Wednesday, 23 March 2016

Tim Hortons vs 7-Eleven on Instagram

Instagram is one of the popular media among people as sharing things. It is also used by many companies to promote their brands. Tim Horton and 7-Eleven also use Instagram as social media. The comparison of two brands on this media is given below. 

Tim Hortons:

Tim Horton has 137K followers on their Instagram account. They has more than 445 post on it. By analyzing their last 10 posts the detailed answers of question are below.
  • Tim Horton frequently post on Instagram account. They basically post one picture with content every day.
  • Their brand post consist of promotional, discounts, events, games and videos etc. These post also include hashtags.
  •  They use the 50/50 rule but not much.
  • Most of their posts contain #hashtags like #SpreadTheLove, #Timbitshockey etc. to attract people.
  •  Their most popular picture on Instagram was five weeks ago. It was new promotional program started by Tim Horton which was RRRoll Up the Rim to win is back! It's time to roll out your RRRoll Up rituals. #RollUpTheRim.
  •   It had more than 3600 likes and 230 comments.

Instagram 

The reason to get popular this post is because this basically Tim Hortons new sale promotion strategy. They also attract people with many different prizes which build interest in people to get know it better. By that reason people like this and also comment on it.

7-Eleven:

7-Eleven has 67.7K followers and 499 posts on their Instagram account. We also looking their last 10 posts to understand how often they use this media to promote their brand.
  •  7-Eleven post new content every week on Instagram. Some time they post twice a week.
  • There post include the pictures of the food items, promotional, games and also discounts. They post some video of celebrities to promote its brand.
  • They use links and #hashtags in their description to attract people. These include. #regram, #Slurpee50, #HacksOnSnacks and many more.
  • They will not using the 50/ 50 rule and simply promote their brand.
  • There recent successful post was picture of donuts that include the hashtags and link with @softcorefoodprn description.
  • They had more than 1000 likes and 75 comments. 

7-Eleven

The reason for the success of this post because they launch this new menu item with attractive picture. Moreover, the visual of actual product also build interest among people. So, with this media 7-eleven cleverly use this media to improve their presence on people mind.


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