How do you like posts on instagram
9 gotta-know Instagram tips for newbies
The bigger Instagram gets, the more complicated its app becomes. Indeed, it’s easy to miss some of Instagram’s most clever shortcuts, such as the quickest way to “heart” a photo or preview a snapshot in your feed.
There’s also a way to see your geo-tagged photos on a map—or wipe them off the map, for that matter. You can set your account to private, block unwanted followers, and erase tags of yourself that others have added to their photos. You can even get alerts when your favorite Instagrammers posts new photos—an important feature now that Instagram wants to change the way it arranges recent images in your photo feed.
Read on for nine must-know tips for Instagram newbies, starting with…
1. Set your account to private
One of the biggest surprises awaiting an Instagram newcomer is the first time a complete stranger “likes” one of their snapshots. It’s a jarring reminder that by default, all the snapshots you post on Instagram are public.
Once you set your account to “private,” only your followers will be able to view your Instagram snapshots.
If you don’t want the entire world flipping through your Instagram photos, you can set your account to “private.” Doing so puts all your Instagram photos behind a privacy wall, meaning only your existing followers will be able to see them. Also, once you set your account to private, no one else on Instagram will be able to follow you without your approval.
Just tap the Profile button in the bottom corner of the main Instagram interface, tap the gear icon (on iOS) or the three-dot “overflow” button (on Android) in the top-right corner of the screen, then flip the Private Account switch.
2. Block randoms from following your account
So, you’ve set your account to private, but not before a few strangers or frenemies followed your account. You can give them the heave-ho in a few simple steps.
If you still have a few random followers after setting your account to “private,” you can block them in just a few taps.
Tap the Profile button in the bottom corner of the screen, tap Followers, then tap the name of someone you don’t want flipping through your photos. Now, tap the three-dot button in the top corner of the screen, then tap Block User.
Once that’s done, the blocked users won’t be able to view your snapshots anymore (and no, they won’t be notified that you blocked them).
3. Quickly ‘like’ a photo
One of the principle pleasures of Instagram is scrolling through your Home feed, gazing at the latest snapshots of the users you’re following.
Ben PattersonDouble-tapping an Instagram photo is the easiest—and coolest—way to like it.
Ben PattersonIf there’s a picture you particularly like, you can tap the little heart button just below the image.
Even better, though, you can like a photo the way Instagram experts do: Just give it a quick double-tap.
4. See every photo you’ve ever liked
Liking snapshots on Instagram can get addicting—so addicting, in fact, that it’s easy to lose track of all the pictures you’ve liked.
Ben PattersonJust visit your profile screen to see every Instagram photo you’ve ever liked.
To take a look at your history of “hearted” photos, tap the Profile button, tap the gear icon (for iOS) or the three-dot button (Android) in the top corner of the screen, then tap Photos You’ve Liked option.
Bonus tip: You can always “unlike” a photo by tapping the heart button again. (No, double-tapping a liked snapshot won’t unlike it)
5. Long-press to preview a photo
If you tap the Search tab at the bottom of the Instagram interface, you’ll land on the Explore page—a grid of dozens of Instagram photos liked by your friends and followers as well as by all your fellow Instagrammers.
While viewing an Instagram photo preview on an Android device, slide your thumb down to “like” a photo, see its creator’s photo page, or share the image with other Instagram users.
You can tap any photo on the Explore screen to see a full-screen version, but there’s also a way to quickly preview a photo: Just tap and hold it. When you do, a larger version of the image will appear on the screen, and it’ll stay there until you release the image.
If you’re an iOS user, you can push a photo preview up a bit to lock it in place and reveal three options: Like, Comment, and Send as Message (to another Instagram user).
On Android, the process is slightly different: Instead of nudging up a preview image, just slide your fingertip down to one of three options—Like, View Profile, or Share—then release.
Just like on Facebook, you can tag people in Instagram photos; indeed, you’ll be prompted to do so whenever you post a new picture on your Instagram profile.
Just tap an image to reveal any people tags, then tap a tag to visit that person’s Instagram profile.
While viewing other photos, you might see a little circle with a blank silhouette in the bottom corner of the image. If you do, it means that the image has been tagged. Just tap the image to reveal the tags, then tap a tag to jump to that user’s Instagram profile.
