How to Streamline Sales with Instagram DM on PC [+ Coupon Inside]

However, successful sales and client relationship management are much more than just following the schema. You should know how to correctly perform each step, all the complexities, and possible ways to attain the desired outcome.

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HOW TO SEND INSTAGRAM MESSAGES ONLINE

It's obvious that you can't mail out manually. Marketing automation exists just for that purpose. I will teach you how to approach followers using Instagram Mailing Client by Inflact.

HOW TO TURN A NEW FOLLOWER INTO A CLIENT

Your first contact with potential clients is vital. Studies prove that welcome messages have a greater click-through rate. That means the highest open rate and engagement.



(Image source: How Welcome Emails Help Predict Future Subscriber Engagement & Value, Marketing Land)

Thanks to automated mass messaging to all new followers, each user, even those who do not know the ropes, can easily launch a messaging campaign in a couple of minutes.

1. From your Cabinet, open the Direct tab and click Bulk Messaging;
2. New Message;
3. Each New Follower;
4. Enter your message in a Spintax format;

Note: As you know, Instagram carefully keeps an eye out for suspicious activity and spamming. Unique content is one of the most important factors for protection from spam blocks and bans. If a task needs to place a large number of comments or send a large number of messages, manually creating databases from thousands of unique texts is actually an impossible task. To solve this issue, a special template text format was invented by Spintax.

For example:



5. Set Custom filter if it is needed to narrow down the mailout recipients list (language, gender, # of Followers and Following, # of Posts, and the days since the last update.)



6. Click Activate.

General recommendations:

• Welcome the new lead in a personalized way;
• Express gratitude for following you and say how you value them;
• Instagram is not the place to communicate formally, use humor;
• Be brief;
• Offer something precious for a customer (e.g. a discount.)

HOW TO MOTIVATE CURRENT FOLLOWERS TO TAKE THE ACTIONS YOU NEED

1. Active messaging

Maintaining communication with followers is no less important. Here, your task is to show your customer-centric approach to business. Show the true value and your concern at least once a week. This way, your followers won't forget about you.

1. From your Cabinet, open Direct tab and click Bulk Messaging;
2. New Message;
3. All Followers;
4. Enter your message in a Spintax format;

For example:



5. Set Custom filter if needed;
6. Click Activate.
2. Fast replies

Another significant criterion for stimulating purchases is the speed of your replies to users' requests. Poor response time may affect the sales rate extremely badly: you have a 100 times greater chance to contact a lead successfully within 5 min of an inquiry, as opposed to 30 min. That lead is 21 times more likely to enter the sales process if you contact back within 5 min. That's the fact.

To reduce this waiting time, make use of the Quick Replies feature. It reacts on certain text markers and sends an automatic reply to your client.

General recommendations:

Actually, all the recommendations from the previous point will fit here, too. Far more important is WHAT you offer to your followers and HOW.

HOW TO PROCESS REQUESTS USING INSTAGRAM MESSENGER

Here, convenience is what you really need. In particular, if your account is managed by several employees. You can't do without a CRM system. So what if you get all the CRM systems' most needed features right in your Instagram Direct?

That's what Inflact Direct Chat offers. With it, you can improve the workflow on Instagram to the level you need to sell effectively.

Instagram Direct Chat by Inflact provides a number of features that you will find useful:

Users Info, Notes, Multiple accounts support, Multi-manager (access from several devices), search by messages, Labels for chats, etc.

Here is Instagram chat on the PC interface:



1) Labeling is needed to mark certain chats. As it was suggested in the sales schema above, you can leave labels for accounts that ignored your message as Ignore and users that responded as Client.

You can create labels for each campaign you run (e.g. 50% off, BlackFriday) or for each product category users are interested in (e.g. Family Photoshoot, Piercing).



Thus, you can put several labels for each chat, and it will be easier for you (and your managers) to navigate the Instagram DMs online and manage requests in a timely way. That's vital for your customers.

