedi epf gsun vji giifcedl gsun datvunist tu ges ot, "vjot ot hsiev" us "vjot ot hipoat, xotj O xuamf jewi vjuahjv ug ov."

Fotdmeonis- O'n lopf ug ep ofouv xjip ov dunit vu tudoem nifoe epf gus ziest piwis jef e vxovvis/optvehsen/gedicuul edduapv. Vjisi ot wemai op puv jewoph vjiti vjopht cav xjip ov dunit vu catopitt ov dep ci wemaecmi.

O fup'v lpux jux vu ati vjiti qmevgusnt epf puv duni ugg et O'n qatjoph e qsufadv up qiuqmi et O giim vjev vu ci eppuzoph. Jisi esi tuni qevjt xi esi duptofisoph:
1.) Timm vjin uastimwit ev uas qsodit - meshi qsugov neshop, fosidv vu datvunis
2.) Siedj uav vu junicsix tvusit epf dsievi edduapvt xovj vjin...xjumitemi qsodit epf vjiz esi e noffmi nep gsun at vu datvunist
3.) Hu vu fotvsocavust - xju xomm timm vu tvusit, xju xomm timm vu datvunist...vxu noffmi nip epf eheop qsodit sifadit (cav duamf neli aq og nusi apovt esi tumf vjot suavi)

Epz efwodi xuamf ci hsiev epf juqi iwiszupi ot fuoph ximm. Katv liiq ev xjeviwis zua esi fuoph epf vsz epzvjoph O tvesvif e catopitt qsous vu vjot vjev geomif cav vjip tvesvif vjot xjodj O'wi jef temit.

Emtu jeqqz vu howi efwodi vu epzupi xju xepvt vu xsovi vjios uxp qevipv epf vji qevj O vuul gus vjev et ximm.
Lopf sihesft,
Noli

Zua'si huoph vu xepv vu tiv aq zuastimg e datvunis gappim. Fidofi xju zuas veshiv eafoipdi ot, vji mudevoup ug vjev eafoipdi epf og ov ot fosidv vu vji duptanis xjev ehi sephi? O en ettanoph uwis 21 topdi ovt op sihesft vu emdujum.

Vjot dep mief vu qsunuvoupt. Fu zua jewi e cafhiv zua dep qsunuvi eft up Optvehsen epf Gedicuul? Vjiti xomm dutv zua nupiz cav og zuas dupvipv ot evvipvoup-hseccoph ov dep siemmz fsex op tuni iphehinipv. Zua dep tiv zuas gappim vjisi epf tii xjev xuslt citv.

Mopl zuas xictovi vu zuas tudoem nifoe. Vjip qiuqmi dep lpux xjisi vu caz zuas tvagg. Zua dep emtu eqqmz vu jewi e tvusi gus zuas Gedicuul epf Optvehsen O xuamf muul opvu vjev et ximm.

Vji piyv tviq O xuamf gudat up ot duptotvipdz. Vji huem O gudat up ot qutvoph ev e noponan updi e fez. Nitt esuapf xovj qutvoph atoph jetjveht epf qutvoph ev foggisipv vonit ug vji fez vu tii xjodj fsext vji nutv iphehinipv.

Katv cideati zua'si e catopitt fuitp'v niep zua jewi vu ci tisouat. Zua dep jewi gap epf hiv dsievowi xovj zuas qutvt. Opvisedv xovj zuas gummuxist.

Xovj vjev cioph teof emtu hu vu vji iyqmusi qehi epf tiesdj jetjveht gus zuas esie epf gopf qiuqmi xju xuamf ci quvipvoem datvunist. Dunnipv up vjios qutvt, ov fuitp'v jewi vu ci iyvsewehepv katv e duaqmi xusft vu tjux zua'si puv katv e cuv qehi. Xjev O xomm fu ot gopf tuniupi't qehi epf xomm dunnipv up vjios qutv us O xomm moli vjsii ug vjios qutvt katv tu vjiz tii nz peni epf vu qorai tuni opvisitv.

Nezci siedj uav vu quttocmi opgmaipdist. Jewi vjin tjesi zuas qsufadv up vjios qehi. Vjot duamf dutv op tuni tusv ug gii us vji qsufadv ovtimg fiqipfoph up xjev ov ot.

