Thanks for the info. I am brand new to IG, especially marketing. Aside, can you tell me what type of mic and editor you use to create your youtube videos? Thanks in advance!
I am using a boom mic from Rode that plugs into the camera, and also into the computer or phone when I do screen recordings (with an adapter). You can see it here: www.amazon.com/shop/fiveminutesocialmedia For editing I use Camtasia! I got it at my day job a few years ago and really like it. It's not as robust as Adobe Premiere, but does all I need it to for animations, screen recordings and graphics.
IT'S AWESOME THAT YOU REPLY TO EVERY SINGLE COMMENT. I DO THE SAME THING. I WANNA GROW I JUST HATE THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU GET TO A CERTAIN POINT, THEN YOU CANT POSSIBLY GET TO EVERYONE.
I do my best. Unfortunately there is no perfect method. Sometimes I'll be looking at something on an older video and there will be a new comment from a couple months ago that never came up under Comments.
Seriously, thank you! I felt like I was insta savvy but I was clueless about stories until I watched your tutorial. I still had to look up how to have mixed media in one story. Like having one picture and then a video, etc. Definitely need to add that in here. :)
Hey !! I’m looking for a video on explanation on how Instagram explore page works and how to get on explore.. I feel like you’re the only guy I can understand if you explain and make a video about it.. the other people be getting me confused. By the way, I’ve learned a lot from you for my business page
I'm glad the videos have been helpful! I haven't made a video on the Instagram Explore page, but I can tell you it is the ultimate in Instagram. Everyone's explore page is different, depending on the things they browse and engage with. The main thing I'll tell you is to find hashtags people are searching for but that aren't TOO popular. That's the key. If you have a post with one (or more) of those hashtags, then you're likely to come up on someone's Explore page. Of course you also want to make sure your regular posts are awesome too so if you do get discovered people will follow you!
I'm late to the party, and most people I ask don't know this stuff either so I appreciate this tutorial. Need to watch it a few times though. Big THANK YOU!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm a clothing reseller on several platforms but need to learn more about IG. Until now, I really only knew how to post photos of my clothing!
If that's working Gina you can still do some of that, but definitely think about other ways to get your audience involved too. Glad the video was helpful!
This video was terrific! I hesitated to click on it because it shows that it's 12 minutes, BUT! You covered everything very well. It wasn't long and boring. It was straight to the point, but covered a lot. I feel like I will refer to this video in the future until I get the hang of things on IG. Thanks a bunch!!
Great question Alexis! They aren't notified, but when you share a story to your Close Friends, it is marked as such in the story. So if I watch your story and see it is just for Close Friends, I'll know I'm in that group. Does that make sense?
Thanks for going over everything in an easy to diguest way. I'm just getting into using instagram stories now even though it's been out for ages, so finding a good video on all the basics was difficult.
Thank you so much ! this really helped me. I made a new track and wanted to post on my stories and didnt know what the hell was going on, lol. Now that i watched your video, ive learnt i can do all sorts of things ! thank you sir ! i will most probably watch this again coz there was alot here that one can do.
Thank you!! I've been putting off how to learn instagram stories and you helped me learn it so quickly and made it look so easy! I'm about to post my first instastory! Wish me luck!!
I didn't know how My Story worked AT ALL! I'm an older Millennial. Thank you for your concise thoroughness quite under 20 minutes! Dang. I want to be able to present like that.
Jerry your content is really useful and I appreciate it. I just have one small suggestion to make the channel better and that is to get rid of the echo. It's really not listener friendly. Besides that your work is really sensational. Your upbeat personality really draws the audience in and keeps them interested. Great work.
hi, Thanks for the tutorial! I hope you can help with 2 more questions about stories: 1. Can I post live photos from gallery to a story? How? 2. If I'm posting a series of photos (5-8) from my phone library to a story, is there a way to add a continuous song track for the whole story? When I tried, I had to manually cut the song and insert for each photo... is there a way to have the track automatically continue to the next photo? how do I do that? Thanks!
Thanks for your question! Unfortunately, Jerry Potter can’t get to all of them, but if you still need an answer feel free to post it in our free Facebook Community: facebook.com/groups/fiveminutesocialmedia/
Thank you for the video! I wanted to get into Instagram stories but didn't really know where to start! Now I have a basic understanding of every option possible! Can't wait to try things out!
Hey Jerry, I'm a newbie to Instagram and am finding your tutorials really helpful, clear and uncluttered. Can you please clarify what the @ and # represent? For instance, will I add a # for a particular genre, e.g. art and a @ to show someone else's Instagram page? Thanks, Sandi
Feel really dumb asking this questions. 1) Once you've added a photo, and zoomed out so it doesn't fill the whole screen...how do you change the background colour behind it? 2) How do you add more than one photo/video to the screen - so you might have a photo at the top left, and a video playing at the bottom right?
