Table of Contents
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 2
Icons Used in This Book 2
Beyond the Book 3
Where to Go from Here 3
Part 1 Getting Started with Instagram 5
Chapter 1 Setting Up Your Profile 7
Practicing Good Personal Profile Management 7
Choosing a username and name 9
Deciding on a profile photo 13
Writing a Dazzling Bio 14
Deciding what information to include 15
Formatting your bio 17
Considering layouts for your bio 17
Adding a web address to your bio 18
Taking Advantage of a Business Profile Upgrade 19
Modifying Your Account Privacy Settings 22
Chapter 2 Navigating Instagram 25
Scrolling through the Feed 26
Making Sense of the Instagram Algorithm 28
Managing Not One, Not Two, but Three Feeds! 30
Exploring the World of Instagram 31
Finding and viewing the Explore page 31
Searching for what makes you happy 32
Checking Your Notifications 33
Part 2 Getting Creative with Instagram Content 37
Chapter 3 Taking and Posting Great Photos 39
Taking Your Best Shot 40
Improving Your Best Shot 42
Applying a filter 44
Tweaking with the editing tools 44
Saving your changes (or not) 47
Enriching Your Photo 48
Describing your photo 49
It's good to have options 49
Posting Your Photos: Ta Da! 52
Uploading Photos from Your Camera Roll 53
Uploading Multiple Photos to One Post 55
Selecting multiple photos 55
Applying filters and adding photos 57
Editing photos individually 58
Adding information and sharing your photos 59
Chapter 4 Recording and Posting Great Videos 61
Recording Videos 61
Improving Your Video 65
Applying a filter 65
Trimming to fit 66
Changing the cover frame 67
Adding details 68
Posting your video 69
Uploading a Stored Video 70
Uploading Multiple Videos from an iPhone or iPad 72
Uploading Longer Videos via Desktop Web Browsers 74
Part 3 Connecting with a Community on Instagram 75
Chapter 5 Finding People to Follow 77
Finding Your Peeps 78
Finding New Friends 80
Exploring the Explore function 80
Searching the Search feature 82
Letting Instagram suggest users to you 84
Deciding Who to Follow Back 85
Viewing and following your followers 85
Reciprocating a follow or not 86
Finding Your Squad 87
Chapter 6 Direct Messaging with Others 91
Starting a New Direct Message 92
Sharing Photos and Videos via Direct Message 95
Sharing GIFs 99
Using Voice Messages 101
Creating a New Group Message 103
Replying to a Direct Message 104
Using Live Chat in Direct Messages 105
Quick Sharing Content with Friends 107
Navigating Your Inbox 108
Getting Rid of Unwanted Messages 112
Part 4 Telling Tales with Instagram Stories 115
Chapter 7 Creating Instagram Stories 117
Finding Stories to Watch 117
Interacting with Stories You Watch 121
Forwarding through the things you don't like 121
Going back to the things you want to see again 122
Pausing a story to see more 122
Reacting to a story 122
Understanding story limitations 123
Accessing the Story Camera 124
Planning a Story from Start to Finish 125
Deciding What to Share 125
Sharing your less-than-perfect stuff 126
Showcasing your personality and lifestyle 126
Adding a Story Photo 128
Adding a Story Video 133
Filming with the stones camera 133
Experimenting with all the camera options 135
Saving Your Story 139
Saving before publishing 139
Saving after publishing 140
Automatically saving all your stories 140
Accessing your archives 141
Chapter 8 Adding Style Your Stories 143
Jazzing Up Your Story Post Using Stickers 143
Location and mention stickers add more context 144
Add Yours, GIFs, sliders, emojis, and more 147
Avatars 151
Questions, polls, quizzes, chats, and more 151
Link sticker 154
Captions sticker for accessibility 154
Countdown and Music stickers to intrigue your followers 156
Picture on picture for the fun of it 157
Stickers for causes 158
Deleting stickers that don't work 158
Personalizing Stories with Doodles 160
Saying More with Text 162
Changing your font option 162
Removing your text boxes 163
Chapter 9 Being Sneaky with Sharing Stories 165
Sharing Another Story to Your Own Story 165
Sharing Some Stories to Select People 167
Sharing via a direct message 167
Sharing to your Close Friends list 167
Sharing Instagram Posts and Reels to Your Stories 170
Changing Your Story into a Regular Instagram Post 173
Chapter 10 Using Instagram Highlights to Keep Your Content Alive 175
Getting Acquainted with Highlights 176
Creating a New Highlight Gallery 177
Adding a highlight from your profile 177
Adding a highlight from an active story 177
Naming and customizing your highlight 179
Adding Content to a Highlight 179
Sharing a current story 179
Finding an archived story 180
Deleting a story from a highlight 181
Coming Up with Fun Ideas for Highlights 182
Chapter 11 Going Live on Instagram 185
Getting Started with Live Videos 185
Developing a Game Plan 188
Inviting Guests onto Your Live Broadcast 189
Scheduling a Live Broadcast 190
Part 5 Becoming a Pro at Reels 193
Chapter 12 Understanding Reels 195
Finding and Watching Reels 195
Tapping into Whose Videos You're Seeing 198
Chapter 13 Creating a Reels Presence 201
Doing the Preproduction Work 201
Recording and Uploading Videos to Reels 202
Adding Finesse to Your Reels 206
Finding trending audio 206
Trimming and deleting clips 208
Adding and timing text 209
Creating a transition 211
Using the New Reel (Share) Screen to its Full Potential 213
Collabing with a friend 215
Remixing a Reel 216
Making Use of Reels Insights 219
Part 6 The Part of Tens 221
Chapter 14 Ten Things Not to Do on Instagram 223
Using the Same Name as Your Username 223
Picking an Irrelevant Username 224
Using a Bad Profile Photo 225
Not Including a Bio 225
Ignoring Instagram Stories 226
Not Using Captions 226
Hashjacking 227
Tagging People Who Are Not in the Photo 227
Following Everyone Who Follows You 228
Using Automated Tools to Follow or Like Others 229
Chapter 15 Ten Types of Great Instagram Reels and Stories 231
Reels: Dancing 231
Reels: Educating 232
Reels: Lip Syncing 233
Reels: Green Screen Background 234
Reels: Food & Travel 235
Reels: Transitions 236
Stories: A Day in the Life 237
Stories: Before and After 238
Stories: Add Yours 239
Stories: Question Sticker 240
Index 243
