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Welcome! Take the onboarding steps...
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"I'm not an IG user -- should I create on IG? Is it just for younger people?"4:56
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βπ½ Start of Course Assessment
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Course Platform Orientation
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Add to your calendar π April 1 - May 13 Live Sessions
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π The Zoom Link (keep private)
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Q&A Webinars -- Live Support Calls
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Instagram βπ½ Work Retreats to give you time to learn & implement the course!
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General Questions (if you don't know where else to ask)
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Suggested ways to manage your time with this course β³
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(April 1) Module 1 -- Welcome + Community + Instagram Strategies
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Welcome to our Instagram course + Our community values6:11
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Our Course Helper -- Mara Clear Spring Cook1:18
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Introduce yourself and your ideal audience π€1:53
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Mutual Support π«2:19
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Should we follow each other?2:18
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π€© Whose IG presence do you admire... and why?1:13
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π² Non-intuitive tips for using Instagram (as a consumer of content)
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IG Notifications filter3:33
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π IG Tips of all kinds0:28
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Typical (inauthentic) IG strategies...8:36
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Always nurture, occasionally sell.2:21
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Reframing what "content creation" means to you...6:06
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Overcoming perfectionism in your content...0:22
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Reframe "selling" too...5:53
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George's Strategy: Carousel β‘οΈ Reels β‘οΈ Stories5:47
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IG Stories disappear after 24 hours, so why create them at all? + Story Highlights7:51
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IG stories for only time-sensitive stuff?1:19
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π‘ IG Content Ideas0:38
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π€²π½ CTA Ideas -- ways to invite your audience to work with you2:30
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What should your first post(s) be about?4:00
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Should you have a personal vs business IG account?6:32
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You don't need to make talking head videos - make snackable content πΏ7:01
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How often to post on Instagram?5:08
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οΌIG hashtag strategy6:29
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βοΈ Overview of IG growth strategies7:15
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Do (should) you sync your FB and IG?4:38
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OK to delete some less-engaged posts that you realize isn't a great fit for your grid?2:51
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How much to share other people's content, vs focusing our own?5:06
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Module 1 Check-In / Homework
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(April 8) Module 2 -- George's technical tips for Instagram
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You can't put clickable links in IG posts, so how do we get people to our website?
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Switch from Personal IG to "Professional" Account (Creator or Business)6:42
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Convert my personal account to business account or start over?3:22
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Tips for writing your IG bio1:57
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How to watch Stories of people we follow? Notifications?3:35
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How to share someone's IG story (@mention them!) and appreciate someone who shared yours π14:11
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Do you need to block weird followers?1:49
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How to spot fake accounts?
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Dealing with IG spam posts that tag you...
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Beware of posting pretty pictures ππ½πΊπ»
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IG Captions & line breaks4:16
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How GK creates Carousel Posts
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How GK uploads the Canva slides to IG as Carousel Posts
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Does the 1st page of carousel or story need to be compelling -- to get people to click through?5:33
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How to post a Carousel as a Story?4:58
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Should you turn your Carousel posts into Reels?5:13
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What's a "Story" versus a "Reel"? Is a "reel" simply an IG Video? π€
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How to save IG Stories to your camera roll (so you can post it elsewhere)4:26
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How to record 90-second reels on Instagram?
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Why GK makes longer videos (more than 90 seconds) on IG
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How to upload longer videos to IG (even landscape ones) -- and turn captions on
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How to record a longer video on Instagram? IG Live.1:40
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Make sure your IG setting has saving your Live videos to archive4:44
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How to download the IG Live videos, to reupload later (as Reel) or put it elsewhere?4:30
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Instagram videos: how to rewind?
