Overview
By connecting your Instagram account, GRIN can automatically pull in your Instagram posts and engagement numbers to deliver to the brands you are collaborating with.
Warning: If you don't connect your Instagram account and your brand requests Instagram content and metrics, you'll need to manually upload and provide those stats for each post on your Live Site. Learn more with our help article Manually Uploading Content.
What You'll Need
An Instagram account. Make sure your account is not a private account as GRIN cannot connect with private accounts.
A Live Site. If you don’t have a Live Site yet, contact your collaborating brand to generate a link for you.
If you have multiple Live Sites with different brands and want to share your social network connections between them, which means you’ll only need to log in to each network once for all your Live Sites, you’ll also need the following:
Verify each of your Live Sites. You can learn how to verify with our help article Verifying Your Account.
The same email address set on your Live Site Settings page. You can learn how to update your email address with our help article Managing Settings.
You’re part of at least one program in each Live Site.
How to Do It
1. Navigate to your Live Site > Networks.
2. Click Connect next to Instagram.
3. If you have already connected your Instagram account on another Live Site, you’ll be prompted to automatically connect the same account on your current Live Site. You can review your options to auto-connect below. If you aren't prompted with these options, skip this step and move on to Step 4.
If you want to connect your account automatically and you only have one other Live Site to log in to, select Yes, auto connect. This will finish the connection process, and you can skip the rest of the steps in this article.
If you want to connect your account automatically and you have two or more Live Sites you can log in to, toggle on which brands' Live Sites you want to connect to, then select Yes, auto connect. This will finish the connection process, and you can skip the rest of the steps in this article.
If you want to connect your account manually, select No, proceed to manually connect, and continue to Step 4.
4. Enter your Instagram handle and click Connect.
5. If you have other Live Sites, you’ll be prompted to automatically connect your Instagram account to those Live Sites as well. You can review your options to connect automatically below. If you aren't prompted with these options, then you are finished with the process.
If you want to connect your account automatically and you only have one other Live Site to log in to, select Yes, auto connect.
If you want to connect your account automatically and you have two or more Live Sites you can log in to, toggle on which brands' Live Sites you want to connect to, then select Yes, auto connect.
If you don’t want to connect your account to other Live Sites, select No, I’ll do this later.
Conclusion
That's it! Your Instagram account is now connected. Now, GRIN will automatically pick up your Instagram content and share it with your collaborating brands, and they'll be able to see your posts' metrics.
Note: You may see a message that says your connection is Pending. If you do, this means we're taking some time to establish a connection. Just check back later, and if the message is gone, then you're connected! If not, then you may need to try to connect again.