One of the mainstays of digital marketing is the illustration of content. What are we talking about? Images, images and more images. Social media posts that are led by well-shot, meaningful images are more likely to be noticed. They are most likely to get engagement in the form of Likes, Comments or Followers. Instagram took off as the most popular social media because it was essentially an image-centric digital marketing medium.

Instagram has helped thousands of start-ups to build businesses and network via the magic of images.

Try typing "bruised passports" in your search bar. You are immediately hit with a drop down of suggested terms - which is a mind-boggling list of global destinations. From Sikkim to Sydney, this brand is know-it-all in global travel. And a know-it-all who’s there because it has done it all. With over a decade of digital marketing best practices under its camera belt, Brusied Passports is a great case study in successfully using a platform like Facebook to build a brand.

When Ikea announced its foray into India, there was more buzz on social media than there was for Deepika Padukone’s next film. Even if you hadn’t done a single DIY furniture assembly in your life, you were still hash tagging Ikea and secretly looking up DIY kits. Well, that’s the Ikea impact for you. And that’s powerful digital marketing for you as well.

Even if you own only an Ikea pen stand, you’re most likely a follower on Instagram. Between posts of bedroom styling, tablescapes and children’s recreational options, Ikea has created a different image in the Indian scenario for itself, with its digital marketing on Instagram.

When digital marketing reared it mega-byte head, every brand knew it had to leverage this for boosted visibility and sales. With Facebook and Instagram taking the lead with for B2C digital marketing, LinkedIn became the place of play for B2B networking. What is posted to engage the consumer on B2C platforms, is given a more professional avatar on the latter. The business face of a brand builds itself on LinkedIn to establish brand image, professional reputation and prospective clients and employees.

How then does a startup manage to create a leading brand position on LinkedIn? What is its digital marketing strategy so that it creates a noise as well as the echo?

Before we knew “digital marketing” or “social media”, we knew Facebook. A handheld phone had a whole-new meaning ever since each of us created our Facebook profiles. It became that magical place where we could show off our life’s details, share our feelings and opinions. Most importantly, it made us connect and create amazing networks with people important to us.

For the regular user, these people meant friends and family. Under the current though, was the Facebook user who wanted to connect beyond – build a following so as to promote work and gain recognition. Around the world, digi-savvy lifestyle and food creators began publishing exciting content that engaged Facebook users with their sheer visuals – as pics and videos. Digital marketing agencies deems these as the “founding fathers” of digital creators, so to say.