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How to Pick the Right Instagram Username

hey there i'm jenn herman with jen's,trends,and if you're curious about how to set,up your username on instagram,this is the video for you so what goes,into a good username,well i want to go beyond just the,username,there's two criteria on instagram that i,want you to be most aware of,and that's the username and the name,so first and foremost it's important to,understand that those are the only two,searchable criteria on instagram meaning,if someone goes and searches for,a name a business name a category of,something,and it pulls up accounts as the results,the only criteria,that it is looking at is the name and,the username it's not looking at your,bio,it's not looking at your content it's,not looking at anything anywhere else in,terms of those search results,so if the words you want to be found for,are not in the name or the username,fields,you are not going to show up in those,searches,and this is important to understand,because we want to make sure that we,pick the best,username overall but that it,incorporates,that aspect as well so a good username,is going to reflect you and or your,brand,how you want to be recognized on,instagram when you,post when you comment when you interact,with someone else's content,you are known as your username therefore,the username is how you are most,recognized and we want that to be,the best reflection of your brand or,your business,so maybe it's your business name maybe,it's something,tagline related to your business that,people would recognize,whatever it is that has to be the most,recognizable aspect,of your brand now if you're someone like,me where,i am my brand jen's trends and jen,hermann,are one and the same i could use my name,i could use something related to jen,herman because people know me,as my name but for my username i did,choose the brand name so i chose,jen's trends now i also put an,underscore in there so it's j,e n n s underscore trends,because i wanted to be very clear those,were two separate words,so you can use either an underscore or a,dot to separate,words it's important that you think,about this because if you have one,long run-on username doesn't matter if,you think it's capitalized or if you,think you can read it,it's one long run-on lower case,phrase and what you know and read as one,username,may not be what other people read i,always have an example that i use,where uh someone had the username a,guide,to and then it had the rest of it so a,guide,to but that was all one word well i,thought it was,maybe something in the language of,spanish and i started reading it as a,aguitu a getty too like i was trying to,figure out how to read and i literally,did this on air,and i made a complete network full of,myself because i couldn't figure out how,to pronounce it,only to find out it wasn't even anywhere,near what it was supposed to be it was,supposed to be a guide,too so make sure that other people can,read your username,the way you want it to be read and if,it's not reading the way you want it to,be read consider adding those dots or,underscores,to make it more clear what those,separate words are,then your name can be anything you want,when you go into edit your profile,there's the name field that's what shows,up in the big bold letters on your,profile,that can be anything you want so if one,is the brand the other should be,the name your actual name like i have,jen's trends as the brand name for the,username,and jen herman as the name field,now if your brand is your brand you can,have the same in both places,but i want you to think about the,keywords for which you want to be,found so if you are a photographer,somewhere in there needs to say,photographer also,you likely serve a geographical area as,a photographer you probably don't travel,a ton and take clients all around the,world,great if we did but not every,photographer does that so you're going,to want your geographical area,in there as well because if someone goes,to instagram searching for a san diego,photographer,and you don't have san diego and,photographer in your search,you're not coming up or in your name or,username you're not coming up in search,so your username might be abc dot,photography and your,name might be you know john smith san,diego photographer,that way you've got your brand name your,personal name,and what it is you do while tying in,those geographical and,keywords that you want to be found for,that's also why i have,instagram expert in my name field so if,someone's looking for jen's trends they,find that via the username,jen herman they find it the name and,they're looking for an instagram expert,that's also in the name one final thing,to keep in mind when you're picking your,name and username,the username is your url you are,instagram.com forward slash your,username,so if you change that you lose your url,i am stuck with jen's underscore trends,not that i want to change it but there,are so many links around the world from,podcasts and interviews and articles and,references that

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Instagram Profile Name and Username Whats The Difference