2) Use a search across messages. A search function doesn't seem important at first thought. However, that's a misperception.

Having the option to search for certain messages across all chats and accounts gives you control over the chats and managers who communicate. In addition, it's a great way to provide communication patterns for all to emulate.

That enhances customer management and satisfaction.

Related article: Instagram Messages Search For Your Ecommerce Activity Sake + Case Story.

This is how to search inside Instagram messenger online:



3) Complete information about customers and leave notes for yourself and other managers. Add information about customers in the User Details section (phone, email, address, city, state, zip code.)

Leave purchase status notes or any other important information in the Notes section. Without proper customer data management, increasing the sales rate, especially via Instagram messages on a PC, is impossible.



4) Connect several accounts to access them from a single window. First, it is convenient to connect both personal and business accounts if you manage them all on your own.

As you know, experts recommend running different accounts for different activities. So, if you're a doctor who likes traveling and tackles make-up activities, 3 different accounts should be created. In this case, you can't do without a chat to which you can connect all three accounts.

To learn how to message on Instagram from a single place for all accounts, follow the link to the instructions (How to add one more account section).



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THE EVALUATION OF OUTPUT (GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS)

Analysis is key to growth. This is unquestionable. The results of each campaign should be analyzed, and so should be the results for a certain period.

Check the sales dynamics before and after.

How to measure: sales growth rate = (Current period revenue / before period revenue) * 100

If the growth rate is over 100%, than you have positive sales dynamics.
If it's equal to 100%, you're facing a situation in which sales have not changed.
If it's less than 100%, you're having lower sales.

This way, you can find out what messaging campaigns and communication techniques work for you (or for your clients, to be precise.)



Customer Intelligence (client base analysis.) With it, you can identify the customer growth rate, as well as the degree of elaboration of the existing base.

You need to estimate your total customer base (this is the total number of customers to whom you have ever sold the goods, or you have arrangements for a future sale) and the active customer base (this is the number of customers who made a purchase in a certain period or for a particular product group.)

According to these two indicators, you can track the influx of new contracts, which indicates a potential increase in sales.

CAN YOU INCREASE YOUR CUSTOMER BASE BY 100% BY SENDING INSTAGRAM DM ON PC? [REAL CASE]

I would like to share one example that made all our team think that we develop really useful things that help people get what they have desired.

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An online shoe store has become one of the first users of Instagram Direct Chat. It was presented on Instagram long ago, but sales went down, and a new solution was needed.

With their permission, I decided to share their experience and results after using Instagram Direct by Inflact for 2 months.

Investment: $29/mo




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Strategy:

1. Growing the customer base through engaging new followers with a welcome message.
2. Maintaining communication with existing customers and nurturing loyalty through value messaging (notification about sales, special offers, exclusive information, etc.)
3. Improving teamwork inside the brand (sticking to a single communication style, avoiding mistakes, and confusion in the work of all account managers (5 people)).

Process:

1. Welcome campaign

The first thing that was streamlined was the establishment of contact with new followers. As the number of daily new followers was quite high (around 90-130 users per day), automation was the first aid.

For such a great number of followers, the randomization required creating up to 5 different variants of each phrase. Thanks to that, the account was never blocked. The campaign became successful.

Results:
The open rate was 78%.
Unique customers saw a 25% growth.

2. Increasing loyalty and sales

Only the third campaign was successful and brought visible results. The issue was that with the huge audience, the detection of active users who were ready to buy took time. Once managers sorted all users into groups (Labeling), messaging started to pay off.

Results:
The open rate was 67%.
Unique customers saw an 88% increase (1st month), and a 101% in two months.
Purchases closed saw a 262% growth (positive sales dynamic).

3. Teamwork

Such a good result was possible mainly thanks to the well-coordinated work of the team of managers, due to the CRM system implemented.

Results:
The productivity of each manager increased by 50-60% on average.