How to Create Instagram Reels like a Pro
WHAT ARE INSTAGRAM REELS?
Reels are an excellent way to broaden your audience, increase participation, and grow your community. Their popularity (as well as the viral nature of their content) is undeniable! Creating Instagram Reels, on the other hand, takes time, skill, and work.
Reels allows you to make entertaining videos that you can share with your friends or anybody else on Instagram. With audio, effects, and new creative tools, you can record and edit 15-60-second multi-clip videos. You may share reels with your followers on Feed, and if you have a public account, you can also make them available to the rest of the Instagram community via the Explore section. Reels in Explore allows anyone to become an Instagram creator and reach new audiences on a global scale.
You've heard it said that failing to plan is intending to fail. So, before you step in front of the red light, think about what you're going to do.
INSTAGRAM REELS & TIKTOK
Because Instagram Reels is TikTok's competitor, it's worth comparing and contrasting the two apps. Instagram Reels and TikTok have the same goal: to provide users with a creative place where they can make and share short movies with others. They include creative features that help users to generate the greatest clips possible. There may be slight changes and things they differ from each other such as the length of what can be recorded, but they share the same purposes.
INSTAGRAM REELS & INSTAGRAM STORIES
Make sure you don't mix up Instagram Reels and Instagram Stories. Despite the fact that they sound similar, they have some significant variances.
AR effects, speed settings, and the opportunity to align multi-clip films for better transitions are just a few of the creative options available in Reels.
Explore can include reels, which can then be posted to Stories. You can select to post a Reel to your Feed when you upload it. All of your Reels will be saved in a separate section of your profile, same to how IGTV posts are saved.
If you add original audio, it will be credited to you, and other people will be able to use it to make new Reels.
However, despite them being compared to each other, that doesn’t make them any less useful in sharing your brand or promoting your products or as far as sharing contents goes. Snapchat, Tiktok, and Instagram Stories are also useful platforms. And as far as business is concerned, we all wish to make use of what we could get our hands on in order to add into our market or spread our contents or products. It just so happens that these and Instagram Reels has global reach if handled skillfully well.
Now let us get to the juicy part or the part that truly matters.
How to Make a Reel on INSTAGRAM:
To prepare for this and to lessen any confusion that may ensue, we’ve prepared a quick step-by-step guide that may help you skillfully make your way into making Reels with ease.
At the top of the screen, tap the + button and then select REEL.
To prepare for your recording, use tools. To add audio from the Instagram music library to your video, tap Audio. You can even pick and choose which parts you want to include.
Tap Speed to adjust the speed of your video, Effects to add extra effects, and Timer to choose the length of your video.
To record a clip, tap and hold the record button when you're ready. There's a countdown before the hands-free recording begins if you set a timer early on.
You can hit the record button to finish a clip and then tap it again to start a new one while recording. Then, before recording your next clip, press the Align button to align up things from the prior one. This can be used to create smooth transitions while changing outfits, adding new music, using a transition, or adding new people to your Reel.
Tap the clip and edit it if you wish to watch, trim, add voice over, or delete the prior footage you recorded.
After you've finished recording, you can customize your Reel by adding stickers, doodles, and text.
Voila! Congratulations you can now create your own Instagram Reels!
Now that you’ve taken the time and effort to make a Reel, let's make sure you get them out in front of your audience and target market.
How to share INSTAGRAM REELS:
So, now that you know how to make an Instagram Reel, how can you make yourself stand out? It's all in how you do it!
When you're happy with your clip, use the Next button to go to the Share page. Then tap Cover to upload a cover from your camera roll or edit the cover photo with a video thumbnail. You can also write a caption. You can keep the footage as a draft if you don't want to publish it right away.
You may use Instagram Reels to:
Only share the clip within the Reels tab of your profile. Your Instagram followers will be able to see it on your account's Reels page. It's possible that the Instagram algorithm will notice it and recommend it to users who are perusing the app's main discovery Reels tab.
Also, add the video to your Feed. If you select this option, the Reel will appear with your other posts in your main profile grid.
Here are three helpful hints for making Reels that stand out:
Attract the audience's attention - according to research, companies and enterprises have only eight seconds to capture the attention of a user. It's critical to have an opening hook to keep users interested for longer. What will quickly catch their attention within the first second?
Adding Value - It's no secret that Reels have the power to exponentially increase a brand's reach and impressions. The videos that provide true value, on the other hand, stand out. What's the secret? Knowing who you're talking to and what they're looking for.
Keep up with the latest trends - Following trends, whether it's dances, sounds, or challenges, is an important aspect of making “viral” Instagram Reels. That means immersing yourself in Reels content is essential. You'll be able to see new trends and incorporate them into your overall strategy and specialty this way.
If Instagram Stories is any indication, Reels is even more popular.
They're made to be quick and enjoyable, and they're jam-packed with unique effects that make generating engaging and realistic material a breeze. This is a fantastic opportunity for businesses to reveal a more human, less picture-perfect side of themselves, which can help to foster genuine relationships and improve communities.
With Reels, you can share with your followers while also being discovered by Explore's large and diverse Instagram community.