is there a difference between your,instagram profile name and your,instagram,username well the quick answer is yes,and it's actually an important,difference as well,so stick around because i'm going to,explain all of that,right now,so here we are on instagram and i,thought the best way to explain the,difference between your instagram,profile name and your instagram username,is to actually show you some examples,and i actually have three examples to,show you now the first example i'm going,to show you is stephanie pollock's,now the second example i want to show,you is from pat cummins pat happens to,be the captain of the australian cricket,team,and the third example which is one of my,favorite profiles and i actually show,this in a lot of my teaching classes is,from color me courtney,so back on stephanie's profile we are,and this is a really good example to,show you the difference between a,instagram profile name and your,instagram username so,under the photo there of stephanie we,can see her name stephanie pollock now,when she set up her account or page,that's her profile name and she's gone,um with a very simple one her name so,for most of us it's going to be our own,name or it could be your own business,name an example of a business name you,know you might go with mario's pizza in,las vegas now you're 30 character spaces,maximum so you do need to sort of um you,know narrow it down long business names,won't work but for most of us 30,character spaces is more than,more than enough now up the top of this,page we can see her user name is totally,different now she's known on instagram,as cup cake project so which is actually,clever in a way because she's giving,herself two ways to be found here on,instagram if people are searching for,her as stephanie or as the cup cake,project she's covering two bases i,suppose in regard to being searched now,right up the top you can see cupcake,projects she's got the blue tick that,means she's a verified account because,she's nearly got a million followers now,again she's limited to,30 character spaces and you can see up,the top with the username there are no,spaces in between,whereas with the profile name stephanie,there's a space in pollock so that's one,of the differences,your username there are no spaces,whereas your profile name you can add,spaces now the big difference and the,most important of these two are your,username though so cupcake project is,the more valuable of them because your,username is totally unique only one,account in the world can have that it's,a bit like an email address it's a bit,like a website it's a bit like a,telephone number that's the one that you,really want to get and if it's your,business name or your own name or,however you want to be known on,instagram that's the most valuable one,because when you're liking and,commenting,you leave behind the name or stephanie,would be leaving behind the name cupcake,project,lots of people can open our instagram,page or account as stephanie pollock and,there are probably hundreds of thousands,or thousands of people who have that,name but only one person can have cup,cake project now we're back having,another look at pat cummins's profile,now this is another good example just to,show you sometimes how we have to get,creative so pat obviously was able to,set his profile name up correctly as his,own name and that that's all he would be,looking to do there but up the top you,can see he's got pat cummings 30 now,obviously when he tried to get the,username just as his own name it wasn't,available which is a bit of a bummer i,suppose for him but he's got around that,by just having pat cummins 30. now if,someone's searching for him on instagram,and they just type in his name because,he's got his name in his profile,name and equally it forms part of his,username,you know he would get found quite,quickly and easily as well and finally,we're having a look at courtney's,profile which is so so colorful and as i,said before i use this as a good profile,example when teaching some of my,students so,courtney has set her profile name as,courtney then she's got the rainbow the,nyc color coin so you know that's,obviously one of her monikers and how,she wants to be known as she's a blogger,and she does amazing stuff here on,instagram up the top is her username,color me courtney so um you know that,maybe that's her business name or maybe,that's just her instagram name so,remembering color me courtney only one,person in the world can have that,whereas multiple people can have,the profile name you know for a lot of,us it will be our own name or just our,business name

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HOW TO CHOOSE A GREAT USERNAME // Instagram Tutorial

what's going on my name is Blake,Anderson aka fade the Blake and I want,to show you some quick tips and tricks,on how to choose a good username for,Instagram,first let me show you how I came up with,my username paid to Blake the first,social media account that I had was back,in college I started out with Twitter my,name Blake Anderson was taken that was,not an option after that I decided I,didn't really want to make an account,unless I had a cool you know kind of,catchy name that people could remember,and I could brand myself by so I came up,with a lot of different names a lot of,different ideas and what I landed on was,paid to Blake I always explain it as,like fade to black,but Blake I was a film major back in,college and fade to black,is an editing reference like that and I,also love puns so fade to black fade to,blade it was unique enough that I was,able to use the username on all my,social platforms if you're coming up,with username ideas and you're not sure,if it's available there's a great,website you can use called name check,com I'll link that in the description,you're able to see what sites is,available on and what sites it's not,it's a good idea to come up with one,unique name that people can find you,across all your platforms all your,profiles so keep in mind of the main,social media sites twitter has the,shortest maximum character length for,the usernames with 15 characters YouTube,is 20 Instagram is 30 and Facebook is,like 50 or something like that I like,something that includes my name a lot of,social media accounts especially on,Instagram are built around a person and,their personal brand and I think that,the user name should reflect that that's,just my preference on a side note,especially if you're younger be careful,about using your name because on the,internet wants something's out there,it's X out there try and keep your,username or your handle personal but,also professional you want the words or,phrases or puns to mean something to use,them that you can be passionate about,that account because that's really the,only way that you're gonna have success,growing it is if you have a passion for,what you're doing you also want to keep,it somewhat professional because you,never know how long it's gonna last,hopefully forever pick something that,relates to your lane your niche this,will make it easier for people to find,you and when they do find you your,content will match whatever they thought,they were going to be clicking on it,wouldn't be super smart to call your,Instagram,Ince the dog memes 99 and someone goes,to your page and full of fitness stuff,it's gonna be pretty hard for Fitness,people to find you if your Instagram,name has to do with dog memes but ton of,people use these and they aren't,inherently bad there are plenty of,people who are looking to become the,most famous person in the world and,they're happy with their username just,being their name and then their favorite,number if you want a memorable username,and you're looking to brand yourself the,numbers at the end of your username,don't really distinguish you from anyone,else doing the exact same thing so you,kind of get lost in the shuffle stick,the letters unless a number maybe helps,you spell your handle in kind of a,unique way,one good exception to this rule is the,way athletes use it for them it makes a,ton of sense to just have their name and,the number that they wear on their,Jersey right after it like I mentioned,earlier I'm a big fan of puns and if,you're creative enough you can find one,that nobody's used yet I'm kind of made,a list of words that either rhymed with,or we're similar to my name then I,thought of puns and phrases that kind of,went along with that I landed on,swapping black for Blake and that's what,created fade of like trying to write,down a bunch of words and phrases that,relate to your name or whatever you,might like to include in your username,and that might send you on the in the,right direction as far as choosing,something that will work for you some,helpful sites I found our rhyme zone and,phrases or UK you know this might seem a,little bit obvious but sometimes having,a list of all these things in front of,you kind of helps to sort through what,you like and don't like,remember to be as creative as you can so,that you can stand out like it or not,you can only get one chance when someone,comes to your profile to be impressed,and to buy into you and when you do find,something stick with it it can set you,back a little bit each time you change a,username so try as hard as you can to,pick something and run with it,but at the end of the day after all the,username stuff great work is going to,rise to the top,whatever your username is content is,always more important the name is just,the start,post your ideas below in the comment,section it's great to get other people's,feedback in this process guys thanks so,much for watching if you enjoyed this,video go ahead and give it a thumbs up I,really appreciate

