Best Carousel Content Ideas for Instagram Growth in 2026 📈🚀📲

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Dishing Up Digital with Ellen Mackenzie

Ellen Mackenzie

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Welcome to the Dishing Up Digital podcast—the go-to show for women building online businesses that pay well AND feel good. Hosted by Ellen Mackenzie, a former 9-5 escapee turned multi-six-figure digital entrepreneur, this podcast is where freedom-first founders come to grow with strategy that sells and mindset that moves. Whether you're a freelancer, coach, creative, or content creator, each episode is your permission slip to do business your way—with fewer hours, stronger boundaries, and magnetic marketing that converts.

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Best Carousel Content Ideas for Instagram Growth in 2026 📈🚀📲

Dishing Up Digital with Ellen Mackenzie

22 minutes 3 seconds

3 weeks ago

Best Carousel Content Ideas for Instagram Growth in 2026 📈🚀📲

If you want to go viral in 2026, you need to stop creating carousels like it’s 2021. That basic Canva infographic? Not cutting it.Instead, you need bold, opinionated, story-led content that cuts through the scroll and converts eyeballs into followers, buyers, and fans.In this episode, I’m breaking down the 3 viral carousel types dominating my feed, my metrics, and my business right now—with real examples, the psychology behind why they work, and how you can start posting them today.Whether you're building a personal brand or scaling a service-based biz, this is your go-to strategy guide for carousels that actually move the needle in 2026.🎯 What you’ll learn:• Why your carousels aren’t converting—and how to fix it• The 3 scroll-stopping formats you should post every month• Hooks, CTAs, and messaging tweaks that build trust + drive clicks• Behind-the-scenes of my own viral posts (and how you can remix them)

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