Hi Jaydene! Stories don't let you add more than one image or video - you'd have to produce that in another program like this: ruclips.net/video/VtGe9JjgU8E/видео.html As far as changing the background color, this isn't something that is available behind the photo - the background color comes from the photo. You could do it from a 3rd party app. You can also use the paint tool to paint a certain color background, or you can just use the text background colors (as shown in this tutorial) to make your text pop. It sounds like you want to get fancier with your production (which is awesome!), so you'll need 3rd party tools to put the stories together before putting them in Instagram.
Excellent overview Jerry. Before stumbling across your post here, I was hesitant about getting into Instagram Stories. Your post demystified this animal for me and now I can't wait to dive in. I believe it will enhance my ministry by adding a real face to the content I write and podcast about on my website. Thank you very much. I'm now a subscriber of yours. Can't wait for your next post. Blessings.
I just found you, You are my savior, I am really new to Instagram, and your video has been very useful. There's few differences in my Android. But I'm learning. I need to be a professional in this now. Before didn't even like it, but I have to learn. Thanks
Loved how you mentioned your two (not so tiny) super heroes at home, I finally get Instagram Stories, thanks. I would love more ideas as to when to post
Glad the video was helpful Corinne! As far as when to post Stories, the first place to start is when you think your audience is most likely to be online. The other strategy is to post throughout the day so you always have fresh content.
Learned a lot from your video...one question I still have is...to make a separate story you have to wait until the previous one disappears after 24 hours correct? In my case I tried within the 24 hours and I could not find a way for it to not just piggyback onto the previous story.
No need to wait, just follow the same steps (starting with the Camera). The new story just shows up after the last one. As each story reaches the 24 hour mark it will automatically delete. Does that make sense Phillip?
First Time here! Great video, I would just mention that I wish the subtitles weren't on top the of the images because we can't see the explanation clearly.
Jerry, thank you so much for these videos. If there's a better place to leave a question please let me know. I'm wondering if you have a video that talks about how to actually create a business account and it works with a personal one? Can you change what business account is attached to your personal one?
On Instagram a profile is either Business or Personal, they aren't connected like they are on Facebook. Here's a video about converting to a business profile: ruclips.net/video/jdKHAX2_xFs/видео.html
Hi Jerry...great hints and tips....Really enjoy watching your videos and getting alot out of them! Thank you! Just a quick question - are your videos more targeted towards people with iphones? Unfortunately, I've got an android and can't find most of the functions that you mention. Would you do a more generic video to cover off on Androids? Cheers Irma
Great video but I’m still confused 🤯 how do I make a continuous instastory? When I’m trying to show items I’ve purchased, it only adds five blocks then the rest of my video doesn’t post. I hope you understand what I’m trying to say. Thanks
Your content is great. Thank you. Do you have an IG Stories tutorial that talks more about posting videos (specifically videos that are, say 2 minutes long)?
It's not really made for 2 minute videos, but to do that you can use an app to break it into 15-second chunks (Instagram will only do that up to 4 chunks, so a one-minute video). Check out CutStory or StorySplitter - they should both work great!
IMPORTANT!! You covered the “link” icon. What do you do if you don’t have one? And when you do have one how can you link it to send people directly to your website? Thank you. Your video was helpful.
Only accounts with more than 10,000 followers can share a link directly in Instagram Stories. Otherwise you have to send people to your profile to click the link there. Hopefully they'll give all of us the ability to add links at some point!
Thanks a million! Finally found someone who would show me the basics for Instagram 2019. I'm following you and look forward to all of your tips and guidance.
Like others I'm relatively new to Instagram and watch stacks of RUclips tutorials. Needless to say I like yours the best but ... how do I get any work done? so interesting, helpful, and so much to learn that I forget what my core business is!!! I've taken to only watching on big screen so I don't get distracted by all the pretty pictures on the right of my screen!
Ha, yes, they can take up a lot of time! It all comes down to your business goals. If getting people to engage through Instagram Stories brings you business then it might be worth it. But if it doesn't bring you clients/customers then it's not worth it (unless you do it for fun). 😀
Hey, unfortunately, Jerry Potter can’t get to all of the questions but if you still need an answer you’re welcome to post it in our free Facebook Community: facebook.com/groups/fiveminutesocialmedia/
Yep. It is on personal accounts not business accounts. Btw. Exceptional content and format. I just St. Discovered you channel. Thank you for what you do!
thanks, Jerry! good stuff. very explanatory for this 41 year old wanting to create helpful content for others!! small critique - audio for your screenflow stuff was great, but i almost clicked off the video because your audio for your talking head stuff is really echoey/tinny sounding. a little rode mic would go a long way! cheers!!
Hey Ryan! I use . RODE mic, but it's a boom and is further away than what is ideal - when I do the screenshare it is closer. I also have a lavalier that I used for a video the other day and noticed a dramatic difference, and may switch to that. Thanks for the feedback!
