Fun Ideas for Your Instagram Reels
Reels are one of Instagram’s best features. These are short, 15 to 30 second, videos that rival TikTok. They often have a voice-over, music, or other trending sounds, similar to TikTok. If you have content you want to share that doesn’t make sense in your regular social media content, this can be a fun way to experiment! Reels are a very good way to expand your audience on Instagram and potentially grow your following. Looking for some fun ideas for your own Instagram Reels? Keep reading!
Meet the Team
Customers love to see the people behind the companies they support. Reels are an effective way to do this, which doesn’t take too much time or effort. There are a few ways you can use Reels to meet your team. Because the videos are short, you can do a quick introduction of your staff along with a couple of short, snappy fun facts about them. If you want to get more detailed, you can create a series of videos, with each one focusing on an individual employee.
Show How to Make a Product
Showcase the process of creating a product! For example, maybe your business is a restaurant and you make a video that shows how an order goes from being ordered online to being delivered. Or, if you make clothing, show how the garment goes from a roll of fabric to a wearable item! Obviously, you don’t have to share any secret ingredients or processes that are unique to your business. But behind-the-scenes videos that give an inside look into companies continue to be very popular.
Follow a Trend
Like TikTok, there are certain social media trends that occur on Reels. Occasionally, they may start on TikTok and make their way to Reels after a few weeks. Or, they could be exclusive to Instagram Reels. As you’re scrolling through Reels for yourself, take note of any trends that you continue to see and think about how you could make it relevant to your business. However, don’t feel like you need to hop on every trend that you see. You should only stick with the ones that fit your brand.
Answer a FAQ
There are without a doubt some questions that your company gets asked time and time again. Do your customers – and yourself – a favor by answering some of these questions in your Instagram Reels. Think about answering questions like what your hours of operation are, who your founders are, and more in engaging videos.
Repurpose Content
This is how you work smarter, not harder. Use your most liked posts and recreate them as Reels. You can also use your best blog posts and adapt them into videos. This is a very easy way to supplement your other video ideas, with content that you already know performed well. You can also direct people to those blog posts with call-to-actions to get more views on your blog posts!
Take Requests
If you see a comment on your video with a fun idea or interesting question, use it. Think of these comments as your followers giving you free ideas for your Instagram Reels! It works for you by getting new content but also shows anyone watching that you are listening and appreciate their feedback.
Mix Up Your Content With Instagram Reels
There are so many different platforms to juggle when it comes to social media marketing and Reels is just one of them. If you feel overwhelmed by all of these platforms, let 98 Buck Social help! Our social media management services ensure you have a presence on all of the main platforms, so you don’t miss out on reaching your target audience.
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By default, we can use the photos you have on your website as well as utilizing the plethora of photos available to us within our royalty free library.
If you have photos or videos for us to use, depending on your subscription, we welcome you to upload them into a Google Drive folder and share that link with us!
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How do you mimic my branding colors and style?
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That being said, we can come up with custom graphics that suit your branding style as an add-on to your posting subscription.
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This way, you will have the chance to give us feedback on each post in case you’d like us to make a minor edit.
Note: One round of editing per post permitted, depending on your plan.
What are the results I can expect from your posting services?
The idea behind consistent posting onto your social media pages is to keep them active with content that promotes your business solutions, educates your audience to showcase your expertise and to also keep things lighthearted, it’s social media after all!
There’s nothing worse for a business than to earn someone looking into what you do, only for them to see a barren social media page. To them, it may appear that you are out of business or potentially a scam.
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Do you use a posting scheduler and how do you get access to my business pages?
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By signing up for our content services, we will set you up with your own Cloud Campaign workspace depending on your plan.
During onboarding we request admin access to your social accounts using a secure platform. This allows us to manage the occasional disconnect when the platforms push out updates.
Furthermore, with your own workspace you are welcome to view and edit content at your leisure!
Why do my posts say “Posted by Cloud Campaign”
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