Now you can view not only the Stories created by your friends and favorite Instagram users. Instagram has introduced location- and hashtag-based Stories. So you can see a compilation of posts created by the user community in a certain location or follow the hashtag and see what people think and feel about this or that topic or event. To include your post into a Location or a Hashtag Story you should either use the location/hashtag sticker or include the hashtag into the caption of your post. Check the Explore tab to learn more about the location Stories.
The new functionality provides excellent tools not only for average users eager to check what’s going on on a music festival or trying to find out whether the weather is worth going out today. Instagram claims there will be no ads in the Story search; still, It will be a very useful instrument for promoters, marketeers, eCommerce specialists allowing to get a direct reach certain target audiences
Here is a short description of a new functionality from Instagram: “From discovering new parts of your own city to jogging alongside the #fromwhereirun community all around the world, location and hashtag stories help you share these experiences as they unfold”.
The associated stories will include only the posts tagged with a location/hashtag sticker or an underlined hashtag. The users can also enable more wide distribution of the content by clicking “X” on their Stories view counter. This also indicates the number of views for the post in the Explore tab.
So, this is how you can add a geosticker to your post.
- Swipe right to start a Story and take a picture and tap the smiley icon in the upper right corner.
- Choose the location sticker from the respective menu. The system will offer a bunch of nearby places, use the search if you do not see the proper one.
- Adjust your sticker according to your taste. You can change the size, the appearance of the sticker and remove it by dragging it the trash icon.
Unleash your creativity, make your posts catchy and include them in location or hashtag stories – this maybe a great opportunity to gain more followers. Everyone is interested in what’s going on in their neighborhoods even if the live in the middle of nowhere. Location stories may be extremely useful for questing and flash mobs and for organizing local communities.
Hashtag stickers will help you to find followers all over the world – just create a proper content for like-minded people and you will get an amazing feedback. Use the search to analyze the trends and sculpture your content to be catchy and interesting and that’s it!