well they just keep adding things to
instagram don't they and then you open
the app and it's like wait where's that
thing
that's been here forever where did you
move it in this instagram tutorial i'm
gonna walk you through
reels and feed and stories and direct
messages or dms
we'll walk through the whole thing to
give you a great feel about how to get
around the app all right let's get into
it
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my name is jerry potter and yes it
rhymes with the boy wizard
and today we're doing an instagram
tutorial with all of the new updates
that have been added i'm going to grab
my phone and we'll dive into instagram
in just a second but i want to let you
know if you are struggling with social
media
engagement or reach or sales i put
together this social media quick fix
guide to help you identify the problem
and then some ways to get started fixing
it this is normally 19
but i've decided to make it free for our
youtube community and i'll tell you how
you can get that at the end of this
video
now i'm assuming you've already
downloaded the instagram app
and created an instagram account and if
you haven't done that do that
pause the video do that and then come
back and i'm walking through the app on
an iphone today if you have android it
should look relatively similar
so instagram has a lot of different
parts now right so you've got the
traditional
news feed or feed which is basically
where you scroll through and see images
and videos
then you've got instagram stories which
are these little circles
at the top then you've got instagram
live which is live streaming on
instagram
instagram reels which is sort of
instagram's version of tiktok
which is short form video content then
you've got igtv
which is long video content and then of
course
dms or direct messages private messages
basically your inbox
and so we're going to touch on all of
these today but if you want to go
deeper on let's say posting to stories
or reels or going live
check the description of this video for
links to some other popular tutorials
so this is the screen you'll see when
you first open the instagram app and i'm
going to go across these icons at the
bottom so first we're here on the left
that is the home screen
so across the top here these circles are
your instagram stories from people that
you follow
so you can click on any of those to
watch them
and then underneath is the what i'll
call the traditional instagram feed this
is what instagram has been about since
the beginning
which is just a feed of videos and
pictures from your friends family
brands anybody else that you follow
second icon on the bottom there
is the little search icon and this is
the instagram explore
tab and this is a collection of content
that instagram believes
you will like so the way this looks on
your phone is different from the way it
looks on my phone
even if we're looking at it at the exact
same moment because it's based on what
i've watched what i've clicked on
different things like that in the past
then within this you can see you can
click on
different categories at the top so if i
click on food
then it will bring up some of the most
popular posts from
reels and the feed and everything like
that that are all food based
you can also search for certain things
here so you can search for hashtags
and browse those certain accounts places
anything you could ever want next tab at
the bottom in the middle
is the instagram reels and instagram
reels is instagram's short form usually
about 15 second vertical video clips and
content
and this is basically a really fast way
to kill time
because you can as you can see you can
just swipe through these
super fast but they're becoming more and
more popular as time goes on
next tab at the bottom is the shopping
tab and if you've never bought anything
on instagram you might be thinking wow
there's a tab just for shopping
but the answer is yes instagram is going
all
in on shopping and of course it's got
its own search bar
check out all of that kind of thing and
then the finally the fifth one on the
lower right
is your profile you can see it has my
tiny little photo there
and i click on it and it shows my
profile so if you were going to go
through and set up your profile
this is where you could do it so you can
come here and you can hit edit profile
and this is where you can update your
bio your name your username
all kinds of different information this
is also where you can browse your own
content so if i tap on my profile
picture there at the top you can see it
has the colored circle around it
that'll play my most recent instagram
story and then down here
first column is my feed posts in a grid
next is my instagram reels you can see i
haven't done too many of those
next is my igtv videos and the last one
is mentions so any post that mentions me
at mr jerry potter
is going to show up on that little tab
right there so those are the five across
the bottom and then there's just three
other buttons here on this main screen
and these are those three right in the
upper right corner
i'll tell you this has gotten way better
with these latest updates
because it used to be if you were going
to post a story you had to click one
place and you're going to post the feed
you had to click another place
but now that little plus sign you click
that you can post pretty much anywhere
on instagram we'll walk through that in
a second
the second one is little heart if you
click on that it shows you
all of your notifications if somebody
follows you or
comments or anything like that and the
third one up there is your little direct
message icon
so if you tap on that it brings up your
direct messages
and then in here this works just like
any other inbox depending on the type
of account you have like i have a
creator profile i have a primary
and a general inbox depending on who the
person is that's messaging me
and then inside of here obviously i can
tap this little compose icon at the top
if i want to send a new message and then
choose who