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How To Get An Inactive Instagram Username ✅ How To Get A Taken Username On Instagram

let's say that there is a username you,really want to get on instagram someone,has it but you want it and what you want,you get,okay so in this video you'll learn how,to get taken instagram usernames or,inactive instagram usernames i mean,basically these are a name that you want,all i want for me is to grab two things,first grab a cup of coffee because,you're awesome and second grab my free,zero thank you followers guide on,instagram in the description down below,here it is,make sure you also like this video for,the youtube algorithm and subscribe if,you are new the first thing you gotta,know is instagram recently had an update,which basically changed some algorithm,stuff for example if you were to change,your instagram username your instagram,username would be reserved for 14 days,so let's say that in theory you're,buying an instagram username or someone,is giving you an instagram username or,you have a way to get an instagram,username that username that's actually,released will be reserved for 14 days or,unavailable and this is basically,because there were a lot of hackers it's,a long story but now this is the first,thing you gotta know so no matter which,of the steps you take you gotta know,that the username will be taken for 14,days regardless so the first method to,actually get a taken instrument username,or an inactive instagram username is,actually pretty obvious but i want to,mention it because it's important is to,actually dm the person especially if the,person has like a few followers or is,inactive last post was months ago or,years ago he probably stopped using,instagram and he might accept the,payment of five ten dollars fifteen,dollars to actually release the username,or sell you the account which by the way,should know is actually against the tos,but there's a huge market for instagram,usernames i've seen some instagram,usernames in the entrepreneur niche cost,as much as five thousand dollars and,i've seen people bid two thousand,dollars on them and they'll probably,close upwards of three thousand dollars,for just a username i won't say the,username because i don't want to promote,the person i'm not sure if he's legit or,not but he has a really nice name so,this is the first thing you can do the,second thing is there's a this link in,the description down below i'll click on,it right now and you should as well and,this is basically the second thing you,can do to actually get a username that,is state and you have the,help.instagram.com website and the only,thing you can actually do is report,impersonation account on instagram is,this the best thing you can do i don't,think so but sometimes maybe you have,thousands of followers and there's,someone that has a username with two,followers does not log in on instagram,does not reply is not active this,username is super useless and you can,actually explain the situation to,instagram so you have a few options as,you can see here which of the following,best describes your situation someone,created an account for my business or,organization someone created an account,pretending to be me or a friend someone,created an account pretending to someone,i represent you gotta choose one of,these options for example if you choose,this one you say you're the person that,is being impersonated you submit your,name email the full name listed on the,account that you're reporting right the,instagram username of the reporting,account this is basically the account,that you want then they will ask for,your id and here in the additional info,i would actually suggest you explain the,story right i have a business uh this,username will provide great value for me,it's valuable it can help me scale my,business hire a bigger team and i'm,losing on a lot of business because this,person is just holding to this account,he didn't log in at all and you can just,explain the situation to instagram,because a real live person will read the,review most likely you never really know,with instagram now do you and you know,what i'll shout you out in one of the,next videos all i want from you is to,comment your instagram username down,below and that's it i'll shout you out,and also if you have any questions i,reply to every single comment try me now,remember that video day keeps the doctor,away this is no financial or medical,advice and by the end of this video you,should check this video or this video,now

