Ep 14 — Social Media Corner — How Instagram Actually Works Now

A summary of a recent Social Media Corner workshop — a guided tour of how Instagram (and Meta) actually work in practice, and where the people getting results are really spending their attention. The big shift: the home feed isn't the engine anymore. Explore has become the new search engine, so discovery happens there, in Reels, and in carousels — which now out-engage Reels and are the format the platform is actively pushing. You'll hear why saves and shares matter more than likes or views, a Stories cadence that keeps the algorithm warm (and a clever "close friends" launch trick), how to hook a viewer in the first three seconds before you ever introduce yourself, why your account should be public and set to professional, and how DMs and a pinned "intro" post quietly do your selling. Inside CORAL shares summaries of the live sessions our members get every week. CORAL is a private, application-only community for people who work for themselves — founders, operators, and creators. Not a member yet? Apply to join at coral.vip.