INSTAGRAM GUIDES FOR BEGINNERS
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Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................ 7
What Exactly Are Instagram Guides? .................................................... 11
Is Instagram Guides For You: How To Choose The Right Kind of Post? ......................................................................................................... 15
Feed posts .............................................................................................. 15
Instagram stories ..................................................................................... 16
Reels ....................................................................................................... 18
IGTV videos ............................................................................................ 19
“Swipe Up” External links ........................................................................ 20
Facebook Integration .............................................................................. 20
Returning to Guides ................................................................................ 21
The Pros and Cons of Instagram Guides .............................................. 24
Exploring a brand-new feature ................................................................ 24
Target demographic ................................................................................ 25
Present yourself as an authority .............................................................. 25
No way to come across Guides organical y ............................................ 26
Design limitations .................................................................................... 26
Less commitment .................................................................................... 26
How to Create an Instagram Guide Step-by Step ................................. 28
Creating the Guide .................................................................................. 28
Choosing the content .............................................................................. 30
Formatting the Guide .............................................................................. 31
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Content .................................................................................................... 32
Reformatting ............................................................................................ 32
Posting .................................................................................................... 32
Creating Different Types of Instagram Guides: Information and Inspiration ................................................................................................. 35
Recommend places ................................................................................ 35
Recommend products ............................................................................. 36
Recommend posts .................................................................................. 37
Ideas ....................................................................................................... 37
How to Promote Your Instagram Guide ................................................. 42
Easy share .............................................................................................. 42
The mystery of the Instagram algorithm .................................................. 42
Posting at peak times .............................................................................. 43
Sponsored posts ..................................................................................... 44
The Explore Page ................................................................................... 45
Features .................................................................................................. 46
Direct messages ..................................................................................... 46
How to Build Your Following With Instagram Guides .......................... 48
Branding .................................................................................................. 48
Business accounts .................................................................................. 49
Follower tracking ..................................................................................... 50
Analytics .................................................................................................. 50
The “success” of content ......................................................................... 51
Conclusion ............................................................................................... 54
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