Instagram helps small business sales

Many small businesses are using Instagram and social media to promote their products and increase sales. Tiffany Jones posted this photo of her to the Instagram account of her company, Peridot Sweets Las Vegas.

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This photo features a groom cake and was used to promote Tiffany Jones' company, Peridot Sweets Las Vegas, on her Instagram account.

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Miranda Jade Plater posted this photo to the Instagram account of her company, Limelight Extensions. This photo alone has generated about $10,000 in sales for Plater.

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Josey Orr models fashions from his company, Dyer and Jenkins, for the company Instagram account. Orr posts three photos a day to the account and has a rule: 20 percent of the photos are of Dyer and Jenkins clothing and 80 percent are photos of weathered American flags, classic cars or West Coast highways.

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This photo of Hawaiian chili peppers used in Adoboloco products was posted to the company Instagram account by business owner Tim Fernandes-Parsons. "We use Instagram to show what we're doing in our lives and outside of the business," says Parsons.

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This Instagram photo provided by Tim Parsons features products from his small business, Adoboloco.

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This Instagram photo provided by Brooke Sacco was posted to advertise her company, Behind the Moon, a shop that sells used and new kids clothing in Hammonton, N.J.

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This photo provided by Daniela Devitt was posted to the Instagram account of her company, YUMBOX.

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