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User Guide on How to Link YouTube to Instagram

Link Youtube to Instagram: Instagram is a platform that we can use for cross-promotion of products, businesses, and content. However, you can create elsewhere. YouTube is a huge platform for content creators. Also, it makes sense to use both of these great apps to cross-promote.

There are multiple ways you can link YouTube videos to Instagram. These are stories, posts, your bio, in direct messages, and much more. Sadly, direct links can’t exactly work when you add them to Instagram posts.

GETTING STARTED

While YouTube has an awesome website, that isn’t the case with Instagram. For a better experience, install and update your Instagram app to the latest version.

Here are download links for the Instagram app and for Youtube app on Android and iOS, and the Android and iOS links. Navigation on the Instagram app is simpler than on the web version. Also, it has many choices that are restricted on the web.

Supposing that you have both apps updated. Also, a YouTube channel up and running, you can easily move the link to the channel, or one of the videos over to Instagram. By doing so, you’ll enhance your views on YouTube.

Moving an Instagram audience to YouTube isn’t tough at all. Also, it will enhance your media presence immensely, that is great. Just consider promoting your YouTube channel on Instagram on a weekly basis.

However, your YouTube success relies on consistency. If you can, then make as much content as possible. Surely, it’s complicated to upload videos daily, but doing so on a weekly basis isn’t out of the question.

We’re supposing that you’re using Instagram for business. But you can also follow this advice if you’re using it for personal use. Sharing cool YouTube videos is great fun, even if they aren’t yours.

ADDRESSING THE MAIN TOPIC

The main topic of this tutorial is how to add YouTube video links to Instagram posts. Just like many other social media platforms, you can’t add direct links to Instagram posts. Technically, you can, but they’ll only seem in text form.

In other words, you can’t click on links. Most Instagram users can’t go through the trouble of copying or typing out whole YouTube video links in their browser. You can also add the link in the captions of any post. But give clear instructions to your followers.

A clear trick is to shorten the links so they’re quite easier to copy. Relax and use Bitly, a free website for making links shorter. After posting a shortened link to your YouTube video on IG, tell your followers to copy-paste it in their browsers.

BETTER LINKING OPTIONS

When you add links on Instagram, the very first thing that comes to mind is the Instagram bio. To be honest, people are beginning to get annoyed at how much literally everyone is using this feature. Also, you should put a link to your YouTube channel, or YouTube video in your bio.

However, from a viewer’s perspective, it’s a bit of a no-no.

How to add a link to your Instagram bio:

Step 1:

Firstly, Startup Instagram.

Step 2:

Click on the profile icon (located bottom-left corner of your screen).

Step 3:

Click on Edit Profile.

Step 4:

Also, click on the bio line.

Step 5:

Then paste your YouTube video link. Make sure that the bio space is limited to about 100 characters. You can only post one link in the bio.

Step 5:

Hit the Confirm option once done (checkmark in the top-right corner of the bio screen).

You’ll also check a Website space on your profile, above your bio. Click on it and add your website link, if you have a website.

USE STORIES TO LINK YT VIDEOS

Another best place to post your YT video links is Instagram stories. They only last 24 hours, but many users use Instagram just to refrain from their stories feed anyway. It’s the best idea to always add your YouTube video links to your contemporary stories.

However, YouTube videos are permanent. But stories are used for promo deals, flash sales, etc. You should also add links to your stories whenever you upload a YouTube video. It would be ideal because you would drive your Instagram traffic to YouTube immediately, and instantly boost the view and like counts.

We suggest emphasizing the story link whenever you can because stories only last up to 15 seconds. It also provides very little reaction time to the viewer. The best way is to add arrows also point to the link in another way.

Make sure that story links might be difficult to obtain. You also require more than 10k followers to add these types of links. Also, you have a verified account, which is also harder in most cases.

Conclusion:

These are the methods to promote your YouTube videos on Instagram. At last, you should consider using a direct promotion, i.e. share direct messages to your followers, having your YouTube video links.

This might feel boring. But it pays off in the long run and displays your dedication. At last, you can pay for promotion on Instagram if you have a business account. Hopefully, this advice helped you. Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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