How to Make a Successful Instagram Fanpage

Creating the Account

1. Determine your fanpage's focus. Before you can create a fanpage, you'll need to know exactly what your fanpage's focus will be. Common examples include the following:

   1. A celebrity or public figure
   2. A topic (e.g., a type of animal)
   3. A belief (e.g., a religious or philosophical movement)

2. Download a profile picture. If you don't have a picture of the focus of your fanpage immediately available, download one before setting up your Instagram account so that you can add it to your profile during the setup process.

   1. For example, if you want to make a fanpage about Kermit the Frog, you'd download a picture of Kermit.

3. Open Instagram. Tap the Instagram app icon, which resembles a multicolored camera. This will open Instagram.

   1. If you're already signed into an Instagram account, log out before proceeding.

4. Tap Sign up. It's a link near the bottom of the screen. Doing so opens the beginning of the account creation section.

5. Enter a phone number. Tap the text box in the middle of the screen, then enter the phone number that you want to use for your Instagram account.

   1. If you want to sign up with your email address, tap the Email tab and enter your email address instead.

6. Tap Next. It's a blue button near the bottom of the screen.

7. Enter your name and a password. Type your full name and preferred password into the "Full name" and "Password" text boxes, respectively.

   1. The name which you choose should reflect your fanpage's focus, not necessarily your own name.

8. Tap Next. This blue button is near the bottom of the screen.

9. Tap Change username. It's a link in the middle of the page.

10. Enter an interesting username. In the text box in the middle of the screen, type in the username that you want to use for your page. This is the tag which people will see when they search for your page, so you'll want to make sure that your name is catchy, easy to remember, and relevant to your fanpage's focus.

11. Tap Next.

12. Skip connecting Instagram to Facebook. Tap Skip, then tap Skip again when prompted.

    1. You can always connect Instagram to Facebook later if needed.

13. Tap Next. It's in the top-right corner of the screen.

    1. If you want to follow someone on this page, you can tap Follow to the right of their name before proceeding.

14. Tap Add a Photo. You'll see this blue button in the middle of the screen. A pop-up menu will appear.

15. Select your downloaded photo. Tap Choose from Library in the pop-up menu, then select the photo that you downloaded earlier.

16. Finish the account setup. Tap Next, then tap Save to complete your account setup and log into your new Instagram fanpage.