17 Instagram Settings YOU need to Change NOW
Summary
TLDRThis video reveals 17 essential Instagram settings that can significantly impact your growth. Key insights include avoiding the inbuilt scheduling feature, removing ghost followers, using keywords in the Instagram editor, optimizing your account profile, checking account status, and understanding peak posting times. The video emphasizes the importance of using high-quality content, enabling sharing and remixing, training the explore page, and avoiding banned hashtags. It also discusses the benefits and drawbacks of cross-posting on Facebook based on your audience. These tips aim to help you maximize reach and engagement on Instagram.
Takeaways
- 📅 Don't use Instagram's auto-schedule feature for posts, as it may reduce reach; instead, post manually to increase views.
- 👻 Remove ghost followers who don't engage with your content by using the 'flagged for review' accounts feature on Instagram.
- 🔍 Use the in-built editor and add keywords to your posts to potentially increase reach and algorithm recognition.
- 🔄 Check your Instagram account status for any issues that might be restricting your growth or reach.
- 🔑 Enable the 'Suggested Profiles' feature to increase visibility to potential followers.
- 🔍 Optimize your Instagram profile with relevant keywords in the 'Name' field to improve discoverability.
- 🕒 Use Instagram's insights to find the best times to post and aim to post 2 hours before peak audience activity.
- 🎨 Ensure 'Upload at Highest Quality' is enabled in settings to prioritize content quality over upload speed.
- 🔄 Enable 'Sharing and Remixing' settings to encourage content sharing and remixing, which can boost viral potential.
- 📚 Use the Explore page to gather content ideas and train it by interacting with relevant posts.
- 🚫 Use metahashtags.com to check for banned hashtags to avoid affecting your account's reach and standing.
- 🔍 Regularly clear your search history on Instagram to prevent confusing the algorithm and to keep your Explore page relevant.
- 📈 Consider crossposting to Facebook only if it benefits your brand and audience, to avoid confusing the Instagram algorithm.
Q & A
Why should you avoid using the Instagram schedule option?
-Using the Instagram schedule option can reduce your reach and views. It's recommended to use the draft feature and post manually for better engagement.
What are ghost followers and how can you deal with them?
-Ghost followers are inactive accounts that do not engage with your content. You can use Instagram's new setting to identify and remove these followers to improve your account's performance.
How can you use the Instagram inbuilt editor to increase your reach?
-Add keywords related to your audience or content using the text feature in the inbuilt editor, even if the text is minimized. This helps signal to the algorithm what your content is about.
How can you check if your Instagram account is optimized for the algorithm?
-Use incognito mode to view your account and see the suggested accounts. If you see competitors or similar accounts, your account is optimized. If not, you need to adjust your optimization strategies.
What is the importance of checking your account status?
-Checking your account status can reveal issues that might be restricting your reach. Ensure you have no red flags or exclamation marks in your account status to avoid growth limitations.
How can optimizing your name settings help your Instagram growth?
-Including keywords related to your content in your name settings can make your profile more searchable and increase exposure to your target audience.
What feature should you enable to become visible in competitors' suggested accounts?
-Enable the suggested account feature by going to edit profile on your desktop and ensuring it is ticked. This makes your profile visible to followers of similar accounts.
Why should you refine your explore page and how can you do it?
-Refining your explore page helps you get relevant content ideas. You can do this by marking posts you're interested in and hiding keywords of content you don't want to see.
What is a quick hack for increasing engagement on your Instagram stories?
-Using stickers like the heart or face emoji on the right side of your story can encourage viewers to like your post as they scroll through, increasing engagement.
How can banned hashtags affect your Instagram growth and how can you avoid them?
-Using banned hashtags can block your reach. To avoid this, use websites like metahashtags.com to check if your hashtags are banned before posting.
Why is it important to clear your search history regularly on Instagram?
-Clearing your search history helps prevent confusing the algorithm and keeps your explore page and content suggestions relevant to your growth goals.
When should you consider using Facebook crossposting for your Instagram content?
-Use Facebook crossposting if your niche has an active audience on Facebook. Otherwise, it's better to focus solely on Instagram to avoid confusing the algorithm.
