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Kinda chic, don’t you think? 💅

August Trends, Week 1 😎 and our templates that help you jump on these in minutes!⁠ (Comment “DROPS”)
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TREND 1 🎮 Playstation Controller Reel - ⁠
the interactive reel where your audience is the controller and you’re the game. “long press 🔴 so i [do this] faster, tap ❌ twice to say you got this.” it’s super early and pulling millions of views, so it’s such a good one to jump on now.⁠
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TREND 2 🗓️ Animated Calendar - ⁠
the aesthetic animated calendar reel with all your little photos popping onto the dates. makes you look like you’ve got mad editing skills and your comments will be full of “how did you make this???”⁠
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TREND 3 😎 Kinda Chic Carousel - ⁠
“kinda chic to get through [hard thing] and come out stronger... kinda chic to build a business that [something special about you].” the cool girl trend everyone’s posting rn, so easy to make your own for a quick one.⁠
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TREND 4 💡 Important Historic Inventions -⁠
“important historic inventions: the light bulb, the internet, and [your thing].” the emoji meme that puts what you sell right up there with the greats. history, but make it a plug.⁠
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TREND 5 🌴 Off & On -⁠
the toggle trend showing a before and after in your audience’s life, [bad thing] off and [good thing] on. strong visual and even better if you use it to talk about your products or services.⁠
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👉👉👉 Want the templates? ✨ comment “DROPS” to access these trends that dropped today, the past ones (like the “follow the line emoji carousel” from June 1 that everyone is still asking me about every week!)...and get the newest ones, every Monday!⁠
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We create the best trends that don’t require you to be on camera and outperform Reels and send you the Canva templates every week, so you can post in minutes and be early. No hair or makeup needed! 🙌

Anywhoooo.... comment “DROPS” for the link.

When you join you access past drops and get the new templates every Monday morning. So you always have something *actually* new to post without Instagram taking over your workday. 🙌

The Reelies Award Show finalists will be announced THIS FRIDAY 7/31 at 12PM ET on Instagram LIVE at The Reelies Award Show account 🔥✨🪩💅🏻🤫🏆

I will go through every finalist, for the 30 categories one by one. So block the time, eat your lunch while you watch and let’s find out who are our Finalists 2026 🏆

Who is joining me? 👀👀👀

PS: after the announcement, public voting will start.

PS 2: whether you entered or not, I highly recommend joining us at The Reelies Award Show red carpet and ceremony here in Atlanta on Sep 13. We still have discounted tickets but prices will go up after we announce the finalists.
Comment “RED CARPET” for the link.

The trends keep coming. You keep saving them. And somehow another week goes by and you’re still struggling with posting. 😩⁠
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If that’s you, join me at The Trend Drop It Challenge.⁠
Four weeks. 30 minutes, three times a week. One template at a time.⁠
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By August 29th you’ll either have 12 posts live, a process that finally feels automatic, and a feed that’s actually working for you.⁠
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..or you’ll still be saving trends for later...⁠
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I got the trends, the designs, the captions, the instructions to do it simply. All you have to do is build the posting habit! What do you say?⁠
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Comment “DROP IT” for the link!

⚠️ Instagram Content Sizing in 2026 ⚠️ Read through and save!⁠
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Instagram is always changing. Here’s the refresh you need:⁠
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There are now 2 “correct” grid sizes and if you mix them up, your content gets cropped. So as usual when anything changes, we updated our cheat sheet for you!⁠
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Save this, you’ll need it 👇⁠
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✅ Feed Posts + Carousels: 1080 x 1350px (4:5) — use this for basically everything, still the most universal size⁠
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✅ Grid (the actual preview size): 1080 x 1440px (3:4) — we recommend you use this size for banners & puzzles only.⁠
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❌ Square (old news): 1080 x 1080px (1:1) — retire it, it gets cropped now⁠
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✅ Reels, Stories, Covers: 1080 x 1920px (9:16) — unchanged, still full screen⁠
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✅ Banners, Puzzles & Static Grids:⁠
Here’s your math (all based on the new 1440px tile):⁠
👉 3-part: 3240 x 1440px⁠
👉 6-part: 3240 x 2880px⁠
👉 9-part: 3240 x 4320px⁠
👉 12-part: 3240 x 5760px⁠
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And don’t forget: only slide 1 of a carousel ever shows on your profile grid, so you do NOT need to worry about the margins in every slide. ⁠
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One more thing 👀 most schedulers still don’t fully support the new 1440px size, so if you’re posting a puzzle, do it natively through the Instagram app until yours catches up.⁠
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Want Canva templates of the latest trends already sized right, so you never have to do this math again? 👇⁠
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Comment “FREE TREND” to try a few for FREE. 🙌

Getting early trends templates designed and sent to you every Monday is not a splurge. It’s basic human needs. 🙃 ⁠
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Comment “DROPS” and I will send you the link to learn more how to make posting relevant content easy and doable for you.

If posting on Instagram still feels heavy and emotional, or takes way too much time, you need to join me...⁠
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Starting August 3, I am hosting a 4-week challenge to build the habit of posting trends early on Instagram in less than 30 minutes.⁠
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Let me guess:⁠
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👉 You follow the experts, save the trends, but posting consistently still seems like an impossible task⁠
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👉 You want to post more relevant content, but you don’t have the time⁠
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👉 You feel pressure to post Reels that takes you too long to create⁠
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👉 By the time you can post a trend, it’s already everywhere ⁠
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👉 Your engagement is so low that sometimes it’s hard to see the point⁠
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…if you said UGH, then this Challenge is for you!⁠
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🔗 Comment “DROP IT” for the link 🔗 because building the habit may be the missing piece.