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: Instagramming Like a Pro 7 Figuring Out What You Need to Get Started 7 Discovering How to Add Posts to Your Instagram Account 8 Connecting with Others on Instagram 9 Exploring the Excitement of Instagram Stories 10 Creating Videos with IGTV 10 Chapter 2: Installing Instagram Everywhere 11 Installing Instagram Wherever You Want to Use It 11 Installing the app on your iPhone 12 Installing Instagram on your iPad 12 Installing the app on Android 15 Installing on a Windows PC 15 Installing on your Mac (sort of) 17 Exploring Instagram on the Web 19 Starting to Gram Instantly 21 Chapter 3: Setting Up Your Profile 25 Personal Profile Practices 25 Choosing a username and name 27 Deciding on a profile photo 30 Writing a Dazzling Bio 32 Deciding what information to include 32 Formatting your bio 34 Considering layouts for your bio 35 Adding a web address to your bio 35 Taking Advantage of a Business Profile Upgrade 37 Setting Your Account Privacy Settings 39 Chapter 4: Navigating Instagram 41 Scrolling through the Feed 41 Making Sense of the Instagram Algorithm 44 Exploring the World of Instagram 47 Finding and viewing the Explore page 47 Searching for what makes you happy 47 Checking Your Notifications 53 Chapter 5: Why Isn’t This Working? 57 Installation Issues 57 Dealing with compatibility issues 58 Checking your space 58 Unfreezing an installation on your iPhone or iPad 63 Finding a missing app on your iPhone or iPad 63 Resolving issues on an Android device 63 Log-In Difficulties 64 Checking your username 64 Fixing password issues 64 Dealing with a disabled account 67 Finding Relief for Common Problems 67 Instagram won’t share 67 Getting Instagram to notify you 69 Nothing Is Working Now What? 70 Reporting a problem on your iPhone or iPad 70 Reporting a problem on your Android smartphone or tablet 71 Getting Rid of Error Messages 71 Can’t add a comment 71 Can’t delete comments 72 Can’t refresh feed 72 Can’t follow anyone else 73 Part 2: Getting Creative with Instagram Content 75 Chapter 6: Taking and Posting Great Photos 77 Taking Your Best Shot 77 Improving Your Best Shot 79 Applying a filter 81 Tweaking with the editing tools 83 Saving your changes (or not) 89 Enriching Your Photo 89 Describing your photo 90 It’s good to have options 91 Posting Your Photos: Ta Da! 94 Uploading Photos from Your Camera Roll 96 Uploading Multiple Photos to One Post 98 Selecting multiple photos 98 Applying filters and adding photos 101 Editing photos individually 102 Adding information and sharing your photos 102 Chapter 7: Recording and Posting Great Videos 103 Recording Videos 103 Filming with a smartphone or tablet 104 Recording multiple video clips 108 Deleting video clips 108 Checking out your video 108 Improving Your Video 109 Applying a filter 110 Changing the cover frame 110 Adding details 111 Posting your video 113 Uploading a Stored Video 114 Uploading Multiple Videos from an iPhone or iPad 116 Chapter 8: Personalizing Your Post 119 Determining How Long Your Captions Should Be 119 Formatting Your Caption 122 Including Calls to Action in Your Caption 123 Tagging People in Your Posts 124 Adding Locations to Your Posts 126 Taking Advantage of Hashtags 128 Knowing where to place hashtags in your post 128 Identifying how many hashtags is ideal 130 Finding the right hashtags for you 130 Saving hashtags for repeated use 132 Creating a new hashtag 134 Part 3: Connecting with a Community on Instagram 137 Chapter 9: Finding People to Follow 139 Where Are My Peeps? 139 Syncing your contact list 140 Finding New Friends 141 Exploring the Explore function 142 Searching the Search feature 143 Letting Instagram suggest users to you 145 Deciding Whom to Follow Back 147 Viewing and following your followers 147 Reciprocating a follow or not 148 Finding Your Tribe 149 Finding or creating a community you vibe with 150 Deciding whether Instagram pods are beneficial 152 Chapter 10: Interacting with Other Instagrammers 155 Interacting with the Posts in Your Feed 155 Replying to Comments on Your Own Posts 158 Responding to comments from the Notifications tab 158 Responding to comments from the post itself 160 Deciding to delete a comment 160 Keeping Instagram Healthy by Reporting the Bad Eggs 163 Reporting a commenter 164 Reporting from an iOS device 164 Reporting from an Android device 164 Blocking a commenter 165 Chapter 11: Direct Messaging with Others 167 Starting a New Direct Message 168 Sharing Photos and Videos via Direct Message 173 Sharing GIFs 181 Using Voice Messages 184 Creating a New Group Message 186 Replying to a Direct Message 188 Using Live Chat in Direct Messages 188 Navigating Your Inbox 191 Getting Rid of Unwanted Messages 194 Part 4: Telling Tales with Instagram Stories 197 Chapter 12: Exploring Instagram Stories 