How to build an audience using Instagram stories like a pro?

With more than 500 million users using Instagram every day, it has become one of the biggest social media platforms of the decade.

With many famous people and influencers having their accounts on insta. The way they mostly communicate with their audience is by sharing stories.

Now what are instagram stories?

Instagram stories are actually videos or photos that disappear after 24 hours. They do not appear in the news feed rather they appear on the top segment of instagram app.

But the main question is, how can we build an audience using instagram stories?

We can use the following methods to attract more people to our stories:

• Using polls

In instagram stories, the poll function provides 2 options for the audience to select.

You can write your thought or questions and make a poll story so that your audience could share their thoughts as well,

This can help you communicate better with your audience and you can get to know their thoughts so you can create content according to your audience liking.

If you are a store, you can also use polls as a feature to get consumer feedback. This can help you know how your customers and your followers perceive your products and how they like them.

• Preferring UGC

Another way to gain more attention and to build more audience is to prefer UGC (user-generated content). You can ask your followers to use your products in their stories and to tag you in that particular story.

If they agree, your products would be featured/promoted without consuming your time. 

It is also a great way to make your target audience consider your products and by that, you could end up selling to them.

• Start adding hashtags to your stories

Hashtags are a great way to attract a large number of audience by using them in your stories

By adding hashtags, you can get the amount of views that your content deserves.

Instagram has introduced a feature in which hashtags can be customized using stickers or text.

By hashtagging influencers, people will get more attracted to your profile and this can help you gain a number of followers.

• By posting personal stories.

People are curious about the way things work.

You can share your day to day videos showing the way your day passes by.

This can help your audience to look at you from a different perspective, this will also make them less curious as well.

Another very important thing is to be open about your family life and relationships.

As this can help you in any heartbreak or moment of joy because your audience will be there to motivate you in many ups and downs in your life.

Conclusion: Instagram stories are here to stay for decades. If you are not catching opportunities by the, Then you are probably missing out on a lot. Instagram stories can help you to express yourself in an open yet enclosed environment to your audience

Have you tried using our methods in your insta stories? If yes, then let us know about your thoughts in the comment section.