so that's a walkthrough of everything
now let's talk about
posting and so to post on instagram
you're going to click that little plus
sign
that's there at the top and the image or
video that comes up will be the most
recent image or video
in your camera roll so this is a picture
of a cat sleeping on a porch that i took
while out for a walk today
to show to my tiny human who loves
everything furry and cuddly
you can also see down here at the bottom
these are the other recent photos and
videos that are in my camera roll
now underneath those this is where you
are deciding
where you're going to post your content
so the first one that says post
that's basically your feed posts that's
what comes up in that first feed on the
home screen like we talked about
next up is instagram stories and just a
quick description instagram stories
is primarily vertical content or
portrait content as opposed to
widescreen they're super easy to post
and then they automatically expire or
delete
after 24 hours and as i mentioned before
full tutorial on instagram stories
in the description of this video next up
are instagram reels
and they're kind of like stories they're
vertical content but they don't auto
delete after 24 hours
there's also a lot more tools you can do
to get more creative
with the way that they're produced and
i've linked to a tutorial about
reels in the description of this video
and the last one is instagram live this
is where you can go live on instagram
and i've linked to a tutorial on that
but let's go back to the posts really
quick because i do want to walk through
this part of it for you because this is
kind of where most people start on
instagram
and by default it is going to pull stuff
up from your camera roll
if you wanted to take a photo instead
you can click this little camera icon
just below the photo on the right and
you can actually take a photo
in the moment to add to your feed and if
you wanted a different one from your
camera roll you can click around
and choose now these little arrows that
are on the lower left of the photo
these will actually zoom out on your
photo because by default in the feed
instagram will make them into a square
but i do that it will actually zoom out
on them i recommend if you have a good
photo that's taller
post it in its taller form because that
actually takes up more of the feed
as someone is scrolling through so
here's an example of one that's even
shorter than a square you can see how
little of the feed that takes up
here's a square so that takes up a
little more and then here's a taller
photo you can see how
much more that takes up in the feed when
somebody's scrolling
once you've chosen your image you can
hit next the thing that made instagram
famous in the beginning was all these
different filters that you can click
through
you can also click edit down here on the
lower right and then get
even more controls for editing your
photo there's also this magic edit
button up here at the top i don't know
if that's what it's called it looks like
a magic wand
if i tap that it'll automatically just
add what it thinks the picture needs
to be better in terms of like lightening
dark areas and things like
that and then you can of course adjust
how much it's affected with this little
thing here
so i like that filter then i click next
here i can type my caption if i want to
tag people in the photo if not just me
there's somebody else i can do that
you can add your location so this is
basically where you finalize your
post and then when you're all set you
hit share and it goes up
in your feed relatively quickly
depending on your internet speed
couple of other post types if you want
to do a video on your instagram feed
choose it from your camera roll or you
can record it live again
if it's tall you can zoom out so it
shows more of it you can also reposition
it by dragging it up and down
when i hit next on a video i have the
option of course to
choose the filters but also down here at
the bottom if the video came out too
long you can actually
trim it by dragging the sides right here
in
instagram which is pretty cool and then
you can also choose the cover so if
you've ever made videos like i do all
the time and the look on your face
is something silly like this you can
drag along and find something that looks
a little better
then you hit next and you can post and
then finally the third kind of post that
you can do
in the feed is called a carousel and
this is where you're going to click this
little button next to the
camera icon and that's going to let you
choose more than one of these so i can
actually choose
multiple images and videos and put them
into a carousel post
they'll go in the order that you tap
them so i wanted a different order i
would deselect
by pushing the carousel icon again tap
it again and then i say okay i want
this one first then this one three four
five
next you can do all the same things you
could with a single image or video
you can actually go through and apply a
different filter or trim
each clip if it's a video when you're
done you hit next
add your caption and everything hit
share and then once it goes up you can
actually swipe
through the different videos or images
that you used in your post
so many things you can do with instagram
now if you want to go a little deeper
about how to use instagram stories
or instagram reels or post to the feed
pre-scheduling instagram posts
i've linked to some of the most popular
tutorials in the description of this
video
also while you're there you'll find this
my social media quick fix guide people
are always saying i can't get engagement
i can't get any reach people
aren't seeing my posts i'm not nobody
will buy so i put this guy together to
help you
troubleshoot figure out what the
problems are and get going in the right
direction it's normally 19
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community you can get it at the link on
the screen
or find a clickable link in the
description of this video
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