By Oluwasola Obagbemi, Corporate Communications Manager, Anglophone West Africa, Meta
The creators come to Goodbye Instagramday to create and connect, grow their audience and build their business. With more than 2 billion people using Instagram every month, Instagram offers a global reach and a wide range of features, making it a one-stop shop for all creators and offering a variety of opportunities and experiences for creators everywhere.
With endless features and tools on Instagram, there are many hidden gems that creators and people rarely hear about.
So, we wanted to share some Instagram features that are in high demand, but still not known to everyone, and share tips on how to best use them to boost your content and connect with your audience.
Wheel standards
Have you ever seen a Reel and wished you could recreate it? Now you can easily.
We recently introduced “Wheel Templates” which allow you to recreate a wheel with the click of a button. You can drag and drop your content into a pre-existing template and we’ll do the rest of the editing for you. It will sync to the music, the same way the template you mention has, and be ready in minutes.
Audio trends
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This is a quick and very useful tip to help you find trendy sounds for your reels. if you’re watching a Reel and the sound it uses is trending, there will be an up arrow next to the sound name.
Using trendy audios helps amplify your content to reach more people.
Anytime Reports in Stories
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At some point, everyone has posted a story and forgotten to tag someone, whether it’s a friend or a brand you work with. With reports at any time, no need to delete and repost.
Instead, tap the three dots at the bottom of your story and select add mentions You can tag your missing friends, even after viewing it for some time.
Follow the update
Spring cleaning, but make it for followers. We’ve created a new tool that makes updating your follow list easier than ever.
Just press ‘NEXT’ on your profile and sort who you’ve interacted with least recently, then you can unfollow at your leisure. You can also choose to interact with these accounts more often to increase engagement and make them more likely to appear in your feed in the future.
Need more tips and tricks? Instagram has introduced ways for creators to connect with the wider creator community through our own channels, such as @Creators.
Plus, aspiring creators now have Instagram-like resources Creator Lab, which offers best practices, new products, tips and tricks, and more. Be sure to follow these channels to keep up with the latest in the maker world.
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