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This Blogger Was Late to the Instagram Game. Now, She’s the Boss Lady of a Social Media Strategy Business.

Heidi Nazarudin now has nearly half a million Instagram followers on her account @theambitionista, but as a consultant, she'll tell you that numbers aren't everything.

By Lydia Belanger

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This Health-Conscious Chef Reveals How She Used Instagram to Channel Her Personal Wellness Goals Into a Thriving Brand

By Nina Zipkin

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This Photographer’s Distinctive Food Art Often Gets Stolen. Here’s How She Stands Up for Herself and Stays Positive.

By Lydia Belanger

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This Designer’s Instagram Savvy Led to Partnerships With Microsoft and Target

By Nina Zipkin

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This Jewelry Maker Who Sells Made-to-Order Pieces Developed Her Brand Through Posting to Instagram

Jess Hannah has more than 212,000 followers after doubling down on her business making 'jewelry for how it should be worn: never taken off.'

By Lydia Belanger

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The Blogger Behind WeWoreWhat Decided to Flip the Camera on Herself, and Now She Has an Instagram Following of 1.7 Million

Danielle Bernstein shares her tips for Instagram success.

By Rose Leadem

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How an Instagram Side Hustle of Combining Photos Led This Artist to Quit His ‘Cushy Corporate Advertising Job’

The man behind the mashup 'combophoto' technique explains how his art and career have evolved since he started posting his hybrid images.

By Lydia Belanger

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Why the TSA — Yes, the One at the Airport — Is Actually Amazing at Instagram

The government agency has 800,000 followers and counting.

By Nina Zipkin

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This Instagrammer With More Than 1.5 Million Followers Is Now Traveling the World in a 4-Seater Plane

Instagram icon, YouTube personality and explorer Louis Cole lives for adventure.

By Rose Leadem

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How to Engage With Your Audience Like an Instagram Icon

You can't expect people to stick around if you only post content and remain silent.

By Emily Conklin

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This Self-Taught Artist Uses Instagram as Her Gallery — and Has Attracted Some Big Name Clients

Kelly Beeman's best advice for other artists is to always remember that the work comes first.

By Nina Zipkin

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How 13 Instagram Icons Grew Their Followings to Massive Levels

Everybody starts with zero followers. Here's how these pros got thousands upon thousands of fans.

By Emily Conklin

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The Content Strategies of 13 Instagram Icons

If you're looking to engage your audience and keep them coming back from more, start with these tips.

By Emily Conklin

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The Couple Behind ‘Dogs of Instagram’ Started It as a Pet Project and Now Have 4 Million Followers and a Successful Ecommerce Business

The user-generated feed of dog photos has become a hashtag and, in a way, an online movement.

By Lydia Belanger

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This $25 Million Funded Interior Design Firm Uses Instagram to Show Off the Spaces It Reinvented

Laurel & Wolf founder and CEO Leura Fine explains why Instagram is the perfect fit for her visually-driven business.

By Nina Zipkin

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This Instagrammer With More Than 2 Million Followers Literally Cooks Her Content

Learn how Yumna Jawad, the owner of the Instagram @feelgoodfoodie, turns her passion into profits.

By Rose Leadem

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She Adopted a Pet Pig to Cope With Epilepsy. Now, Her Job Is Managing This Adorable Instagram Star.

Hamlet the pot-bellied pig has a closet full of costumes and wigs, opinions about the hottest TV shows, a pink convertible and hundreds of thousands of Instagram followers.

By Lydia Belanger

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This Mysterious Entrepreneur Uses Instagram to Show Off Art and Her Travels and Now Has Half a Million Followers

With a successful career in business, 'Aureta' never intended to create an Instagram account that she would eventually monetize.

By Rose Leadem

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This Former Marketing Director Quit Her Job After 7 Weeks of Posting Amazing Animations on Instagram

Rachel Ryle's optimistic attitude comes through in her videos, which often revolve around themes of thankfulness, love, celebration and exploration.

By Lydia Belanger

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This Entrepreneur’s Eye-Catching Instagram Keeps Her Nail Salon 100 Percent Booked

WAH Nails founder Sharmadean Reid uses her account to give fans and customers an inside look into what it's like to work at her salon.

By Nina Zipkin

Business Operations & Logistics

Instagram’s ‘Girl With No Job’ Actually Works 24/7 to Build Her Brand

The brains behind the hit meme Instagram, @girlwithnojob, shares how she reached social media success.

By Rose Leadem

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How a Spur-of-the-Moment Photo Led to This Couple’s Iconic Work Being Featured in Times Square and Around the World

Husband-and-wife duo Murad and Nataly Osmann are the brains and hearts behind the Instagram project #FollowMeTo.

By Lydia Belanger

Building a Business

How This Former Personal Assistant Used Instagram to Turn Her Love of Flowers Into a Blooming Business

Floom founder Lana Elie found fans on Instagram before officially launching the company.

By Nina Zipkin

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This Marketer Transformed His Instagram Into 2 Profitable Businesses

Ryan Glick learned he could do much more with a photo of his coffee and his clothes.

By Rose Leadem

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This Aerial Photographer Took Her Hobby to New Heights With Instagram

Natalie Amrossi worked in finance for three years before realizing how social media could help an artist like her make a living.

By Lydia Belanger

Entrepreneurs

This Celebrity Stylist Uses Instagram to Show Fans How Red Carpet Moments Are Made

As the stylist for stars such as Meryl Streep and Lupita Nyong'o, Micaela Erlanger's social media pages take you behind the scenes.

By Nina Zipkin

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How This Physics Student Turned His Passion for Beautiful Landscapes Into Instagram Fame

Daniel Kordan was on his way to becoming a physicist, until he realized his knack for photography.

By Rose Leadem

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This Former Math Teacher Now Gets Paid to Travel the World and Take Pictures of Her Meals

Jessica Hirsch started @cheatdayeats on Instagram as a hobby. Now her job is to post about her indulgent experiences.

By Lydia Belanger

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The Secrets of the Woman Who Quit Her Job and Made Her Pug an Instagram Celebrity

Leslie Mosier shares the recipe for success behind her incredibly cute pup Doug's rise to fame

By Nina Zipkin