GREAT WORK!!!!! I wonder if you would be kind enough to share how to get highlight stories to show up. I don't see it on my account. Thanx in advance...
Hi & Thank you! How come several ppl have their stories 'stored"? If I give tips, I dont want those to be deleted, what do I need to do to keep it? Thnx for answering!
Thank you so much that was very helpful. Question: Do you do individual help with IG? You went so fast that I want to make sure I understand all of it. Thank you again.
Great video thank you! For some reason I don't have the music option in my IG Stories. I even tried deleting the app, re-installing and logging in again and still no music. Any idea why?
Since the stories auto delete after 24 hours, is there a way to save the whole story as one file (I saw where you showed you can save a photo so I'm assuming you can save each portion of the story individually). So glad I found you on here, I've learned a lot.
Great question! Watch the story you want to save and click the 3 dots in the bottom corner, choose Save, and then it will ask you if you want to save the photo or the whole story. Glad the videos have been helpful Mark!
This is an awesome tutorial except that my iphone doesn't have the same screen and options as yours? I have deleted the IG app and reloaded - not sure what is up with this. Also - my stories screen doesn't have music. any suggestions?
Hi Kim! Sorry your screen looks different - as you know they make lots of changes. I'm planning an updated version of this tutorial this year. Regarding Music, it's very hit and miss. My music sticker seems to regularly show up and then disappear. I think it's because of ongoing changes to the agreements with the record companies.
Hi Trevor! Your Stories are automatically saved in a personal archive, but others can't see them. But you can choose specific Stories as "Highlights" on your profile. Here's how that works: studio.ruclips.net/user/videoaMlWuaE7QIo/edit
Hey Jerry - well done. I was wondering if/how one can add multiple photos (scroll or swipe) in a story post. Also, is there a way to archive posts beyond the 24 hour delete period? I may want to do a theme over a period of days or weeks and have all the posts for that theme available to viewers. Thanks!
To add multiple photos you can create a collage using a graphics program, or just keep adding each photo as a "new" story, then people can click through them. Keeping Stories can be done - they're called Highlights: ruclips.net/video/aMlWuaE7QIo/видео.html
I was told you can make stories that are actually saved and categorized. For instance, I saw a travel blogger who had various stories saved under various country categories, and I guess these stories don't get deleted after 24 hours? It's all confusing to me. Anyway, I'd love to know more about that. Also...a friend told me that you can actually use an already existing normal post as a story as a way to draw more attention to it. Finally...you mentioned that you needed 10,000 ore more followers in order to link to something. We want to link to our blog, but you're saying we can't do that until we get to 10,000? Thanks for all of your information in this video, it was a lot, but as we are looking to grow our following, I guess we'll have to start using stories if that's a good way to do it.
Hi Aaron! What you are referring to are Instagram Story Highlights, and here's how to use them: ruclips.net/video/aMlWuaE7QIo/видео.html To share a post in your story, simply tap the share button (looks like a paper airplane) on the post. Yes, you can't link in a story until you have 10,000 followers. 😕 I have some so-so workarounds I've been using: facebook.com/MrJerryPotter/videos/387843835112224/
Thanks for the video especially enjoyed the way you should looks going on the screen without your thumb swiping etc Just a really professional job thank you
Thanks so much! Concise clear tutorial 😁 My question is: as a viewer, is there a way to slow down or pause someone’s story? Often they go by so fast I can’t read the included text. Thanks 😊
This is great, thank you, I like the screen recording, do you mind me asking what App you use, I've been using Mobizen but theres no feature to use the arrows like you do. Would love to know how that is done 👍❤😊
You can save them to your camera roll and post them again later, but they will lose clickable elements (like polls, hashtags). You can also go into your archive and re-share stories from there.
Thanks! Glad it was helpful :) If you're interested I'm leading a 5-day challenge to help you increase your Engagement, Reach, and Sales starting September 28th. It's FREE and you can sign up here: www.fmsmpro.com/ers-challenge Don't wait though - registration will close the night before the challenge starts!
Thank you for your clear explanations in the fun videos. Love them. I have been trying to find what you can do with the left circled arrow on the right top of your screen when you click on a previous post picture in your profile. I can't find anywhere what it does. Hope you can help.
Ha, I had to read your description slowly to figure out what you were referring to. I have never seen that arrow before! Normally that would either be a Refresh or Undo button, but I don't know what you'd be undoing. How long have you seen it there? Like I said, I've never noticed it. It might be something they are testing but haven't fully activated.
@@mrjerrypotter It's a bummer I can't send a screenshot here. If you click on your profile you get an overview of your pictures/posts. When you click on one you see on the top of your screen this sign: < on the left. The word Photo in the middel and an arrow in a circle, counterclockwise, on the right. I don't understand what that one does. I looked on the phone of others and they have the samen.