199 Finding Stories to Watch 199 Interacting with Stories You Watch 204 Forwarding through the things you don’t like 204 Going back to the things you want to see again 204 Pausing a story to see more 205 Reacting to a story 205 Understanding Story Limitations 207 Upload criteria limitations 208 Playing-time limitations 208 Accessing the Story Camera 210 Editing your settings 212 Changing the camera from regular to selfie mode 215 Chapter 13: Creating Instagram Stories 217 Planning a Story from Start to Finish 217 Deciding What to Share 218 Sharing your less-than-perfect stuff 218 Showcasing your personality and lifestyle 219 Adding a Story Photo 221 Adding a Story Video 227 Filming with the stories camera 227 Experimenting with all the camera options 228 Uploading a video from your camera roll 234 Adding a Text Post 236 Saving Your Story 238 Saving before publishing 238 Saving after publishing (within the 24-hour active window) 238 Automatically saving all your stories 238 Accessing your archives 241 Chapter 14: Adding Style to Your Stories 245 Jazzing Up Your Story Post Using Stickers 245 Location, mention, and hashtag stickers for search and notifications 246 GIFs, sliders, emojis, and more 251 Questions, polls, quizzes, chats, and more 253 Countdown and Music stickers to intrigue your followers 256 Picture in picture for the fun of it 256 Deleting stickers that don’t work 258 Personalizing Stories with Doodles 259 Saying More with Text 262 Changing your font option 262 Removing your text boxes 263 Chapter 15: Sneaky Story Sharing 265 Sharing Another Story to Your Own Story 265 Sharing Some Stories to Select People 267 Sharing via a direct message 267 Sharing to your Close Friends list 268 Sharing Regular Instagram Posts to Your Stories 272 Changing Your Story into a Regular Instagram Post 274 Chapter 16: Using Instagram Highlights to Keep Your Content Alive 277 Getting Acquainted with Highlights 277 Creating a New Highlight Gallery 279 Adding a highlight from your profile 279 Adding a highlight from an active story 279 Naming and customizing your highlight 282 Setting a cover image for your highlight 282 Creating a custom cover image 282 Adding Content to a Highlight 285 Sharing a current story 285 Finding an archived story 285 Deleting a story from a highlight 287 Coming Up with Fun Ideas for Highlights 289 Chapter 17: Going Live on Instagram 291 Getting Started with Live Videos 291 Knowing When to Go Live 294 Developing a Game Plan 294 Interacting with Live Guests 295 Inviting a Guest onto the Live Broadcast 296 Saving Live Broadcasts and Sharing Them 298 Part 5: Becoming a Pro at IGTV 299 Chapter 18: Understanding IGTV 301 Finding IGTV within Instagram 301 Finding IGTV within the IGTV App 303 Understanding How IGTV Videos are Formatted 305 Tapping Into Whose Videos You’re Seeing 305 Chapter 19: Creating an IGTV Presence 307 Setting Up an IGTV Channel 307 Using your mobile device to set up IGTV 308 Using your computer to set up IGTV 309 Uploading Videos to IGTV 309 Using your mobile device to upload 309 Using your computer to upload 311 Creating Quality Content for IGTV 314 Making your videos shine 314 Using the video description to your advantage 314 Responding to Comments on Your Videos 315 Part 6: The Part of Tens 317 Chapter 20: Ten Things Not to Do on Instagram 319 Using the Same Name as Your Username 319 Picking an Irrelevant Username 320 Using a Bad Profile Photo 320 Not Including a Bio 321 Ignoring Instagram Stories 321 Not Using Captions 322 Hashjacking 322 Tagging People Who Are Not in the Photo 322 Following Everyone Who Follows You 323 Using Automated Tools to Follow or Like Others 324 Chapter 21: Ten Types of Great Instagram Photos 325 The Human Element 325 Adorable Animals 326 Bold Colors 328 White Space 329 Make It Blue 329 Flat Lays 332 Long Angles 333 Lifestyle 333 Rule of Thirds 336 Organic Environments 336 Index 339  

Establish an account and start posting photosDiscover techniques that build connectionsUse stories and IGTV to connect in new ways Enjoy all the fun Instagram has to offer! Millions of people share photos, messages, and stories daily on Instagram. Don't miss out on the fun of being part of one of the world's fastest-growing social networks! This book gets you started with the basics and provide tips for improving your Instagram images, making your posts unique, connecting with the Instagram community, and using all the program's special features. Explore direct messages, tell tales with Instagram stories, create your own IGTV channel, and sidestep all the common mistakes. Inside... Set up your profileLearn the lingo and limitsCreate and upload contentWrite creative captionsBuild a followingIncrease exposure with hashtagsApply tips for better imagesUse Instagram® to tell storiesSet up your own IGTV™ channel