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Spreading your reach to new audiences on Instagram takes time and effort. It's not only about taking unique photos and curating an exciting feed. You should choose the time of day wisely, connect with popular brands, and take advantage of hashtags. Unfortunately, hashtags can make it seem like you're trying too hard, but you can make them invisible — in stories, at least.

Adding a hashtag to an Instagram story gives your photo or video the chance to be featured on that hashtag page, along with other public posts and stories that are shared with that same hashtag. The more hashtags, the better, but you don't want to clutter your photo or video. To prevent a mess, there are three ways to make hashtags "invisible" but still functional using your iPhone or Android.

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Option 1: Minimize Your Hashtags Until They Disappear

The first way to hide your hashtags is by making them too small to see. It actually works better on iOS than it does on Android for some reason.

Tap on the "Aa" button in your story's pic or video, type in the #hashtag, then tap "Done" in the top right. Next, use your fingers to pinch in on the hashtag, and continue doing it until it's too tiny to see. Alternatively, instead of using the text options, you can hit the sticker button, select #HASHTAG, type your tag out, hit "Done," then shrink it by pinching.

On iOS, it will look like it disappeared entirely, while on Android, it gets really tiny but still visible, so you might want to hide it over a similar color in the image.

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Option 2: Drag Your Hashtags Out of the Frame

The second way to hide your hashtags is by merely dragging them off-screen. Again, use the "Aa" button or #HASHTAG sticker to add a tag. Then, instead of shrinking it, pull it off of the visible frame at the top or bottom. While you could drag it off to the sides, it's much harder to do so. Either way, the hashtag will continue to work for your story, but it will remain out of sight.

Option 3: Change Your Hashtags' Color to Blend In

The last option you can use to make your hashtags invisible is by blending them into your photo or video. Let's say you have a large patch of black in the image; just change the color of your hashtag's characters and throw it over the same color.

Again, use the "Aa" button, but this time, we don't recommend using the #HASHTAG sticker. There are minimal options for colors on the sticker, so you're better off just using a text-based hashtag.

Before typing out your #hashtag, choose a color from the options. If the color you want isn't there, use the color picker and tap the color in the image where you want to hide the tag. Once you've got the color, type in the hashtag, shrink it if necessary, and hide it in the color. You can also type it out first, select all of the characters, then choose the color. Either way, it should disappear if the colors were the same.

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How to tag someone on Instagram story without it showing

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Instagram Stories are a great way to capture certain events such as concerts, sporting events, weddings, days out etc.

You can add tags and filters to your story posts too, giving them a digital scrapbook kind of feel. One thing that users often tag on images are the people they are with at the time and for whatever reason, a recent trend is to make these tags hidden.

In this article, we are going to explain how you can go about tagging someone on an Instagram story without it showing and also talk you through some other cool Instagram story features. Let’s get started.

To tag someone on your Instagram story, you are first of all going to need to post something on to your story. The best and easiest way to do this is via the mobile phone app.

Open the app up and and select the add story icon on the top left hand side of the screen. From here, you will be able to select which photographs and/or videos you want to add to your story.

To add a tag and to then make it invisible, follow these steps:

  1. Once selected the photo you want to add to your story, select the ‘Aa’ button from the list of buttons on the top of the screen.
  2. Select the ‘@ mention’ button from the bottom bar.
  3. Enter in the name of the user that you want to tag in the story and select their account when it appears.
  4. Using your index finger slide the tag as far to the right as you can possibly go until it disappears from the screen. The tag will still be active but it just won’t be showing on the story.
  5. Alternatively, use your thumb and index finger and repeatedly close them together to shrink the tag down. Eventually, the tag will be so small that no one will be able to see it on your story.

When you do this, the user(s) you are tagging will be notified that they’ve been tagged in the story.

The benefit of this is that you can still share your memories with friends without clogging up space on the post with a large tag.

The same methods can also apply if you want to tag a location on your story. The ability to add invisible hashtags to your Instagram post is fairly straightforward.

Although the merits of doing this seem pointless because if you are prepared to go to the trouble of making a location tag invisible then you may as well not include it in your story in the first place.

Other ways to make the most of Instagram stories

Instagram stories is a feature of Instagram that first launched in 2016 which allows users to create a 24 hour collage of images and videos that will expire once the one day period is over.

It is almost identical to the Snapchat story feature which offers the same functionality.

While we’ve focused on people and location tags in this article, don’t be fooled into thinking these are the only additions you can make to your Instagram stories.

Below are some other things that you can do to make your stories stand out from the crowd:

Add in filters

Filters are one of the most popular tools on Instagram stories and were what made Snapchat so popular before Instagram nabbed the idea.