7. See every Instagram photo in which you’ve been tagged, and remove yourself from a tagged photo
Curious to see whether you’ve been tagged in someone else’s Instagram photo? There’s an easy way to find out.
Ben PattersonIf you don’t like a tag of yourself in an Instagram photo, tap the tag to hide it from your profile or (by tapping “More Options”) removing the tag altogether.
Tap the Profile button in the bottom corner of the screen, then tap the “photos of you” button (it’s the one that looks like a tag with a silhouette inside) near the top-right corner of the screen.
Now, let’s say you find you’ve been tagged in a photo you don’t want to be tagged in, or that a stranger has tagged you in a picture by mistake.
In that case, tap your tag to reveal your two options: Either hide the photo from your profile, or remove the tag altogether. On Android, simple tap the Remove Tag option to nix the tag; on iOS, you’ll first need to tap More Options, then tap Remove Me from Photo.
8. Get notifications when Instagrammers you follow post photos
Ever since Instagram first launched, your main photos feed has always showed the most recent photos posted by your Instagram pals first, in strict chronological order.
Ben PattersonYou’ll never miss a post from your favorite Instagrammer once you turn on post notifications.
Recently, though, Instagram said it would start testing a new, Facebook-style algorithm that would favor the posts that it thinks you’ll want to see the most.
Of course, that means the most recent pictures from your Instagram friends might not necessarily appear first in your Instagram feed.
Instagram swears that it’s taking baby steps with its nascent feed algorithm, with Instagram cofounder Kevin Systrom promising (to the New York Times) that “it’s not like people will wake up tomorrow and have a different Instagram.”
That said, the advice of some panicked Instagram users—to turn on alerts for new posts from specific users—isn’t a bad one.
When you’re looking at the Instagram feed of someone you’re following, you can tap the three-dot menu button in the top corner of the screen, then tap Turn on Post Notifications.
Once that’s done, you’ll get an alert whenever that particular Instagram friend posts a photo, whether Instagram’s percolating feed algorithm thinks that user is important or not.
9. See (or remove) your photos on a map
If you tag your posted photos with a location, anyone on Instagram (or just your approved followers, in the case of private accounts) can tap the location tab on your profile screen to see your geotagged snapshots on a world map.
You can wipe photos off your Instagram photo map by tapping Edit, then tapping the snapshots you want removed.
Don’t like that idea? Then go to the location tab on your profile, tap the Edit button in the top-right corner of the screen, tap a photo to remove its location tag, then tap Done.
You can also click the grid button near the bottom of the screen to see all your visible geotagged snapshots at once; you can then tap Edit and select any photos you want to wipe off the map.
How to Like Messages on Instagram in 3 Simple Steps
- You can like messages on Instagram in a similar fashion to liking a post or comment.
- Unlike public posts and comments where you can like by tapping a heart icon, you have to double tap to like a direct message.
- This story is part of Business Insider's Guide to Instagram.
Instagram, like many other social media platforms, allows users to interact in a private messaging setting in addition to the features that make up the majority of its use.
Users can send direct messages to other users, including text, images, and even other Instagram posts. Similar to its public posts, users can "like" direct messages as well.
Here's how to like messages on Instagram.
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How to like messages on Instagram
1. Open your Instagram app. From your main Instagram feed, tap on the icon in the upper right corner of the screen that resembles an arrow or a paper airplane. If you have unread messages, a red badge with a number will appear on top of the icon.
Tap to open up your direct message box. Chrissy Montelli/Business Insider2.
Tap on the conversation you want to view.
3. To like one of the messages this person has sent you, simply double-tap on the message you wish to "like." Once you've liked a message, you can double-tap it again to undo the "like."
Double tap to like the message. Chrissy Montelli/Business InsiderKeep in mind that liking a message is distinct from liking a comment or post on Instagram.
Instagram posts and comments will have a small heart icon that you can tap in order to like that post or comment.
Liking a message requires having a direct messaging conversation with another user, and doesn't include a visible heart icon until after you've already liked the message.
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How to write posts on Instagram
On March 4, 2022, Roskomnadzor decided to block Facebook, and on March 11, 2022, to block Instagram. If you are in Russia, most likely, both social networks are currently unavailable to you.
