Life hacks on Instagram help diversify the design of your personal profile and open up non-standard opportunities, such as adding music to Stories or changing the description in your profile. Some of these discoveries have long been known, but it is recommended that newcomers track and study some of them, especially.
Popular life hacks
In 2019, Instagram underwent significant changes, offering more features and even learning to change its theme depending on the time of day (from dark to light and vice versa). Due to such serious diversity, it is important to check the settings more often and rely on the findings of enthusiasts.
Beautiful design of an infobox
There are many life hacks related to formatting descriptions on the social network Instagram. Enthusiasts have already learned how to add additional text beyond the accessible limitations and know how to change the font and style of the text. All that’s left is to repeat and diversify your personal page.
You can change the font using the Fonts service, available on the mobile platforms iOS and Android. After downloading, you will be able to write text, choose a transformation method (additional characters, non-standard design, new colors), and then copy and paste the information into the “Description” section. An alternative way to stand out from the crowd is to go to 4TXT and prepare strikethrough text.
If you want to write more text than the system allows, you will need to first open your personal page, then go to the “Edit Profile” section, and then in the “Contact Information” catalog, specify a “Precise Address.” You can add a lot of information there in both Cyrillic and Latin script.
If you can’t enter the text, it’s worth going to any editor, preparing the information, and then pasting it in.
Fill the screen of the story with a single color
When preparing Stories for Instagram, developers allow you to fill almost the entire screen with a solid color palette. The “Brush” tool can help you replicate this design method, but you don’t need to manually fill in the frame – simply press and hold your finger on the screen until the entire image is filled with the desired color. If desired, the eraser tool available on the quick access panel can help display individual fragments of the frame.
Cleaning stories from unnecessary posts
Life hacks for Stories are multifaceted and can touch on dozens of topics, ranging from font selection to stickers and emojis, but sometimes it’s important to know the basics. For example, to delete unnecessary Stories, you can switch to standard viewing mode (by clicking on the profile avatar on the news feed page or in the personal publications section), and then call up the drop-down menu using the button located in the upper right corner. Among the available actions, the “Delete” button will appear.
Changing the order of filters
Developers allow users to customize their profile on the social network Instagram using descriptions, links, and content. Thanks to flexible settings, they can significantly simplify the processing of sources before publication. This mainly concerns the “Filters” section, which can be easily moved by changing the order or even moved to the trash, getting rid of unnecessary options. Just hold your finger on any filter and then drag it in the desired direction (a corresponding hint will appear before deletion).
Style effects
Among the important parameters of SEO optimization for an Instagram account, it is easy to highlight the principle of maintaining the chosen style. If photos appear in black and white, with special frames or using a special filter, it is worth sticking to the chosen theme and not deviating from the canons. Otherwise, any changes in the news feed will be immediately noticeable. It is better to arm yourself with a special graphic editor (VSCO, Canva, Snapseed) and move in the same direction.
Collage and Carousel
When preparing life hacks for photos on Instagram, it is impossible not to touch on the topic of using additional modes to prepare publications.
Working with collages will help the assistant Layout, also developed by specialists from Instagram.
And here “Carousel” is already integrated into the social network and is called using a button located nearby. When activating the mode, there is a chance to choose up to 10 photos or videos at once, combining content into a rich publication with the ability to flexibly adjust each source separately.
Synchronization with other social networks – content import
Business account owners who practice content circulation between social networks will definitely appreciate the “Integrations” feature.
A special add-on in the “Accounts” section will help automatically transfer publications to third-party and pre-defined sources while preserving descriptions, hashtags, and even filters.
The selection of available social networks is extensive – Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki, Facebook, Twitter.
Removing unpleasant comments
In the “Settings” section, under “Privacy”, there is already a set of options dedicated to “Comments”.
Developers allow users to choose who can leave comments and even hide offensive comments that have not passed a pre-made list of filters or a manually curated stop-list.
Adding music to stories
To diversify “Stories” with catchy tunes, there are two ways. Using a special sticker that depicts a new track (after selection, the Apple Music or Google Music library will immediately appear on the screen depending on the operating system), or through a third-party editor. First, you will need to prepare a publication with music, and then add it to Stories.
Video and photos in enlarged size
You can resize images or videos and get photo life hacks for Instagram right before adding them to the social network. A special button depicting brackets is located on the left side of the interface and allows you to immediately “stretch” the frames of the social network to present the content in a slightly more presentable way. The option is particularly useful when shooting vertically. This way, much more important information can fit into the frame!
Hiding hashtags in posts
A new publication gains views and subscribers faster if the correct hashtags are used, but in some situations, unnecessary labels can disrupt the profile’s style. There are two ways to get rid of such information: using comments (hashtags are inserted not in the description, but in the comment after publication), or through a formatted block with a signature (enthusiasts suggest writing a little text, then adding line breaks and adding the necessary tags there. Thanks to the “folding system,” no one will see any labels until they fully expand the message.
Disabling active status
You can hide your online status and hide from chat bots on Instagram through “Settings”, the “Privacy” section. When the slider is deactivated, no one will know when the social network was last visited and whether the news feed is being viewed at the moment.
Participation in live broadcasts
You can add text to your Instagram story and someone else’s live stream using the “Request” button located on the live stream page. The host of the live stream can either accept or decline the request.
Instagram life hacks are countless. Enthusiasts, marketers, bloggers, and experimenters offer unconventional findings and ideas almost every month that can change the content and design of a personal profile. Despite the extensive selection and number of opportunities, it is not advisable to use everything indiscriminately. It is better to focus on a specific style and not go beyond the theme.