What's up everyone.
In today's video, you are in luck because I'm going to share with you some tools and
apps that I use so that I can answer my Instagram dms on my desktop, whether it's through PC
or through Mac.
So if you are someone who was flooded with DMT in your inbox all the time, or you just
simply want to make her life easier, then keep on watching.
Now, the first tool that I want to show you is something that is not yet released, but
it's definitely going to change the game at once.
It's ready.
It is the Facebook creator studio for Instagram.
So right now I am in the business creator studio.
Now, how you access this as you simply go to business.facebook.com forward slash creator
studio and you're going to be able to access this.
Just make sure of two things.
First, you need to have a business Instagram account, and second, you need to make sure
you also have a business Facebook page.
Otherwise it's not going to work.
Now if you have those two components and you're on this page right now, what I want to show
you is actually going to the inbox.
So when you click on Inbox, something interesting is going to show up within messages.
You're able to not just only see and manage the Facebook messages that are coming through,
but what you'll notice is that there's an option for Instagram direct and when you click
on it, you're going to be able to see your Instagram messages and inbox.
Or at least that's what Facebook claims.
Now, the issue that I see is that I wasn't able to actually connect my account, so I
am convinced that this is potentially something that Instagram is rolling out maybe later
this year.
So I really wanted to include this first thing in my video because it's going to be so much
easier for so many of us to be able to respond to our dms through desktop simply through
Facebook and that it's all in one area.
Now, one thing to know too is within the creator studio, there's also an Instagram version
as well.
I have a video where I talk all about it.
Make sure you check it out right here below, so I'm not going to go in depth within this
video, but I did want to share with you guys that eventually on Facebook you will have
the capacity to answer your dms, which is super exciting.
For now, at least when you go on the Creator Studio and you go in comments, you can actually
go access your comments within your Instagram posts.
So if you are someone who really wants to be on top of answering your comment section
within your posts, and this is also a really great alternative.
Now if you're watching this video during the time that I uploaded it, chances are it's
probably not going to work for you either.
However, if you are watching this video months later since today's upload date, then make
sure that you double check that Facebook manager and see if you can actually reply to Instagram
dms through Facebook desktop.
Now let's say you're a Mac user and you go into the Facebook manager and it's not working
or it's still not yet released.
Then this is the APP that I have for you.
It is called flu flume is an awesome free desktop app that you can use in order to access
your Instagram and also reply to your dms.
So let me share my screen and give you the behind the scenes on what flow looks like
before you even consider downloading it.
So right now we're looking at the APP called flume and it's specifically for Mac and it's
absolutely free.
You can access it easily in the APP store within your map.
Now with influence you can do multiple things.
You can obviously see your feet and when you click on view, you're able to see your explore
page, you're able to search, you're also able to see your followers activity or your own
activity.
Meaning you can see how many people have liked your post, all the standard things that you
would see on Instagram.
But what I really want to show you his conversations, this is where you're actually able to answer
your dms through your desktop.
And not only this, if you enable push notifications, you can also get notifications coming through
your desktop as well.
So as you can see here, you can see all the messages that are coming through.
You can also see your request inbox right here, but not only is this, the one thing
that I really like about flume is what you can do is you can click on a message, you
can also flag it and when you actually flag something, it'll automatically show up top
with in your bookmarks.
And this is really helpful if you are someone who you know really wants to make sure you
go back to a certain message, but you're scared that it's going to get lost.
I really like to use flume to bookmark things so that it's a reminder for me to actually
go back to the message.
Another thing with flume is you can actually click on this top dial right here and you
can filter from unread only so you can make it so that you only see the messages that
you've missed.
Now only this, what I love about flume is you can also click on show friends only and
it will only show you the messages from people that you actually follow.
So this is something that I really appreciate and I know that a lot of these things, Instagram,
mobile can do it for you.
However, it's just such a nice touch to have it on desktop.
Now let's say you're a PC user.
I have a lot of PC users and android users that are always telling me, Vanessa, you're
constantly excluding us all the examples you use or for Mac books only or for iPhones.
Well, don't worry, I've got you covered.
The next APP that's super awesome, four PC is Instagram.
Yep.
You heard me right?
If you're a PC user, you can simply just download the Instagram app directly on your desktop
through your apps store.
Let me share my screen, or at least my assistant screen and give you an example.
So what you want to do is within your PC, you want to make sure that you're opening
up your app store and then within your app store you're going to search for Instagram.
Then the next step that you're going to want to do is download the APP directly to your
computer.
So as you can see, when you open up the APP, it functions the exact same as mobile.
You're able to look through the feed and you're also able to look through your profile.
And not only this, I really want to show you why you're here, which is opening up your
dms.
But as you can see, when you go through your dms, it acts just like Instagram mobile.
You're able to see everyone and anyone and you're also able to open up conversations
with people, start new conversations and right back, which is super awesome.
You're also able to add photos and everything like that, like you would your regular Instagram.
So for UPC users, this is a perfect solution if you're trying to find a way to DM people
through your desktop.
Now the fourth app that I have for you is something that is compatible for both Mac
and PC.
So let's say you are someone who has multiple computers for some reason, and you need something
that's compatible for both types of computers.
Then make sure you check out ige DM dock me.
Okay.
So right now we are using ige and DM dot.
Need the application that is compatible with both Mac and PC.
Now the interesting thing with this app right here is that you can only see your dms.
You cannot see the explorer page, you cannot see profiles.
You cannot see much only the DM.
So it's very simple if you only want to access this specific feature.
Now as you can see, you're able to send photos, you're able to see stories and everything
like that and also send messages.
Of course, even though I said that you can only send dms, a really interesting feature
with an Igf d m.
Dot.
Me Is that you're also able to see the people who aren't following you back.
So if you actually click on this button right here, now you're going to be able to see all
the people or some of the people that you follow who actually don't follow you back.
And you're going to be able to have the option to unfollow them.
Now proceed with caution because this might hurt your feelings.
So don't look at this.
If you are sensitive and you care a lot about what people think are you really take social
media and whether someone follows you a super seriously, so proceed with caution with this,
but I wanted to at least show you guys that within igm at you can see who doesn't follow
you back.
Now, so far in this video, I've given you four tools, even tools that aren't even released
yet on how you can make your life so much easier by answering her Instagram dms through
your desktop.
And truth be told, the reason why I created this video is because I know what it feels
like when your inbox is flooded with dms or when you get neck pain because you're constantly
looking down on your phone trying to get back to everyone.
That's why make sure you hit the notification bell because in the next video I really want
to teach you how you can set boundaries when it comes to people coming into your dms asking
you for free advice.
I get this all the time, especially as a content creator and as a business owner.
So if you want to learn how to set boundaries on social media, make sure, again, you hit
the notification bell because in the next video I'll be talking all about that.
In the meantime, while you wait for that video, also check out these two videos that I have
right here.
I love to talk about social media, business and life in general, so make sure you check
those out.
As always, guys, I hope you guys have a great day, a great week, and a great life, and I'll
see you in the next one.
Bye guys.