But we have some useful material for you.
(For those who have social networks working - the text of the article is below, under the list of links)
Telegram:
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VKontakte:
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Zen:
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No kidding - just start writing like this, and then tell the idea that you wanted to convey. Such an informal beginning will allow you to remove psychological clamps, fear of a blank sheet, and so on.
Just don't forget to edit the post before publishing!
If you find this opening too brash and rude, start with a more cultured version: "Imagine."
The remaining 17 tips may be less extravagant, but no less effective.
Write to a “friend” / understand the target audience
I sometimes encounter resistance from novice authors: “I don’t know what to write about, well, don’t write about the fact that I drank coffee.”
Tip: start "corresponding" with a "friend". It may be real, it may be fictional, but it must be similar to the target audience.
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Start “telling” a “friend” about what you do, for whom, why, what is the benefit of your product. Then copy everything that you wrote in the "correspondence" and combine it into one post.
Everyone can chat with friends - use this superpower to create cool texts.
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MoreIf you don't feel like writing, don't write
In courses on SMM or content marketing, it is recommended to publish posts daily. Such an attitude makes many people grind out content for Instagram, at best it turns out to be nothing.
You don't have to post every day to promote your account. It is not necessary to write to promote an account.
If you don't like writing, you can try another format. Record a video, shoot a screencast, draw a comic. Look for your format, your way of communication with subscribers, which will be comfortable and allow you to convey the necessary information.
Don't forget paragraphs
Any text will be easier to read if it contains paragraphs. Beat fragments with different semantic accents from each other with an empty line.
By the way, we recently mentioned a telegram bot that helps you create beautiful captions on Instagram with the right formatting.
Follow the rule: one thought = one post
The fewer ideas in the text, the easier it is perceived. Do a boring exercise:
- Ask yourself, "Why is this post needed?" / state the purpose of the post.
- Ask yourself: "Does this text fit the purpose?"
- Ask yourself, "Is this paragraph fit for purpose?"
- Ask yourself, "Is this proposal fit for purpose?"
- Everything that does not match - delete!
Send large text to the gallery
On Instagram, it is better to write small notes, shorter than 2,000 characters.
Long text - shorten it.
If there's no way to shorten it, try putting it in the first comment or take a screenshot and send it to the gallery. Both options are not very good, but I would choose “put text on photos in the gallery”, because this way you can additionally involve your subscribers in reading the post, and the first comment is better to use for hashtags.
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Use subtitles in videos
If you publish videos in which what you say is important, put subtitles in the video. A lot of people watch videos without sound, and subtitles help to understand that "some important information is being transmitted."
Some mobile applications immediately record video and transcribe everything you say (eg Clipomatic, Clips). You can shoot a video immediately with a teleprompter, reading the prepared text, and then place it as subtitles in any video editor.
Work on the text all the time
Publishing every day is useful, but not necessary, but you need to work with the text every day!
Creating text is like fitness.
The winner is not the one who bought a gym membership for six months, went to the gym once, worked out on all the simulators, and after two weeks walked with dead hands. The winner is the one who does a little every day and each time monitors the exercise technique and increases the load.
It's the same with content - it's more important to accustom yourself to work on a daily basis. Analyze old posts, look for ways to improve. Analyze other people's posts, reflect on why they turned out good, while others turned out worse. Read books, take courses (for example, on SMM in TeachLine) and so on.
Write STA
Every post should have calls to action, without this post and not a post at all! Call for different actions:
- Ask subscribers for their opinion on some issue
- Tell stories and find out if anyone has experienced something similar.
- Ask to follow the links in the profile, make reposts and so on.
Always!
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People like people, and most of all we like ourselves. When people read a text and recognize themselves in it, the text elicits more reactions. And it gives more coverage than the text is not about us.
Make a Powerful Intro
Instagram doesn't have headlines, but that doesn't mean you can skip a powerful intro. If the first sentence is about nothing, far fewer people will want to read on.
Delete 35% without looking
Any text can be shortened without losing its meaning. Remove verbal garbage, repetitions, interjections, gerunds, and so on. With a 99% chance, your text will become better if it is shortened.