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What's the Difference Between Username and Display Name on Instagram?

welcome to my youtube channel,today we're going to take a closer look,at usernames and display names on,instagram because although similar they,are actually different,you should treat them differently,let's take a closer look,what is an instagram username,your username is the part that has an,symbol in front of it,it's also included in the link to find,your account in a web browser,because this is a way for instagram to,identify your specific account your,username must be completely unique and,different from everyone else's,if you try to use a username that has,already been taken on instagram you,won't be able to change it or register a,new account until you have changed it to,one that hasn't already been taken,you cannot add emojis or symbols to your,instagram username you can only include,numbers and letters underscores and full,stops or periods,you must remember this when putting,words and letters together the lack of,spaces between words can sometimes make,them read differently,your username must be 30 characters or,fewer,a username change isn't quite as,straightforward as a display name change,if you have quite a large account that,reaches quite a lot of people instagram,will want to review your username change,before it is allowed to go ahead,not only that changing your username on,instagram will also change the link that,takes people directly to your account,and the name that follows that symbol,will change,you will need to update other websites,and places if you change your username,ensuring that the new link contains your,new name and not the old one still,when you edit your instagram username,the app tells you that in most cases,you'll be able to change your username,back to what it was before you changed,it for another 14 days,what is an instagram display name,your instagram display name does not,need to be unique like your username,does,you can also throw emojis and other,symbols into it as well as capital,letters and spaces,you can basically go wild with your,instagram display name also known as,profile name,your instagram display name is limited,to a maximum of 30 characters just like,the username,you can only change your display name,twice in one 14-day period,what's the difference between username,and display name on instagram,you can go nuts with your display name,but usernames aren't allowed to have,emojis and other fun symbols and,characters,if you change your username your,instagram direct link will change,that's this link right here as you can,see mine says,instagram.com forward slash smm,beginners,my username is smm beginners,if you change your username to something,else the new username will then be added,to instagram.com to form your direct,link,if you don't update wherever you've,added your instagram direct link anyone,clicking on it will be directed to a,user not found page,alternatively once someone else has,snapped up that username anyone clicking,on the old link will be taken to a new,profile from someone else,if you are going to change your,instagram username you must update all,of the links elsewhere,this could include your website blog,youtube video descriptions facebook,twitter pinterest etc,it looks terrible when a potential,customer or follower clicks on one of,your links and it's not working or worse,directs them somewhere they're clearly,not meant to be,it's unprofessional,if you change your display or profile,name and not your instagram username,your direct link will not change,how are usernames and display names,similar,both your username and your display name,on instagram are searchable this means,that your account or content will come,up when someone starts typing the,combination of words or letters in your,username and display name,your username and display name should be,similar but different technically you,have two opportunities to get yourself,in search results by using the right,keywords,marketing experts believe that you,should use a slightly different,variations of words and letters in the,two names username and display name,double the keyword potential gives you,double the chances of being discovered,by other users and potential customers,on the app,this is something i talk about in more,detail in one of my previous videos,called where to use keywords for,instagram seo,there are more than one billion active,monthly users on instagram so everything,you do to make your account more,searchable will benefit you,i hope you found this video useful today,but please let me know if you have any,questions or would like to suggest,another video tutorial,thank you for watching don't forget to,subscribe if you'd like to see more,social media marketing and content,creation tips and tricks,have a fabulous day,you

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How to Change Instagram Username (2022 Updated)