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IG Videos get *fewer* likes than other types of posts -- still worthwhile to make video?3:42
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Ideas for IG Videos
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IG Video -- how to add those big captions?5:26
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Adding colorful subtitles (captions) to a video -- how I use Kapwing
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Module 2 Check-In / Homework
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(April 22) Module 3 -- How Shaun grew his IG and current workflow
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Story of Shaun's IG growth3:00
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Shaun's past IG workflow9:20
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How to see your Medium.com highlights?2:05
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Shaun's current IG workflow14:42
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If don't see the "activity" after posting a question, wait awhile...2:03
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Examples of different IG styles3:52
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Create "snackable" (shareable) content4:40
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What strategy would Shaun recommend to small creators?6:29
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Instead of quantity, how about focus on QUALITY but less frequent?4:27
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why George does FB live separate from IG live? Long vs short videos...2:04
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How to have fun using IG?1:27
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Content about sex on IG and social media -- gets shadowbanned?1:19
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How not to get sucked into scrolling IG and using it more sustainably?2:43
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Getting comfortable with being visible on social media... and alternatives to showing yourself?1:36
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Module 3 homework + what we'll explore in Module 4...2:14
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(April 29) Module 4 -- Connecting with your audience & colleagues
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Welcome to Module 41:00
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Introducing yourself to your audience (& if so, how regularly & what do you say?)6:31
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Intro posts - how to make it authentic and not narcissistic?3:00
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Should we reply to DM's and comments?8:32
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What about haters & trolls?1:36
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Should you automate DM's in IG? Shaun doesn't recommend it.5:55
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How to connect with colleagues on IG? Who? and How?4:07
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Who should you follow on IG?3:06
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When Shaun reshares other people's posts -- he adds contexts and tags them6:53
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Doing IG Live with others -- and how to ask them?6:47
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Which stickers does Shaun use in Stories and Reels?6:18
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Must you use your phone to use IG as a creator?1:26
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IG Stats -- find your best performing posts and repost them occasionally6:51
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Naming your IG account(s)
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Module 4 Homework1:02
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(May 6) Module 5 -- How to Sell on Instagram
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Intro to mindset of selling7:57
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Validate your product idea on IG before you make it5:46
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Strategy for selling things on IG / launching things11:19
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Selling via Stories: storytelling/message tips5:05
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Why creating a story vs sharing a post as a story?1:44
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Social capital -- be sure you're spending it wisely2:58
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Is it Ok to say at end of content "If you'd like to learn more, reach out about coaching."1:53
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How did Shaun get so natural on camera?3:36
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How has Shaun learned to be concise?2:03
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Should we DM new followers?2:37
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Do you look at others' IG to get inspiration for what to make?1:19
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How to we make sure our Reels reach many non-followers (vs just our followers)?4:26
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Why Shaun uses IG but *not* TikTok nor LinkedIn...2:55
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Module 5 homework1:36
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More Q&A about IG Strategy
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George's feedback for various IG accounts6:41
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Do people really follow IG Lives that are long and unplanned?3:51
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IG Highlights example - define & describe your modality1:44
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For highly sensitive people who get overstimulated on social media -- can we still grow an IG audience?7:44
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"A lot of guys are following me but I'm trying to reach women... what to do?"6:53
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What about stalkers? How to prevent it...12:30
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More IG Technical Tips
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How to change the aspect ratio of video (landscape to portrait mode) -- using Kapwing
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IG Video Thumbnail Templates4:07
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Adding a 2nd IG account to Meta Business Suite...
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Instagram Ads (via FB Ads manager)
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The simplest way to run IG Ads + discount for FB Ads course
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Why I prefer running Instagram Ads...3:02
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IG ads will have link rather than needing to say "Link In Bio"...6:29
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How to run IG ads via FB Ads Manager (my preferred method)14:13
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IG Ad - also run FB Ad at the same time?3:30
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More course material is on its way...
Beware of posting pretty pictures ππ½πΊπ»
All of us have the capacity to post pretty things on Instagram, and I think that's dangerous:
- You attract the wrong kind of attention (which can result in spam)
- And you dilute your audience with many non-ideal followers
- Even if the non-ideal don't follow you, just by viewing your pretty picture they're automatically included in your warm audience, such that your future IG Ads (if you run them) are going to be more expensive to reach the ideal people in your audience.
- You dilute the attractiveness of the rest of your posts that aren't as pretty!
- Therefore when you make offers on IG, it's going to get quite a discouraging result. It'll be engaged by far smaller % of your audience than expected.
Instead, I focus my IG on posting what I can authentically sustain... what I am able to, without much effort, post consistently.
The more I can express my energy signature -- without much effort -- the more true of an audience I grow.
This allows me to test various messages, and different ways of communicating, to see what resonates with my real people, and then emphasize what resonates with both me and them.
Last updated 6 Apr 2024.