ACCOUNT CREATION - How To Use Snapchat (& Start Creating Content)

ACCOUNT CREATION

If you haven’t yet signed up for Snapchat, simply search it on your app store.  If you’re reading this on a mobile device, you can go to iTunes App Store tto download Snapchat to your iPhone.

Note:  If you wish to install Snapchat to an iPad, you will need to head to the iOS app store on the device, then, in the upper lefthand corner, tap ‘iPad only’ and change this to ‘iPhone only’ in order to find Snapchat in the search results, as it is natively created for phones only.

Once installed, go ahead and open the app, tap ‘Sign Up’, and enter your desired account information.

The USERNAME you create will be used to log you in, and others may type this name in to add you as a friend.  You will also be able to regular NAME/DISPLAY NAME, so you can use something other than your username to display to your Snapchat friends when messages or updates come from you.  Think of the username like your email, and the display name like your sender name (I might send an email to clients from brandon@responster.com, but the sender name shows up as Brandon Landis).

For example, your username you login with might be “johnspetstore”, but you can make messages more readable and identifiable by setting your display name to something cleaner like “John’s Pet Store”.

Follow the prompts to enter your name, email, date of birth, and other requested information until you find yourself logged in for the first time.  You should be greeted by the home/camera screen with this message on it:

*Boss and coworker not included.