Regardless of ‘who did it first’, it’s fair to say that Instagram have taken filters to another level. In order to add filters to your Instagram story, please follow these steps:

  1. Add a picture to your Instagram story.
  2. From the top bar of options, select the the icon with the three stars.
  3. Scroll through the different filters until you find one which make your initial photograph look even better.
Add engagement bait

If you are looking for people to engage with your Instagram story, then the platform offers up plenty of different stickers that will entice people in.

From polls that you can create yourself to sliding scales where other user’s can rate what you’ve posted, Instagram has you covered. In order to access these stickers, follow these steps:

  1. Add a picture to your Instagram story.
  2. Select the sticker icon from the top menu bar.
  3. Scroll through the available stickers and select one which you think will get people engaging with your story the most.
Overlay a photo on top of a video

While many people believe that you can only add images OR videos to your Instagram story, you can actually overlay an image on top of a video too.

This is a cool way of potentially creating your own meme and going viral. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Add a video to your story.
  2. Select the sticker icon from the top menu bar.
  3. Select the photo sticker, followed by the image you want to add to your video.
  4. Play around with the image, resizing it where necessary to match up with what you had in your head.

Though you can add more than one tag to your Instagram, it’s still not possible for you to search multiple hashtags at the same time.

Conclusion

To conclude, adding an Instagram tag and making it invisible isn’t too difficult of a task to execute and if you follow our instructions in this article then you will get it done quickly. You can add invisible hashtags by making them smaller or even changing the hashtags colour.

On top of that, there are many other cool features on Instagram that you should make the most of, some of which we have discussed here. Enjoy!

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If you are an active user on a social network, use it to promote goods and services, or maintain a personal account, you probably noticed that some users mark establishments, relatives, and so on in their stories. The function is convenient and practical: you need to register a nickname and then everyone will be able to go to the marked one by clicking on the posted material. There are many reasons for the mention. But there are always a lot of questions: how to mark and add a person to Instagram stories, indicate and mention people's accounts on the page with insta stories, how to mark the profile of a friend, group or some user in the text under the photo on Instagram and make it profitable for subscribers. We will talk about this.

  • About the theory
  • Peculiarities
  • How to mark a person in the Instagram story if the system gives an error
  • How to work on a computer
  • Business Benefits
  • Conclusion

About the theory

So, with the help of the functionality today it became possible to add not only your colleagues, relatives, but also organizations to the feed. While browsing, readers will be able to click on the mark and go to the page of the marked user. It is not difficult to do this, we do the following steps:

  1. Open the app and go to your profile and stories.
  2. Taking a photo or video, or uploading existing material from the phone's gallery.
  3. The next step in the mechanism of how to mention a person on Instagram in a story is to click on the “Aa” icon, which is located in the upper right corner.
  4. We touch the screen, write the text, register the dog sign and the login of the desired user. If you do not want to make an inscription - just indicate the nickname. You can fully enter a nickname or start typing it, and then the system itself will offer a list of your friends whose nicknames begin with these letters. Please note that you can add no more than 10 nicknames to the story.
  5. And the final stage of the process - click the "Share" button.
  6. The user will receive a message that you mentioned them in the story. SMS will be displayed for 24 hours, then automatically deleted.
  7. Now your subscribers can view the materials and go to the page of the specified reader.

Features

We looked at the mechanism of how to highlight a person in an Instagram story. Now let's take a look at the features.

  1. First of all, don't forget that the user will receive a message that you mentioned them in your story. If someone has referred you, you will also receive a notification.
  2. As mentioned above, the maximum number of marked is 10.
  3. The person you tagged does not have the right to remove the tag if he does not want to "shine" in your story. However, he can complain to the administration of the social network if he is not satisfied with this situation.
  4. Any user can see who is tagged in posts or stories. To do this, open the profile and click on the last section from the right edge, as shown in the image:

How to mark a person in the Instagram story if the system gives an error

We have considered the standard mechanism. However, it does not always allow you to achieve the desired result and you have to look for alternative methods.

As a rule, errors and problems arise in cases where the user incorrectly performed one or another item. For example, if you have 11 friends or more, the story will not be published. You need to either remove a few tags so that the number of tagged users does not exceed 10, or divide the number of people you want to tag into 2-3 stories. Experts recommend dedicating a separate publication to each of the readers, with their own picture / video and text, description.

Another common reason is that the nickname was entered incorrectly. In this case, the system cannot find the required page and, accordingly, it also fails to link to it. Please note that there should not be spaces, numbers, punctuation marks, and so on between the dog and the login. If you are on the blacklist of a user, unfortunately, you will not be able to mark it either. Therefore, before mentioning a person, check if he has not blocked or he has access to you.

