Stickers for InstaStory - 5 Examples of How to Engage Your Community
More and more people are creating their social media accounts and promoting their personal brands. It is not easy to stand out among such a large community of Instagram, TikTok, etc. In order manage the algorithm and increase your reach, regularity and the number of posts and story that you share are important. However, your dedication stands out above all else.
Nowadays, brands don't look at how many likes a particular influencer has, but how engaged his community is. In this article, we present some interesting ideas on how to use InstaStory stickers to create more interesting and engaging content.
1. Q&A
Q&A is nothing more than a session with question and answer. If you want to engage your followers in this way - use the QUESTIONS sticker. Conducting a mini-interview can involve both you and your followers. It is possible for you to concern any topic. If you want to find out where to eat out in Warsaw, you can ask your viewers for suggestions. Do you want to find out what your followers like - ask them! The second function of the sticker is the ability to ask questions to you. Have you been to an interesting place lately? Thanks to the sticker, you can answer to your followers’ most bothering questions. Have fun with the sticker and create different games that will correspond to a series of Q&A questions. Remember - creativity is a crucial thing!
There are many trends in connection with the sticker, such as "What celebrity am I ?" It is necessary to add, for example, your photo with such a sticker, and the observers responds according to your opinion. Then you could share the answers with sample photo for comparisons.
Q&A is very useful if you have a business account. Thanks to it, you can find out, for example, how your followers perceive your company, what products they like the most, what they would like to change, etc. What’s more, you can combine the QUESTIONS sticker with the sales function. If you ask your followers what products they are into - add the answer immediately with a link to the product your followers are looking for. Simple and effective!
2. Questionnaires
Questionnaires allow you to choose from two answers. Usually, they are used to find out YES / NO answers. When your followers click on one of the two possible options, the sticker shows their percentage. This way you can ask for an opinion on a specific topic, see the preferences of your followers and even conduct a mini-research. For example, are you going out on a date and you don't know which dress to wear? Ask your followers about it using such survey! In business, this function will be useful, for example, to see the product preferences of your customers.
Kasia from the account @podrozodbyta (travel content) had a very interesting and slightly crazy idea for her questionnaires. For several days, she gave her followers a choice regarding her next steps. She asked for a country to go to. They chose Bali, so she went there. She asked her observers where to eat, what to buy, and even which way to turn while riding a scooter (at the end of the route she visited the place where she ended up riding).
3. Quizzes
The sticker can be used for making tests, contests or giving the possibility to choose more than two answers to a given question, as was the case with the questionnaire. It is true that you have to choose an answer that will be displayed to your followers as correct one, but if you want to learn something from them - say that there are no incorrect answers.
For business, it is a great way of checking what your customers know about your brand. For example, @ couple.away use quizzes to complete posters that they later sell. They follow what the observers like the most, and when they collect all of them they print them out.
4. Your turn
This is a quite new feature on Instagram, but very engaging. You insert a photo and add a sticker "it's your turn", and others can add photos with the same topic on their profiles. They will be visible after clicking on your sticker. New trends on Instagram can be started with this feature! - "Show your pet and write how it is called", "Here is my breakfast, show me what you have prepared today,".
"It's your turn" can be a great tool for business. For example, a clothing brand can use it to make customers show themselves in the outfits bought in their store.
5. Slider
It is mostly used to encourage other Instagram users to show how much they like your photo. However, if you click on the slider emoticon, you can change it! Create your own stories - you want to see how many people like to dance, you can change the emoticon, for example, to a flamenco dancer. Moreover, the slider can be used to show the scale. Enter numbers on your story and adjust the slider accordingly, so that after sliding it, your follower can choose one of them. Thanks to this function of the sticker, you can find out, for example, what is the temperature at your followers’ place, how old are they, etc.
If you have a business account, you can use the sticker, e.g. when you want to introduce a new product to the market. Insert its picture and description, then add the slider. You will have an idea of whether the new product will be useful to your followers.
There are many more uses for Instagram stickers, and it all depends on your imagination. Create new trends and engage your followers. Believe us, people will love your new, changed InstaStory.
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