How To Create Instagram Stories – Instead of posting every day, do you know that you can share your day and how it went through your Instagram stories, which will last for just 24 hours? Now, how do you create these Instagram stories? The process is straightforward.
Instagram stories are a way to share your moments with your friends. But remember that the only way you can create Instagram stories is when you have an Instagram account. You can see the story of every Instagram user, whether you follow them or not, which the user would see if you viewed their story.
Instagram is where a lot of us love to share our ideas, day-to-day activities, pictures, videos, and all. It is also where a lot of us love to visit to see what is happening around us, get the latest gist, and also make our businesses public.
And a lot of us consider it weird to post every minute of every day. People might even get tired of liking and commenting. But you can make that post your story, only visible to your friends and followers for 24 hours. And no one has to comment publicly on it. If they liked it, they would react to it in your DM. Posting on stories is usually fun. So, let’s see how to go about that below.
How to Create Your Instagram Stories
Creating your Instagram stories is very easy. And as mentioned earlier, it helps you share how your day went every day without having to post it normally every day. Moreover, everyone can see your story as long as they have an Instagram account.
But if you are a new Instagram user and you are finding it difficult to use this feature, it is okay. You need not worry about anything, as steps on how to do it will be listed for you right here in this article. Just make sure you have an internet connection and an active account. Then follow the steps below.
- Log in to your Instagram account on your mobile device and click the plus icon.
- Or you can swipe left anywhere on your newsfeed.
- If you swiped, below the page, locate and click on “story.”
- Make a video of yourself or click on the image icon to select what you want to post.
- After selecting, choose to send your story or your close friends.
- Then click on the “send” icon.
After you have posted your story, your followers can now watch it. You can use these steps to add and share as many photos and videos of yourself, your day, or anything else you would like others to see whenever you want. You can also highlight a story or save it to appear on your profile page. How do you do that? Read further to learn.
How to Highlight Your Instagram Story
You know, a posted story only lasts for 24 hours. But you can make it last on your profile for as long as you want. Though people might not see it as your story, when they visit your page, it is going to be there instead of disappearing.
That is the work of the highlight feature. Highlight enables you to save your Instagram story permanently on your profile page. They are like collections that any of your followers or non-followers who visit your page can tap and watch whenever they want to. Here’s how to highlight your story below:
- After posting your Instagram story with the above-listed steps,
- You can highlight it immediately by tapping your profile icon on the homepage to view your story.
- Then tap on the highlight button.
- If you have highlighted a story before, you can add it to the one you have highlighted before.
- Or you can also create a new one.
- Create a highlight for yourself.
- Tap on the add button.
With that, you have successfully added your story to your profile, which others can view anytime until you remove it. You can do this anytime you want to save your favorite story to your profile for free.
Features on Your IG Stories Include:
- Boomerang
- Create
- Layout
- Hands-free.
- Dual and
- Close
All these features are placed to make your Instagram stories interesting and for all your followers to have loads of fun alongside you. Please note that Instagram stories last only for 24 hours, after which they disappear.
However, there is a new development with an Instagram story right now. The Instagram Stories archive stores all your stories for you, so you do not need to save them on your phone. Even when the story disappears after 24 hours, the archive will keep your story, but it will be visible to you alone.