Use imagery
If you find it difficult to start writing - you know what, but don't know how to approach - put yourself in the place of someone and ask: "What would he do in such a situation?" I like to ask myself: “So, Ilya, you don’t write, what would Martin Eden do in this situation?”
Decisions aren't always right, but I get off the ground and start writing.
Choose your favorite hero or the hero who would be able to act correctly in your situation.
Insert stories from the past
Use storytelling.
For example, first define the purpose of the post, say: "I want people to buy subscriptions for 24 cups of coffee through direct, it will be cheaper than buying a subscription in coffee pods." Then identify the key association or thought you want to convey. Let's say "economy".
Next, take 5 minutes to meditate, take a deep breath and try to remember an incident from the past that would fall into this association. Tell this story and tie it to your goal.
Write from the end
Posts can be divided into different structures and models: someone writes using AIDA, someone uses the slippery slide of Sugarman.
But try to move away from the structure and first write the sentence that should be at the end. Then write a sentence that should come before the last one.
If you still have time, write a sentence that should come before the penultimate sentence. And so on until the very beginning.
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Write the way you speak
Just read everything you have written out loud. Really out loud, loud and with expression, rather than quickly mumbling under your breath. If there was not enough air or stumbled when they said something, rewrite it.
There is another option: first sketch out the abstract, then start explaining, and then transcribe it into text.
Light it up!
If you write posts just because you need to write them, you probably won't do well. It is much more profitable to write about things that you can't keep silent about, about those that you can't…
You can limit yourself to a choice and always write only on 2-5 topics that you understand, that are important to you.
And you can learn to get involved in any topic with which you work.
Remember
Actually, there are no rules.
If you try, you can find 100,500 people who will advise something else. Perhaps these people will be more professional writers than I am.
But it doesn't matter: just take it and try to follow the recommendations that you personally like. If you need help with promotion on Instagram, you can contact Texterra.
How to view liked posts on Instagram ❤ step by step
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Instagram bookmarks are a great feature that allows you to save someone else's content to other users in personal folders for later use. This is a great way to save ideas for a content plan, or get creative with ad layouts.
Each saved photo or video is bookmarked and placed in the app's collection, not on the smartphone or tablet. You can then view all your saved photos at any time by opening the "Saved" section in the Instagram app.
But if you forgot to save this photo or video, then there is an opportunity to see the publications you like on Instagram.
How to see liked posts on Instagram
But there is so much content uploaded to Instagram every day that it's often hard to find what you've seen before. However, what if you didn't bookmark the post, but liked it instead?
- When browsing the Browse tab, if you come across a photo or video that you want to see later, it's a good idea to click the Bookmark icon and then Save to Collection. Be aware that if you double-click on a post instead, it will not appear in the Browse tab.
How to add a post to the "Saved" collection.
- To follow the example: Find a post you want to view later. Instead of clicking the Bookmark icon, double-tap a post to like it (or tap the Heart icon if you prefer).
- Now go back to the Browse tab and the current view will clear and it's unlikely you'll find the same photo again.
- Click the profile icon and then the three horizontal bars. Next, go to "Settings", then "Account" and scroll down the page to the item "Posts you like".
- Here you will see all the posts you have ever liked on Instagram, right from the start. The topmost post (the first one) is the most recent, and here you can click on it again to view it full screen.
Where are all the posts you liked on Instagram? Thanks to her, you will not lose important messages postponed for later; liked photos and profiles; You will be able to follow the updates of the comments to the post that excites you.
Where to see all liked posts on Instagram.
Like these days is not just about showing respect to someone.
This is a great opportunity to note for yourself things that have a unique value and give new knowledge.
Thanks to this feature, you can return to them again and again. Therefore, we advise you to read the step-by-step guide on how to get more likes on Instagram.
Also keep in mind that if you commented on a photo or video but forgot to like it, it won't show up in the Liked Posts tab on Instagram.
So be careful and make sure you like it (unless, of course, you want to be able to return to this post in the future).
Not too long ago, you could easily see what your followers like. To do this, you had to click on the "Heart" icon in the bottom menu bar.
This tab had two options at the top of the screen: "You" and "Subscription". The Follow tab displayed posts liked by the people you followed.
However, Instagram support decided to remove this tab, explaining that only a few users knew about its existence. Consequently, this option was hardly used and Instagram considered that it was not necessary.
