At this point you have definitely heard about Snapchat. I don’t need to tell you that it has grown by over 25 million monthly users since the start of 2016. I don’t have to tell you that it has over 7 billion monthly video views (compared to Facebook’s 8 billion, at 1/10 the user base).…
Now that you are reaching out people and getting their attention it’s time to make good stories. But, what makes a good story? That’s a great question but has many answers. Is making tons of jokes all day good? Is drawing artwork good? Is business advice good? Yes, yes, and yes. Also, no, no, and…
Now that you know how to use Snapchat the question is how should you be using the platform. Snapchat is all about attention. A person can only watch a snap one time and a person cannot reread text that was sent to them. This means that a person needs to give their attention the first…
Snapchat Drawing by IamSoliSoul Today we will cover 3 more features that you can use to customize your snaps. After you have taken the picture there are 3 buttons on the top. The first button is the emojis button. Pressing this will open a menu of tons and tons of emojis to choose from. When you…
It is time to learn how to snap. The first thing you need to do is take the picture or video (you can only use an existing photo or video on iPhone. On the top right you can switch from front facing to back facing camera. If you double tap the screen it will switch…
If you swipe left twice from the story page of Snapchat you will be brought to the discover page. Snapchat is trying to give each user a different list of companies to discover specific to their age, location, and people they follow (i.e. their interests). Each company uses discover a different way, but to scroll through is…
If you swipe left you will be brought to the story page. In this page there are 5 sections: My Story Discover Live Recent Updates All Stories In the first section you can watch the last 24 hours of any snaps you sent to your story. Simply click on the 3 dots on the right…
The next screen we will discuss is above the camera screen. You can get to this screen by other swiping down or pressing on the ghost icon on the top. The first thing you will notice on this page is your snapcode. If you press on this code it will take over the screen and will…
So how the heck do you use Snapchat? We will go through each screen and talk about how to use each screen. There is a lot to cover here. The first page we will cover is the chat page. To get there, swipe left. On this screen you will see a list of all the people that…
The user interface of Snapchat is totally different than that of any other platform we have seen. There are different types of swipes that work in different locations that do different things. Since it has a strong learning curve it may prevents older people from learning the platform. But, that has not stopped the younger…