Brands Take to Instagram for Marketing
5/29/2013 Almost two and a half years after Instagram's initial launch and one year after Facebook’s acquisition of the mobile app, it boasts 100 million monthly active users. Instagram’s numbers are astounding, and brands have taken note. Few early adopter brands began using the app in 2011, but lately there has been a noticeable increase in companies using the app for contests, giveaways, and other marketing tactics.