At ScanMyPhotos.com, we polled a population of our customers to find out what their key motivators were for digitizing their analogue snapshots. We expected to hear that people were looking to preserve family history, or salvage crumbling photo albums from Father Time. We figured social media would play into their plans, but boy were we surprised when we found out that 45 percent of our new customers traced their motivation back to the viral hit #ThrowbackThursday!

If you are a social media fan, especially if you love Instagram where the #ThrowbackThursday (#tbt) phenomenon started back in 2011, then you are already familiar with the raucous laughter that this trend brings to the end of a work week. After spending way too much office time surfing #tbt pictures, we realized that folks might like a little creative suggestions to help them make the most of their Thursday photo fun. So, here we have our top 10 considerations for getting the most out of your #ThrowbackThursday.

Nothing beats 80’s hair – It was the era of the hair band for a reason, 80’s hair dos were totally tubular! Whether you were moussing a teen-angst Mohawk or straightening a mid-life mullet, share the hair man!
Throwback FAILS – Often our most belly-laughing and nostalgic pictures we have are of life’s less-than-stellar moments, and they make the best #tbt fodder out there, so share the wipeouts and dumb ideas that made for lasting memories.
It’s not all self-deprecating fun – While the low-lights make us laugh, life’s the highlights can make us cry which makes graduations, birthdays and first steps some of the most sighed over #tbt posts every week.
Hit the kids where it will hurt – Whether sharing #tbt on Instagram, Facebook or any other social media site, your kids (and more importantly, their friends) will be watching; so take this weekly opportunity to embarrass the heck out of them with sailor outfits, cute hugging siblings or, for advanced users, the kids with their own hairpocalypse.

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