How to overcome your fear of Reels
Do you ever get all in your head about posting and experience a little spark of fear? It ignites then it starts catching. Pretty soon, you are frozen and can't do anything!
You can't post, so you go back in your hole and decide “I'm not going to post today,” or “It's not meant to be,” or “I'm too busy. I've got other things going on. Nobody cares.” If that sounds like you, today's episode is for you because it's all about fear of posting.
Let's talk Instagram anxiety: I looked it up on Google, and it's a real thing. Instagram anxiety, fear of posting social media, anxiety of putting yourself out there. Are you ready? Because I've got some answers for you. Listen in.
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https://www.ruthiegray.mom/fear-of-reels/
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My former fear of Reels
Now, before we start, I want you to know that I totally relate to your fear of Reels! I know what it's like to be there and wonder, does anyone care? Are people going to laugh at me? Do I look old? Do I look like, I don't know what I'm doing. Do I just look silly or foolish? Who am I to sound like an authority on Instagram.
Oh, the excuses.
I hear you, however we know what works on Instagram. Number one, consistency and posting anything! But also number one for 2022 is Reels. Reels are powerful. We've been saying this all year. It's a proven fact.
Overcoming fear of Reels to succeed in 2022
You could post three Reels a week, and even if they dove and you only got a few views, they would most likely be useful. I'm not saying there is not space for posts too. Carousels, I still do those.
What I'm saying is you can get things done faster and reach your audience faster with Reels. So back up a minute and let's talk about stories first, because stories are your gateway to Reels. And I'm going to talk about more of that in our next episode, how to repurpose stories to Reels, but stories is one form of video.
That's very powerful and helps you connect with people in the DM, because that's where the conversation starts. That is the intersection of your life. And your followers’ interests because of how they connect with you and resonate with you have a lot to do with how much you share of your life in stories and the behind the scenes of your work, your message, and just things about you.
Using stories to overcome fear of Reels
You've got to have some guts and be willing to show yourself in stories. Test out stories with 15 second frames. Just talk to the camera in 15 second frames. If you don't like that 15 seconds, redo it! No one will know. Because you didn't post it.
So stories are the ground level behind the scenes where you can talk to people, but also where you test what people might need to hear from you on the larger levels, like live video, regular video or Reels. This is such a hack for getting over your fear of Reels!
Again, Reels are the hot tip. They have their own algorithm. We'll talk more about that and how to test stories and repurpose them for video and for Reels in the next episode, but back to fear for a minute. Last week I created a Reel that was repurposed from stories.
Talk to your audience
Every once in a while, I'll do a poll and talk to my audience in stories and feel the pulse where they're at, what are their pain points in the arena that I teach. Content marketing on Instagram and in newsletters. If I see that people are responding,
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