Outlines
📈 Instagram Settings to Boost Your Growth
Discover 17 Instagram settings that can significantly impact your growth. Learn how the author gained 15,000 followers in a month by applying these strategies. The first setting discussed is the Instagram schedule option. Avoid using the inbuilt Instagram scheduler as it can reduce your reach. Instead, use the draft feature and post manually for better results.
👻 Removing Ghost Followers
Understand the importance of removing ghost followers—accounts that follow you but never engage with your content. Instagram's new feature helps identify these inactive followers, making it easier to clean up your account and improve engagement.
🔑 The Keyword Trick
Learn a trick to enhance your reach by using Instagram's inbuilt editor to add keywords related to your content. By adding and minimizing these keywords in your posts, you signal to Instagram's algorithm what your content is about, potentially increasing your reach.
🕵️♂️ Is Your Account Optimized?
Find out if your Instagram account is properly optimized by checking the suggested accounts in incognito mode. Seeing similar accounts indicates good optimization, while unrelated suggestions mean you need to optimize further.
🔧 Checking Account Status
Ensure your account is in good standing by checking the account status in settings. Any issues or warnings here could affect your reach, making it essential to resolve them for optimal performance.
🔍 Enhance Your Discoverability
Optimize your profile for searchability by using keywords in your name settings. Ensure your account is easily discoverable by potential followers searching for related content.
🕒 Best Posting Times
Determine the best times to post on Instagram by switching to a Creator account. Use the insights provided to post when your audience is most active, increasing the likelihood of engagement.
📷 Prioritizing Quality
Always upload the highest quality media by enabling the 'upload at highest quality' setting in your app and media settings. High-quality content is crucial for maintaining engagement and respect from your audience.
🔄 Sharing and Remixing
Enable sharing and remixing settings to allow others to share and remix your content. This increases your content's virality and growth potential.
🔄 Training Your Explore Page
Train your explore page to show relevant content ideas by interacting with posts related to your niche. This helps generate ideas and trends specific to your content area.
🚫 Refine Your Explore Page
Refine your explore page by hiding irrelevant keywords through the suggested content settings. This ensures you only see content that matters to your niche and growth.
📈 Trending Topics on Explore Page
Utilize the trending topics on the explore page to create relevant and timely content. This can boost your engagement by aligning with current trends.
❤️ Increase Story Likes
Increase likes on your Instagram stories by strategically placing stickers that encourage interactions. This simple trick can enhance story views and engagement.
🏷️ Avoid Banned Hashtags
Use metahashtags.com to check for banned hashtags before posting. Avoiding banned hashtags ensures your content is not restricted or blocked by Instagram.
🗑️ Clear Search History
Regularly clear your search history to prevent confusing Instagram's algorithm. This helps maintain a clean and relevant explore page tailored to your niche.
📲 Crossposting on Facebook
Consider crossposting on Facebook if your target audience is active there. Otherwise, focus solely on Instagram to avoid confusing the algorithm and diluting your reach.
🔔 Subscribe and Engage
The video concludes with a call to action for viewers to subscribe, like, and engage with the content. The host, Alex, emphasizes the importance of these settings for Instagram growth and encourages feedback.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Instagram schedule option
💡Ghost followers
💡Inbuilt editor
💡Account status
💡Suggested account feature
💡Media quality
💡Explore page
💡Hashtags
💡Creator account
💡Keyword optimization
Highlights
Using the Instagram schedule feature can decrease post reach, and manual posting is recommended for better results.
Ghost followers can negatively affect your account's algorithmic performance; Instagram's new setting helps identify and remove them.
Utilizing Instagram's inbuilt editor and adding keywords can signal to the algorithm the content's topic, potentially increasing views.
Checking the 'real how to use Instagram' feature can provide insights into whether your account is optimized for the algorithm.
Ensuring your account status is in good standing is crucial for growth, as issues can restrict reach and may require account resolution or starting anew.
Enabling the suggested account feature makes your profile visible to potential followers interested in similar content.
Optimizing your Instagram name with keywords can improve discoverability and help reach your target audience.
Using Instagram's insights to determine the best posting times can increase audience engagement.
Ensuring high-quality content is uploaded by enabling 'upload at highest quality' in settings to gain more respect and engagement.
Allowing sharing and remixing of your content can increase its viral potential by making it more shareable.
