How To Add Collaborator on Instagram After Posting?

There are quite a lot of editing tools for pictures and videos, and the whole process of creating a post or a reel on Instagram is so engaging that it is pretty normal to skip adding a collaborator at the end.

Unfortunately, there is no way you can add a collaborator after posting. Does that bring you to the end of this article? Surely not.

The best option, although a slightly painful one, is to quickly delete the post before more people see it repeat the same process and remember to add a collaborator this time around.

Considering that the main reason you want to add a collaborator is to reach more accounts, here are some other workarounds for you.

1. Edit Caption and Tag

Instagram allows you to edit the caption and tag accounts after you post. So the best you can do to make sure the person in question gets to access your post is to tag them.

This way, they can share the post as their story, and it will be visible to their followers. To edit, follow the below steps:

1. Go to your profile from the profile icon at the bottom.
2. Select the post where you want to add tags.
3. Tap on the three dots on the top right of the post.
   
4. Select “Edit” from the pop-up.
   
5. In the post editor, find the option “Tag people” and select it.
   
6. Now write and search for the account you want to tag in the post.
   
7. Tap on “Done”.
   

This will send a notification to the account you have tagged in the post. Hence, the tagged account will now be able to share the post in their stories.

2. Ask the Collaborator To Share the Post

Once the account you tagged gets the notification, all they have to do is to post it in their stories. The tagged account can find the notification from the heart symbol on the top left or find the tagged posts from their profile page.

You can send a DM to the tagged account asking them to share your post to their story.

In a way, this is as effective as posting something with a collaborator because the chances of the other person’s followers seeing that post are the same, even if the tagged person puts the post as a story instead of a regular post on the timeline.

How To Add “Collab” Post?

Adding a collaborator to your post enhances its reach and improves its engagement by a big margin. But there are some prerequisites to add someone as a collaborator to your posts.

The rules are a bit relaxed for public accounts, as they can invite anyone to collaborate. For the private account though, your account and the account you want to tag must be following each other for you two to be able to add each other as a collaborator.

Here is how you can add someone as a collaborator on a post on Instagram:

1. Go to the “+” sign on the homepage to create a new post.
   
2. Select pictures or videos you want to post.
3. On the last page of the post editor, select “Tag people”.
   
4. Tap on the “Invite Collaborators”. Invite option not showing up? Read the linked article to troubleshoot.
   
5. Search and find the account you want to add as a collaborator.
6. Hit the “Share” button to share the post.
   
7. Instagram will now send a notification to your partner to accept the collab invitation. Once approved, your name will appear ahead of the collaborator’s name, with both account names separated by the “&” sign.

Benefits of Adding Collaborator

For Instagram, the idea of collaborating for posts must have come through brand collaborations and sponsored content, but even for private accounts, the collaborated posts solve a lot of problems.

• Maximize reach: since the post will appear on the timeline of both you and the account you tagged, followers of both accounts will be able to see the same post.
• Duplication: Before the introduction of the collaboration feature on Instagram, people used to share the same pictures and videos on different accounts. Allowing people to collaborate gets rid of the duplicated content.
• Request-based feature: Unlike the tag option, the collaborator feature is based on requests. So if you do not wish to be a collaborator for a post, you can deny or ignore the request. You can also remove yourself as a collaborator in the future after you approve the request.
• Engagement: While there are no tangible measures to back this claim, influencers, and public accounts claim that adding a collaborator to their posts has increased the overall engagement on their account.

Frequently Asked Questions

Wrap Up!

We may see the option to add a collaborator after publishing in the future, just like the late introduction of “add mention” to the stories after posting.

Adding it to your posts not only has great benefits but also looks pretty cool on the timeline. But with a plethora of editing options, filters, and effects at our disposal, it is very much possible that you forget to put captions, tags, or collab at the end of the process.