You Can Lose a Lot of Money on Instagram Advertising if You Get It Wrong

Advertising online can produce some dramatic results – provided that you know exactly what you are doing. In that respect, Instagram is no different from the rest of them. Advertising on Instagram is tricky.You have to keep bang up to date with all the changes that they make because what works one day may not work the next simply because Instagram changed things around.

You have to remember that Instagram is owned by Facebook, and that Mr. Zuckerberg is interested in one thing, and one thing only. That is how much more money he can extract from the paying public who want to advertise on his platforms. One might well wonder why, because he has so much of the stuff that he will never be able to spend it all. The next thing you know, he will be joining Mr. Bezos and Mr. Musk on a journey to the stars. But that is the way that it is.

Meanwhile, we poor mortals have to give Instagram our money because we need to advertise on Instagram. So, it follows that there are actually two ways of doing this. The first is that, when you own a business and want to advertise, you can write your own ads, read the instructions, and have a go at it.

You May Crack It

Doing this, you may very well crack it. In time. In a very long time. Unfortunately, the learning curve is expensive. You will need very deep pockets to advertise on Instagram successfully because you need to experiment so much to find out what works and what doesn’t.

The other way is to use the services of someone who already knows what you need to know and can design your ads and place them in the right places at the right time so that you start making money from the get-go. Someone like myself who understands Instagram – and all of the rest of them as it happens – and will save you a small fortune and a lot of time testing.

I am also an Instagram advertising expert witness. You may well be involved in a court case over Instagram advertising where a competitor accuses you of pilfering his ads, or copying a product, or whatever. These cases can get very expensive, so if you need an Instagram advertising expert witness, I can handle that for you as well.

Not only do I keep right up to date with every change on the platform, but as an Instagram advertising expert witness I can also explain in simple language all of the technical aspects of it to a judge and jury so that they are able to understand what the case is about and will be able to come to a decision – preferably in your favor!


Jason McDonald, Ph.D

Jason McDonald is a top-rated San Francisco SEO Consultant. His consulting services include search engine optimization consulting, social media marketing consulting, and Google AdWords consulting. Jason's motto as a consultant is that he doesn't do SEO 'for you' but rather he does SEO 'with you.' That goes as well for his social media marketing consultant activities and Google AdWords consultant services. Besides serving clients in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jason consults with clients in Silicon Valley (San Jose), Oakland and other cities throughout the Bay Area. Beyond the Bay Area, Jason is available as an SEO consultant, Social Media Consultant, and as an expert witness in litigation involving social media marketing, search engine optimization and pay-per-click advertising.