Be Better at Instagram — 5 Things You Can Do Today with Chelsea Peitz
Sep 12, 2023
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Chelsea Peitz, a coach, author, speaker, and real estate veteran, discusses the importance of building an irresistible personal brand on social media. She demystifies the Instagram algorithm, dives into community engagement, and provides tips for optimizing your Instagram profile and bio. She also shares insightful tips for creating engaging short-form video content.
The podcast emphasizes the importance of optimizing an Instagram profile by including relevant keywords and crafting a clear bio with a call to action.
The hosts provide tips for overcoming video anxiety and creating engaging short-form video content on social media.
Deep dives
The importance of personal branding on social media
In this podcast episode, the hosts discuss the significance of personal branding on social media platforms, specifically focusing on Instagram. They emphasize that building a strong reputation and turning it into a business asset is crucial for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and solopreneurs in reputation-based industries. They highlight the need to address the love-hate relationship people have with social media and explore how to simplify and demystify the strategies for creating authentic and sustainable content. The hosts emphasize the importance of engaging with the audience through meaningful conversations, utilizing direct messages, and understanding the algorithm's preference for conversation-driven content.
Key tips for effective Instagram profiles
The podcast delves into the key elements of a successful Instagram profile. They stress the importance of optimizing the searchable fields in the profile, such as the username and name fields, by including first and last names or brand names, location information if applicable, and relevant keywords. They also discuss the significance of crafting a clear and concise bio that conveys who you are, how you help others, and includes a call to action prompting users to take the next step. Additionally, they highlight the role of cover photos and closed captions for video content in enhancing engagement and ensuring accessibility.
Overcoming video anxiety and creating engaging content
The hosts address the common challenges and insecurities associated with creating video content for social media. They provide tips for overcoming video anxiety, such as focusing on the viewer and treating the camera as a person, as well as utilizing visual aids like pictures of the target audience when recording. They also emphasize the importance of recording videos in short clips, allowing for more natural delivery and easier editing. They touch on the significance of incorporating movement and sound in videos to capture viewers' attention and encourage engagement. Additionally, they stress the value of adding titles and closed captions for improved accessibility and engagement.
Effective strategies for managing content overwhelm
The podcast offers strategies for managing content overwhelm and ensuring consistent creation. They encourage listeners to be aware of their surroundings and tap into the content potential in everyday experiences, such as meetings, emails, and client interactions. By jotting down questions, topics, and unique experiences, individuals can generate a bank of content ideas. They also suggest considering the questions that people aren't asking but should be, allowing for the development of thought leadership content. Lastly, they remind listeners that there are no rules and that even creating one video or post is a valuable step in building an online presence.
Diving into the world of social media to build your personal brand is definitely a rollercoaster ride on the track of a love-hate relationship. On one hand, there's the thrill of connecting with people worldwide and molding your online presence. On the other, it's a juggling act to keep things real and human in a carefully crafted digital world. In this episode, we take a deep dive into all things Instagram, with amazing guest Chelsea Peitz. Chelsea is a coach, author, speaker, real estate veteran, and marketing pro, who teaches people how to build an irresistible personal brand on social media with easy-to-follow action steps and best practices.
In our conversation, we dive into why you need to stick around, especially if you are questioning whether or not you should even be on social media. Chelsea demystifies the mysterious ever-changing Instagram algorithm and also talks about the neuroscience behind social media and your interactions with notifications. We delve into the importance of community engagement, and her advice for entrepreneurial brand development, and on top of that, Chelsea goes in-depth into optimizing your Instagram profile and bio. Stick around for some incredibly insightful tips for getting over the video ick and creating engaging short-form video content. For all this and so much more, start listening now!
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