Training your explore page by marking interests helps tailor the content suggestions to your niche.
Refining your explore page through settings by hiding specific keywords can further customize your content feed.
Monitoring trending topics on the explore page can provide content ideas that are currently popular.
Using a 'like' sticker on Instagram stories can artificially boost engagement and views.
Avoiding banned hashtags is crucial for maintaining account health and reach; use websites like metahashtags.com to check.
Regularly clearing your Instagram search history can prevent algorithm confusion and maintain a clean user profile.
Crossposting on Facebook may be beneficial for certain niches but should be considered carefully to avoid algorithm dilution.
Transcripts
here is 17 Instagram settings that if
you're not using or don't know about it
will be affecting your growth I made a
new account and used these strategies
and gain 15,000 followers in the first
month by making sure I understood and
applied all of these settings they are
in no order whether you're zero
followers 50,000 followers or 2 million
followers you can start using them today
let's jump into number one the Instagram
schedule option we would all love to be
using the inbuilt Instagram schedule
which allows us to create our posts
schedule them and post it later
automatically but the issue is is that
this stops you getting reach I've tested
this spoken to tons of people and every
time we use it the reach never really
goes far you're set yes and more often
than not we see a decline in views
instead what I recommend is using the
draft feature and actually posting
manually right now the best thing to do
is to post manually obviously if you
need to post at a certain time then just
prepare your caption earlier prepare all
the elements earlier and just go and
spend 2 minutes and actually post that
content trust me the reach will be far
greater and you'll be getting more views
do not use the schedule in Instagram and
don't allow it to automatically post for
you have you heard of ghost followers so
these are followers that follow you
which never interact or engage with your
content useless
essentially telling the algorithm that
they don't like your content now often
these can be bot accounts dead accounts
and it's a pain to get rid of them but
Instagram have released a new setting
which we all need to be aware of and be
using all we need to do is go to our
followers so on your profile press your
followers and at the top you'll see
creators and flagged accounts the
flagged for review accounts are the ones
that you probably need to get rid of
sometimes there might be some mistakes
but I would suggest especially if your
account is pretty small to get rid of
these dead followers as they're not
helping you at all and this is a really
good feature that Instagram have
introduced as before we'd have to do it
manually check each account whereas now
Instagram is basically telling us who's
not useful next up is the keyword trick
editing screen now Instagram and most
other platforms love it when you use
their inbuilt editors but most of us are
editing outside Instagram we're using
platforms like canva cap cut Adobe After
Effects wherever it might be and we want
to be using those cuz they're better but
here's a trick that you can do and is
going to help you get more views and
everything now let's say I've got a
video right here you know it's already
been edited I'm simply go to post it
here's what I want you to do instead I
want you to press next once you're on
this screen right here where you see all
the icons at the top what I want you to
do is to actually press the text button
at the top and start putting in key
words either related to your audience or
what the video is about so for example
you know this video right here is about
nature so I'm going to go up there and
I'm going to type in nature and what I'm
going to do is actually really minimize
that bit of text I'm going to do the
same again I'm going to do plant you
know if my audience was like you know
nature lovers I could type that in but
essentially what we're doing is we're
telling the algorithm that this is the
content you know this is nature content
plant content but we're also using the
inbuilt editor and you know this is
speculative but some people think by
using the editor you get pushed out more
so we're basically you know tackling two
birds with one stone by using the
keywords and also using the editor and I
recommend especially if you're you know
under 100,000 followers to try using
this sometimes and you could see an
increased amount of reach definitely
start applying this every time you post
a real how to use Instagram so it tells
you whether your account is optimized
properly and the algorithm understands
your Niche do you know who I am what you
need to do is go on your computer or
your phone and go on incognito mode go
onto your account and you should see the
suggested accounts button press it now
here is the trick or the Insight if you
are seeing competitors or accounts that
are very simil similar to yours then
your account is optimized if you are
seeing random celebrities or football
teams or completely different
accounts yes sorry where am I then the
algorithm does not understand who to
show your content to or what your page
is about and you need to optimize it
further I will be going more into
optimization techniques using settings
Etc later on in the video so stay tuned
for that but this is a clear indicator
to whether the algorithm understands who
we are the next one is account status
now everything in this video is super
super useful but if you have an issue
with your account anything you apply you
could create the best rule in the world
