Designing a Model for Measuring the Effectiveness of Advertising on Instagram

Instagram is highly popular social network in Iran and in the world and has been able to attract many opinions. The platform features of this social network provide a good opportunity for economic operators and companies to advertise on the network and encourage audiences to buy services or goods. Published statistics also show that many domestic and foreign companies have invested in this field. With this description, the question arises as to how can we measure the effectiveness of advertising on the Instagram network? To answer this question, content analysis method has been used in this research. 36 research indicators in this field (18 internal studies and 18 external studies) have been evaluated and attempts have been made to provide dimensions and components for measuring this effect. The results of this study show that to measure the effectiveness of advertising on Instagram, one can focus on four dimensions, including dimensions related to advertisement, psycho-social impact dimensions, brand-related dimensions, and dimensions related to media. Each of these dimensions includes the various components that researchers have approved of the relationship between them and the effectiveness of advertising on the Instagram. At the end of this research, given the particular status of the use of Instagram in Iran, suggestions were made for the owners of the industries and companies that could be successful in this field.