Instagram offers many features to help optimize user accounts and engagement. These include posting at optimal times, using relevant hashtags, engaging with other users through comments and likes, and utilizing story features like polls and questions. Proper use of these tools can help grow a user's following and increase interaction on the platform.
Top 30 supercool Instagram features to optimize your account
Level - 1: (User Account)
Feature 1: Download Instagram app on your smartphone
Feature 2: Add a new or existing Instagram account
Level - 1 (User Account)
Feature 3: Add your profile pic, bio, contact details and configure your account settings
Feature 4: Choose whether you want a personal account or a business account
Level - 1 (User Account)
Feature 5: Add multiple user accounts (New or an existing one) at user level or account settings to manage and post content
Level - 2 (User Account)
Feature 6: Link your other social media accounts such as Facebook, Twitter and tumblr to enhance your followers and engage users
Level - 2 (User Account)
Feature 7: Save your favourite posts using save icon on Instagram timeline, saving content empowers you to refer them in future or share it with your network
Level - 2 (User Account)
Feature 8: Find all your saved post content under one roof i.e. Collections. So, create different categories of posts collection and manage your profile that way
Level - 3 (Account Settings)
Feature 9: It’s essential to customize your account level settings to safeguard from hackers and manage your timeline content priorities
Level - 3 (Account Settings)
Feature 10: To secure your account and make it rigid for hackers, use two-factor authentication feature at account settings tab
Level - 3 (Account Settings)
Feature 11: Find all your till date content likes that are posts, videos, quotes, news, ads etc. at account settings tab
Level - 3 (Account Settings)
Feature 12: Use account switch feature to change your account type from personal to business or instead
Level - 3 (Account Settings)
Feature 13: Set your language preferences for your account from 29 different Instagram language options to make your profile follower friendly
Level - 3 (Account Settings)
Feature 14: Set your push notifications for comments, likes, comment likes, stories, live videos, new followers, reminders, ads and much more
Level - 3 (Account Settings)
Feature 15: Limit your cellular data if you do not have access to wifi to save more data to browse more Instagram posts
Level - 3 (Account Settings)
Feature 16: Report spam posts to Instagram if any and send your feedback regarding any suspicious content on Instagram
Level - 3 (Account Settings)
Feature 17: Subscribe to Instagram’s blog page and get instant updates or developments from Instagram
Level - 3 (Account Settings)
Feature 18: Monitor your day to day post activities and insights, if you have a business account. This feature is only for business accounts
Level - 4 (Instagram Timeline / Home Page)
Feature 19: Create your stories with lot of design feature available from Instagram to tell and express your stories in the form of posts, videos, boomerang, rewind etc. Stories are only for 24Hrs and later they disappear
Level - 4 (Instagram Timeline / Home Page)
Feature 20: Save posts to collections directly from timeline. If you press and hold save button, then you see a drop-up as shown in the screenshot to save post directly to desired collection
Level - 4 (Instagram Timeline / Home Page)
Feature 21: Send posts via direct messages (DM) to your followers or friends, that are worth sharing
Level - 4 (Instagram Timeline / Home Page)
Feature 22: To report timeline posts/ copy share URL / turn off post notifications, click on more icon as shown in the screenshot
Level - 4 (Instagram Timeline / Home Page)
Feature 23: Use emojis or emoticons on your posts or comments to be more creative and attract followers and posts likes
Level - 4 (Instagram Timeline / Home Page)
Feature 24: Choose posts level modification options as shown on screenshot, to modify your personal posts
Level - 4 (Instagram Timeline / Home Page)
Feature 25: Instagram lets you post up-to 10 different photos or images or videos that can be swiped to see
Level - 5 (Instagram Timeline / Home Page)
Feature 26: Create more engaging Instagram stories with multiple designing features such as go live, take a normal HD snapshot, use boomerang, capture video that plays rewind mode etc. to have more views to your stories
Level - 6 (Instagram Gallery)
Feature 27: At Instagram gallery, you can choose existing photo/video collection from different sources and also you can capture photo or video to share them instantly across your followers on Instagram
Level - 7 (Add Connections)
Feature 28: At Instagram user profile, you can discover people from Facebook, phone contacts or Instagram will suggest whom to follow to increase your following and build good number known or prospect connections
Level - 8 (Recent Instagram Updates)
Feature 29: Instagram has recently updated its search features that are, place search and a tag search to show you some good posts and connect you to some nice people across the borders
Level - 9 (Followers and You)
Feature 30: Check out what you are interacting and your followers are interacting across Instagram and keep-up your activity engaged
Level - 10 (Unsend DM - Direct Messages)
Free Feature Advise: This can be a less known feature for many, that is un-sending the message which you already sent. Just press and hold on the message at Inbox of direct message as shown on the screenshot
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