{"id":3036,"date":"2019-09-09T19:58:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T14:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsedigital.com\/blog\/?p=3036"},"modified":"2026-04-15T11:48:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:48:34","slug":"how-instagram-stories-help-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsedigital.com\/blog\/how-instagram-stories-help-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"How Instagram Stories Help Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/theimpulsedigital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Blog_1000x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"How Instagram Stories Help Businesses\" class=\"wp-image-3037\"\/><figcaption>Image Credit &#8211; shortstack.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Do you really think Instagram posts are better than a story for a business and a brand? Does the relevance of the content disappear with the story? <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The new features of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimpulsedigital.com\/blog\/7-easiest-ways-instagram-stories-ideas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Instagram stories (opens in a new tab)\">Instagram stories<\/a> have made them inevitable and can act as catalysts for growth to your business.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Around 500 million active users use Instagram Stories &amp; over 1 million advertisers place <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimpulsedigital.com\/blog\/instagram-stories-ads-blend-story-telling-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Insta Story Ads (opens in a new tab)\">Insta Story Ads<\/a> at least once a month. Businesses who have started using this feature are able to efficiently increase customer engagements.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Instagram stories are similar to snapchat stories (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theimpulsedigital.com\/blog\/instagram-stories-vs-snapchat-winner\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram stories are similar to snapchat stories<\/a> they are viewable for 24 hrs &amp; they appear on the top of the followers&#8217; feed-in colorful ring format, they consist of vertical photos &amp; videos for 15 seconds. You can add <strong>GIFs, Stickers, Location &amp;&nbsp; Mention people<\/strong> in your story. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>After the introduction of this story feature of Instagram, the number of <strong>snapchat users has gone down to 60%<\/strong>. The advantage of Instagram stories is that a user can search a specific brand\/business\/blogger etc and look into the profiles story or details without following them.&nbsp;  <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Let\u2019s dive into some of its Features &amp; know how beneficial they can be:<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/theimpulsedigital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/\u05e4\u05e8\u05e1\u05d5\u05dd-\u05d1\u05d0\u05d9\u05e0\u05e1\u05d8\u05d2\u05e8\u05dd-2-300x300-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3046\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Live Videos<\/strong>, an ultimate real-time video feature that helps to create conversations with users. It can be used for launching a new product or demonstrating its features, hosting an interview or a Q&amp;A, recording the live events in the company. Around 100 million Instagrammers watch or post live videos. Through this, the brand\/business can connect new or larger audiences.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Boomerang- <\/strong>A super short &amp; fast\r\nvideo, played forward &amp; backward stitching burst photos into a mini video. This\r\nis an interesting feature to showcase topical content. <\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Story highlights &#8211; <\/strong>A business or a brand\r\ncan promote its products or showcase its important memories by pinning down the\r\nInstagram stories into different categories. This feature can be used as a\r\ndigital brochure by the brands.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Polls- <\/strong>If a brand wants to understand their customer&#8217;s views, then this is the best feature to use. This is useful to connect and converse with the consumers on a daily basis. <\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Questions- <\/strong>A way through which a brand builds transparency among its customers by letting them ask questions related to the brand, an open forum for specific customer feedback. (check again)<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Count down- <\/strong>This can be used for deadlines, offer announcements, any campaign\/contest alert, etc. by keeping as a reminder in the minds of the users.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Links- <\/strong>An account that has more than 10k followers can access this feature. They can add a link to their stories with \u201c<strong>Swipe up<\/strong>\u201d heading alert. The links can either direct to website or shop now, book today, order now. Around 15-25% of people swipe up brand stories.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Reaction Slider- <\/strong>An interesting and funny\r\nway of keeping the followers engaged &amp; understanding how much they like the\r\nproduct by their response towards it<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Hashtag- <\/strong>If a specific <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimpulsedigital.com\/blog\/twitter-hashtags-simplified-heres-how-you-can-start-using-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"#hashtag (opens in a new tab)\">#hashtag<\/a> is used in relevance with the content of the story. It appears under that hashtag for 24hrs hours<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Stickers\/GIFs\/Emojis <\/strong>all these are used to make the story look more attractive<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Mention &amp; Repost- <\/strong>A person can mention a brand or another person to its story &amp; it gives that account an option to repost it. In this way, the brands can repost the stories in which the users have mentioned them. <\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Location- <\/strong>Adding a location to your story makes it visible to the users from that location, hence the best way to geo-target the users.<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>All these features of Instagram together give a brand\/business a unique way of presenting itself in front of the audience &amp; keeping them engaged. Instagram stories are best for business announcements, new product, live events, specific details, sneak peek into the activities of the brand etc a better way of not cluttering the profile with too many posts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The relevance of the content doesn\u2019t disappear. It gives them the freedom to play with the content in a very interesting manner &amp; promoting the brand, engaging the customers &amp; maintaining brand loyalty.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p> <br><strong><em>If you need any guidance regarding Instagram stories for your business\/brand? Get in touch with us now. You can write to us at <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:info@theimpulsedigital.com\"><strong><em>info@theimpulsedigital.com<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> or say hi on<\/em><\/strong><em><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theimpulsedigital\/\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;\/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/impulsedigi\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;\/ or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/impulse_digital\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em> <br><\/p>\r\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-3036 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='3036' data-nonce='44ecc9b972' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/www.theimpulsedigital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' alt='like-post' \/><span class='lc-3036 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style1 unlike-3036 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='3036' data-nonce='44ecc9b972' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/www.theimpulsedigital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-3036 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class='status-3036 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you really think Instagram posts are better than a story for a business and a brand? 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