How to use the computer

Business accounts are usually maintained from a PC. It is much more convenient and easier, and most analytics tools work better on a computer. To do this, you will need a special service - SMM Planner, which, for sure, many are already familiar with.

Some people prefer to use Android emulators for PC, such as Blue Stacks. However, using Blue Stacks is not the easiest way. This is explained by the need to install the official version.

So, let's look at the SMM Planner mechanism:

  1. Open the service and go through a simple registration procedure, then confirm the specified email address. Now we go to the created account. The service is paid, but each registered is provided with 50 free publications. Please note that they are given monthly. But they do not accumulate, but are updated every month.
  2. Now we start working in the service. Activate an existing account. This is required to get started. Enter the name, password, data for synchronization and select "Connect".
  3. Next "Create post" and then "Schedule". Please note that you cannot immediately post publications in SMM Planner, they can only be scheduled, at least 5 minutes in advance.
  4. Select a photo or video and then "Send as Stories".
  5. Next, you need to click on the icon, which is located in the right corner at the bottom of the photo.
  6. After that, the system automatically sends us to the section where users should be marked. As already mentioned, the maximum number for stories is 10 people. We left-click on the photo and an empty line opens in front of us for entering information.
  7. Enter a nickname, and then click on the magnifying glass icon. Choose a friend's name and click on his nickname. At the end, click "OK":
  8. After that, set the time when you want to publish stories, and click "OK".

Now we just have to wait for the publication to be made and receive enthusiastic likes.

Business benefits

  1. Advertising. With a solid audience of subscribers, you can sell marks in the story, as well as mentions and ads in regular publications. Imagine, a well-known blogger says that he has purchased a quality item in a store and indicates it through a dog sign. Naturally, this will inspire consumer confidence, increase the influx of audience to the store page.
  2. Collaborations. The term implies the creation of common content, product, event, with which all areas of collaboration are shared for maximum coverage of the target audience, it is possible to cover the total audience of 3-4 pages or more.
  3. Mutual PR. Feature him in your story and he'll tag you in return. As a result, everyone will get new subscribers.
  4. Gamification of users. The latest trend in the promotion of both personal and business profiles is the organization of a kind of quests and games. You can post tasks in stories. For example, direct readers to the partner's account "XXX", indicating it, and subscribe. The next task is already placed in the stories "XXX", a new mark leads to "UUU". You can find partners for a common quest or develop your additional profiles in this way. Gamification looks more natural and thanks to this it brings good results today.

Conclusion

We've covered all the questions and figured out what it's for. Experiment, combine the above methods and develop your own account!

Worked on the material by:

Ekaterina Zhiteneva

Lead copywriter

How to tag a person in Instagram Stories: tagging in Stories

In September 2018, Instagram introduced the ability to make mentions in Stories. This allows you to tag a person in the Instagram Story, both in the video and in the photo. No more than 10 people can be tagged in one Story.

Using mentions, you can tag friends, colleagues and any other accounts. Thanks to the new sticker, you no longer need to manually type the user's nickname in text format. Just start typing the first letters of the name and Instagram will prompt the right user.

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How to tag a person in Instagram Stories

Step 1 . To tag a person on Instagram Stories, you need to start adding Stories as you normally would. Choose a suitable photo or video that will favorably emphasize the mention. Then, tap on the sticker icon at the top and in the set that appears, select "Mention".

Step 2 . After that, we begin to enter the nickname of the person we want to mention. During the input, hints will appear - users whose nicknames begin with the entered letters. Priority is given to your followers, and then the most popular accounts.

Step 3 . Further, by clicking on the mention itself, you can change its design and choose one of three design options: regular, transparent or color.

Step 4 . At the end, click "Recipient" and on the selection page for whom the History will be visible, select "For everyone".

The story with the mention will be published within a few seconds. When viewing Stories, clicking on the mentions will bring up a tooltip with a link to the tagged account.

You can mention any account, except for the ones that blocked you.

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How to view marks in stories

If someone marks you in their History, you will receive a corresponding message in Direct. In the event that you are not subscribed to the user who mentioned you, the messages will go to "Requests for Correspondence". When you are subscribed - immediately in the messages.

When you open a message, you can view the Story in which you were mentioned. Also, you can share this Story with your followers.

How to remove mentions on Instagram

You can't completely turn off mentions in your account's stories until the social network has added this feature in the settings.

That being said, if someone posts inappropriate or negative material, you can report it. To do this, open the Story with a mention, click on the three dots in the "Send a message" field at the very bottom of the screen.

An additional menu will appear, where there will be one single button - "Report", after tapping on it, you need to select the option of the complaint "This is spam" or "Inappropriate materials".

Why there is no “Mention” sticker in Stories

Since mentions appeared quite recently, some users may have a problem with their absence.

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