hello and welcome to this video where,i'm going to really quickly show you how,to change your instagram username,super speedy video for you today,everybody i want to show you how to,change your instagram,username now your username is not the,name on your instagram account,it is also known as your handle so for,example this is the national geographic,instagram page,their name is national geographic you,can see it right there,but their handle or their username is,nat geo,so i'm going to be showing you how you,could change either one of these,come across down to your profile page on,the bottom right hand side,and if you are using a creator account,or professional account like i am right,here,you will see the edit profile button,right in the middle of the page,if you are using a regular personal,account it will be the only button that,you are able to press so,for our instance we're going to be using,this particular layout so i'm going to,press edit profile,and you'll see that i am sent to my,landing page profile information,now the name up the top can be changed,by just pressing on that right there,and typing out whatever you would like,this can be the same as somebody else,it does not have to be individual you,don't have to be the only person with,this name so,you can really put anything you like,here once you're done press,done and you'll see that my name has now,been changed,uh the second option down is the,username so if i want to change this,i just tap that right there and you are,able to change this to any username that,you would like,keep in mind that while you are not your,old username so if i go ahead and change,this,someone can come along and take this,username so,there are people signing up to instagram,all the time there are always people,changing their username so if you have a,popular name,or you have something that's quite short,keep in mind that you don't want to,spend too long,not having that as your name if you,intend to keep it because someone might,come in,and snag that from you so let me just,show you how i can change this just by,adding something on the end,once i'm finished i just hit done and,you'll see that my username has now been,changed if i would like to change this,back all i have to do is go back in here,and remove the change that i have made,and hope that no one has taken it in the,meantime,like i said this one no one was going to,come in and change but if you have,something smaller than that,you may want to reconsider you can only,do this a couple of times in a two week,span so when you do change your username,make sure it's one that you would like,to keep,hit done when you are all finished and,you will see your username reflected,on your profile i hope this video was,helpful for you if it was please give me,a thumbs up and don't forget to hit,subscribe so that you never miss a new,video from us,you

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How to Change Instagram Username: 3 Things to Keep in Mind

whether you have decided to rebrand your,business or change your business name,entirely there's more than one reason as,to why you may need to change your,instagram name you clicked on this video,because you want to know how to change,your instagram username so today i'm,going to show you how and at the end i'm,sharing three important tips you need to,keep in mind when you're changing it,what's up everybody welcome back to the,channel i'm brandi with life marketing,the digital marketing agency with a,mission to help small businesses grow,super quick before we get started go,ahead and like this video for me,subscribe to the channel and hit that,notification bell so that you don't miss,out on any of the business growing,videos that we put out every single week,all right so first let me show you how,to change your instagram username on,mobile first go to your profile and to,clarify this is your username and this,is your name or sometimes called display,name your username is what people use,with the at sign to mention you in,stories and posts so this is the one,you'll be changing if you want to change,the username click edit profile and tap,the username box from there you can,change your name to whatever you want it,to be once you hit done instagram will,tell you if that username is already,taken or if it's not it will save your,new username the process for changing,your instagram username on desktop is,pretty much the same just log in at,www.instagram.com click to your profile,click edit profile,change your username to whatever you,want it to be and then scroll down to,click submit again instagram will let,you know if your username is already,taken or if you can successfully change,it now before you go i have a couple,important things to remember when,changing your instagram username that,you're going to want to stay for but,first here is a quick message from one,of our co-founders sherman hey we just,helped a small business make over 1.5,million dollars through facebook,advertising and after managing millions,of dollars in ad spend for thousands of,different small businesses we have,decided to give away everything we learn,to you in a special program if you want,to learn the blueprint to success the,best practices from some of the fastest,growing companies in the world and all,the different tools you will need then,sign up for our social ads training,program today alright so three important,things to remember when changing your,instagram username number one make sure,you want to change your username before,changing it a name change can be,confusing to followers and for small,businesses the last thing you want to do,is make brand awareness harder so take a,moment to list out the reasons why you,want to change your username and decide,if it's worth taking a potential step,back and branding number two be,confident in the name you want to change,it to once you change your username your,old one is up for grabs to other people,and if they take your original username,that you later decide you want back then,there's not much you can do other than,potentially reach out to them and see if,they're willing to swap with you but i,wouldn't bet on that and lastly number,three i would try to keep the usernames,across all of your social media accounts,the same piggybacking off of number one,it makes it easier for customers to find,you online if your username is your,business name and is the same on your,instagram as it is on facebook twitter,linkedin and so on if ours was live,marketing on instagram but life mktg on,facebook and life spelled l-i-f-e,marketing on twitter you can see how,that would be confusing to followers,they would wonder which one was the real,life marketing and the confusion could,lead to distrust which leads them to not,use our service the same principle,applies to all businesses so that's why,i just say make it easy for yourself and,your customers and keep your username,the same across all platforms and as,identical to your business name as you,can get it so now that we've covered how,to change your username and best,practices do you still have questions or,anything i didn't cover that you were,hoping i would if so leave a comment for,me and i'll get back to you there,otherwise that about wraps up everything,i have for you today guys so don't,forget to like subscribe and hit the,notification bell before you go and i,will see you in the next episode

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