but it probably won't get any views to
check your account status is simple go
to your settings scroll right to the
bottom near where the logout button is
and you should see account status once
you're there if your account is in good
standing you should see three ticks if
you have any red or any exclamation
marks you need to look into that as this
could be restricting your growth
restricting your reach and it might be
worth starting a new account or getting
in touch with Instagram to see you know
what is going on here so make sure you
would check your account status as I
want you to be able to apply everything
else in this video and actually utilize
it today if you don't have this setting
on then I don't know what you're doing
you need to enable the suggested account
feature essentially your profile becomes
visible to people or to followers of
your competitors or accounts are similar
to you so the exact same way I showed
earlier on the video you will then
appear in other people's suggested
accounts to do this it's simple go onto
your desktop log into your Instagram go
to edit profile and just make sure that
this is ticked welcome to
discoverability your name settings now
this is something that I see a lot of
people not using properly we need to
optimize our account Instagram is
prioritizing accounts which are
searchable which actually appear in
people's search feeds optimizing your
profile is critical for Reaching Your
Potential audience and for extra
exposure now many people get confused
with this and your username or your
handle is different to your name so in
settings or where you can change your
profile you'll see username and you'll
see name your username is your handle so
if your account is you know Nike then
you're at the Nike account now here's
the difference your username cool put
that as your brand put that as your
business put that as your name but in
your name you need to put your brand or
name whatever it is also you need to add
keywords so if you look at some of the
bigals like vog for example you know
they've put their name but they've also
put business and motiv ation because
this is the style of content that they
create anytime anyone types in business
or motivation they will appear on the
feed so guys if you are a gardener if
you make nature content then put some
keywords in your name and become more
discoverable this setting is super super
useful and a lot of us are not using
this properly so start today posting
times if you're confused about when is
the best time for you to post then let
Instagram tell now for this you need to
have a Creator account to do this it's
simple navigate to settings press
business and controls as you scroll down
you will see Switch Account types button
press that button and switch over to the
Creator once this is done you will
unlock a bunch of insights and one of
them will be posting times or basically
it will tell you when your audience is
most active and my recommendation for
this is to post 2 hour was before that
peak time if Instagram is telling you
that everyone is online at 6:00 p.m.
then start to post around 4p thank be
later let me try this out prioritizing
quality now if you're posting rules on
Instagram you want to be able to post
high quality if your content is low
quality people are going to engage with
that way less and respect your page way
less what you need to do is go to
settings and activity which will be on
the top right of your profile then go
down to your app and media in your app
and media you will see media quality you
need to make sure upload at highest
quality is turned on there are people
who have this turned off and you know
what happens is you will post sometimes
and Instagram will prioritize the
posting the speed Etc and not the
quality make sure this is turned on and
make sure that you are posting the
highest quality content humanly possible
for you so you get more respect so many
of of you don't have this on now I've
actually seen accounts which have this
turned off this simple sharing and
remixing settings if you are trying to
grow your account you need to give
people the option to remix your content
share the content you know for it to
actually go viral go on to settings and
press sharing and remixing and turn all
of these on you want to make sure it
looks something like this any which say
no turn it on going viral is about
sharability people can't share your
content people can't remix it you're
really damaging your potential growth
training your explore page to give you
content ideas if you are not doing this
then your account is not optimized and
not in the right settings to show you
how to actually grow your account the
best place to come up with ideas for
your content or for reals for anything
is from the explore page the explore
page can literally feed you that
information here's what I want you to to
do go on to your explore Page by
pressing the magnifying glass once
you're there let's say that you are a
skincare brand but you go on to your
explore page and you are seeing football
cricket videos about photography videos
about growing your Instagram account
this is not the right content for you
you should be doing this on a personal
account which you're not trying to grow
if we're trying to grow we need to use
our explore page properly what you need
to do is pull over the post press it and
simply press the three dots and press
interested what is happening here is you
are telling the algorithm the explore
page that you want to see more of this
content this is essential and if you
look at my food page right here my food
page is full of food videos so anytime I
need ideas for what food is trending for
you know potentially captions hashtags