Agreed! I wish we could share screenshots easily here. I was able to find it by your description, but as you said it doesn't seem to do anything. My guess is it is for a future feature.
Hi. Thanks so much for this tutorial - REALLY helpful! One question though - I don’t seem to have the music option. Is that because of a difference between the US and the UK?
Unfortunately no - some people have it and some don't, and there's been no official info from Instagram. I had it, then lost it for SIX MONTHS, then it showed up again a couple weeks ago. You could try deleting the app and reinstalling (sometimes that triggers an update), but it may be unrelated to that.
Great question Maya! You can click the down arrow at the top of the screen when creating a story and it will save what you have to your camera roll. Then you can select it from your camera roll later. FYI: When you save to your camera roll any stickers you have added will be "flattened," in otherwords they will become part of the video. So if you upload it later, stickers like @mentions or locations will still show up, but they won't be clickable. That's the workaround - there is no "save as draft" function"
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Instagram is growing so fast! Get more Instagram tutorials to help your business here: ruclips.net/p/PLL8dqobgNKbq16l0jlkGwqK17ubaEpvKj
Thanks for the info. I am brand new to IG, especially marketing. Aside, can you tell me what type of mic and editor you use to create your youtube videos? Thanks in advance!
I am using a boom mic from Rode that plugs into the camera, and also into the computer or phone when I do screen recordings (with an adapter). You can see it here: www.amazon.com/shop/fiveminutesocialmedia
For editing I use Camtasia! I got it at my day job a few years ago and really like it. It's not as robust as Adobe Premiere, but does all I need it to for animations, screen recordings and graphics.
IT'S AWESOME THAT YOU REPLY TO EVERY SINGLE COMMENT. I DO THE SAME THING. I WANNA GROW I JUST HATE THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU GET TO A CERTAIN POINT, THEN YOU CANT POSSIBLY GET TO EVERYONE.
I do my best. Unfortunately there is no perfect method. Sometimes I'll be looking at something on an older video and there will be a new comment from a couple months ago that never came up under Comments.
How do I put lyrics to my music ?
Seriously, thank you! I felt like I was insta savvy but I was clueless about stories until I watched your tutorial.
I still had to look up how to have mixed media in one story. Like having one picture and then a video, etc. Definitely need to add that in here. :)
Do you mean just adding to your story? Or do you mean mixed media on the screen at the same time?
I am loving this! Finally, found something that I can show my boss for her business.
I was wrong… Now I understand what you mean by “feed” as opposed to my profile. Thanks.
It took me 3 of 4 goes before I found a video that didn’t waste my time and cut to the chase. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful Justice!
Hey !! I’m looking for a video on explanation on how Instagram explore page works and how to get on explore.. I feel like you’re the only guy I can understand if you explain and make a video about it.. the other people be getting me confused. By the way, I’ve learned a lot from you for my business page
I'm glad the videos have been helpful!
I haven't made a video on the Instagram Explore page, but I can tell you it is the ultimate in Instagram. Everyone's explore page is different, depending on the things they browse and engage with. The main thing I'll tell you is to find hashtags people are searching for but that aren't TOO popular. That's the key. If you have a post with one (or more) of those hashtags, then you're likely to come up on someone's Explore page.
Of course you also want to make sure your regular posts are awesome too so if you do get discovered people will follow you!
I’m used to just posting a pic on Instagram. Now I can upgrade my game thank you 🙏🏻 very much.
My pleasure Joshua, good luck!
I'm late to the party, and most people I ask don't know this stuff either so I appreciate this tutorial. Need to watch it a few times though. Big THANK YOU!!!
I'm so glad it was helpful! And I love your name. 😀
Jerry- you are the best!!! What u explained in 12mins - took others waaaaaaaaay longer! Always start w Jerry!
Glad you enjoyed it Jennifer! We are all way to busy to be wasting time.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm a clothing reseller on several platforms but need to learn more about IG. Until now, I really only knew how to post photos of my clothing!
If that's working Gina you can still do some of that, but definitely think about other ways to get your audience involved too. Glad the video was helpful!
Great job explaining. Clear and concise!!
Glad it was helpful Karen!
This video was terrific! I hesitated to click on it because it shows that it's 12 minutes, BUT! You covered everything very well. It wasn't long and boring. It was straight to the point, but covered a lot. I feel like I will refer to this video in the future until I get the hang of things on IG. Thanks a bunch!!
Glad it was helpful Holly!
If you add people to close friends would they be notified ?
Great question Alexis! They aren't notified, but when you share a story to your Close Friends, it is marked as such in the story. So if I watch your story and see it is just for Close Friends, I'll know I'm in that group. Does that make sense?
Thanks for going over everything in an easy to diguest way. I'm just getting into using instagram stories now even though it's been out for ages, so finding a good video on all the basics was difficult.
Glad it was helpful, good luck with your Stories! It's my favorite platform.