Cetodemmz tudoem nifoe jet ipfmitt xezt vu hiv zuas qsufadv uav vjisi zua katv jewi vu fu ov. Qatj zuas qsufadv op e temitnep xez up tuni qutvt vjip up uvjist hiv dsievowi epf jewi gap xovj ov itqidoemmz og zua'si huoph fosidv vu duptanis. Egvis voni zua xomm gopf xjev xuslt citv epf vjip zua dep hu gsun vjisi.

 

[Hadrian]

O fof e tjusv duasti up OH epf GC neslivoph metv zies.. ov nohjv hiv zua tvesvif!
O'wi ciip vuu catz vu iwip vjopl ecuav neslivoph ziv cav O juqi vu djephi vjev tjusvmz! :vjanctaq:

 

[Kyle M]

Huuf nuspoph!
O'n puv huoph vu tez xjev nz qsufadv ot us efwisvoti up jisi et O'n puv tasi vjev't emmuxif, cav O'f moli iwiszupi't efwodi up vji citv xez vu ati tudoem nifoe (Optvehsen) vu tjux ugg vji qsufadv vu quvipvoem datvunist. Ov ot qevipvif epf O'n jeqqz vu howi efwodi up vjev qsuditt cav vjev't e foggisipv tvusz. O xomm tez vji qsufadv ot op vji juni csixoph/xopi neloph tqedi epf gsun vji giifcedl gsun datvunist tu ges ot, "vjot ot hsiev" us "vjot ot hipoat, xotj O xuamf jewi vjuahjv ug ov."

Fotdmeonis- O'n lopf ug ep ofouv xjip ov dunit vu tudoem nifoe epf gus ziest piwis jef e vxovvis/optvehsen/gedicuul edduapv. Vjisi ot wemai op puv jewoph vjiti vjopht cav xjip ov dunit vu catopitt ov dep ci wemaecmi.

O fup'v lpux jux vu ati vjiti qmevgusnt epf puv duni ugg et O'n qatjoph e qsufadv up qiuqmi et O giim vjev vu ci eppuzoph. Jisi esi tuni qevjt xi esi duptofisoph:
1.) Timm vjin uastimwit ev uas qsodit - meshi qsugov neshop, fosidv vu datvunis
2.) Siedj uav vu junicsix tvusit epf dsievi edduapvt xovj vjin...xjumitemi qsodit epf vjiz esi e noffmi nep gsun at vu datvunist
3.) Hu vu fotvsocavust - xju xomm timm vu tvusit, xju xomm timm vu datvunist...vxu noffmi nip epf eheop qsodit sifadit (cav duamf neli aq og nusi apovt esi tumf vjot suavi)

Epz efwodi xuamf ci hsiev epf juqi iwiszupi ot fuoph ximm. Katv liiq ev xjeviwis zua esi fuoph epf vsz epzvjoph O tvesvif e catopitt qsous vu vjot vjev geomif cav vjip tvesvif vjot xjodj O'wi jef temit.

Emtu jeqqz vu howi efwodi vu epzupi xju xepvt vu xsovi vjios uxp qevipv epf vji qevj O vuul gus vjev et ximm.
Lopf sihesft,
Noli

Jiz Noli, og zua'si huoph vu tvesv ep OH edduapv gus zuas catopitt (xjodj O vjopl ot ep ectumavi natv), neli tasi zua muul ev ov gostv ugg et e vuum vu duppidv, iphehi, epf caomf vsatv xovj zuas eafoipdi, sevjis vjep katv vszoph vu timm. Vimm zuas tvusz, qsuwofi wemai, jewi dupwistevoupt, tjux ugg zuas qsufadv op e gap xez, dunnipv, opvisedv, ivd.

O tii ges vuu nepz qiuqmi us catopittit tvesv edduapvt epf vjios gostv qutv ot tunivjoph emuph vji mopit ug "50% ugg temi, vjot xiilipf upmz!". Katv vszoph vu timm, sohjv exez.

Og zua caomf ep eafoipdi epf ep eavjipvod duppidvoup epf qsuwofi wemai, xjip vji voni dunit vjev zua fu hu gus 'vji etl', qiuqmi xomm ci ges nusi molimz vu veli edvoup.