Thank you all for using, discussing and improving InstaChallenge!
We have lots of ideas to go further.

(And please have a look at the currect challenges!)

Being active members of the community since the very beginning we can easily help you avoiding the typical mistakes companies make, trying to advertise on Instagram. We have spent an enormous amount of time creating a special approach which helps us to reach the given goals without being intrusive. Still regular advertising won’t work on Instagram so let us help you getting more creative for the benefit of all.

Feel free to contact us for more information. Instagram has become a huge part of our lives and we would love to achieve the same for your company.

We have a short overview in German here. English version will follow soon.

Congratulations to @brainyartist, @barb_s and @kaliopy!

Please have a look at the results page to see all pictures and ratings!

The winner will be chosen by a fantastic international jury of famous IGers: @grether, @skwii, @dutchie68, @dimitriskaranthanos, @seb_gordon and @instantvuka!

The challenge will be running until March, 11th, so there is enough time to find a visual version of your favourite songs! – I’m curious who will be the first to post “Walk the Line”… :-)

See Current Challenges for more information.

And thanks to 7digital for their cooperation!

Be sure to participate!

Thanks to all participiants and special thanks to the members of the jury!

The international order number (ISBN) is: 978-3844804348.

Available at Amazon Germany, Amazon UK, BoD, etc.

The release of WordPress 3.3 was reason to update the system and the design. There are still some details to fix, but the switch to the “Twenty Eleven” theme is almost completed. Hope you like it!

Please leave comments if something doesn’t work.

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The 3.3 update included new jQuery libraries which may cause a different behaviour. The InstaChallenge plugin makes extensive use of jQuery, so I found this article very helpful to solve the most obvious problems.
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…we have a winner: @cxcart! — Congratulations!

The complete list of results and ranks can be viewed here.

Thanks to all paticipians:
@abgabriel, @agentkramer, @akisburton, @alineq, @andrepinto, @anka_berlin, @audiosoup, @bald63, @barb_s, @bazillus, @befas, @blog_bleistift, @blumenkraft, @bobbyanwar, @brainstorms, @cathnurs, @cbeatz852, @chantree, @chris_is_foto, @chris_stern, @cxcart, @danksound, @dc433, @deena21, @deluda, @eajoss, @ehrenstrale, @ekalex, @emma_lina, @fabriciosousa, @fazai38, @fechnerk, @felista, @froggyappleton, @gigitong, @gill68, @gnocchigirl, @goldie77, @grahampreston, @gregski, @hhhbomb, @hustlehoff, @iphilar, @jackk100, @jb501968, @je9design, @jeanlouis_thiry, @jenndish, @jhg1076, @jn, @josercevallos, @jp3l, @kaliopy, @kathyburton, @kimberlysh, @kimsalabim_, @king_fisher, @kjjohnson, @kleene, @koikoko, @koyaanisqatsi, @kseven, @leda_kfouri, @leifography, @leptonja, @liutyi, @lizzage, @llfrank, @logopaede, @lolitalens, @lopel_iphonepics, @lydialalaland, @maldi31, @manguish, @manowar75, @marbelous, @mariannehope, @michiepoo, @minibi, @moog_t, @moryson, @moshijuan, @ms_k, @obiduck, @olhar, @omgee, @orklz, @over_50, @papaifelps, @para_pics, @pizzito, @rene84, @rhoboken, @ronantjw, @samsonthedog2003, @sancho_libre, @sandorasan, @sassie_lassie_liz, @saube, @skwadra, @slainte, @slaursen, @sneakydolphin, @socobloke, @sw33tsw33ty, @thebarefootvegetarian, @thedankster, @thejimp, @themuttley, @thenmh, @thohama, @tinelein, @tobiasasch, @transitionpete, @tullm, @t_o_b_i, @vancav, @westatom, @wolkenkuckucksheim, @yamm_pg, @yao_nikolo

And of course, thanks to the jury:
@agentkramer, @goldie77, @herrkrueger, @kfsch, @king_fisher, @thomas_k

The photobook of this challenge is being prepared and will be available soon!

1. You can now specify the maximum number of entries you want to accept for your challenge. (Old constant was 5.)
2. Submission by tagging is now possible and activated by default on new challenges. This means that all pictures with the hashtag of your challenge will be included if
   1. the image has been tagged while the challenge is active (between start- and enddate),
   2. the maximum number of allowed submissions has not been reached and
   3. the user has authorized InstaChallenge to do so.

This new option makes participation more easy because submission can be done within Instagram after the one-time authorization has been done. Hope you will like it!