whatever it might be I can simply go to
my explore page and I will get
everything do this right now now you
tried the next one is in settings and
it's refining your explore page without
even actually going on your explore page
now what you want to do is go to
settings then to suggested content and
then what you can do is input specific
keywords that you want to hide from your
page so for example if there is certain
stuff that keeps appearing and you don't
want to see that anymore you can simply
go to there type in those keywords and
it will go now this shows us the
importance of keywords simply by typing
in keywords I won't see that content
again this shows us how important
keywords off for the whole growth of
your account let's move over to the next
one on the topic of explore page it also
tells us at all times what is currently
trending but not how you might think now
you probably are thinking right now how
have I never noticed this well go on to
the explore page go on to search and you
will see a bunch of trending topics
right at the top like it'll tell you I
don't know Kim Kardashian is trending
right now or loads of different things
you know healthy meals Etc this is super
super useful it's a setting that
Instagram is literally telling us what
is popular right now listen to me and
sometimes in certain niches you know for
example if you're in the food Niche and
it's telling you that healthy meals are
training right now that could be
something that you can jump on or create
content for which is going to help you
get pushed more so definitely keep an
eye on there as sometimes it will just
guide you to a particular topic even if
you make motivational reals stories you
know they might might be something that
is trending that you can make a story
about and that will go super viral this
is a quick hack for your stories now
simply on your story so let's say I'm
going to pose this nature story right
here I'm going to go to next and then
press stickers which is right here I'm
going to press this sticker right here
this love heart one or this um face
emoji what I'm going to do is I'm going
to put this onto the right side so I'm
going to literally just drag that there
what will happen is as people scroll to
the next story they will actually like
it and you are basically you know
forcing them to like your post and you
know getting likes on your stories will
get more people to view your story so
this is a little trick for anyone who
needs a story to get more views I
wouldn't recommend doing it all the time
and obviously you can play around with
it you know with different ones but I
would recommend just doing the H or
something like that and yeah people will
start liking it more so this is this
neat little trick for stories it
wouldn't be an Instagram video if I
didn't speak about hashtags now now this
is a bonus tip for everyone one of the
big things with hashtags nowadays is
which prevents us from growing or blocks
our reach is when we use banned hashtags
this is what I want you to do if you are
using hashtags to use this website right
here I am listening metahash tags.com
what I want you to do is every time you
post some hashtags especially if you've
not used those hashtags before to go to
the bad has hashtags put in your
hashtags and it will tell you whether
those hashtags are clean or if they're
banned if they're banned your account
will get affected so this is super super
useful just to make sure that your
account stays in good standing but also
that each post every time you make
content that it actually gets pushed Out
imagine you know putting all that effort
into creating content your captions
everything and then you get blocked or
you know it prevents you from getting
shown to others just because you've used
a band hashtag use this website to check
whether any hashtags you use are ban
refining your search we all spend time
on Instagram and we all spend time
searching for things but if we're trying
to grow our account and we search we
search it can confuse the algorithm and
then the explore page and so forth what
I recommend doing is refining and
cleaning your search history often what
you need to do is tap your profile icon
open up the menu select your activity
and go to recent searches and then you
simply clear all I would recommend doing
this every few weeks or every week just
to keep things ticking to keep things
clean and for without clogging too much
information to the algorithm do this and
thank me later crossposting on Facebook
now this is one of the more
controversial settings on Instagram
right now in one of my previous videos I
said don't use it and I still stand by
that but let's say you are in a niche
which potentially is more on Facebook so
if for example you have an older kind of
clientele and you think that they'll be
very active on Facebook then it might be
worth you crossposting just to get that
additional exposure but if you are in a
niche which you know you are
prioritizing on Instagram then it's
better to just focus on Instagram and
not really confuse the algorithm further
only use Facebook crossposting if you
think it's actually going to benefit
your brand otherwise just turn it off to
turn it on you go to settings
crossposting and then turn on recommend
rules on Facebook it's that simple but
be very smart and think about whether
it's going to benefit your brand or not
my name is Alex and I hope this video
has helped you please make sure to
subscribe and like the video for the
algorithm and let me know if any of
these settings surprise you or if you
have any questions these are all
settings that are super super important
and most of us are neglecting my name is
Alex let's go Ro
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