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Carousel:

Nurturing your audience

The fastest way to build authority

Videos grab attention, but carousels build trust.

With videos, you controls the pacing. With carousels, your audience does. They can swipe at their own pace and people gets to choose what they want to focus on. I actually really like this approach because of the active participation deepens engagement.

And with up to 20 slides, carousels give you plenty of room to go beyond a pretty design. The other cool thing about carousel is how much you can explore in a single post. Great for breaking down complex ideas and position yourself as the expert.

  • Brand Story — Share how your brand started, what shaped it, and the story behind what you do.

    Your Mission — Talk about what your brand stands for, what you care about, and the reason behind your work.

    Your POV — Share your thoughts, opinions, and beliefs about topics that matter to your brand and your audience.

    What Makes You, You — Show the personality, values, and little details that make your brand different from everyone else.

  • How-To — Walk your audience through a process from start to finish, making something that feels complicated easier to follow.

    Frameworks — Break down your approach into a simple structure people can follow and apply to their own business.

    Quick Tips — Share a simple tip or shortcut your audience can try right away.

  • Product Reveal — Give your audience a first look at something new, whether it’s a product, service, collection, or offer.

    Behind the Launch — Take your audience behind the scenes of what goes into getting a new product or offer ready.

    The Story Behind It — Share why you created it, what inspired it, and the problem or need it was made for.

    Launch Day — Bring your audience along as it goes live, from the first announcement to those exciting first reactions.

  • Client Story — Share a longer-form story about where your client started, what they needed, and what changed after working with you.

    Before & After — Show the difference between where your client started and where they are now, whether it’s their business, content, branding, or results.

    Client Testimonial — Let your client tell the story in their own words, including what they struggled with, what they enjoyed about working with you, and the results they saw.

    The Journey — Take your audience through the full experience, from the initial challenge and the work behind the scenes to the final outcome.

Inspirations

Just a little peek at the different styles and approaches we could play around with.

I’ve sped up some of the videos to save time, so music might sound a little unusual :)

Video / Motion Carousel

Karmeen (19,6K)

Karmeen treats her carousel like a living PowerPoint, using B-rolls to explain each step. The layout is beautiful and makes her “How to Film Yourself in a Hotel” tutorial practical and engaging.

Her first slide, the cover, feels like a living postcard and instantly stands out in between scrolls. With music, the carousel becomes a Reel, so it’s a win-win for showing off her visual identity and personal brand. The editing feels thoughtful without being overproduced.

Creator College (178K)

You can also do more with less or no music, just like what Creator College did in this carousel. Tutorials are often better with authentic sound clips, especially when they’re shown as examples.

The carousel starts with no sound, just a design before following it with videos from several creators, as well as images laid out strategically.

It’s actually a tutorial of “How to Turn One Story Into Six Different Posts”, but tapping into the conversation around “quitting 9-to-5 to become a creator.”

Storytelling Carousel

Tamsen (1,7M)

Tamsen Fadal, a senior journalist, uses clips of herself interviewing Melinda Gates to tell a story to her audience of women going through menopause.

This can be an interesting way to package your insights by interviewing experts or other creators who are on the same journey as you.

In addition to captions, you can make it much more engaging by adding a bit of graphic design, and subtle sound effects that support the conversation.

Heigi (216K)

One word to describe Heigi’s carousel: cute. She uses images, videos, and cute graphics that give off a doodling feel to show off her personal branding.

Heigi brings us closer to her by showing her personal workspace, mouse, balance board, keyboard, and her cat.

It doesn’t even have to be a doodle style. You can tweak it to suit your branding and maybe even turn this kind of content into a signature series to differentiate it from your videos and other carousels.

Layout / Graphic Carousel

Martha (155K)

The casual cover “How to 10x Your Insta Story With This Simple Trick” looks like a scrapbook, immediately feels familiar to her audience.

Each slide is a standalone tips, so the we can simply pick which ones to apply for our content.

Using repeated graphics, she places the phones side by side to show the before-and-after. The human brain naturally enjoy symmetry, also that dopamine hit from seeing the ‘after’.

Fun fact: Martha was one of the few 80 accounts that was followed by the Royal Family.

Daniela (244K)

Daniela shared her strategy around the topic of “How to Plan a Full Month of Content” using 100% graphics with music.

Her approach is clever for establishing herself as the expert, as this kind of visual reminds us of school or professional work, which is often associated with expertise.

By deep diving into your strategy, you can use this style of teaching to build trust with your audience, by creating your own graphic style and make your content more recognizable.

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