Thank you so much ! this really helped me. I made a new track and wanted to post on my stories and didnt know what the hell was going on, lol. Now that i watched your video, ive learnt i can do all sorts of things ! thank you sir ! i will most probably watch this again coz there was alot here that one can do.
Wonderful! I'm so glad it was helpful!
Thank you!! I've been putting off how to learn instagram stories and you helped me learn it so quickly and made it look so easy! I'm about to post my first instastory! Wish me luck!!
Awesome to hear Angella! They are so much fun. 😀
This is the best video on learning how to create story... TFS
Glad it was helpful!
This is awesome! I'm posting about my Kickstarter for my first art book, and that Countdown tips was pure gold. Thank you so much!
Love it! And congrats on the new book!
Great tutorial . I really appreciate the tips. Thanks for sharing .
Glad it was helpful!
I didn't know how My Story worked AT ALL! I'm an older Millennial. Thank you for your concise thoroughness quite under 20 minutes! Dang. I want to be able to present like that.
Glad it was helpful Matthew!
Jerry your content is really useful and I appreciate it. I just have one small suggestion to make the channel better and that is to get rid of the echo. It's really not listener friendly. Besides that your work is really sensational. Your upbeat personality really draws the audience in and keeps them interested. Great work.
Agreed, I invested in a better microphone a while ago so most newer videos have better sound. Thanks for the kind words!
hi,
Thanks for the tutorial! I hope you can help with 2 more questions about stories:
1. Can I post live photos from gallery to a story? How?
2. If I'm posting a series of photos (5-8) from my phone library to a story, is there a way to add a continuous song track for the whole story? When I tried, I had to manually cut the song and insert for each photo... is there a way to have the track automatically continue to the next photo? how do I do that?
Thanks!
Thanks for your question! Unfortunately, Jerry Potter can’t get to all of them, but if you still need an answer feel free to post it in our free Facebook Community:
facebook.com/groups/fiveminutesocialmedia/
Thank you for the video! I wanted to get into Instagram stories but didn't really know where to start! Now I have a basic understanding of every option possible! Can't wait to try things out!
Awesome, it can be fun!
This is the best How To for beginners I've come across. Thank you.
You're so welcome!! Happy to help :)
You are simply Life Savers, folks! Thanks for posting
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is simply the best, most clear video on insta stories! Thank-you so much for this!!
Thank you for the kind words Cheryl! Glad it was helpful.
Hey Jerry, I'm a newbie to Instagram and am finding your tutorials really helpful, clear and uncluttered. Can you please clarify what the @ and # represent? For instance, will I add a # for a particular genre, e.g. art and a @ to show someone else's Instagram page? Thanks, Sandi
Feel really dumb asking this questions. 1) Once you've added a photo, and zoomed out so it doesn't fill the whole screen...how do you change the background colour behind it? 2) How do you add more than one photo/video to the screen - so you might have a photo at the top left, and a video playing at the bottom right?
Hi Jaydene! Stories don't let you add more than one image or video - you'd have to produce that in another program like this: ruclips.net/video/VtGe9JjgU8E/видео.html
As far as changing the background color, this isn't something that is available behind the photo - the background color comes from the photo. You could do it from a 3rd party app. You can also use the paint tool to paint a certain color background, or you can just use the text background colors (as shown in this tutorial) to make your text pop.
It sounds like you want to get fancier with your production (which is awesome!), so you'll need 3rd party tools to put the stories together before putting them in Instagram.
Excellent overview Jerry. Before stumbling across your post here, I was hesitant about getting into Instagram Stories. Your post demystified this animal for me and now I can't wait to dive in. I believe it will enhance my ministry by adding a real face to the content I write and podcast about on my website. Thank you very much. I'm now a subscriber of yours. Can't wait for your next post. Blessings.
Glad it was helpful! Stories can be a lot of fun, but also very effective. Good luck!
Great video Jerry. I've been looking for a good beginner's video for Instagram stories, and yours is the best I've seen.
Glad you enjoyed it Gar!
I just found you, You are my savior, I am really new to Instagram, and your video has been very useful. There's few differences in my Android. But I'm learning. I need to be a professional in this now. Before didn't even like it, but I have to learn. Thanks
Wonderful! I'm happy to help.
Thank you so much. I took a long break from instagram stories and this video helped to get me back on track!!
Glad to hear Michele!
Thanks, Harry!
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Thank you. I appreciate you going through this. That really helped!😃
Glad to hear!
Loved how you mentioned your two (not so tiny) super heroes at home, I finally get Instagram Stories, thanks. I would love more ideas as to when to post
Glad the video was helpful Corinne! As far as when to post Stories, the first place to start is when you think your audience is most likely to be online. The other strategy is to post throughout the day so you always have fresh content.
Learned a lot from your video...one question I still have is...to make a separate story you have to wait until the previous one disappears after 24 hours correct? In my case I tried within the 24 hours and I could not find a way for it to not just piggyback onto the previous story.
