Hello, everyone, and welcome back to my channel, Jennifer Marie, where I talk about
different ways to make money online and how to become a work from home freelancer. So I
am sure you have woken up this morning and all you're hearing about is Threads, which is the
new app that you need to download. Now this is trending and when something is trending,
you have to jump on it, especially if you work in the technology industry, with social media,
or just if you have a business, it's so important to jump on new trends so you don't get behind, and
new technology and new social media platforms and even new AI technology. This all brings about new
job possibilities and opportunities as well. So first of all, if you don't know what Threads is,
let's talk about it. Threads is a new social media app launched by the parent company of Facebook,
Instagram and WhatsApp. The app is seen as a potential competitor to Twitter. And Twitter
is not happy right now about Threads. within 24 hours of its launch Threads had already amassed
30 million signups. So Threads has actually broken the record that was held by ChatGPT as
the fastest platform to reach 1 million active users. So this is going to be big, and you need
to create a Threads account. Now if you haven't already. Some more features about Threads, Threads
supports text based posts, photos and videos with a 500 character limit for posts. And also you can
share links clickable links, which is something you cannot do with Instagram, which is really
annoying as a business owner. Users can also reply to repost and quote others thread posts very
similar to how you can do that with Twitter. Users can sign up for Threads using their Instagram
accounts, and you use the same username, password and account name. So in order to get Threads,
you already have to have an Instagram account, you cannot have a Threads account without an Instagram
account. So I'm going to show you exactly how you can set up your Threads account and how
to use it. So you can download Threads from the Google Play Store. And I've linked to to this in
the description below or from the App Store. Now make sure to download Threads and Instagram app,
because there's another app called Threads. But this is the one you want. So I installed Threads
from Google Play. This is what it will look like then you can log in with whatever Instagram
account you want to create a Threads account with. So my username is Jennifer Marie vo in Instagram,
and that will be my username and Threads. And if you want to change that, you will have to
change your Instagram username. So here you can either write your own bio and then add a link
to your website. Or you can click import from Instagram. And it will basically just copy your
profile directly from Instagram. So you can make any edits that you want. And then choose if you
want your profile to be public or private. So if you're a business or a freelancer, and you want to
have more contacts, I recommend making it public. And now you have the option to follow the same
accounts that you follow on Instagram. So you can click follow all or just individually choose to
follow the ones you want. Now basically, that will pre approve it. So even if some of your contacts
don't have Threads right now, when they do get it, you will instantly follow them. So click Join
Threads. And this is what your Threads will look like when you first sign up. So basically your
link to share your profile will be Threads.net/the at sign and then your username, you can click
edit, profile or share profile. Now let me show you what it looks like when it's a little more
filled in. Okay, so here you can see we have our Threads here. And you can see it's very similar
to Twitter, I'm going to scroll down, you can see i reposted something, I've made a couple Threads.
You can add images, you can add some videos. And you can see that hashtags are not a thing.
I tried doing a hashtag with AI and AI tools. And those are not clickable. So hashtags are
not a thing right now in Threads. So to make your own thread, just click on the icon in the middle.
It says start a thread so you can put whatever you want. Remember, you can post up to 500 characters,
you can also tag people so you can do the Add sign and then take any user that you want. And
you can click on the attach icon to add any videos or images. And you can add images and
videos in different sizes. So you can see I've just added these four images right here. And then
I can just click post. So I've really liked the layout of Threads. It's really easy to navigate
and to use. And what I love about it especially is that you can post links. So for example here,
I linked to one of my YouTube videos. And on Instagram, you cannot do that directly within
your post. You can post a picture, but in order to get someone to click on a link, whether that's
to a website or something else, you have to set up something like LinkedIn bio. So if you are trying
to sell a product or you want someone to check out your link, they would have to cop paste it,
and people are much more likely to click on a link that is clickable than to copy and paste
a link into their browser. You can also click on replies. And this will show you if people have
responded to you. This will also show any Threads that you have commented on. And you can click
on the Search icon to search for a creator, for example. So let's say I'm going to look up Canva.
And you can see they have a couple of Threads Adobe's on here. So all of these major players
are joining Threads, this is something that is going to be really big. Everyone knows there are
the top YouTubers of the world, there are the top people on Facebook, on Instagram on Twitter. And
right now Threads is just getting started tried to establish a presence on here, right now people
are just joining the platform. So there's less competition versus other platforms that already
have millions and millions and millions of users. So if you can try to be one of the original people
on Threads and be as active as you can, right now, there's a higher chance that people will be able
to see you and you'll pop up in their feed than there would be if you just started on Instagram,
for example. So you can click on the Home icon. And you can see right here, these are
just Threads of people I'm not following this is just random Threads that I'm seeing pop up.
And you can click on this heart icon here to see all of your activity, you can sort the activity
by all by replies by mentions. So I recommend you guys jump on this trend right now I just
think we're going to hear more and more about Threads. And the sooner you have established a
presence on Threads shared some of your content, you have a better likelihood of being found and
having people follow you right now when there's less competition on the app. And this is getting
bigger and bigger and more and more people are joining every day. And I look forward to chatting
with you guys there and releasing more tutorials like this one. I'll see you guys in my next video.