Steemigram - Monetize Your Instagram Account

Steemigram is a brand new tool tat allows you to monetize your Instagram post by posting them to the Steem Blockchain.

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Growing The SteemIt Community

Earlier this week, a brand new app was released. Steemigram targets the 1 billion Instagram users by providing them with an easy way to cross-post their Instagram uploads to the Steem blockchain. This allows them to monetize their Instagram feed on complete autopilot.

Since the Instagram users can post to the blockchain without having to leave their favorite app, Steemigram might be able to attract hundreds of thousands of new users in the near future.

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Simple SteemConnect Login

The founders of Steemigram were able to develop a special front end secured with SteemConnect. This means Instagram users who want to use Steemigram will still need to create a SteemIt account to be able to log in to the app.

The app only needs to be set up once, so there's almost no extra work involved.

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The App

Once the user as logged into the Steemigram app using Steemconnect, he is redirected to a form, in which just a couple of details need to be filled in.

In my opinion, the landing page could use a little TLC. I think it looks a little unprofessional. The layout could use some improvements, and the spelling errors should be corrected. A little makeover would definitely be necessary if they want to go mainstream.

Here's what the user gets to see:

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Fields:

1 - SteemIt username: the username of the account you used to log in with SteemConnect.

2 - Instagram username: the username of the Instagram account you want to use.

3 - The SteemIt Title: this title will be used for every Instagram post you send to SteemIt, unless you log into the Steemigram app every time to change it.

4 - 4 shortcodes that can be used to personalize the title. (I've tried using them twice, but they didn't work.)

5 - Button to activate or deactivate crossposting.

6 - Save button.

That's all there is to it.

Personally, I couldn't get the shortcodes to work, but maybe I did something wrong...

Once you've filled in all fields, click the 'Save' button. Now you can close the app.

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Crossposting To The Steem Blockchain

Once the Steemigram app is set up, you can use your Instagram account like you always do.

If you want to monetize a picture by posting it to the blockchain, all you need to do is add #steemigram as your first hashtag.

Here is how your post on SteemIt will look like:

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You can see the live post here

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Conclusion

The app still needs a bit of work, but the fact that it allows crossposting from an external site will have a major impact on the Steem blockchain. Imagine this being possible with a site like Facebook or Twitter...