We're all on our phones all day, but for some reason,
we like to log on to Instagram from our computer.
I'm Sue B Zimmerman, and today, I
will be reviewing some of the best tools for logging
on to Instagram from the desktop.
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If you're anything like me, you love
using Instagram and engaging right from the app.
But most business owners like to sit or stand
at their desk and work, mostly to see a larger screen.
And let's face it, sometimes it's
challenging to do all of the engagement from your phone.
The good news is that there are some awesome features
that Instagram has on the desktop,
and today, I'm going to show you how
to navigate the home page here on Instagram.com,
I'm going to show you how to edit your profile right here,
I'm going to show you where you can find additional resources,
and then finally, I'm going to show you
how you can use your Facebook business
page to reply to comments.
OK, so when you click into the Instagram icon or the word
Instagram, it brings you to your feed.
And this is where you can scroll through all the accounts you
have chosen to follow, and you can go in and engage in comment
right here on the post.
You can also use the search tool to search for people--
I'm going to look for Seth Godin.
There he is-- or you can search locations--
I'm going to search Boston, Massachusetts--
or you can search for a hashtag--
I'm going to search the Instagram expert.
And when you click into a hashtag--
I like to call it a hashtag hub--
it takes you to all the posts that have been used--
there's over 1,100 posts--
using the hashtag the Instagram expert.
So you can do some hashtag research right here.
The icon to the right of the search bar
is what I like to call the compass.
So when you click into this, it allows
you to discover new things.
So Instagram is showing you, based
on your engagement, people that you might want to discover,
and you can scroll through this.
And if you want to give anyone a follow right here
on the desktop, you can just click this blue follow button,
and it will turn green.
Also Instagram is showing you some Instagram stories
that you might be interested in discovering as well.
To the right of the compass is the Notification tab.
When you see a little red dot, it
means you have a new notification.
So clicking in to the Notification tab,
this is where you see people who start following you, people who
like your photo or like your video,
people who at mention you, or leave a comment on your post.
If you want to click in to this, it will take you directly
to that post where you can respond to the comment,
and it's really easy and a great way
to engage right here in the notification.
So I'm going to go to this post.
It looks like I'm getting a lot of engagement
on my latest post, and I'm going to scroll to the bottom.
So if I want to leave a comment, let's see
to Boldbrandfast who is loving [INAUDIBLE],,
I can say a boldbrandfast-- whoops, boldbrandfast, so
glad you are enjoying at [INAUDIBLE]..
And then I'm going to tap on Control, Command, Spacebar,
and put an emoji, because I like to put an emoji when
I leave a comment.
And it's that easy.
You can engage right here on the desktop and Instagram.
OK, so to the right of the Notification tab
is a profile icon, and when you click that,
it takes you back to your personal profile.
If you want to edit your profile--
and I love going on the desktop to edit--
so I click in here to edit.
This is where I add new links to website,
and we always have a custom bitly link,
so that we can track how many people
click that link from Instagram.
Also, I like to go here whenever I'm changing my bio.
On the bottom right, you can just pull that tab,
so you can see your whole bio and get in here and change it.
So if I wanted to change business to biz,
I can just do that.
And you just want to make sure that you submit any changes,
and then it says profiles saved.
To the right of that is where you can change your password.
This allows you to go in easily, and you
want to make sure that you have a 2-step verification process.
This is where you get a text sent to your phone
whenever anyone logs into your account.
Below that is where you can authorize
different applications.
So you want to go in here and make sure
that you delete any of the applications
that you actually authorized and you forget that you did,
because you want to clear these out every now and again.
It really is a good way to keep your account protected.
Some of these apps are no longer compliant with Instagram's API.
All the ones that I see here are good.
But if you wanted to revoke access,
you just tap on the blue button, and you can press, yes,
but I'm not going to do that.
Now this is something a lot of people don't know,
so I really want you guys to see this, comments.
So if you're someone who is getting a lot of bots or spammy
comments, you can write certain words right here.
Check out my bio, follow for follow, follow me, nice pic.
These are all bot comments I can't stand getting,
and I don't get them anymore, because I put them here
in my custom keywords.
You might not want to see any swear words,
and maybe you put those here.
So put all of those words that you
don't want to see right here.
Below that is the email an SMS.
This lets you pick what notifications
that you'll receive, and as you can see,
I have them all checked off.
Now when you go to the very bottom of the page,
this is where you can find additional resources.
I love Instagram's blog, and you will to.
Go in and click in and check it out.
So many great articles being published here,
and it's a great resource for you.
And if you need to get help from Instagram,
there is a support team here as well that you can access.
Now I'm going to show you how to engage
on Instagram from Facebook.
Come over to your business and hit the inbox,
and this is where you see all of your notifications
from Facebook, and if your Instagram account is connected,
you will also see your Instagram notifications.
If not, head on over to the right where it says settings
and just tap on that, and on the left hand side,
you can tap on Instagram and log into Instagram.
Once you're logged in, you want to go back and hit that inbox,
and this is where you'll see the Instagram icon
and you'll see how many notifications you have.
So see how I have five post need my attention.
So I am going to tap on Instagram,
and each one of these is a post.
So you see the time that there was a comment,
and I want to show you underneath the date you
can see a number.
So see where it says Saturday and under that is two?
That means that there's two new comments since I last engaged
and commented on this post.
So now I'm on this post.
You're finally here.
Thanks for the tip.
I'm going to say, you're welcome.
So I'm going to hit reply and say you're welcome,
and I'm going to give him a smiley face.
Command, Control, Shift bar, got my emojis,
and I'm going to give a smiley face and press Return.
Now if there was a comment here that you did not like,
you can tap on the trash and throw it in the trash.
Isn't this awesome you guys?
So if you're on your Desktop or you
would like being on your Desktop more than your mobile
or if you have Facebook opened all the time,
this interface is beautiful.
I want to point out at the top here these three icons
that you want to pay attention to.
So the first one is for a little envelope
where you can mark the post as unread if you want to.
The second one is say you can't get
to all the comments on your post,
and you want to follow up, just tap on this
and you can follow up later.
And then when you're done commenting, answering
those questions, and engaging in those comments,
you just press done.
I love being on Facebook, and I love
interacting right here on the desktop through this interface.
It's new.
It's exciting.
Let me know if you are really digging this as much as I am.
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