No need to wait, just follow the same steps (starting with the Camera). The new story just shows up after the last one. As each story reaches the 24 hour mark it will automatically delete. Does that make sense Phillip?
This was brilliant! Great job,and thank you super fam 😉
Glad it was helpful Ravi!
First Time here!
Great video, I would just mention that I wish the subtitles weren't on top the of the images because we can't see the explanation clearly.
That's a great point. It's tricky when already showing a vertical phone screen. Let me see what I can do for future videos!
Great video! Easy to understand, clear and concise. I am definitely subscribing to your channel!
Thanks and welcome!
Jerry, thank you so much for these videos. If there's a better place to leave a question please let me know. I'm wondering if you have a video that talks about how to actually create a business account and it works with a personal one? Can you change what business account is attached to your personal one?
On Instagram a profile is either Business or Personal, they aren't connected like they are on Facebook. Here's a video about converting to a business profile:
ruclips.net/video/jdKHAX2_xFs/видео.html
Thank you so much for this... Instagram for dummies...just what I needed. : )
Glad you enjoyed it Leigh!
Hi Jerry...great hints and tips....Really enjoy watching your videos and getting alot out of them! Thank you! Just a quick question - are your videos more targeted towards people with iphones? Unfortunately, I've got an android and can't find most of the functions that you mention. Would you do a more generic video to cover off on Androids? Cheers Irma
Hi Irma! I'm definitely not targeting people with iPhones but I have an iPhone so that's how they are recorded. What functions are you missing?
Wow! A lot to take in all at once, I think I will watch this a couple of more times to soak it all in
That's the great thing about RUclips! You can always bookmark it and come back. 😀
Great video but I’m still confused 🤯 how do I make a continuous instastory? When I’m trying to show items I’ve purchased, it only adds five blocks then the rest of my video doesn’t post. I hope you understand what I’m trying to say. Thanks
Great video. I had no idea what Instagram was until I watched this video, it’s very informative. Thank you for uploading.
Glad it was helpful Emma!
Thanks a bunch. Idk why I’ve been shying away from leveling up on my IG
Glad it was helpful! I love Instagram Stories. If all the social networks went away except one, it would be my first choice. 😀
Your content is great. Thank you. Do you have an IG Stories tutorial that talks more about posting videos (specifically videos that are, say 2 minutes long)?
It's not really made for 2 minute videos, but to do that you can use an app to break it into 15-second chunks (Instagram will only do that up to 4 chunks, so a one-minute video).
Check out CutStory or StorySplitter - they should both work great!
I watched this and you answered my question in this video- thank you ! this is great :)
Wonderful! I'm glad it was helpful.
Good and basic! I think Insta might have updated a few things since early '19 though. thank you!
Yup! That's why I have a 2020 version. 😄 ruclips.net/video/vu-AMJ1VFXE/видео.html
Enjoyed the tutorial. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it Tanner!
Super good video!!! I’m very new to stories so it was a great help!
Glad it was helpful Tisha!
Thank you, so clear and informative ⭐️
Glad it was helpful Amanda!
IMPORTANT!!
You covered the “link” icon.
What do you do if you don’t have one?
And when you do have one how can you link it to send people directly to your website?
Thank you. Your video was helpful.
Only accounts with more than 10,000 followers can share a link directly in Instagram Stories. Otherwise you have to send people to your profile to click the link there. Hopefully they'll give all of us the ability to add links at some point!
sorted it out thanks for your tutorial has really helped me no ends :)
Thanks for providing clear, easy to understand instructions. I’m going to watch your other tutorials.
Glad it was helpful Sharon!
Thanks for these short and juicy videos!!! Lovin' it
Glad you like them!
Awesome video and exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for this
Glad to hear Tim!
Great video Jerry. Is the commercial music free or is there a pay-per-use cost? Thanks.
Excellent question! It's all free to use on Instagram Stories.
@@mrjerrypotter Thank you Jerry.
so helpful, thank you!
Thank you fmsm well explained - question which is best live or normal video for stories? And can you you make a story from images?
Thanks a million! Finally found someone who would show me the basics for Instagram 2019. I'm following you and look forward to all of your tips and guidance.
Glad it was helpful Laurel!
Thank you sooo much. My friend wouldnt tell me how to use it but now I know more then them 😝 thanks alot
😆 Glad it was helpful!
Like others I'm relatively new to Instagram and watch stacks of RUclips tutorials. Needless to say I like yours the best but ... how do I get any work done?
so interesting, helpful, and so much to learn that I forget what my core business is!!! I've taken to only watching on big screen so I don't get distracted by all the pretty pictures on the right of my screen!
Ha, yes, they can take up a lot of time! It all comes down to your business goals. If getting people to engage through Instagram Stories brings you business then it might be worth it. But if it doesn't bring you clients/customers then it's not worth it (unless you do it for fun). 😀
Thank you for actually showing step by step on how to do this! It was so helpful!
