Instagram is slowly transitioning from a personal social media experience to a platform for brands, marketers, and influencers. To meet the demands and wants of its growing audience, Instagram continues to add new features to the platform. One such feature is the Instagram Guide. Here's how to use the Instagram Guide and what it means.
An Instagram guide can be helpful in setting your profile apart from other accounts on the platform. In this post, you'll learn exactly how an Instagram guide can help you build a brand and how to use it effectively.
What is Instagram Guide?
Guides are Instagram's way of creating short, shareable text-style content to share with followers. They're mini blog posts that announce upcoming product collections and showcase the entire portfolio in an easy-to-understand format.
Many brands are busy creating Stories و Instagram Reels To advertise upcoming products or sales. Sometimes, a photo or video may not be enough to convey a clear message. You'll need to write a short guide to cover all the details. Instead of choosing WordPress, Medium, or another web publishing platform to write short posts (and later share them on Instagram), you can use the guide to create in-app content.
Your Instagram guide is neatly integrated into your profile. Anyone who visits your Instagram account can check it out.
What type of content can you create using Instagram Guide?
The ultimate use case is entirely up to you. For example, you could write a short movie review using an Instagram guide and share it with your followers. Similarly, restaurant owners could share their weekend buffet lunch menu with more details in a guide. Here are some common ways to use an Instagram guide:
- Write the instruction manual
- Product launch
- Restaurant Reviews
- Gift Guide
- Product Description
- Travel recommendations
- Last year's achievements, and much more.
Now that you know what Instagram guides do and how they can be useful, let's show you how to use them in the app.
How to make an Instagram guide
We'll show you step-by-step instructions for creating an Instagram guide from scratch. Let's get started.
Note: The Instagram iPhone and Android apps are identical. We used the Instagram iPhone app in the screenshots below. You can use the same steps on the Instagram Android app.
Step 1: Open Instagram app on the iPhone.
Step 2: Go to your account from Tab bar Lower.
Step 3: Click on + Icon above.
Step 4: Locate Guide From the bottom menu.
Instagram offers built-in guide templates to choose from.
- the places – To suggest places in your city or nearby areas.
- All Products - To display your favorite products to your followers.
- Publications – To recommend your previous Instagram posts or saved posts from different accounts.
Let's define the posts.
Step 5: From the following list, you will see: two options - All your saved and shared content.
Step 6: You can choose the image from saved posts or uploaded posts. Tap radio button Below the image and select Next above.
Step 7: is used Selected image As a cover image for the post. You can add Title and cover photo change Add more details To the guide.
Interestingly, the guide title actually uses automatic capitalization. This is a nice touch from Instagram to ensure consistency across all guides.
Step 8: Click on Add Posts Button Scroll down and add more photos (from saved posts and profiles) to your Instagram directory.
Step 9: You need to Add address For each product (mandatory) and writing Small description About himself (my choice).
Step 10: You should Add two posts At least for guidance and pressure Next button above.
Step 11: You can either Save the guide As a draft or share it on your Instagram account.
It may take some time before your guide appears on your followers' home screens. You can create a product guide, set a stunning cover photo, and add product images with descriptions.
Similarly, you can create a vacation guide and add the country name/flag in the cover image and talk about saving the places to visit in the guide.
The main limitation of the Instagram guide is that it won't allow you to upload photos directly from your phone's gallery. You must select photos from uploaded or saved posts.
How to Verify Instagram Guide
Whether you've created a guide or want to check someone else's, the process is very simple. Once you create the guide, it will start appearing in your account.
Step 1: Open Instagram Go to your account.
Step 2: Verify New guide section with familiar icon and press it.
Step 3: Take a quick look at Instagram Guide Which I created.
You can open any directory and remove it from your account or edit it with more content.
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Similar to Instagram posts and stories, users can Hide likes Comments for Instagram Guide. How do you plan to use Guide on Instagram? Share your use case in the comments section below.
