Ramin Ahmari
Social media influencers
Ramin Ahmari is the CEO & co-founder of FINESSE, a social media influencer consultant. Before coming to FINESSE, he worked with influencers on growth and sponsorship, and has worked with major brands to execute marketing and influencer strategies by leveraging his expertise in data science & artificial intelligence on social data.
Ramin Ahmari
Social media influencer
Swipe the screen right to create and share stories with followers. Ramin Ahmari, co-founder and CEO of FINESSE, said: "If you want to grow your followers, use Instagram stories to share your experiences. Instagram has many great new features allows you to ask questions on your story and see answers from your followers. Take advantage of this feature to communicate with your followers and increase engagement."
Click the + button to post a photo. This is the button displayed in the bottom center of the page. Here, you can add existing photos from your camera roll or take new photos.
See camera options. You'll see three posting options displayed at the bottom of this page:
Library - This option allows you to post photos that are already in the library.
Photo - You can take photos using Instagram's built-in camera. You need to allow Instagram to access your camera before taking a photo.
Video - You can record videos with Instagram's camera. First, you need to give Instagram permission to access your device's microphone.
Choose or take a photo. If you want to take a photo or record a video, tap the round button below the screen.
If you want to use an existing image, you need to tap the Next button in the top right corner of the screen to continue.
Choose a filter for the photo. You'll do this with the options at the bottom of the screen. Currently, on average each Instagram account has 11 filters available. The purpose of this is to make the photo more vivid. You can also download additional Instagram filters. Filters change the color and texture of your photo - for example, using the "Moon" filter makes your photo look faded black and white.
You can also tap Edit in the lower right corner of the screen to adjust other photo elements such as Brightness, Contrast, and Structure.
Tap Next . This is the option in the top right corner of the screen.
Add captions to photos. You'll enter your text in the "Write a caption" box at the top of the screen.
You can also tag photos right here, if you want.
See other options for photos. Before sharing a photo, you can do the following:
Tap Tag People to tag followers in the photo.
Tap Add Location to add your current location to the photo's description. You need to allow Instagram to access your device's location services to do this.
Post photos to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or Flickr by pushing the slider next to each account to the "On" position. You need to link your Instagram account to the above social network account to be able to share content.
Tap Share . It's in the top right corner of the screen. So you've successfully posted your first Instagram photo!