TheInstaChat

Monthly Twitter chat on all things Instagram with @meandorla. On hiatus but back soon! Tweet for details!

[TheInstaChat @theinstachat]

Soo for anyone new here, this is how it works:
I’ll tweet out questions, you hit reply and share your answers. Then read what others are saying, respond to them too, and… well, chat! 🥰

Use the tag #theinstachat to help people find your replies

[Matt Navarra @MattNavarra]

Here it is social media managers!

Instagram In-App Scheduling is now rolling out to creator and business accounts 📆

You can schedule Reels, Photo, and Carousel posts up to 75 days in advance in-app.

[Sara Tasker @meandorla]

Are you in or are you in??

(You can tell your readers it was an iron chef prompt up front so they don’t expect perfection, if need be!)

https://t.co/rO5Eq6icy9

[Sara Tasker @meandorla]

Join me at 7pm tonight (BST) for an IG live with @stephens_helen. We’ll be chatting about courage & creativity plus all things social media for creative souls 💫
https://t.co/Tl6iuoPwOO_and_orla

[Sara Tasker @meandorla]

The Insta Retreat, my best selling Instagram Class starts on Monday! Come join us to find your audience, find your voice and find your insta-mojo again! https://t.co/xSgBOaQrNt

[Sara Tasker @meandorla]

My #1 piece of Instagram advice right now: Make the same content as always but do *juuust* enough to turn it into a Reel.

Usually post beautiful photos of nature? Frame the same but record 5 seconds of video with the grass blowing a bit. That’s it. That’s the reel!

It works 💫

[Sara Tasker @meandorla]

Call me radical but what if

Home Feed = posts from ppl you chose to follow

Explore page = suggestions for other content you might like!

[Sara Tasker @meandorla]

Imagine you searched for ‘linen cushions’ and google just showed you videos of dancing celery in return - because their data says you’ll spend longer looking at dancing celery, which they can count as ‘growth’.

That’s pretty much how Instagram wants the home feed to work 🙃

[Sara Tasker @meandorla]

In the absence of an app where we get to just share photos of our life, here are some of mine.

Show me yours?

[Sara Tasker @meandorla]

(Also, I’m being cynical. Please keep sharing your story on Instagram in whatever format suits you best. We will adapt. We’ll find news ways. As humans, we’re very good at this!)

[Sara Tasker @meandorla]

You can have some impact by clicking the three dots top right on any of this content & selecting “show less of this”.

To see just content from people you follow you need to tap the Instagram logo then “following”. You need to do it each time you go into the app, though.

[Sara Tasker @meandorla]

✨ New Episode ✨ Talking to @Farrah_Storr all about the most exciting platform right now, @substack. It’s a special one ❤️

https://t.co/trDwyzCSTn

[Sara Tasker @meandorla]

So many makers and artists I talk to are convinced their work doesn’t have real value as it doesn’t ‘help’ people.
Which is NEVER true!

In what ways does beautiful art/jewellery/craft help make your life better? Let’s collect up all the reasons in a thread!

[Sara Tasker @meandorla]

Selling your work is NOT you tricking or forcing people to buy things they don’t really want.

It’s just telling people about what you made/do, and letting them know they can buy it if they want!

It’s not a bad thing! ❤️

[Sara Tasker @meandorla]

Feelings are the fuel for everything we do. If you’ve lost your love for Instagram & social media and are finding it hard to show up, I’m here to help you get unstuck and reconnect.

Book a free discovery call with me to talk it through 💫 https://t.co/v4CVnnLN3m

[Sara Tasker @meandorla]

Not a huge fan of the new Instagram timeline/caption fold update.

It makes any content viewed full screen feel curiously transitory, like you’re just briefly checking in.

Interested to see how this impacts on the number of people reading longer captions amongst other things!

[Sara Tasker @meandorla]

Happy happy publication day @JaneyGodley! Going to spend all afternoon with your wonderful words

[Sara Tasker @meandorla]

Twitter creative brains - I’m stuck on a name for my Substack! @Farrah_Storr advised it should be broad enough to house all my topics - so, French house, creative business, photography, etc.

I like the idea of it involving ‘journal’ or similar. It could be in french??

Pls help!

[Sara Tasker @meandorla]

Have you been thinking of joining me for the next round of The Insta Retreat? I’m currently offering a four-month payment option for anyone who’d prefer to spread the cost. Only available until the end of the month! https://t.co/xSgBOaPTXV

[TheInstaChat @theinstachat]

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[TheInstaChat @theinstachat]

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