My pleasure Leanne, glad it was helpful!
Excellent educator! I learned so much. Thanks.
Glad to hear Lisa!
Thanks for the tutorials 👏👏👏. Can you tell me how to change the length of time each photo is shown for in a story.
Hey, unfortunately, Jerry Potter can’t get to all of the questions but if you still need an answer you’re welcome to post it in our free Facebook Community:
facebook.com/groups/fiveminutesocialmedia/
Great tips thanks! Is it better to do lives for stories or to record a video and upload? I seem to get more viewers when I upload a recorded video.
It's going to vary for everyone, but I do have a video about that: ruclips.net/video/Y0445rDA1zA/видео.html
Yep. It is on personal accounts not business accounts. Btw. Exceptional content and format. I just St. Discovered you channel. Thank you for what you do!
Glad the videos are helpful Mark!
Great job, man! Just getting started and this was perfect.
Glad you enjoyed it Stephen!
thanks, Jerry! good stuff. very explanatory for this 41 year old wanting to create helpful content for others!! small critique - audio for your screenflow stuff was great, but i almost clicked off the video because your audio for your talking head stuff is really echoey/tinny sounding. a little rode mic would go a long way! cheers!!
Hey Ryan! I use . RODE mic, but it's a boom and is further away than what is ideal - when I do the screenshare it is closer. I also have a lavalier that I used for a video the other day and noticed a dramatic difference, and may switch to that. Thanks for the feedback!
GREAT WORK!!!!! I wonder if you would be kind enough to share how to get highlight stories to show up. I don't see it on my account. Thanx in advance...
Sure! here's a tutorial on Highlights: ruclips.net/video/aMlWuaE7QIo/видео.html
Than You so much Jerry, 5 minutes training is fit for quick learning.
It is very helpfull
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi & Thank you! How come several ppl have their stories 'stored"? If I give tips, I dont want those to be deleted, what do I need to do to keep it? Thnx for answering!
You can save them as Highlights: ruclips.net/video/aMlWuaE7QIo/видео.html
Thank you so much that was very helpful. Question: Do you do individual help with IG? You went so fast that I want to make sure I understand all of it. Thank you again.
Hi Gayle! I do one-on-one coaching. Why don't you send me a message here and tell me what you're looking for: fiveminutesocialmedia.com/contact
I love your videos. I hope your superheroes are safe.
Thanks so much!
Great video thank you! For some reason I don't have the music option in my IG Stories. I even tried deleting the app, re-installing and logging in again and still no music. Any idea why?
Two possibilities Lisa - Music is not available in all countries. The other is they removed it from Business Profiles. 😕
Since the stories auto delete after 24 hours, is there a way to save the whole story as one file (I saw where you showed you can save a photo so I'm assuming you can save each portion of the story individually). So glad I found you on here, I've learned a lot.
Great question! Watch the story you want to save and click the 3 dots in the bottom corner, choose Save, and then it will ask you if you want to save the photo or the whole story.
Glad the videos have been helpful Mark!
@@mrjerrypotter Thanks, I appreciate the quick response.
One of the better tutorials on this subject, great work.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for this video! This is the best explanation of IG and its features that I've come across.
Glad to hear Shanita! Personally it's my favorite platform.
This is an awesome tutorial except that my iphone doesn't have the same screen and options as yours? I have deleted the IG app and reloaded - not sure what is up with this. Also - my stories screen doesn't have music. any suggestions?
Hi Kim! Sorry your screen looks different - as you know they make lots of changes. I'm planning an updated version of this tutorial this year.
Regarding Music, it's very hit and miss. My music sticker seems to regularly show up and then disappear. I think it's because of ongoing changes to the agreements with the record companies.
Hi Jerry, just started learning about stories - did I see that stories can now be saved? If so does that mean followers can see that story at anytime?
Hi Trevor! Your Stories are automatically saved in a personal archive, but others can't see them. But you can choose specific Stories as "Highlights" on your profile. Here's how that works: studio.ruclips.net/user/videoaMlWuaE7QIo/edit
Hey Jerry - well done. I was wondering if/how one can add multiple photos (scroll or swipe) in a story post. Also, is there a way to archive posts beyond the 24 hour delete period? I may want to do a theme over a period of days or weeks and have all the posts for that theme available to viewers. Thanks!
To add multiple photos you can create a collage using a graphics program, or just keep adding each photo as a "new" story, then people can click through them.
Keeping Stories can be done - they're called Highlights: ruclips.net/video/aMlWuaE7QIo/видео.html
Your tutorials are awesome! Thank you!
You're so welcome!
The wand chooses the wizard Jerry!
