{"id":75,"date":"2018-06-08T20:18:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T20:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/demo-1-copy\/"},"modified":"2018-07-16T19:48:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T19:48:06","slug":"best-instagram-tools-for-influencers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/news\/best-instagram-tools-for-influencers\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Best Instagram Tools Used by Top Influencers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram is one of the most popular platforms for influencers. According to a study, for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hashoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/A-HASHOFF-State-of-the-Union-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">92% of influencers<\/a>, Instagram is the most important social network for influencer marketing.<\/p>\n<p>Marketers know this fact. That is why they flock to this platform to communicate their brands\u2019 messages to their target audiences with the help of influencers.<\/p>\n<p>The fact is, there are simply too many influencers on Instagram. To stand out, they need to make the most of the available Instagram tools. There are tools that can help you edit your photos and publish posts at the right time. Here are five of the best options:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>PicsArt<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>PicsArt is an easy-to-use photo editor<\/strong>, collage maker, and a powerful drawing tool. It has AI-powered magic effects like its portrait selection tool.<\/p>\n<p>It automatically detects people in pictures and enables you to turn them into stickers. You can easily change the background of pictures with one click too.<\/p>\n<p>Their new dispersion tool allows you to make quality dispersion edits with one clip. The app has a feature-laden camera. It helps you add stickers to your image on live camera. You can use camera scenes like \u201cWinter\u201d or \u201cParty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And there are different brush tools that help you add different elements to your images.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M6ghYxsQxos\" width=\"781\" height=\"437\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There is also a community that consists of millions of PicsArt users who share their amazing content with others in the network. All of these features help you work on your image, make it interesting and unique before posting them on Instagram.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>VSCO<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vsco.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VSCO<\/a> is a photography mobile app by <a href=\"https:\/\/vsco.co\/about\/company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visual Supply Company<\/a>. It is an Instagram tool that helps you work on your images and videos before posting them.<\/p>\n<p>It has a camera with editing tools for corrections, cropping, alignment, etc. There are filters that you can use to automatically enhancing your photos.<\/p>\n<p>The app also has its own VSCO journal where you can publish the pictures that you edited on the app and gain more visibility.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-341\" src=\"https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/VSCO.jpg\" alt=\"VSCO App\" width=\"781\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/VSCO-200x118.jpg 200w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/VSCO-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/VSCO-400x236.jpg 400w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/VSCO-600x353.jpg 600w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/VSCO-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/VSCO.jpg 781w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Canva<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Marketers, bloggers, and other other influencers can now create eye-catching images without fiddling with heavy-duty graphic design tools. How?<\/p>\n<p>They can use Canva &#8211; a user-friendly Instagram tool. It has a wide array of features, images, layout designs, templates, and dimensions to work with.<\/p>\n<p>Its impressive collection of templates has everything you may need to create social media posts and business cards.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344\" src=\"https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pasted-image-0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"781\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pasted-image-0-200x121.png 200w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pasted-image-0-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pasted-image-0-400x242.png 400w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pasted-image-0-600x363.png 600w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pasted-image-0-768x464.png 768w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pasted-image-0-800x483.png 800w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pasted-image-0-1024x619.png 1024w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pasted-image-0.png 1094w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Users can add different elements like graphics, illustrations, fonts, doodles, photos, pre-made text layouts, and different backgrounds with existing images or using their own images.<\/p>\n<p>Its easy-to-use dashboard has drag-and-drop features that make it easier for everyone to create lovely images to share.<\/p>\n<p>Canva saves your favorite templates for you after you finish working on an image. It helps you stay consistent and easily resize projects, which will help you save a lot of time.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Later<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Later is a very useful tool and marketing platform for Instagrammers. Right from organizing a lovely feed of images to posting and scheduling your posts on Instagram &#8211; Later handles everything.<\/p>\n<p>To top it all off, it is very easy to use. You can plan and schedule.a week of your Instagram posts in about 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-347\" src=\"https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pasted-image-0-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"781\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pasted-image-0-3-200x148.jpg 200w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pasted-image-0-3-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pasted-image-0-3-400x297.jpg 400w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pasted-image-0-3-600x445.jpg 600w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pasted-image-0-3-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pasted-image-0-3.jpg 781w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can plan your feed using the drag-and-drop feature. Later is an Instagram partner and uses Instagram graph API, so if you use their Auto Publishing feature, it is 100% safe.<\/p>\n<p>It helps you organize all of your photos and videos. You can sync your photos and videos from different devices like desktop, phone, Dropbox, or Google Drive.<\/p>\n<p>If you have several Instagram accounts, you can easily switch from one account to another to post. You can also have a different content library for each Instagram account. Later also provides you an analytics feature to help you figure out what\u2019s working for you and what\u2019s not.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Wishpond<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Influencers can use the complete marketing suite of Wishpond to achieve all of their marketing goals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wishpond.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Wishpond helps you build marketing funnels<\/strong><\/a> to grow and nurture leads. It helps you run photo contest campaigns with their mobile responsive photo contest tool. Influencers can host your own contests to attract a new and engaged audience.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-348\" src=\"https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/wishpond.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"781\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/wishpond-200x171.jpg 200w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/wishpond-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/wishpond-400x342.jpg 400w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/wishpond-600x513.jpg 600w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/wishpond-768x657.jpg 768w, https:\/\/influencerindustry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/wishpond.jpg 781w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tool has different features like a WYSIWYG editor, HTML text editor, custom CSS styling, custom JavaScript, social media buttons, and more.<\/p>\n<p>You can show the photos of the contest entrants in a gallery. The gallery shows the name of the entrant, captions, and votes for each photo. Each photo contest entry gets a unique URL that you can share.<\/p>\n<p>You can add advanced voting options to the campaign and collect voter information. The photo contest builder can create contest on different devices and there is no coding required.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Instagram tools can help you to optimize your images and feed. As an influencer, you can use different Instagram strategies to achieve your influencer goals.<\/p>\n<p>If you have been using any Instagram tools that you find handy, we would love to know more about them. Please share them in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram is one of the most popular platforms for influencers. 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