I was told you can make stories that are actually saved and categorized. For instance, I saw a travel blogger who had various stories saved under various country categories, and I guess these stories don't get deleted after 24 hours? It's all confusing to me. Anyway, I'd love to know more about that. Also...a friend told me that you can actually use an already existing normal post as a story as a way to draw more attention to it. Finally...you mentioned that you needed 10,000 ore more followers in order to link to something. We want to link to our blog, but you're saying we can't do that until we get to 10,000? Thanks for all of your information in this video, it was a lot, but as we are looking to grow our following, I guess we'll have to start using stories if that's a good way to do it.
Hi Aaron! What you are referring to are Instagram Story Highlights, and here's how to use them: ruclips.net/video/aMlWuaE7QIo/видео.html
To share a post in your story, simply tap the share button (looks like a paper airplane) on the post.
Yes, you can't link in a story until you have 10,000 followers. 😕 I have some so-so workarounds I've been using: facebook.com/MrJerryPotter/videos/387843835112224/
Wow. That's a lot to take in! :-) Going to have to hit that pause button a few times on the next run. Thank you though :-)
There are a LOT of features, but the best thing to do might be to just start posting! Then you can add and learn more things as you go. Good luck!
Thank you. :-) Great video! @@mrjerrypotter
Thanks for the video especially enjoyed the way you should looks going on the screen without your thumb swiping etc Just a really professional job thank you
Thanks for the kind words Kirstian!
Thanks so much! Concise clear tutorial 😁 My question is: as a viewer, is there a way to slow down or pause someone’s story? Often they go by so fast I can’t read the included text.
Thanks 😊
Yes! Just touch the screen with your finger and hold it there and it will pause the story until you take your finger off.
Five Minute Social Media - Jerry Potter LOL of course it’s that easy. Thanks so much😁
Easy once you know! My pleasure.
This is great, thank you, I like the screen recording, do you mind me asking what App you use, I've been using Mobizen but theres no feature to use the arrows like you do. Would love to know how that is done 👍❤😊
Hi Kala! I record my videos (and arrows) in Camtasia - It's great!
@@mrjerrypotter I have heard of that, I'll give it a go, thank you again for taking the time to reply 😊😊😊
My pleasure!
Hi Jerry, got a question: is it possible to save stories, and re-use them later again?
You can save them to your camera roll and post them again later, but they will lose clickable elements (like polls, hashtags). You can also go into your archive and re-share stories from there.
Can you post a video you shot before and if its a minute long will it splice it into 15 sec segments? Thx!
Yup! Instagram Stories should do that automatically for you.
Awesome and super-informative video - thanks for posting!
Thanks! Glad it was helpful :)
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Thank you for your clear explanations in the fun videos. Love them. I have been trying to find what you can do with the left circled arrow on the right top of your screen when you click on a previous post picture in your profile. I can't find anywhere what it does. Hope you can help.
Ha, I had to read your description slowly to figure out what you were referring to. I have never seen that arrow before! Normally that would either be a Refresh or Undo button, but I don't know what you'd be undoing.
How long have you seen it there? Like I said, I've never noticed it. It might be something they are testing but haven't fully activated.
@@mrjerrypotter It's a bummer I can't send a screenshot here. If you click on your profile you get an overview of your pictures/posts. When you click on one you see on the top of your screen this sign: < on the left. The word Photo in the middel and an arrow in a circle, counterclockwise, on the right. I don't understand what that one does. I looked on the phone of others and they have the samen.
Agreed! I wish we could share screenshots easily here.
I was able to find it by your description, but as you said it doesn't seem to do anything. My guess is it is for a future feature.
Truly useful, thank you :)
Glad to hear Rob!
Hi. Thanks so much for this tutorial - REALLY helpful! One question though - I don’t seem to have the music option. Is that because of a difference between the US and the UK?
Two possibilities - Music is not available in all countries, so yes that might be it. The other is they removed it from Business Profiles.
Love your videos, ty. So my iPhone does not show the music section you describe in this video. Any idea why? I have an iPhone 8 Plus
Unfortunately no - some people have it and some don't, and there's been no official info from Instagram. I had it, then lost it for SIX MONTHS, then it showed up again a couple weeks ago.
You could try deleting the app and reinstalling (sometimes that triggers an update), but it may be unrelated to that.
Five Minute Social Media - Jerry Potter Thanks Jerry.
Thank you for this, you are awesome Jerry!
You're welcome!
So helpful! Thank you Sir!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks. This really helped to improve my use of Instagram stories.
Glad it was helpful Yahjam!!
Thank you for this video! So helpfull. Quick question: Is there anyway to start a story, save it and edit/publish it later?
Great question Maya! You can click the down arrow at the top of the screen when creating a story and it will save what you have to your camera roll. Then you can select it from your camera roll later.
FYI: When you save to your camera roll any stickers you have added will be "flattened," in otherwords they will become part of the video. So if you upload it later, stickers like @mentions or locations will still show up, but they won't be clickable.
That's the workaround - there is no "save as draft" function"